As global debates over AI regulation intensify, South Asian states are already weaponizing vague cyber laws and deepfakes to ...

Moreover, in 1996, Pakistan ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, and ...

As currently conceived, the climate crisis's just transition ignores sanitation workers whose job prospects are restricted by ...

In April 2022, Japan lowered the age of adulthood from 20 to 18. This represents the first such change to this status in about 140 years. A desire to better respect young people’s right to ...

Young human rights advocates need substantive support and real influence on decision-making. My activism did not begin with an official title, a legal mandate, or a formal position in a human rights ...

Algorithms calculating the probability of fraud were overwhelmingly and wrongly targeting immigrant groups. The overwhelming majority of the victims of this scandal were from immigrant backgrounds. An ...

Without the ingenuity of feminists from the Global South and networks of committed activists on every continent, we would never have heard the phrase: “Women’s Rights are Human Rights.” When First ...

Structural power imbalances in the UN system have prevented it from halting Israel’s ongoing war crimes against Gazans. Individual states and civil society must step in to prevent further aggressions ...

Changing the focus from a human-centric approach to human rights will help the movement advance on environmental agendas with an inter-species recognition. The recent UN General Assembly’s historic ...

To protect human rights, global leaders must heed the scientific community’s call to return atmospheric CO2 to below 350 ppm as soon as possible. The 1890s marked a key moment in the history of ...

Your browser does not support the audio element. A few years ago, an official from an international organization asked me, “Beyond the good vibes of human rights ...