Tag: human rights
Residents take coronavirus surveillance into their own hands
COVID-19: Urgent measures must be taken by MENA governments to protect the prison population
Under international human rights law, every individual has the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health.
Ukraine: stronger digital rights protections mean a stronger democracy
Our report examines four core challenges to human rights in Ukraine’s emerging democracy: connectivity, censorship, digital security, and privacy and data protection.
Could sharing misinformation on COVID-19 get you jailed in MENA?
Across the Middle East and North Africa, “fake news” laws add to the risks of the coronavirus global health crisis.
Access Now’s European Human Rights agenda for the digital age
#FreeAlaa: Egyptian activist Alaa Abd El Fattah is arrested again
Only six months after his release from prison, Alaa Abdel Fattah, a symbol and a key leader of the 2011 Egyptian uprising, was arrested again.
Revised draft U.N. treaty on business and human rights: a few steps forward, a few unanswered questions
Companies have a huge impact on human rights, and they must be held accountable for abuse of these rights. An updated draft treaty from the United Nations is helpful, but needs to go further.
AI Technologies: Putting human rights at the forefront
Human Rights Work in Africa: From Digitization in Uganda to #RightsCon 2019 in Tunisia
Laying down the law on AI: ethics done, now the EU must focus on human rights
Where ethics lacks the means of enforcement, international human rights law possesses well-developed standards and institutions as well as a universal framework for safeguards.