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A report, recently published by Turkey’s Progressive Journalists Association (ÇGD), has linked a recent escalation in physical attacks against the press to increasingly oppressive policy decisions by President Erdogan’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).  … Read more →

June 2021 marked 51 years since the first Pride march in New York which commemorated the raid of Stonewall Inn on 28 June 1969. Pride month, which now takes place every June, still gives a public space for the LGBTI community to be open and safe about their sexuality.   However this year, just seven days into July, one week after Pride Month ended, a flurry of news stories has illustrated … Read more →

On 6 July, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry (COI) on the Syrian Arab Republic presented its oral update to the 47th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC). … Read more →

The importance of privacy was highlighted in two meetings of the 47th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) on 2 and 5 July 2021. The Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy, Prof. Joseph A. Cannataci presented his guiding principles concerning the use of information in the context of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions, and discussed children’s privacy in his report on Artificial intelligence and privacy, and children’s privacy from January 2021.  … Read more →

Twenty-nine organisations have collectively called on the UK to join its European partners in introducing corporate accountability law with the aim of upholding human rights and environmental obligations across company supply chains. … Read more →

How can states build a bridge to cross the digital divide to an open, fair and safe environment online while fighting the flood of disinformation? It was the conundrum under consideration at the 19th meeting of the 47th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) on 2 July 2021.  … Read more →