By Manon Clayette, Nina Giraudel, Sweekruthi Keshavamurthy, and Ayushi Kalyan
International
New UN-backed action plan promotes hiring of refugees – UN News
UN High Commissioner Calls on World Bank to ‘Marry’ Rights and Development – Human Rights Watch
The Security Council and Climate Change – Too Hot to Handle? – EJIL: Talk!
By Tara Van Ho
This week, US courts issued two important cases for international law, in the areas of business and human rights and the laws of armed conflict. First, the US Supreme Court’s Jesner v. Arab Bank decision foreclosed the use of the Alien Tort Statute to hold corporations accountable for their role in violations of human rights. Then, the US military commission at Guantanamo Bay found it had personal jurisdiction over the 9/11 defendant in US v Mohammad, et al. To do this, the commission had to determine an armed conflict existed between the US and Al Qaeda on 9/11.
Both cases significantly warped international law.
I’ll address both cases through a series of posts here, at Nadia Bernaz’s Rights as Usual, and on my own blog. In this post, I’ll address issues with the most significant decision of the Mohammad judgment: the finding of the commission that on 9/11 the US was engaged in an armed conflict.
By Sabrina Rau
Each week the Human Rights, Big Data & Technology Project, based at the University of Essex Human Rights Centre, prepares an overview of related news stories from the week. This summary contains news articles from 14 – 20 April 2018.
You can follow the HRBDT Project on twitter: @hrbdtNews.
By Sabrina Rau
Each week the Human Rights, Big Data & Technology Project, based at the University of Essex Human Rights Centre, prepares an overview of related news stories from the week. This summary contains news articles from 7 – 13 April 2018.
You can follow the HRBDT Project on twitter: @hrbdtNews.
By Besir Ozbek, Agathe Artus, Övünç Güneş, Francesca Fazio
Each week students at the University of Essex Human Rights Centre prepare an overview of the past week’s human rights related news stories from around the world.
International
Earth Day 2018: The shocking facts about the scale of plastic pollution choking our seas – The Telegraph
Global anxiety deepens over online data and privacy protection – UN News
Commonwealth Should Address LGBT Rights – Human Rights Watch
‘Save peace while it lasts,’ says General Assembly President, ahead of UN summit on sustaining peace – UN News
Global Citizen Polio Report: Commonwealth Leaders Come Through On Their Commitments – Global Citizen
By Nina Giraudel, Sweekruthi Keshavamurthy, Manon Clayette, and Ayushi Kalyan
Each week students at the University of Essex Human Rights Centre prepare an overview of the past week’s human rights related news stories from around the world.
International
This New Satellite Will Combat Climate Change From Space – Global Citizen
Global executions fall, but large numbers given death penalty for drugs – new report – Amnesty International News
By Krzysztof Garstka
Each week the Human Rights, Big Data & Technology Project, based at the University of Essex Human Rights Centre, prepares an overview of related news stories from the week. This summary contains news articles from 31 March – 6 April 2018.
You can follow the HRBDT Project on twitter: @hrbdtNews.
By Krzysztof Garstka
Each week the Human Rights, Big Data & Technology Project, based at the University of Essex Human Rights Centre, prepares an overview of related news stories from the week. This summary contains news articles from 24 – 30 March 2018.
You can follow the HRBDT Project on twitter: @hrbdtNews.
By Besir Ozbek, Agathe Artus, Övünç Güneş, Francesca Fazio
Each week students at the University of Essex Human Rights Centre prepare an overview of the past week’s human rights related news stories from around the world.
International
World Autism Awareness Day: UN celebrates voice and visibility of women and girls with autism – UN News
People on Twitter Have Declared April 3rd #LoveAMuslimDay – Global Citizen
UN chief honours enduring legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King – UN News
Social Safety Nets Have Lifted 50 Million People Out Of Poverty – Global Citizen
By Ayushi Kalyan, Nina Giraudel, Sweekruthi Keshavamurthy, Manon Clayette
Each week students at the University of Essex Human Rights Centre prepare an overview of the past week’s human rights related news stories from around the world.
International
Facebook privacy debate shows most countries not ready for digital economy – UN – UN News
China and Russia accused of waging ‘war on human rights’ at UN– The Guardian
UN Sec-Gen | New High Commissioner should be strong, capable, independent and deeply committed to human rights – International Service for Human Rights
