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By Katerina Hadjimatheou 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 10 – 14 December 2018. You can follow the HRBDT Project on twitter: @hrbdtNews.
By Katerina Hadjimatheou 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 3 – 7 December 2018. You can follow the HRBDT Project on twitter: @hrbdtNews.
By Amy Dickens 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 16 – 23 November 2018. You can follow the HRBDT Project on twitter: @hrbdtNews.
By Carmel Williams Big Data and artificial intelligence are, perhaps surprisingly, a featured highlight in the UN expert’s report on extreme poverty in the UK. Technology is frequently proffered as a solution to poverty and other social rights failings (see for example the recent Astana Declaration on Primary Health Care). However, Philip Alston, the UN […]
By Sweekruthi Keshavamurthy, Ayushi Kalyan, Manon Clayette, Nina Giraudel 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 Statement by the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots to the Convention on Conventional Weapons, Geneva – Human Rights Watch Joint Statement […]
By Amy Dickens On 29thOctober 2018, Philip Hammond delivered a Conservative Budget declaring an end to austerity and outlining plans for a post-Brexit economy. Amidst his speech was the announcement that the government will finally end the Private Finance Initiative (PFI/PF2) on the basis of ‘compelling evidence’ that it does not deliver value for money or […]
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 Diabetes Day: ‘What I wish people knew about my condition’– BBC News Coral reefs can’t wait for world to take action, urges UN, as Biodiversity Conference […]
By Paul Hunt This blog originally appeared on The Conversation For 12 days, Philip Alston, the UN envoy on extreme poverty and human rights, and his tireless team, have travelled the length and breadth of the UK. They’ve listened to hundreds of people who have experienced poverty. Many of these stories were heartbreaking, as I witnessed when attending […]
By Amy Dickens 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 2 – 9 November 2018. You can follow the HRBDT Project on twitter: @hrbdtNews.
By Amy Dickens 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 2 – 9 November 2018. You can follow the HRBDT Project on twitter: @hrbdtNews.
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