www.theguardian.com
www.accessnow.org
[archive.org link](https://web.archive.org/web/20240724131711/https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/civil-society-joint-statement-on-un-global-digital-compact/) > First, and foremost, references to States’ obligations under international human rights law are not sufficiently robust nor consistently mainstreamed throughout the text. We call on Member States to ground all objectives set out in the document in international human rights law. This includes adding references to “international human rights law” while also maintaining the role of international human rights law as a body of international law. For example, we are concerned that paragraph 30(d) refers to “international law” and fails to recognize the need for States to refrain from the use of mass surveillance and ensure that targeted surveillance technologies are only used in compliance with international human rights law, including the principles of legality, legitimacy, necessity, and proportionality. This paragraph should also acknowledge the need for States to promote privacy-preserving and rights-respecting technologies, including end-to-end encryption, pseudonymity, and anonymity, which secure and protect the confidentiality and security of digital communications, in accordance with various UN resolutions (including the UN Human Rights Council resolution on the Right to privacy in the digital age A/HRC/RES/54/21 and the new General Assembly resolution on the Promotion and protection of human rights in the context of digital technologies A/RES/78/213). We further call on Member States to add references to “international humanitarian law” and “international refugee law” where relevant for the same reasons.
Human Rights
World Court Finds Israel Responsible for Apartheid
kashifshah 2 months ago • 100%
For further disambiguation: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2022/02/israels-system-of-apartheid/
Human Rights
Growth is enriching an elite and killing the planet. We need an economy based on human rights
kashifshah 2 months ago • 100%
Let me know once you've read the Einstein-Freud Correspondence and re-assessed your opinions to be non-machiavellian. Then I will be happy to continue to engage with you.
www.hrw.org
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/19768980 > [archive.org link](https://web.archive.org/web/20240719172242/https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/07/19/world-court-finds-israel-responsible-apartheid) > > > In a historic ruling the International Court of Justice has found multiple and serious international law violations by Israel towards Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including, for the first time, finding Israel responsible for apartheid. The court has placed responsibility with all states and the United Nations to end these violations of international law. The ruling should be yet another wake up call for the United States to end its egregious policy of defending Israel’s oppression of Palestinians and prompt a thorough reassessment in other countries as well.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/19769250 > Summary provided by https://notegpt.io/pdf-summary > > **Summary** > > The International Court of Justice has found that Israel’s policies and practices in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, violate international law. The Court determined that Israel’s actions, such as its settlement policy, acts of annexation, and discriminatory legislation and measures, constitute a breach of international law, including the prohibition on the use of force and the non-acquisition of territory by force. Israel’s presence in the territory is deemed unlawful, and the Court has called for an end to settlement activities, evacuation of settlers, reparations for damages caused, and non-recognition of the illegal situation by states and international organizations. > > **Key Insights** > > * The International Court of Justice has determined that Israel’s presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, violates international law. > * Israel’s settlement policy, acts of annexation, discriminatory legislation, and measures were found to be in breach of international law. > * The Court has called for an end to settlement activities, evacuation of settlers, reparations for damages, and non-recognition of the illegal situation. > * The General Assembly and Security Council of the United Nations are tasked with considering further action to end Israel’s presence in the territory. > * The Court emphasizes the importance of achieving a just and lasting peace in the region for the benefit of all parties involved. > > **Frequently Asked Questions** > > **Question** > > What actions were deemed unlawful by the International Court of Justice in the Occupied Palestinian Territory? > > **Answer** > > The Court found Israel’s settlement policy, acts of annexation, discriminatory legislation, and measures to be in violation of international law. > > **Question** > > What measures did the Court call for to address Israel’s presence in the territory? > > **Answer** > > The Court called for an end to settlement activities, evacuation of settlers, reparations for damages caused, and non-recognition of the illegal situation. > > **Question** > > Which international organizations are obligated not to recognize the illegal situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory? > Answer > All states and international organizations are obligated not to recognize the illegal situation in the territory. > > **Question** > > What role do the General Assembly and Security Council of the United Nations play in addressing Israel’s presence in the territory? > > **Answer** > > The General Assembly and Security Council are tasked with considering further action to end Israel’s presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
www.hrw.org
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/19768980 > [archive.org link](https://web.archive.org/web/20240719172242/https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/07/19/world-court-finds-israel-responsible-apartheid) > > > In a historic ruling the International Court of Justice has found multiple and serious international law violations by Israel towards Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including, for the first time, finding Israel responsible for apartheid. The court has placed responsibility with all states and the United Nations to end these violations of international law. The ruling should be yet another wake up call for the United States to end its egregious policy of defending Israel’s oppression of Palestinians and prompt a thorough reassessment in other countries as well.
Human Rights
Legal Consequences Arising From The Policies And Practices Of Israel In the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Including East Jereusalem
kashifshah 2 months ago • 100%
Summary provided by https://notegpt.io/pdf-summary
Summary The International Court of Justice has found that Israel’s policies and practices in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, violate international law. The Court determined that Israel’s actions, such as its settlement policy, acts of annexation, and discriminatory legislation and measures, constitute a breach of international law, including the prohibition on the use of force and the non-acquisition of territory by force. Israel’s presence in the territory is deemed unlawful, and the Court has called for an end to settlement activities, evacuation of settlers, reparations for damages caused, and non-recognition of the illegal situation by states and international organizations.
Key Insights The International Court of Justice has determined that Israel’s presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, violates international law. Israel’s settlement policy, acts of annexation, discriminatory legislation, and measures were found to be in breach of international law. The Court has called for an end to settlement activities, evacuation of settlers, reparations for damages, and non-recognition of the illegal situation. The General Assembly and Security Council of the United Nations are tasked with considering further action to end Israel’s presence in the territory. The Court emphasizes the importance of achieving a just and lasting peace in the region for the benefit of all parties involved. Frequently Asked Questions Question
What actions were deemed unlawful by the International Court of Justice in the Occupied Palestinian Territory? Answer The Court found Israel’s settlement policy, acts of annexation, discriminatory legislation, and measures to be in violation of international law.
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What measures did the Court call for to address Israel’s presence in the territory? Answer The Court called for an end to settlement activities, evacuation of settlers, reparations for damages caused, and non-recognition of the illegal situation.
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Which international organizations are obligated not to recognize the illegal situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory? Answer All states and international organizations are obligated not to recognize the illegal situation in the territory.
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What role do the General Assembly and Security Council of the United Nations play in addressing Israel’s presence in the territory? Answer The General Assembly and Security Council are tasked with considering further action to end Israel’s presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
Human Rights
Legal Consequences Arising From The Policies And Practices Of Israel In the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Including East Jereusalem
kashifshah 2 months ago • 100%
Human Rights
Legal Consequences Arising From The Policies And Practices Of Israel In the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Including East Jereusalem
kashifshah 2 months ago • 100%
Agreed. Let me see what I can do.
Summary provided by https://notegpt.io/pdf-summary **Summary** The International Court of Justice has found that Israel’s policies and practices in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, violate international law. The Court determined that Israel’s actions, such as its settlement policy, acts of annexation, and discriminatory legislation and measures, constitute a breach of international law, including the prohibition on the use of force and the non-acquisition of territory by force. Israel’s presence in the territory is deemed unlawful, and the Court has called for an end to settlement activities, evacuation of settlers, reparations for damages caused, and non-recognition of the illegal situation by states and international organizations. **Key Insights** * The International Court of Justice has determined that Israel’s presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, violates international law. * Israel’s settlement policy, acts of annexation, discriminatory legislation, and measures were found to be in breach of international law. * The Court has called for an end to settlement activities, evacuation of settlers, reparations for damages, and non-recognition of the illegal situation. * The General Assembly and Security Council of the United Nations are tasked with considering further action to end Israel’s presence in the territory. * The Court emphasizes the importance of achieving a just and lasting peace in the region for the benefit of all parties involved. **Frequently Asked Questions** **Question** What actions were deemed unlawful by the International Court of Justice in the Occupied Palestinian Territory? **Answer** The Court found Israel’s settlement policy, acts of annexation, discriminatory legislation, and measures to be in violation of international law. **Question** What measures did the Court call for to address Israel’s presence in the territory? **Answer** The Court called for an end to settlement activities, evacuation of settlers, reparations for damages caused, and non-recognition of the illegal situation. **Question** Which international organizations are obligated not to recognize the illegal situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory? Answer All states and international organizations are obligated not to recognize the illegal situation in the territory. **Question** What role do the General Assembly and Security Council of the United Nations play in addressing Israel’s presence in the territory? **Answer** The General Assembly and Security Council are tasked with considering further action to end Israel’s presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
www.hrw.org
[archive.org link](https://web.archive.org/web/20240719172242/https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/07/19/world-court-finds-israel-responsible-apartheid) > In a historic ruling the International Court of Justice has found multiple and serious international law violations by Israel towards Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including, for the first time, finding Israel responsible for apartheid. The court has placed responsibility with all states and the United Nations to end these violations of international law. The ruling should be yet another wake up call for the United States to end its egregious policy of defending Israel’s oppression of Palestinians and prompt a thorough reassessment in other countries as well.
[archive.today link](https://archive.ph/I4R8s) > The Finance Bill, 2024 was tabled in parliament on 9 May 2024 and faced strong opposition from members of the public and other stakeholders during the public participation stage. This was due to the threats that it posed to data protection, the business environment, and a choking cost of living crisis that would be worsened by increased taxes. While President Ruto announced the withdrawal of the contentious bill on 26 June 2024, the actions of state authorities prior to and after this decision have created a very chilling environment for citizens, human rights defenders, journalists, and political dissidents opposed to the bill and critical of the government’s actions.
www.hrw.org
[archive.org link](https://web.archive.org/web/20240718162443/https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/07/17/october-7-crimes-against-humanity-war-crimes-hamas-led-groups) > Hamas’ military wing – the Qassam Brigades – and at least four other Palestinian armed groups committed numerous war crimes and crimes against humanity against civilians during the October 7, 2023 assault on southern Israel, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Governments with influence over the armed groups should press for the urgent release of civilian hostages, an ongoing war crime, and for those responsible to be brought to justice. > The 236-page report, “‘I Can’t Erase All the Blood from My Mind’: Palestinian Armed Groups’ October 7 Assault on Israel,” documents several dozen cases of serious violations of international humanitarian law by Palestinian armed groups at nearly all the civilian attack sites on October 7. These include the war crimes and crimes against humanity of murder, hostage-taking, and other grave offenses. Human Rights Watch also examined the role of various armed groups and their coordination before and during the attacks. Previous Human Rights Watch reports have addressed numerous serious violations by Israeli forces in Gaza since October 7.
www.iccl.ie
[archive.org link](https://web.archive.org/web/20240718213342/https://www.iccl.ie/equality-inclusion/joint-statement-european-court-of-human-rights-rules-against-russia-trans-parents-foster-care-termination-violates-family-rights/)
direitosnarede.org.br
[archive.org link](https://web.archive.org/web/20240718182311/https://direitosnarede.org.br/2024/07/08/open-letter-advocating-for-brazilian-ai-regulation-that-protects-human-rights/) > AI is already facilitating and generating harms and violations, for instance, by reinforcing discriminatory practices, excluding marginalized groups from access to essential goods and services, supporting misinformation, undermining democratic processes, surveillance change climate, the epidemic of Indigenous and local languages and cultures, and up job insecurity. > To ensure AI systems promote innovation based on human rights, ethics, and responsibility, it is crucial to establish minimum rules to safeguard the rights of affected individuals, obligations for AI agents, governance measures, and the definition of a regulatory framework for oversight and transparency. This is not prevents development and innovation; on the contrary, effective regulation that rights is an indispensable condition for the flourishing of the world's of the world.
www.coe.int
[archive.org link](https://web.archive.org/web/20240718181118/https://www.coe.int/en/web/commissioner/-/protecting-the-human-rights-of-sex-workers) > Council of Europe member states should adopt a human rights based approach to sex work. Such an approach must ensure sex workers’ protection from violence and abuse, their equal access to health and other social rights, as well as their rights to private life and to participate in public and political life. > ... > A human rights based approach also means that consensual sexual relations between adults for remuneration should not be criminalised. Criminalisation and the enforcement of punitive provisions against sex workers, clients or third parties has significantly reduced sex workers’ access to rights and essential services and has led sex workers to live and work in a clandestine manner and in isolation, in fear of the justice system. Conversely, decriminalisation of consensual adult sex work has had positive effects on the safety of sex workers and on their access to social protection and health services, resulting in improved health outcomes. The UN working Group also noted that a decriminalised framework is most conducive to the protection of sex workers’ rights to participate in public and political life.
www.amnesty.org
[archive.org link](https://web.archive.org/web/20240718142528/https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/impact/2024/07/six-months-of-wins-for-human-rights/)
www.iranintl.com
[archive.org link](https://web.archive.org/web/20240718141642/https://www.iranintl.com/en/202407143147) > Without naming Trump, Ahmadinejad took to X to denounce terrorism as a violation of human rights. > "Terror and terrorism, whether state-sponsored or non-state, are among the most heinous anti-human actions that words cannot express the depth of their evil," in an apparent reference to the attack."Humanity around the world suffers from such severe pains," he said on X. > The statement is part of his efforts in recent years to rebrand himself as a moderate figure in Iranian politics, although many still remember his hardline policies during his tenure, which included the arrest, torture, and killing of numerous protesters.
[archive.org link](https://web.archive.org/web/20240718131959/https://www.insideworldfootball.com/2024/07/18/pressure-builds-fifa-suspend-israel-ahead-extraordinary-council-meeting/) > Both the PFA and IFA have filed their submissions to the panel, but human rights groups are stepping up the pressure on FIFA to take action on Israel. > Earlier this week, FairSquare submitted a report to FIFA arguing that it has “multiple grounds to suspend or expel the IFA”, highlighting among others “the holding of matches in occupied Palestinian territory, serious and systematic racial discrimination, political interference, and Israel’s killing of Palestinian players and the systematic destruction of PFA facilities – most of which predate Israel’s attacks in Gaza since the Hamas attacks of 7 October 2023.” > The terror attacks by Hamas killed 1,200 people on October 7 and Hamas took more than 250 hostages according to Israeli figures, but Israel has killed more than 38,000 Palestinians since, according to Palestinian health authorities. > FairSquare argued that FIFA have to act under article 72.1, article 4.1, article 14.1 (i) and article 15 (c), and article 2.1 of the FIFA Statutes.
johnmenadue.com
[archive.org link](https://web.archive.org/web/20240716194603/https://johnmenadue.com/federal-parliamentary-committee-presents-a-decisive-case-for-an-australian-human-rights-act/) > It is often said by those who oppose a Human Rights Act that there is no need for one. The human rights of Australians are more than adequately protected by the common law and statute. Anyone still holding that view will be hard pressed to retain it should they read the recent, comprehensive report on the subject prepared by the Australian Law Reform Commission. The report is entitled ‘Traditional Rights and Freedoms: Encroachments by Commonwealth Law. > The report identifies hundreds of provisions in Commonwealth law that may constitute incursions on human rights and freedoms. The nature and extent of the legislative provisions that may be in breach of fundamental rights and freedoms will come as a shock to anyone who cares to delve into the ALRC’s first class report. No report in recent decades has come close to providing such a detailed enumeration, description and analysis of statutory infringements of human rights. Take freedom of speech and procedural fairness as examples.
Politics
[resource] Political Typology Quiz: Where do you fit in the political typology? Are you a Faith and Flag Conservative? Progressive Left? Or somewhere in between?
kashifshah 2 months ago • 100%
They’re just categorically different, there isn’t an “inside” or an “outside” in the sense of spatial structure as that is something derived a posteriori as part of thought.
So.. there are things that are either within the category of thought or not? Is thought mutually exclusive to material? Is thought composed of material or the other way around? Or are they both the same?
I’m not sure what it would even mean to say reality is “thought”.
That is the standard definition of idealism, is it not? That existence is immaterial?
Politics
[resource] Political Typology Quiz: Where do you fit in the political typology? Are you a Faith and Flag Conservative? Progressive Left? Or somewhere in between?
kashifshah 2 months ago • 100%
But what justification is there that what is thought of is actually in existence outside of thought? One can think of things that do not exist outside of thought.
What justification is there that reality isn't thought by it's very nature?
Politics
[resource] Political Typology Quiz: Where do you fit in the political typology? Are you a Faith and Flag Conservative? Progressive Left? Or somewhere in between?
kashifshah 2 months ago • 100%
How do you justify the premise that reality is objectively-existent?
Human Rights
Growth is enriching an elite and killing the planet. We need an economy based on human rights
kashifshah 2 months ago • 100%
In your belief.
Human Rights
Growth is enriching an elite and killing the planet. We need an economy based on human rights
kashifshah 2 months ago • 100%
I encourage you to read the letters between Einstein and Freud which lay the theoretical groundwork for human rights.
[1931-1932] [resource] The Einstein-Freud Correspondence
edit: still short on time, but i will re-read your post and reply to the legitimate, non-political questions.
laws are tools. binding treaties create laws.
Hello all of you subscribers! Your appreciative moderator, here, with a quick message. This community was formed approx. a month ago. I didn't expect there to be much activity, but I was hopeful that some solid groundwork it might take off, as the time is right for human rights. There are now 76 of us subscribed. People other than myself have started posting, which is great to see. We've started to see some comments coming in, which is also great to see. I spent a couple of weeks laying some groundwork posts and then slowed down a little the last couple of weeks, but I think it will be sustainable for me to keep a steady, slow trickle of posts going. This is my first time moderating an online community, so please bear with me as I learn how to keep a community happy and engaged! Thank you for taking the time to read this and to care about human rights.
Human Rights
Growth is enriching an elite and killing the planet. We need an economy based on human rights
kashifshah 2 months ago • 100%
Human rights aren’t a tool at all
This is where you are wrong. They are more than just a set of ideals. They are also a set of binding international treaties.
I am short on time right now, but if this is a perennial issue for you, then I will reply in more detail soon.
The status quo use the NGO industrial complex to cynically wield human rights rhetoric
No disagreement there, other than you should be careful not tot throw out the baby with the bathwater.
Human Rights
Growth is enriching an elite and killing the planet. We need an economy based on human rights
kashifshah 3 months ago • 100%
In reality, Human Rights are our best tool in the fight against war. Human Rights do not make sense as a concept without understanding that. Equal rights for all means no more fighting for rights. The economic, social, and cultural rights outlined in the UNUDHR are quite obviously not the status quo.
Human Rights
Growth is enriching an elite and killing the planet. We need an economy based on human rights
kashifshah 3 months ago • 100%
. Instead we see “human rights” - based on what?
-==- Must Read -==-
www.voanews.com
[archive.org link](https://web.archive.org/web/20240705140551/https://www.voanews.com/a/china-defends-its-human-rights-record-at-un-meeting/7686015.html) > Chen Xu, China's ambassador to the U.N. in Geneva, said at the meeting, attended by a delegation of Chinese diplomats and officials, that recommendations rejected by China were "politically motivated based on disinformation, ideologically biased or interfering in China's traditional sovereignty." He condemned what he called an attempt to "smear and attack" China. > China has drawn much criticism over the years for its treatment and detention of Uyghurs and other Muslims. A 2022 U.N. report, published by former U.N. rights chief Michelle Bachelet, said China's treatment of Uyghurs could constitute crimes against humanity, something China has consistently denied. > Thursday's review of China's human rights record before the Human Rights Council was the first since the publication of the 2022 report. ... Each U.N. member state undergoes a review of its human rights record every few years.
www.theguardian.com
[archive.org link](https://web.archive.org/web/20240705140144/https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/jul/02/obsession-with-growth-is-enriching-elites-and-killing-the-planet-we-need-an-economy-based-on-human-rights-olivier-de-schutter) > A “human rights economy” can deliver for people and the planet because it shifts our focus from growth to humanity – grounding the purpose of the economy in fundamental, universal human values. It offers human rights as a guardrail to keep the economy on track – meeting the challenges of the climate crisis, addressing inequalities and eradicating poverty. > This proposition is not some fairytale. Concrete steps can be taken now, starting with choosing measures of progress other than gross domestic product (GDP) – which tells us nothing about the ecological or social fallout of economic activity. > And we need to start valuing what really counts. GDP has no way of accounting for the estimated 16.4bn hours spent every day worldwide on unpaid work, largely carried out by women, that underpins the global economy: caring for children, people with disabilities and older citizens.
Human Rights
Julian’s first birthday in freedom in fourteen years.
kashifshah 3 months ago • 50%
Language like that plus the failure to treat the subject of discussion to dignity was almost enough for me to remove this comment, on it's own. Thankfully, the community has spoken using the tools available to them to indicate that your behavior is unacceptable. Keep it up and you'll be removed.
www.hrw.org
[archive.today link](https://archive.ph/B0H43) > All victims of gross human rights violations in Palestine and Israel are owed reparation, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch on June 26 submitted recommendations to the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967. The rapporteur, Francesca Albanese, had invited input to inform her October 2024 report to the United Nations General Assembly on the ongoing hostilities. > Under international law, governments responsible for abuses are obliged to provide effective remedies for human rights violations, including through truth, justice, compensation, memorialization, and guarantees of non-recurrence. Non-state armed groups also have responsibilities to provide reparation. Reparation processes should center on the rights of victims and be carried out after meaningful and effective consultations with them. Other countries that have, or whose businesses have, supported one side or the other should contribute to reparations and all other countries should press the parties to the conflict to commit to provide reparations. > “The parties to the conflict need to repair the harm they have caused to victims in the ongoing hostilities,” said Clive Baldwin, senior legal adviser at Human Rights Watch. “Governments supporting Israel and Palestinian armed groups should not only use their leverage to stop further abuses, but also to ensure that victims and survivors receive meaningful reparations.”
eng.belta.by
[archive.org link](https://web.archive.org/web/20240620130632/https://eng.belta.by/society/view/belarus-russia-issue-joint-report-on-human-rights-situation-in-certain-countries-159256-2024/) > The Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Belarus and Russia have prepared the first joint report on the human rights situation in certain countries. The document was published on the websites of the foreign ministries on the morning of 20 June, BelTA has learned. > The review covers more than 40 countries. Among them are many EU countries (including the closest neighbors of Belarus), the UK, the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, Ukraine, Moldova and others. > A very detailed fact-finding report has been prepared for every country. As visual confirmation, the document has numerous photos. The document is large, more than 1,800 pages long! > Addresses to readers were written by Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Yuri Ambrazevich and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin. As they noted, the facts the Report contains show that racist and neo-colonial views are typical of Western "model democracies" in principle.
www.nytimes.com
[archive.today link](https://archive.ph/DxUDr) > Evidence cited in the ruling showed how Russia, and its proxy government in the region, have created an atmosphere of oppression, using blanket laws targeting extremism and terrorism to silence dissent. Pro-Ukrainian media outlets have been abolished, while the Ukrainian language has been suppressed in schools. Ukrainian banks have been nationalized, along with their customers’ property and assets, the court found. > Crimean Tatars, an ethnic minority, have also been targeted, and between 15,000 and 30,000 Tatar have fled the region since 2014. Tatar television channels have been removed from the air, their cultural and religious buildings vandalized and some Tatar homes have been painted with crosses. Any gatherings by Tatar leaders or groups deemed pro-Ukrainian have been violently broken up, with attendees detained. > Crimea’s occupying government has also cracked down on religious diversity, raiding madrassas and mosques, expelling Ukrainian Orthodox priests and repurposing their churches. Journalists critical of the regime are also routinely harassed and threatened.
webtv.un.org
www.techpolicy.press
[archive.org link](https://web.archive.org/web/20240625165558/https://www.techpolicy.press/the-promise-and-perils-of-human-rights-for-governing-digital-platforms-symposium-introduction/) > Yet while human rights offer a salient language of social justice, it is unclear whether they are legally and conceptually adequate to address the most important political, social and economic questions and conflicts raised by the platformization of social life. Critical literature suggests that the individualized, state-oriented legal protections and non-confrontational language of human rights have historically been as likely to stabilize state and corporate power as to challenge it. Moreover, technology regulation scholars argue that greater attention should be directed towards how digital platforms are transforming the material and socio-technical environments that constitute the conditions of possibility for realizing human rights in practice.
Human Rights
Reclaiming Democracy With Bitcoin At The Oslo Freedom Forum
kashifshah 3 months ago • 100%
Interesting that this is being downvoted.
It would be great if someone could articulate the negative sentiment towards bitcoin.
As a former software developer, and someone who has briefly experimented with the blockchains, I can say that the technology is vastly over-hyped and completely misunderstood.
Can Human Rights be furthered by use of blockchains? It's quite possible.
But what use is there focusing on the simplest of use cases: bitcoin?
laughingsquid.com
www.hrw.org
[archive.org link](https://web.archive.org/web/20240516033659/https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/04/11/global-failures-healthcare-funding) > “When governments neglect to invest in their healthcare systems, people and families end up shouldering the burden,” said Matt McConnell, economic justice and rights researcher at Human Rights Watch. “While more spending is not enough on its own to ensure universal access to high quality healthcare services, it can help shift this burden, which causes the most harm for people with the fewest resources.” > The Human Rights Watch analysis of healthcare spending in more than 190 countries around the world, available in a summary table at the end of this document, also found that: > Despite a mass increase in healthcare spending across the globe in response to the pandemic, 38 governments spent less on health care in 2021, as a share of their GDP, than the year before it began. > Despite governments’ commitments to reduce out-of-pocket expenditures, individuals and their households collectively paid the equivalent of about US$1.68 trillion for health care out of their own pockets in 2021, a figure comparable to the annual GDP of Australia or the Republic of Korea. > At the height of the pandemic, out-of-pocket payments covered the costs of more than 20 percent of health care in 119 countries. Only high-income countries averaged less than 20 percent in 2021 (17 percent), while upper-middle (29.9 percent), lower-middle (34.6 percent), and low-income (39.1 percent) countries averaged far more. > In 47 countries in 2021, individuals and their households collectively paid more out-of-pocket for health care than their governments spent on it. > Twenty years after agreeing to the Abuja Declaration and committing to spend at least 15 percent of their national budgets on health care, only 2 of the African Union’s 55 member countries met this target in 2021: Cabo Verde (15.75 percent) and South Africa (15.29 percent). On the whole, countries in the African Union spent an average of 7.35 percent of their national budgets on health care that year. > Eighty-three governments paid more per person to service their external public and publicly guaranteed debts in 2021 than on health care.
Human Rights
[opinion] Mental health must be upheld as a universal human right
kashifshah 3 months ago • 100%
Indeed, it is:
https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/18443730 <- universal healthcare and human rights
The right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health[10]—a right that practically all countries have committed to uphold
Except, the United States still hasn't ratified.
https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/17662154 <- map of who hasn't ratified
https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/17841177 <- easy-to-read ICESCR
www.aljazeera.com
[archive.org link](https://web.archive.org/web/20240618142243/https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/10/17/mental-health-must-be-upheld-as-a-universal-human-right) > Multiplying and escalating crises are placing ever greater strains on people’s mental health and the services available to support them. From the lingering effects of COVID-19, the uptick in climate-related emergencies and the ongoing impacts of conflict and displacement in many regions, more and more people are suffering. Meanwhile, stigma and discrimination against people with mental health conditions and psychosocial disabilities continue in our schools, workplaces and communities. > With as many as one billion people – one in eight of us – living with a mental health condition, and a persistent history of under-investment in mental health services, the gap between the need for and availability of quality care and support can be expected to widen further. This will have predictable consequences for the health, happiness and wellbeing of millions of people.
news.un.org
[archive.org link](https://web.archive.org/web/20240606163742/https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/09/1141202) > Ultimately, achieving health coverage for all is a political choice, said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the UN World Health Organization (WHO). > “But the choice is not just made on paper. It is made in budget decisions and policy decisions. Most of all, it is made by investing in primary healthcare, which is the most inclusive, equitable, and efficient path to universal health coverage,” he emphasized.
[archive.today link](https://archive.ph/YT0c2) > Human rights are fundamental and universal rights inherent to all human beings, regardless of nationality, ethnic origin, age or any other status without which they cannot live a dignified life. These principles should be at the center of all public policies and practices, including, as WHO’s Constitution recognizes, those related to health and health care.9 But human rights norms and standards are not just widely accepted: h**uman rights treaties create specific legal obligations for member states that have ratified them to respect, protect, and fulfil these rights in the development and implementation of laws, policies and programs**. The right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health10—a right that practically all countries have committed to uphold—articulates numerous concrete obligations for States relevant to UHC, thus making UHC an expression of an important dimension of this right. Among others, it requires that States ensure the availability, accessibility, acceptability, and quality of health services. Some of these obligations and principles are discussed below.
www.cesr.org
[archive.today link](https://archive.ph/VDfY6) > What are human rights? How do they relate to the economy? Why are they a powerful tool for systemic transformation? Here, you can find short, digestible answers to commonly asked questions about human rights and the economy.
www.cesr.org
[archive.today link](https://archive.ph/FrpCb) > We are excited to invite you to our upcoming webinar to explore how a Rights-Based Economy can challenge the neoliberal model through an intersectional lens. > Register to join a diverse group of allies to discuss human rights tools that strengthen gender equality, and how shifting narratives through research can open the way to systems change. > Date: Wednesday, 19 June 2024 > Time: 12 PM GMT, 7 PM MYT, 7 AM ET > Languages: English, Spanish > Speakers: > Nelly Shiguango, Federation of Indigenous Organizations of Napo, Ecuador > Jessica Mandanda, Feminist Macro-Economic Alliance Malawi > Eva Martínez-Acosta, Centro de Derechos Económicos y Sociales (CDES) > Amna Terrass, Observatoire Tunisien de l'Economie (OTE) > Moderator: > Nicole Maloba , African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) > We look forward to seeing you there!
Anarchism vs. Marxism
I am neither an Anarchist nor a Marxist, explain the debate?
kashifshah 3 months ago • 100%
Thanks for taking the time to reply, db0! That is much appreciated.
Human Rights
Immigrants’ Rights Groups Sue Biden Administration Over New Anti-Asylum Rule
kashifshah 3 months ago • 100%
Comment removed for violating "0-tolerance for breaking all three rules at once"
www.hrw.org
[archive.org link](https://web.archive.org/web/20240617153150/https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2024/country-chapters/china) > Human rights defenders and government critics continue to face persecution. > In January, authorities released human rights lawyer Tang Jitian after forcibly disappearing him for 398 days. In March, a Guangxi court sentenced human rights lawyer Qin Yongpei to five years in prison for “inciting subversion of state power.” In April, a court in Shandong province sentenced prominent legal scholar Xu Zhiyong and human rights lawyer Ding Jiaxi to 14 and 12 years in prison, respectively, for “subversion of state power.”
www.hrw.org
[archive.org link](https://web.archive.org/web/20240617152720/https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2023/country-chapters/china) > ... > Beijing and Hong Kong authorities continued their assault on human rights in the territory, a downward trajectory that is expected to continue as Beijing appointed an abusive former police official, John Lee, as the city’s chief executive. > International attention to Chinese government human rights violations grew. Eight governments engaged in a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in protest. In June, entry into force of the United States Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act established a presumption that goods from Xinjiang are made from forced labor and cannot be imported. In August, the former United Nations high commissioner for human rights released her report on Xinjiang, concluding that the abuses in the region “may constitute crimes against humanity.” > ...
[archive.org link](https://web.archive.org/web/20240617144707/https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/03/un-report-details-climate-fear-occupied-areas-ukraine-russian-federation) > The Russian Federation has created a stifling climate of fear in occupied areas of Ukraine, committing widespread violations of international humanitarian and human rights law in an effort to consolidate its control over the population living there, according to a UN Human Rights Office report issued today. > The report, based on more than 2,300 interviews with victims and witnesses, details the measures taken by the Russian Federation to impose Russian language, citizenship, laws, court system, and education curricula on the occupied areas, while at the same time suppressing expressions of Ukrainian culture and identity, and dismantling Ukraine’s governance and administrative systems in these regions. > “The actions of the Russian Federation have ruptured the social fabric of communities and left individuals isolated, with profound and long-lasting consequences for Ukrainian society as a whole,” said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk.
[archive.today link](https://archive.ph/Z9Bx6#selection-1367.20-1385.238) > Russia's Human Rights Commissioner said on Tuesday she had issued a fresh appeal to senior U.N. and other officials to take action to secure the release of Russian nationals still held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Tatyana Moskalkova, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said she had launched the appeal after meeting in Moscow with relatives of those still being held. > "In one conversation, one of the mothers told me details of the situation of those being held," she wrote. News reports have put at eight the number of hostages holding Russian passports, including three who were released. > Moskalkova said she had appealed to the U.N. High Commissioner For Human Rights, Volker Turk, the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Mirjana Spoljaric, and other officials "for the rapid return home of our compatriots".
[archive.org link](https://web.archive.org/web/20240614173847/https://www.ohchr.org/en/stories/2024/02/building-new-alliances-path-social-justice) > According to Türk, a human rights economy framework “ensures that business models and economic policies are guided by human rights standards and enables an integrated and mission-oriented combination of socio-economic policies that advance each and every SDG goal and target, including in particular by ending discrimination against women and girls, as well as racial, ethnic and linguistic minorities.” > It also advances a fairer distribution of resources that reduces inequalities within and between countries, Türk said. > “A human rights economy is one in which core human rights goals and methods infuse every policy and decision-making process, including taxation, investment and all issues of resource allocation in Government budgets,” he said.
[archive.org link](https://web.archive.org/web/20240614173326/https://www.ohchr.org/en/stories/2023/04/building-economies-place-peoples-human-rights-center) > According to UN Human Rights, a human rights economy places people and the planet at the heart of economic policies, investment decisions, consumer choices, and business models, with the goal of measurably enhancing the enjoyment of human rights for all. > Deepening inequality remains a key obstacle to achieving globally agreed ambitions of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the promise to leave no one behind. > “We need to work together and harder to truly place human rights at the core of all dimensions of sustainable development,” he said. > According to Türk, a human rights economy seeks to “redress root causes and structural barriers to equality, justice, and sustainability, by prioritizing investment in economic, social and cultural rights.”
www.aclu.org
[archive.org link](https://web.archive.org/web/20240612220711/https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/immigrants-rights-groups-sue-biden-administration-over-new-anti-asylum-rule) > Immigrants’ rights groups today sued the Biden administration over the president’s proclamation and a new rule that severely restricts asylum and puts thousands of lives at risk. > The American Civil Liberties Union, National Immigrant Justice Center, Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, Jenner & Block LLP, ACLU of the District of Columbia, and Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP) filed the federal lawsuit on behalf of Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center (Las Americas) and the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES). > President Biden issued the proclamation last week along with an accompanying interim rule issued by the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice on the same day. These executive actions will effectively shut off any access to asylum protections for the vast majority of people arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border, no matter how strong their claims. The proclamation echoes the Trump administration’s previous asylum entry ban, which immigrants’ rights advocates successfully challenged.
www.bbc.com
> fruit company Chiquita Brands International liable for financing a Colombian paramilitary group. The group, the United Self-Defence Forces of Colombia (AUC), was designated by the US as a terrorist organisation at the time. Following a civil case brought by eight Colombian families whose relatives were killed by the AUC, Chiquita has been ordered to pay $38.3m (£30m) in damages to the families. Chiquita said in a statement that it intended to appeal against the jury's verdict, arguing that there was "no legal basis for the claims". The jury in the case, which was heard in a federal court in South Florida, found Chiquita responsible for the wrongful deaths of eight men killed by the AUC. The AUC engaged in widespread human rights abuses in Colombia, including murdering people it suspected of links with left-wing rebels. The victims ranged from trade unionists to banana workers. The case was brought by the families after Chiquita pleaded guilty in 2007 to making payments to the AUC.
www.iaea.org
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/17907463 > [archive.org link](https://web.archive.org/web/20240607231526/https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/iaea-presents-sustainable-energy-planning-toolkit-to-the-g20) > > > Decarbonization of the energy, transportation and industrial sectors by 2050 is a formidable challenge, and getting there will require significant use of nuclear power. But whether nuclear power figures into a country’s future energy mix or not, rigorous planning is needed to determine the clean energy composition that will work best depending on country-specific factors. > > > The publication, entitled ‘From Knowledge to Action: IAEA Toolkit for Sustainable Energy Planning’, was presented during a side event held on the margins of a meeting of the G20’s Energy Transitions Working Group in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
sdfpubnixkashifshah 4 months ago • 100%
also, apologies to everyone at lemmy.sdf.org if i am flooding local for you. i've been busy adding a bunch links
kashifshah 4 months ago • 100%
they also have an email address: membership at sdf dot org, but yeah, the internal BBS is where it is at.
We are a public access UNIX system, so it's not as much of a void as it might seem :D
Politics
[resource] Political Typology Quiz: Where do you fit in the political typology? Are you a Faith and Flag Conservative? Progressive Left? Or somewhere in between?
kashifshah 4 months ago • 100%
Well, please do share what you find!
You are on the right track w/ idealism vs materialism in psychology, at least.
The question there arose from the brain: how do you rectify the mind/soul with the brain/body? Dualism apparently fails (the idea that there is a separate mind from the brain) which leaves only some form of monism. A sort of hybrid materialism-idealism seems to make the most sense, where consciousness is a property of the universe, like time or space, and different entities have differing consciousnesses. In that sort of a philosophy, when talking about the brain of a person you are equally talking about the experience that person is having, just in different terms.
I suspect that in sociology that would be some sort of unified anarcho-marxism, if such a thing exists. The atomic theory of society seems to be the thing where they are working on unifying language. If society is fully atomized, asking whether a new society arises due to free choice or resource demands is like asking whether rivers rise due to rain or sewer overflow, if that makes sense?
retroNET - Vintage Culture/Websites/Software
SimCity 2000 Music: 10012
kashifshah 4 months ago • 100%
this was one of my favorite childhood games, thanks for posting this!
Politics
[resource] Political Typology Quiz: Where do you fit in the political typology? Are you a Faith and Flag Conservative? Progressive Left? Or somewhere in between?
kashifshah 4 months ago • 100%
apparently, depending on the language used, it will drive the easily angered on the right to insanity
Politics
[resource] Political Typology Quiz: Where do you fit in the political typology? Are you a Faith and Flag Conservative? Progressive Left? Or somewhere in between?
kashifshah 4 months ago • 100%
You are very welcome!
I'm glad to be able to be of appreciation, as I know how that is - looks like you are in the right place to discuss political science though!
In the interest of conversation, maybe you can explain or point me to an explanation of why Anarchism vs. Marxism is considered "idealism vs materialism" in sociology?
In Psychology, we had an "idealism vs materialism" debate, but it is mostly resolved with a sort of "idealistic materialism" or "materialistic idealism" where, essentially, "idealism <=> materialism", as I understand it.
I'm curious about what the current state of the art is, in that debate!
Either way, I'll definitely spend some time in !politics@lemmy.ml checking things out.
Politics
'We Can Get There': Medicare for All Advocates See Resurgence in National Movement | Common Dreams
kashifshah 4 months ago • 100%
Have you read about the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights yet?
Based on my understanding, that treaty will require us to have universal healthcare and social security.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Covenant_on_Economic,_Social_and_Cultural_Rights
Politics
[resource] Political Typology Quiz: Where do you fit in the political typology? Are you a Faith and Flag Conservative? Progressive Left? Or somewhere in between?
kashifshah 4 months ago • 100%
I think "Outsider Left" may have subsumed "Faith and Family Left" in the new version of the typology.
Politics
[resource] Political Typology Quiz: Where do you fit in the political typology? Are you a Faith and Flag Conservative? Progressive Left? Or somewhere in between?
kashifshah 4 months ago • 100%
A good rule of thumb is to measure twice, cut once, so perhaps give it a try twice: once where you answer philosophically and once where you answer practically?
I'm due for taking it again, myself, but I generally consider myself a radical moderate (I'm all for system-wide changes) and I think Pew described me as "faith and family left" when I last took the test.
Politics
[resource] Political Typology Quiz: Where do you fit in the political typology? Are you a Faith and Flag Conservative? Progressive Left? Or somewhere in between?
kashifshah 4 months ago • 100%
Hah, hello neighbor :D
I'm curious how universal these political typologies could be made. I'm sure this one might apply a great deal to a number of western countries, if you change the names accordingly, etc.
Human Rights
Dramatic Rise in Police Interventions on 988 Callers: New data reveals that four times as many callers to 988 as previously publicly claimed are getting visited by police or emergency medical services
kashifshah 4 months ago • 50%
You are generally safe to call, as they are trained to help you, but they are legally and ethically bound to call for a welfare check, in some situations.
News like this ought to wake up the politicians that they need to write better anti-suicide laws.
Human Rights
[opinion] Sen. Rick Scott Leads Colleagues in Slamming Democrats’ Attacks on Religious Freedoms & Parental Rights, Political Games on Contraception
kashifshah 4 months ago • 100%
That appears to be false. The bill specifically states the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act supersedes the Right to Contraception Act. Also appearing to be false is the claim the legislation provides “condoms to little kids.” No text in the bill states condoms will be handed out to children.
Fediverse
[opinion] By sunsetting Section 230, Congress could be about to break the internet as we know it
kashifshah 4 months ago • 100%
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-range_Wi-Fi
:D
I'll see if i can find something specifically about what you are asking, but I would be surprised if anyone has taken the time to try to bounce WiFi. The wavelength might not be amenable to bouncing, as it is such a high frequency signal. If I recall correctly, there is a relatively narrow range of wavelength that will actually bounce back to earth off of the atmosphere.
edit: https://radiojove.gsfc.nasa.gov/education/activities/iono.html
Fediverse
[opinion] By sunsetting Section 230, Congress could be about to break the internet as we know it
kashifshah 4 months ago • 75%
Human Rights
W3C Community Groups
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W3C Community Groups
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W3C Community Groups
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W3C Community Groups
kashifshah 4 months ago • 100%
Why the downvotes?
There's actually a Credible Web Community Group at W3C that you can go and join if you wanted to. If you are into the idea of credible computing, blockchains, and trust, then you definitely need to check it out.
Human Rights
Another Boeing whistleblower comes forward over safety concerns
kashifshah 4 months ago • 100%
"accidentally, brutally stabbed himself in the stomach, while shaving."
Human Rights
Another Boeing whistleblower comes forward over safety concerns
kashifshah 4 months ago • 100%
When human rights collide: the right to safety for the passengers and the right to work for the employee.
Human Rights
[opinion] We can safeguard democracy without giving in to fear and more policing
Privacy
[question] For a Universal Declaration on Fediverse Rights, or: At the Core of the Threads-Debate lies a deeper problem: how can the Fediverse grow without losing its soul in the process?
kashifshah 4 months ago • 33%
We need journalism, not vitriol, in !humanrights@lemmy.sdf.org <- I'm the moderator there. Just saying, if you see something in the news that speaks to the human right to privacy, we'll spread the news if you cross-post it.
Article 12, UN UDHR
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.