Reassessing Corporate Due Diligence Standards in Dual-Use Technology Supply Chains
Amnesty International’s recent report “Shadows of Control” documents how companies from Germany, the UAE, Canada, China, the US, and France have supplied surveillance and censorship technologies to Pakistan: technologies now...
Human Rights Gaze into AI and Human Genetics and Genomics: Guiding the Legal and Policy Frameworks
Advancements in human genetics and genomics have been continually impacting basic human rights and fundamental freedoms, including privacy, confidentiality, non-discrimination, and human dignity. The increased application of artificial intelligence (AI)...
Transphobia at the highest level: UN Special Rapporteur Reem Alsalem’s report on Violence Against Women and Girls in breach of the Special Mandate Code of Conduct
In June 2025, the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, Reem Alsalem, released a report entitled “Sex-based violence against women and girls: new frontiers and emerging issues”...
Right to Children’s Identity in Pakistan
The right of children to identity is globally recognized, with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) emphasizing its critical importance. As a signatory to this...
AI Training, Data Centers, and the Right to a Healthy Environment: The Case of xAI in Memphis
The international recognition of the human right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment has gained prominence over the past few years, with confirmation of its existence taking place by...
Recognition Is Not Justice: What Australia’s River Law Reveals About Indigenous Rights
In 2017, Victoria enacted the Yarra River Protection (Wilip-gin Birrarung murron) Act, the first law in Australia to recognise a river as a living entity. For the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and...
Aligning AI Procurement with Human Rights: A Call for Proactive Governance
In June 2025, the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights released a landmark report titled “Artificial Intelligence Procurement and Deployment: Ensuring Alignment with the Guiding Principles on Business...
The Risks of Resistance: Protestors Need a Torture-Free Trade Treaty
Dissent stands as a historical foundation for social change, but the practice often yields hostile opposition from law enforcement. Considered to be efficient tools for crowd-control, projectiles like rubber bullets,...
Banking on Silence: Basel Committee’s Climate Framework Abandons Human Rights Protections?
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s June 2025 Framework for the Voluntary Disclosure of Climate-Related Financial Risks represents a pullout from human rights protection in financial regulation. By shifting from...
New WIPO Treaty to Protect Indigenous Rights: Reform without Sanction
Indigenous people’s traditional knowledge has routinely been misappropriated through the use of conventional intellectual property systems. The WIPO Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge Treaty adopted in May 2024 after...
Reflecting on the Right to Self-Determination as the Primary Ground for Protection of Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation and Initial Contact
From 21 April to 2 May 2025, the UN Headquarters in New York hosted the 24th session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) which endorsed the...
Breaking the Cycle of Injustice: The Global South’s Struggle to Climate Equity in International Forums
In the Global South, climate change is not merely an environmental crisis but a major human rights issue. This region experiences the most severe consequences of climate change, from rising...
