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Disability Discrimination in the Digital Realm: How the ICRPD Applies to Artificial Intelligence Decision-Making Processes and Helps in Determining the State of International Human Rights Law (Human Rights Law Reivew; Volume. 23, Issue. 3) Year of publication: 2023 Author: Tetyana Krupiy | Martin Scheinin Scholars have identified challenges to protecting individuals from discrimination in contexts where organisations deploy artificial intelligence decision-making processes. While scholarship on ‘digital discrimination’ is growing, scholars have paid less attention to the impact of the use of artificial intelligence decision-making processes on persons with disabilities. This article posits that while the use of artificial intelligence technology can be beneficial for some purposes, its deployment can also construct a disability. The article demonstrates that the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities can be interpreted in a manner that confers a wide variety of human rights on persons with disabilities in the context when entities deploy artificial intelligence decision-making processes. The article proposes a test for digital discrimination based on disability and shows how it can be incorporated into the treaty through legal interpretation. Thereafter, it moves to developing an analogous general test for digital discrimination under international human rights law, applicable beyond a catalogue of protected characteristics.
The Effects of AI on the Working Lives of Women Year of publication: 2022 Author: Clementine Collett | Gina Neff | Livia Gouvea Gomes Corporate author: UNESCO | Inter-American Development Bank | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) The use of AI technologies will affect women’s opportunities for work, and their position, status and treatment in the workplace. Around the globe, women in the labour force earn less than men, spend more time undertaking unpaid child- and elder-care jobs, hold fewer senior positions, participate less in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields, and tend to hold more precarious jobs overall. In harnessing AI, governments, institutions and companies must narrow gender gaps rather than perpetuate or exacerbate them. This report, by the IDB, OECD and UNESCO, outlines current knowledge of the impact that AI systems have on women’s opportunities for work, and their position, treatment and status in the workforce. It does so by exploring how AI is used within and outside the workplace, and how it could be used in the future. It looks at the potential impact of new and emerging AI technologies on the skills that employers will require, on how women look for and are hired for jobs, and on how jobs are structured through automated monitoring and oversight. The report maps the opportunities and challenges that AI presents for the working lives of women and highlights the complexities that varying national and regional contexts present for understanding the impact of AI on the work of women. The report also notes that current research does not offer a complete or definite picture of how AI impacts the working lives of women and calls for further research and analysis in this area.
#EquiTalks: How Can We Turn Division into Dialogue? Year of publication: 2024 Corporate author: Equitas This brochure gathers the answers of five human rights defenders during the 2024 #EquiTalks panel discussion, who attempted to answer the question: How can we turn division into dialogue? The brochure suggests potential solutions and tips to counteract the polarization of opinions on human rights.
[Podcast] Back to Srebrenica Year of publication: 2022 Corporate author: Doctors without Borders Since its creation in 1971, Médecins Sans Frontières has been providing medical assistance to populations in need in numerous extremely complex situations. Its staff has often witnessed various types of crimes and abuses. In this podcast, we will take a closer look at one of these crises: the siege of the city of Srebrenica and the massacre that followed the fall of this city during the Bosnian War in the 1990s.
Our Reflections: Global Inequality and Solidarity Year of publication: 2022 Author: Jenny Bien-Aimé Corporate author: Quebec Association of International Cooperation Organizations (AQOCI) In 2022, the SDI took place from February 6 to 12, and the member organizations of AQOCI chose the theme "In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: calling for the co-construction of a just and united world."With this theme, the public was invited to discuss the persistent global inequalities and injustices and to explore solutions for making our world more just, united, and equitable.For the occasion, the comic book Nos Reflets was created by the artist Jenny Bien-Aimée.
World Migration Report 2024 Year of publication: 2024 Corporate author: Organisation Internationale pour les Migrations (OIM) The World Migration Report 2024 provided by the IOM aims at providing a better understanding of the migration phenomenon through a series of key questions: What is the proportion of migrants in the world? Are most migrants men or women? Which are the main host countries? The interactive edition presents only some of the key information contained in the full report.
Protection of Victims of Sexual Violence in Côte d'Ivoire: Progress Made, but Many Gaps Remain (FIDH; no. 818f) Year of publication: 2023 Author: Alice Mogwe | Eléonore Morel Corporate author: International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) has published a follow-up report on sexual violence protection measures in Côte d'Ivoire, in association with several other local associations. The aim of this note is to study these new measures in the light of the recommendations in the FIDH report, in order to gain an overall view of the situation, draw up an initial assessment of the progress made, and highlight the points to be strengthened in order to improve the status of women in the country.
From Civic Education to Citizenship Education: Citizenship Values in the Geography Curriculum; The Problem of Understanding and Downloading (International Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies; vol. 6, no. 17) Year of publication: 2022 Author: Al-Hassan Farkakoum Corporate author: Democratic Arab Center This paper aims to contribute to revealing the extent to which the values of citizenship and human rights are present in the social studies lesson in Moroccan public schools, specifically in the middle school education curriculum. The inclusion of human rights values at this level raises several problems that lead to two complementary trends: The first is related to the didactics of human rights and citizenship education, and the second trend is related to the extent of the learner’s ability to acquire and represent the values of citizenship and transform them into automatic daily behaviors and practices in the school environment and then after that in daily public life and private transactions.
Violence in Schools: Thematic Report Year of publication: 2023 Corporate author: Higher Council for Education, Training, and Scientific Research (CSEFRS) | United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) This report presents the results of an assessment of violence in school settings conducted by the Higher Council for Education, Training and Scientific Research, through the National Evaluation Authority, in partnership with UNICEF. This report highlights the importance of a safe, violence-free school environment to ensure quality education.The main objective of this evaluation is to provide a detailed diagnosis of the situation of violence in the school environment in Morocco. Accordingly, the study focuses on measuring the extent of the spread of this phenomenon and identifying its various forms and manifestations in the school environment, as well as the actors involved in it. It does not only target the perpetrators of violence, but also its victims, including students and educational staff.
Road Map to Implement UNESCO’s ‘Recommendation on Education for Peace, Human Rights and Sustainable Development’ in Asia-Pacific Year of publication: 2024 Corporate author: UNESCO Bangkok | APCEIU The Road Map is a product of the Regional Policy Dialogue and the Launch of the Recommendation on Education for Peace, Human Rights, and Sustainable Development (hereafter referred to as the 2023 Recommendation), held in Bangkok in June 2024. This document aims to promote the regional implementation of the 2023 Recommendation and outlines the challenges and priorities within the Asia-Pacific educational landscape, making it a valuable resource for policymakers, researchers, and practitioners. 