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The conditions placed on countries borrowing money from the International Monetary Fund have further disadvantaged these countries economically.
Setting up AI-free ‘sanctuaries’ could allow us to reap the technology’s benefits while offering vital safeguards to our cognitive capacities and privacy.
Those rights require legal protection.
Justice Mokgoro’s advocacy for group solidarity and reconciliation is discernible in several of her judgments.
Anti-LGBT sentiments are on the rise around the world, and Canada is not immune to the tide. Now is the time for us to speak out and denounce anti-LGBTQ actions and rhetoric.
The brutal methods employed by the French police to maintain order during protests contrast with those of its European neighbours.
Religious freedom has grown more important in US foreign policy – but does that come at the expense of promoting other human rights?
The Charter of Rights and Freedoms prohibits Canadian police from using excessive force and conducting unreasonable searches. But research has found many cases of police violating the Charter.
Publisher Ernest Moret was detained under terrorism powers for taking part in protests against Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms.
Dignity is at the centre of many rights-based declarations, but to eradicate racist policy and practices, we must commit to noticing each other’s personhood in new ways.
Those determining bail must reflect on their own beliefs and show restraint as they determine risk to avoid relying on false racist narratives. So should those calling for bail reform.
Though public opinion surveys offer some hope, there are several concerns for democracy’s consolidation in West Africa.
Rusesabagina’s release portrays Rwanda’s president as a pragmatist – one willing to negotiate once a security threat is neutralised.
Three scholars examine the implications of the crisis roiling Israel as hundreds of thousands of people protest across country.
Thirty years ago the World Bank recognised that its position was untenable. It put in place mechanisms to make the bank more accountable to ordinary people.
Discrimination against anyone based on their sexual orientation or gender identity is not an African value.
By reflecting on the violent origins of the Canadian sugar industry, we can bring wider attention to the exploitation underpinning the history of Canadian cuisine.
In Tunisia, scapegoating migrants diverts from the continuous failure of government to solve deep economic and social crisis.
Recognizing the challenges posed by climate-induced displacement is important. But officials must avoid rhetoric about displaced people that can fuel xenophobia.
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