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Emphasising collaboration among diverse stakeholders—government, businesses, human rights defenders, and intergovernmental organisations, the FRA Forum 2024 highlighted the need for a human rights vision to address technological challenges like AI. Despite discrepancies, a collective common ground has called for a digital future rooted in dignity and justice.
AI and human rights: forging the universal source code Read More »
Harnessing new technologies, activists confront challenges like algorithmic bias and misinformation. A strong emphasis on an ethical and responsible use to advance human rights must be made. Despite risks, technology can empower activism, promoting collective action, accountability and democracy worldwide.
Navigating new technologies in activism: challenges and opportunities for human rights Read More »
Adults get to exchange opinions at conferences. Children do not have the same opportunity to express themselves. Nevertheless, they deserve to get a child-friendly seat at the table, have a say and be heard. Their perspectives might be different, but that might make it even more valuable.
Louder for the people in the back: Small voices need to be heard too Read More »
Among the pressing human rights challenges for Europe as discussed at the FRA Forum 2024 under a valuable cross-generational perspective, it is worth highlighting insights on election impact, civic space promotion and protection, as well as digitalisation and AI impact.
‘Open doors’ for empowering voices and understanding the most critical issues Read More »
Welcome to our sixth Curated series, which provides a space to reflect on conversations developed in the context of the Fundamental Rights Forum 2024 in relation to various issues concerning some pressing human rights challenges of our time and the significance of preparedness to overcome them.
The global youth climate movement faces significant challenges, including criminalisation and lack of support from the governments, yet it remains resilient. It is worth exploring India, with the world’s largest youth population, in relation to the youth climate movement at the intersection of right to participation and climate justice.
The new local architecture developed unilaterally by President Said presents a model of governance bound to pose serious challenges to democracy-building efforts in a young democracy like Tunisia. Above all, it would continue to widen the gap between citizens – particularly young people increasingly disengaged from political life – and those in power.
Understanding human rights law as a discourse of preventative practice, rather than remedy, can support preparedness in the face of large-scale emergencies, like the ecological crisis, but also in the face of ‘everyday’ emergencies faced by human rights defenders.
Can human rights lawyers and legal academics support human rights defenders in new ways? Read More »
Those who are protesting against unsustainable uses of the ocean or exclusionary approaches to marine conservation should be recognised and protected as environmental human rights defenders (EHRDs), due to growing awareness of the interdependence between a healthy ocean and human rights.
Ocean defenders are environmental human rights defenders Read More »
The interplay between states and corporations is complex because of the increasingly blurred line between their spheres of influence. It is worth exploring the benefits of deliberative governance as a means of transparency in the decision-making process that fosters public participation and effective environmental protection.
Deliberative democracy: Facilitating environmental protection Read More »