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Glion VI: Towards 2026 – Perspectives on the future of the Human Rights Council

by the URG team September 4, 2019 Glion human rights dialogue INVALID, International human rights institutions, mechanisms and processes BORRAR, Policy reports

The sixth Glion Human Rights Dialogue (Glion VI), organised by Switzerland and the Universal Rights Group (URG), in partnership with the Permanent Missions of Botswana, Fiji, Iceland, Mexico and Thailand, was held on 27-28 May 2019 and considered the topic: ‘Towards 2026 – Perspectives on the future of the Human Rights Council.’ In particular the Glion VI retreat and its four preparatory policy dialogues …

Do digital technologies hurt or support human rights?

by the URG team September 3, 2019 Blog BORRAR, Blog BORRAR, Contemporary and emerging human rights issues BORRAR, Digital technologies BORRAR, Thematic human rights issues

On 14 May this year, the San Francisco city council voted to ban the use of facial recognition technology by local authorities and agencies, including the police. Several other US cities, and even some States, are now considering following suit. These important developments come in the wake of the release of a recent study by Georgetown University, which found that the use …