Human rights are not just words on paper. Advocates, social movements and government champions have brought much needed ...

Control systems keep your house warm and your car’s speed constant, but they could also help address societal problems.

A healthy democracy has free and fair elections, robust civil liberties, multiparty competition and minimal corruption. Does ...

The Council today approved conclusions on the priorities of the European Union in United Nations Human Rights fora in 2025.

Human Rights Watch Submission to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Review of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland 77th Session, February 2025 ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

Human Rights Watch's submission in advance of the 77th session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights regarding Kenya’s compliance with the International Covenant on Economic, Social ...

The European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) will hold its 346th plenary session in Strasbourg from 20 to 23 January 2025. This first plenary session of 2025 will focus notably on the adoption of ...

On January 14, hippies and other counterculture participants swarmed to the polo grounds in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park in a gathering called the Human Be-In. Timothy Leary advised ...

They have conjured dramatic scenarios, like AI-driven extinction of humans (and many other species), or our assimilation into human-AI cyborgs. The predictions are generally grim, pitting the fate of ...

Fossilized footprints in Saudi Arabia show human traffic on the cusp of a subsequent ice age. Like carbon dating, scientists use isotopes and context clues to calculate the approximate age of fossils.

Through what I call “Infinite Education,” we can foster human value, ingenuity and ethical thinking to complement rather than compete with intelligent machines. In place of outdated ...