Freedom House Honors 2026 Award Recipients; Launches 85th Anniversary Campaign

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Freedom House marked the 85th anniversary of its founding in 1941, recognizing luminaries in the fight for freedom and launching “Investing in Freedom’s Future,” a major new effort to confront the deepening authoritarian challenge to democracy.

One in four jobs at risk of being transformed by GenAI, new ILO–NASK Global Index shows

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The refined global index of exposure to Generative AI offers policymakers a vital tool for managing the impact on work.

Council of Europe: Deputy Secretary General on deliberative democracy: “all voices need to be heard”

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Strasbourg 26 March 2025. Engaging in an exchange of views on “Deliberative Democracy — from “nice-to-have” to essential for thriving democracies”, Deputy Secretary General Bjørn Berge stressed

A Free Press x FIRE Debate on Artificial Intelligence

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Artificial intelligence is still in its infancy, but it’s already upending how we work, write, research, and learn. We’re on the cusp of a technological revolution that will completely transform the way we consume information.

EUROPEAN HUMANITARIAN FORUM 2025

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Brussels, 19-20 May #EHF2025 Recordings are available in the Programme section.

IPRI calls for an immediate cessation of unprecedented repression against Indigenous Peoples in Panama

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Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI) makes an urgent call to stop the violent police raids and arbitrary arrests of indigenous leaders in the communities of the Ngäbe-Buglé Comarca in Panama, which have left at least one young indigenous person seriously injured, eighty indigenous people with injuries of varying degrees....

International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) 2026

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Biodiversity is the foundation of all life on Earth. But around the world, it is being lost at an unprecedented rate. The International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) 2026, “Acting locally for global impact".

EU: New ‘safe third country’ proposals cynical attempt to downgrade rights and offload asylum responsibilities

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Olivia Sundberg Diez, Amnesty International’s EU Advocate on Migration and Asylum, said: “Instead of spending endless time and resources offloading its responsibilities to other countries, the EU should invest in its own asylum systems and let people seeking asylum start rebuilding their lives.

FIFA support for Afghan women’s refugee team is partial solution but not official recognition

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Afghan football players and the Sport & Rights Alliance have responded to the FIFA Council's decision to establish an Afghan Women’s Refugee Team (AWRT).

IDS:Multilateralism at a crossroads

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4 June 2025 9:30–11:00 The Conduit 6 Langley St, London, WC2H 9JA

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