CAP’s Alondra Nelson Condemns Dangerous Repeal of AI Executive Order

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Washington, D.C. – Today, President Donald Trump repealed the executive order on artificial intelligence (AI) that former President Joe Biden issued to ensure that uses of this technology are safe, secure, and trustworthy.

Spain’s Sánchez warns of AI’s threat to democracy, urges Europe to act

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Madrid, Jan 20 (EFE).– Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez Monday accused “technocracy” of wielding “omnipotent” control over social networks to influence public debate and government decisions, urging Europe to defend democracy against this growing threat.

MEANINGFUL PARTICIPATION OF MARGINALIZED AND UNDERREPRESENTED PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

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This guidance note provides technical guidance to UN organizations implementing Global Disability Fund (GDF) programmes on how they can advance the rights of marginalized and underrepresented persons with disabilities more efectively in joint programming

Call for inputs: United Nations Report on Human Rights in Sport

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Purpose: This call for inputs seeks to inform the preparation of the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, pursuant to Human Rights Council Resolution 54/25: 'A World of Sport Free from Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance'.

Call for inputs: United Nations Report on Human Rights in Sport

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Purpose: This call for inputs seeks to inform the preparation of the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, pursuant to Human Rights Council Resolution 54/25: 'A World of Sport Free from Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance'.

IDS: Recasting Development 2025

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28 January 2025 16:00–17:30 Institute of Development Studies IDS Convening Space and online on Zoom.Join the Institute of Development Studies for our annual event to examine prospects for a recasting of development around the world.

CIEL Condemns Regressive Actions Threatening Human Rights, Environment, and Justice

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Washington, DC, January 20, 2025—Today, as the 47th President of the United States is sworn into office, he vows in his inaugural speech that his administration will move to dismantle critical environmental protections and human rights safeguards through executive orders on his first day in office.

World Economic Forum: Global Risks Report 2025: Conflict, Environment and Disinformation Top Threats

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Geneva, Switzerland, 15 January 2025 – The 20th edition of the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report, released today, reveals an increasingly fractured global landscape, where escalating geopolitical, environmental, societal and technological challenges threaten stability and progress.

Calling for bold choices in the fight against racism and discrimination

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UNESCO’s 4th Global Forum Against Racism and Discrimination, 10-11 December 2024, Barcelona (Spain). The UNESCO’s 4th Global Forum Against Racism and Discrimination, held on 10-11 December 2024 in Barcelona, Spain became a vibrant space of dialogue and action.

UNV and ILO release a new paper on volunteering and unpaid care work

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Volunteering, unpaid care work and gender in lower-income countries is the latest paper released as part of the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) partnership on the measurement of volunteer work.

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