By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. © 2019 Anja Niedringhaus/AP Photo (Geneva) – World Health Organization (WHO) member countries adopted a new treaty on May 20, 2025, to improve international coordination and cooperation on the prevention of, preparation for, and response to future pandemics, Human Rights Watch said today.While its entry into force would mark improvement over the status quo, the WHO Pandemic Agreement provides little support to ensure its effective implementation, containing neither an enforcement mechanism nor…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image North Korea's UN Ambassador Song Kim addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, September 26, 2023. © 2023 Richard Drew/AP Photo This week, the United Nations General Assembly met for its first-ever public high-level session devoted to North Korea's human rights situation. The meeting highlighted Pyongyang’s brutal repression of its citizens as a driver of global insecurity.North Korean escapees Kim Eun Ju and Kang Gyu Li described the dehumanizing abuse and hunger they suffered inside North Korea. Eun Ju talked about watching her father die…
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By Amnesty International
Reacting to the news of the enforced disappearance of Sudanese human rights defender and asylum seeker Mohammed Adam, known as “Tupac”, after his abduction by agents of the Sudanese embassy in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, on 19 May, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East and Southern Africa Tigere Chagutah said: “Amnesty International is extremely concerned […] The post Libya: Sudanese human rights defender disappeared and under imminent threat of forced return appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
Tanzanian authorities must investigate the arbitrary arrest, torture, incommunicado detention, and forcible deportation of human rights defenders Agather Atuhaire and Boniface Mwangi, Amnesty International said today. Agather Atuhaire, from Uganda, and Kenyan national Boniface Mwangi arrived in Tanzania on 18 May as part of a delegation to observe the trial of jailed opposition politician Tundu […] The post Tanzania: Torture and forcible deportation of Kenyan and Ugandan activists must be urgently investigated appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Dobromir Rahnev, Associate Professor of Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com.
Is it possible to upload the consciousness of your mind into a computer? – Amreen, age 15, New Delhi, India
The concept, cool yet maybe a little creepy, is known as mind uploading. Think of it as a way…
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By Catherine Gegout, Associate Professor in International Relations, University of Nottingham
The British, French and Canadian leaders issued a joint statement on May 19 in which they condemned Israel’s “egregious actions” in Gaza, warning that concrete action could follow if it does not stop its military offensive. They said an 11-week blockade on humanitarian aid reaching the territory had led to an “intolerable” level of human suffering.
Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu – who the International…
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By Thomas Hainey, Senior Lecturer/Programme Leader of Computer Games Development, University of the West of Scotland
Still Wakes The Deep keeps players on edge like an interactive narrative horror movie, requiring quick thinking and problem-solving skills.
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By Ashley Braganza, Professor of Business Transformation, Brunel University of London
S. Asieh H. Tabaghdehi, Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in Strategy and Business Economy, Brunel University of London
Data is the lifeblood of artificial intelligence (AI) and as such is a hugely valuable resource. Entrepreneur Matt Clifford’s report on the AI Opportunities Action Plan, commissioned by the UK government, has set out some ambitious recommendations for unlocking UK public data to power AI development – and serve as a state asset.
Making UK-owned datasets available for training AI, according to innovation…
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By Simon Valle, Conservation Planning Officer at IUCN SSC Conservation Planning Specialist Group & Honorary Lecturer in Conservation Science, Bangor University
David Jorge Pereira, PhD Candidate, Conservation Science, University of Birmingham
When a major cyclone tears through an island nation, all efforts rightly focus on saving human lives and restoring livelihoods. However, these storms have permanent consequences for other species that are often forgotten.
As the world continues to heat, cyclones are expected to become more frequent, intense and unpredictable. The International Union of Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the global authority on biodiversity, lists storms as one factor threatening species. But just how much of a threat is…
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By Jack O'Doherty, PhD Candidate in Nuclear Strategy, University of Leicester
The Trump administration’s recent announcement of a “Golden Dome” strategic missile defence shield to protect the US is the most ambitious such project since President Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) of the 1980s.
The SDI programme – better known by its somewhat mocking nickname of “Star Wars” – sparked a heated debate over…
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