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Israel-Hamas war
US set to impose sanctions on Israeli military unit over alleged human rights abuses
...The US is expected to blacklist a controversial Israeli military unit for alleged human rights abuses against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, in its first sanctions against the Israel Defense Forces...
April 21, 2024
ExplainerUK immigration
What next for Sunak’s plans to fly UK asylum seekers to Rwanda?
...In theory, asylum seekers threatened with removal can still appeal to the European Court of Human Rights....
April 23, 2024
FT Live
Future of the Car
The technology and new business models shaping the next decade in automotive
Tuesday, 7 MaySancroft, Paternoster Square, London EC4M 7DQ, UK
John Thornhill
War by algorithm raises new moral dangers
...The experience of the Lavender system shows the tendency to over-trust the computer. It also highlights the difficulty of keeping “humans in the loop” in the heat of war....
April 11, 2024
Israel-Hamas war
UN officials call for probe into reports of mass graves at Gaza hospitals
...UN human rights chief Volker Türk said he was horrified by the destruction at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis and al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, and called for an independent probe into the deaths of the...
April 23, 2024
Europe Express
How Georgia’s EU dream is being eroded by ‘foreign influence’ law Premium content
...Among the conditions for further EU integration are reducing the power of oligarchs and strengthening civil society and human rights....
April 23, 2024
Israel-Hamas war
UN report accuses Israel of abusing Palestinian prisoners
...food for more than 24 hours....
March 10, 2024
FT Live
Bank of the Year Awards 2024
Recognising the best in banking globally
Wednesday, 4 DecemberLondon, UK
News updates from April 9: OpenAI and Meta ready new AI models; EU launches probe into Chinese wind turbine companies
Climate change ‘a threat to human rights’, rules court
...However, in another case against the Swiss government that went before the European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday, the judges ruled that because climate change was a “common concern to humankind”, citizen...
April 9, 2024
Labour Party UK
Labour shadow justice secretary defends UK’s membership of ECHR
...Shabana Mahmood, the Labour shadow justice secretary, has defended the UK’s membership of the European Court of Human Rights, describing it as a privilege that has “protected the rights of thousands of British...
April 21, 2024
Poland
Donald Tusk’s coalition split on Polish abortion rights
...A proposed reform to Poland’s abortion rights has caused the first splits within Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s coalition and started alienating some of its core voters....
April 11, 2024
Letter
Letter: Afghan human rights deserve our attention too
...Continued ignorance about the plight of Afghans might actually beget further costs for the world....
April 3, 2024
War in Ukraine
Pentagon rushes $1bn in weapons to Kyiv after Biden signs aid bill
...“I’m making sure the shipments start right away,” Biden said in remarks from the White House. “We need to move fast.”...
April 24, 2024
Europe Express
Frontex pushes back against EU ombudsman’s human rights criticism Premium content
...It concluded last week that the current rules don’t allow Frontex to protect human rights properly, and called for legislative changes. “I understand the logic the ombudsman is following....
March 6, 2024
Climate change
Climate change failings violate citizens’ rights, European court rules
...The International Court of Justice, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights are all deliberating similar cases related to governments’ liability to...
April 9, 2024
Robert McCorquodale
Business deserves clarity on human rights responsibilities
...The writer is the chair of the UN working group on business and human rights and author of ‘Business and Human Rights’ EU governments are currently debating whether to approve the draft corporate sustainability...
March 10, 2024
News in-depthMiddle East conflict
How Israel’s defences repelled Iranian missile and drone attacks
...But for Israeli officials, it was proof that, as one put it, a “strong defence coalition showed it can stand up to and create deterrence against Iran”....
April 14, 2024
FT Live
Business Book of the Year Award 2024
The search for the best business book is under way
Monday, 9 December1 Grosvenor Pl, London SW1X 7HJ, UK
News updates from February 15: White House discloses Russian ‘anti-satellite capability’, UK GDP contracts by more than expected
Venezuela orders closure of UN human rights office
...Staff at the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights have been given 72 hours to leave the country, foreign minister Yván Gil said on Thursday, accusing the body of failing to be impartial and...
February 15, 2024
News updates from February 27: McKinsey touted its advice to Chinese government, EU parliament bars Amazon lobbyists
Russian human rights activist jailed as Kremlin cracks down on critics
...Orlov has spent more than two decades as head of the rights group Memorial, which shared the 2022 Nobel peace prize for its “outstanding effort to document war crimes, human rights abuses and the abuse of...
February 27, 2024
Northern Ireland
UK law about N Ireland ‘Troubles’ breaches human rights, court rules
...The High Court in Belfast has ruled that a key plank of controversial new UK legislation on the legacy of Northern Ireland’s “Troubles” conflict breaches the European Convention on Human Rights....
February 28, 2024
LexMedical science
Neurotech start-ups will not give rise to superhumans Premium content
...Texas-based Paradromics, founded by one of Neuralink’s founders and funded by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is making devices that pick up neural signals from the brain via a receiver...
April 6, 2024
Mark Malloch-Brown
The UN can no longer protect human rights by itself
...Witness, for example, how the small island developing states have promoted into the mainstream new concepts of group rights for an age of rising sea levels and climate chaos....
December 27, 2023
Robert Shrimsley
The ECHR needs saving from itself
...In the UK, rightwingers have used the orders to call for withdrawal from the European Convention on Human Rights....
April 17, 2024
News updates from February 12: Israel rescues 2 hostages, Diamondback Energy to buy Endeavor
Rwanda bill flouts UK’s human rights’ obligations, MPs warn
...principle of the universality of human rights and jeopardised the UK’s reputation for respecting the rule of law....
February 12, 2024
Israel-Hamas war
Top UN court orders Israel to ensure more aid reaches Gaza
...The ICJ’s order comes amid international alarm at the soaring human toll of Israel’s offensive in Gaza....
March 28, 2024
Letter
Letter: US air strikes show limits of Middle East deterrence
...The US has backed itself into a game of tit for tat, even as it’s trying to avoid further escalation. One of these factors in the formula will have to break....
February 9, 2024
Israel-Hamas war
Hamas fighters battle for third day after Israel raids Gaza hospital
...“What the Zionist occupation is doing in al-Shifa hospital complex confirms that this enemy is fighting the return of life to the Gaza Strip, and seeks to destroy all components of human life,” Ismail Haniyeh...
March 21, 2024

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