The human rights treaty bodies publish their interpretation of the content of provisions in treaties, known as "General Comments" on thematic issues or methods of work. The Committee on the ...

The first legally binding international AI treaty will be open for signing on Thursday by the countries that negotiated it, including European Union members, the United States, and Britain, the ...

Plastics don’t just pose a threat to the marine environment and people’s health; they jeopardize basic human rights. This is the framing that a growing number of legal experts, policymakers, and ...

The UK has entered into the world’s first binding treaty on artificial intelligence - the framework convention on AI and human rights, democracy and the rule of law (the “Convention”). The treaty sets ...

(New York, August 26, 2024) – Governments should heed United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres’ call to open negotiations on a new international treaty on lethal autonomous weapons systems ...

NEW YORK CITY —The United Nations approved its first international cybercrime treaty yesterday. The effort succeeded despite opposition from tech companies and human rights groups, who warn that the ...

UN Human Rights chief Volker Türk praised Australia’s first formal treaty with Indigenous peoples on Monday, calling it a “historic step toward self-determination for the country’s First Peoples.” ...

Last week, United Nations member states began negotiating a first-ever treaty on international tax cooperation that could replace the current patchwork system that deprives governments of billions in ...

The UK government has signed the world’s first “legally binding” treaty on artificial intelligence (AI) and human rights, which commits states to implementing safeguards against various threats posed ...

Sarah Moulds receives funding from the Australian Research Council and has previously received funding from the Law Foundation of South Australia. She is the volunteer Director of the Rights Resource ...

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