After a 16-year legal battle, a court has ruled to dismiss the case of chlordecone poisoning in the French Antilles. This pesticide, used in the banana plantations from 1972 to 1993, despite its proven toxicity, continues to claim lives. But, be it in Paris or the French overseas departments, [...]Read the full article
Atahualpa Blanchet:“The declaration by Mercosur human rights ministers on artificial intelligence stands as a guiding light in the search for a fair balance between technological innovation and the protection of rights.”Read the full article
There are between 400,000 and 600,000 undocumented migrants in France. Most of them work. Through this photo report, these men and women share their daily realities.Read the full article
“The whole idea of strategic litigation is not just important from the perspective of winning victories. It is also important from the perspective of our experience in Europe being written into official records of state courts.”Read the full article
“As centuries of conquest have shown, once the land has been conquered and the people uprooted, once new rulers, laws and languages have been imposed, and the names of people and places have been changed, all that remains is memory and the collective desire to keep it [...]Read the full article
Farhad Mirza:The West keeps shifting the blame for these failures on smugglers and dodgy economic migrants but it is time it reckoned with its active role in shaping this murderous landscape.Read the full article
Two years ago figures in the reparations movement helped set up a task force to come up with a series of recommendations to compensate Californians who are descendants of enslaved Africans and African Americans and right the wrongs caused by [...]Read the full article
Kais Saied was elected president in 2019 with more than 70 per cent of the vote. While some warned of the dangers of his brand of populism at the time, no one anticipated a descent into autocracy with racist overtones. Most recently, Saied has targeted opposition politicians and trade [...]Read the full article
Riadh Ezzawech has devoted his life to the practice and dissemination of stambeli, a musical genre born centuries ago with the arrival in Tunisia of enslaved people from Sub-Saharan Africa. In the last four decades, much has changed and, today, stambeli is in serious danger of becoming [...]Read the full article
In 1982, the United Nations declared 9 August the International Day of Indigenous Peoples. Indigenous peoples everywhere, from Asia across to Africa and Latin America, are constantly battling to defend their cultures, their territories and, above all, their [...]Read the full article
Fuelled by politicians and amplified by social media algorithms, hate speech is proliferating online across South Asia. Inflammatory posts garner thousands of views before they are taken down, with offline, sometimes deadly consequences.Read the full article
In Spain, the Fundación Secretariado Gitano reports an average of 300 cases of antigypsyism every year. Roma men and women are denied employment, housing or even entry to leisure or entertainment venues because they are Roma, due to the perpetual presumption of [...]Read the full article
Mary Kaldor:The courageous Ukrainian resistance and the anti-war movement in Russia are a civic, not ethnic, reaction to the invasion. And their civic stance has global support.Read the full article
Jesús A. Núñez Villaverde:Is it a weapon of war between states? A trend emerging out of the rise of identity politics? An attempt to draw lessons learned, to prevent history from repeating itself? An ethical obligation with meaningful consequences?Read the full article
More and more Black influencers are using social media platforms like Instagram and YouTube to connect with audiences, monetise their content and challenge dominant media narratives about what it means to be Black and Brazilian.Read the full article
The descendants of the victims of Namibia’s genocide have vowed to continue their quest for direct reparation, after disowning the settlement struck between their government and Germany.Read the full article
From the Amazon rainforests to Central America, young, Indigenous artists are reclaiming their ancient heritage through music, mixing ancestral rituals and instruments with rap, electronica and reggaeton to fight racial discrimination and historical [...]Read the full article
“AI registers by themselves won’t solve everything. Transparency is a necessary first step, but in the end, better AI governance requires a comprehensive approach.”Read the full article
In 2018, after decades spent working and living under inhumane conditions, Ecuador’s abaca workers decided to demand their rights. Their initial victory in a court case against the Ecuadorian State and agro-industrial giant Furukawa represents an important step in the fight against modern [...]Read the full article
Ainu Indigenous leaders are aware that their ancestral knowledge is endangered: “We are being wiped out. In 30 years, we will all be Japanese”.Read the full article
“No one should have to deal with racial abuse in any context, but when it happens at work employers have a responsibility to step in and make sure those responsible are held to account.”Read the full article
Given the lack of freedoms in most Arab countries, the debate on racism has mainly been held on social media. The majority of the people in these countries refuse to admit there is a problem with racial discrimination.Read the full article
“There is this national fantasy of Portuguese exceptionalism which is maintained by silence and omission. We need to dismantle these fantasies that feed racism and justify exploitation and supremacist ideas.”Read the full article
There is a socially-charged element behind the success of sounds like reggaeton and artists like Bad Bunny. The new stars of the Spanish-language music scene played a leading role in the marches that shook Latin America in 2019 and their influence could be decisive in the upcoming US [...]Read the full article
Kékéli Kpognon:“As long as the conversation on racism fails to go deeper than the self-congratulating assessment that ‘Europe has been doing better than the US in issues of race’, little will be done to tackle historical and structural racism across the [...]Read the full article
Living in conditions that are often more precarious than the rest of the population and with much higher health risk factors, Indigenous peoples around the world know that their very survival is on the line if the coronavirus reaches their [...]Read the full article
Since the 2011 revolution, Tunisia has experienced high levels of South-South migration flows, but this has been an immense challenge for a country that traditionally exports its workforce.Read the full article
The Dayton Accords, which ended the war in 1995, reserve privileges for the country’s three largest ethnic groups – Bosniaks, Serbs and Croats – or its ‘constituent peoples’, whilst depriving ‘others’ of the right to hold public office.Read the full article
By bringing forward charges of genocide of the Rohingya to the International Court of Justice, Gambia has set an important precedent for south-south solidarity against human rights violations.Read the full article
The most frequent form of violence is bullying, with supervisors screaming and cursing at workers, threatening them if they do not produce at the required pace and harassing them for using the bathroom.Read the full article
The Rock School in Mitrovica, a town in northern Kosovo split between Serbs and Albanians, is fighting to close the divide through music. Youngsters from the two communities play together in ‘mixed bands’, providing some with an opportunity to cross the bridge and to speak to the ‘other’ for the [...]Read the full article
“Today we have governments that are either led or conditioned by forces that are questioning issues of equality that were previously agreed in principle.”Read the full article
There are a number of events planned as part of the ‘Year of Return’ including investment summits, leadership forums and cultural activities.Read the full article
“Whoever wins the presidency will be in a difficult position since all political forces in Indonesia seem reluctant to address the human rights issue.”Read the full article
While some undocumented migrant farm workers in Andalucía are paid the minimum legal daily wage of €41.20, many others survive on as little as €20.Read the full article
“As Native Americans, we are doubly sanctioned. On the one hand, we are not recognised as Indigenous peoples. On the other hand, although we are French, our rights as citizens are not respected.”Read the full article
Six thousand Khwes live in the north-east of Namibia. The ethnic group, which has been present in this part of southern Africa for tens of thousands of years, is now fighting for survival. Sedentarised and ostracised, they are waging a battle to be able to survive on a daily basis, but also to [...]Read the full article
Glauber Sezerino :“Of all the forms of resistance seen over the last few weeks, one in particular seems the most capable of confronting the fascist menace threatening Brazil: the active and on-going resistance of women, particularly of black women.”Read the full article
“Despite cultural and religious differences, the women of Maraveh Tappeh have similar stories to women in other parts of Iran. But the unfinished childhood of the young girls of the region is a forgotten story that resonates with women far and [...]Read the full article
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