We witness since about 2022 a kind of hype around artificial intelligence – apparently it started with Chat GPT. And indeed, it is technologically a fascinating development and hard to believe: the idea that apparently part of what is generally seen as essential for human being or humanness can be replaced by technology. Looking at … Read more
On March 1, 2024, the HRUG regular seminar on “A Crisis of the Political and Legal System Concerning Human Rights” was successfully held. The seminar was chaired by Joe Finnerty (a social policy analyst, School of Applied Social Studies, University College Cork, Republic of Ireland) and reported by Mehmet Okyayuz (a professor of political science … Read more
In honour of the international day against homophobia, transphobia and biphobia, the South African Institute for Advanced Constitutional, Public, Human Rights and International Law (a centre of the University of Johannesburg) invites you to an online panel discussion titled ‘The Law and LGBTQ Rights in Africa.’ A fuller description of the focus of the panel … Read more
The Central South University Human Rights Center Held the Symposium to Study the Spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s Important Speech on “Unswervingly Following China’s Human Rights Development Path to Better Promote the Development of China’s Human Rights Cause ” and the Work Summary and Outlook Meeting On the afternoon of April 13, 2022, Central South … Read more
The Verfassungsblog/Blog on Constitutional Matters published end of last year a podcast series under the title ‘We need to talk about the Rule of Law’. It looks from different angles at core issues that are frequently forgotten when we talk about human rights, reaching from administrative issues of there court system, independence of judges, education of … Read more
the first step, using youtube, is made ti begin with the video presence of the Human Rights – Universal Global is made, and you can access it here. Not much there yet, but it will be growing. In the first video, some of us are looking at the elections in Germany. Only figures? Only policy … Read more