Supranational power, or global governance, exercised by institutions of the international legal system such as the United Nations, must be strengthened. Their independence must be safeguarded, ...

As digital technologies rapidly reshape every aspect of society, the UN’s top human rights official has called for human rights to be placed at the centre of this transformation. Digital technologies ...

Imagine that the past five years of your social-media activity suddenly became available to government officials. They could find your every errant thought posted on Twitter, every update on how your ...

The digital world is becoming an increasingly used and common space, which is why a team of young people from Romania have built a set of moral laws that will be the basis of the new web. They laid ...

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Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Monday that major digital labor companies misclassify gig workers as independent contractors in the US, avoiding employer responsibilities in honoring labor rights.

As South Sudan becomes increasingly dependent on mobile phones and online platforms for communication, information, ...

Human rights due diligence (HRDD) is a process undertaken in order for enterprises to identify, prevent, mitigate and account adverse effects on human rights. Developed by the United Nations Office of ...