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OUT NOW | A big month for climate action, support for emerging human rights researchers to develop a book, and is Australia's social media ban doing more harm than good? All that and more in October's Human Rights Defender: mailchi.mp/unsw/human-rights…
"It’s pretty much inevitable that we’re going to see more litigation in this space." The Institute's @marianawaz_ speaks with @smh about the massive NSW coal mine bracing for a challenge following last week's High Court ruling: smh.com.au/environment/clima…
Institute Associate & @UNSWLaw Associate Professor @NoamPeleg on whether Australia’s social media ban is a breach of children’s rights: unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/20…
The High Court has delivered a landmark judgement which could have far-reaching consequences for fossil fuel projects. @marianawaz_ from the Institute's Australian Climate Accountability Project spoke to the ABC's @RadioNational Hour about the ruling: abc.net.au/listen/programs/t…
EVENT | Join us on 14 October for a presentation by Dr @Ophiraginsburg, medical oncologist, global women’s health researcher and founding chair of the Lancet Commission on Women Power and Cancer. Register via the link below. trybooking.com/events/landin…
VIDEO | If you missed our sold-out event on AI, big tech and human rights with @TobyWalsh, Ange Lavoipierre, Samantha Yorke and Justine Nolan, a recording is now available on our website: humanrights.unsw.edu.au/even…
WATCH | If you missed yesterday's launch of the Carbon Impacts Tracer, you can now view a recording on our website: humanrights.unsw.edu.au/news…
The Australian Human Rights Institute's @marianawaz_ speaks to @GuardianAus about the launch of the 'Carbon Impacts Tracer', a new tool which can estimate climate impact from emissions of any fossil fuel project, company or state: theguardian.com/environment/…
Learn more about the Carbon Impacts Tracer at the online launch from 1pm (AEST) today: events.humanitix.com/webinar…
OUT NOW | The latest on AI's human rights impacts, a new book highlighting positive examples of businesses embedding human rights into supply chains, and the urgent need for tax reform to better support victim-survivors of domestic violence. READ MORE: mailchi.mp/unsw/human-rights…
How would AI actually kill all humans? Here are the top 5 scenarios from Institute Associate and Scientia Professor of AI @TobyWalsh writing for @ConversationEDU: humanrights.unsw.edu.au/rese…
Join the launch of the Carbon Impacts Tracer, a groundbreaking app that traces the human + ecological impacts of fossil fuel projects, from heat-related deaths to coral loss on the Great Barrier Reef, back to the companies/projects responsible. Register: events.humanitix.com/webinar…
“The choice before us is not between technological progress and human safety; it’s whether we’re capable of pursuing both at the same time." unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/20…
"I can't think of any other trillion-dollar industry where people's lives are not safe, where we don't have strong government regulation." @AAPNewswire reports on last night's sell-out event debating AI, big tech and human rights: canberratimes.com.au/story/9…
SPECIAL EVENT | Wednesday's return of the Australian Human Rights Institute's 'Provocation Series' at the @ArtGalleryofNSW is sold out, but you can join the waiting list for any last minute tickets that become available here: events.humanitix.com/has-ai-…
Institute Associate and @UNSW Professor Ann Kayis-Kumar joins ABC's 'The Business' program to discuss emerging cases of financial abuse involving the transfer of victim-survivors' superannuation into self-managed super funds under the perpetrator’s control youtube.com/watch?v=pG5vxL_Y…
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is in Palau’s capital Koror this week for the annual Pacific Islands Forum. Research Associate Dr Wesley Morgan (@wtmpacific) looks at the agenda for @ConversationEDU: humanrights.unsw.edu.au/rese…
OUT NOW | The human rights impacts of data centres, the latest legal fight against climate harms, the Albanese Government's failures on LGBTQIA+ rights + much more in August's Human Rights Defender. Read it here: mailchi.mp/unsw/human-rights…
ABC News National Technology Reporter @angelavoipierre is joining our expert panel on 16 September at the @ArtGalleryofNSW to debate the future of human rights in the age of AI. Final tickets are available now for what will be a sold-out event: events.humanitix.com/has-ai-…
NEXT WEEK | Watch an exclusive screening of episode 1 of the ABC docu-series Tampa: The Turning Point, followed by a panel discussion at @UNSW Paddington campus. Register: eventbrite.com.au/e/tampa-th…
