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As part of the leadup to the 2021 National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) National Tournament, Extemp Central will be providing daily research & development (R&D) posts for each of the tournament’s fourteen topic areas. These will include links to important articles about each. It is hoped that these will aid in extempers preparation for this year’s national tournament.
Liberal democracies should make it clear that, both domestically and internationally, they want to tackle wealth inequalities and apply the global rulebook on trade and human rights fairly to everyone, says Chris Patten. https://t.co/Uu7X2Mv8DP
— Project Syndicate (@ProSyn) April 29, 2021
Human rights lawyers present case to ICC for investigation into China’s treatment of Uyghurs https://t.co/xgCW5SJdlW
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) June 10, 2021
Despite the EU’s new global human rights sanctions regime, Germany’s commitment toward defending human rights has been waning. @Judy_Dempsey explains why in her last months in office, Angela Merkel should toughen the EU’s stance on human rights: https://t.co/XhnTnurfdA
— Carnegie Endowment (@CarnegieEndow) April 20, 2021
Hidden human rights crises threaten post-Covid global security – Amnesty https://t.co/hYxNz9g61p
— Guardian news (@guardiannews) April 8, 2021
Frontex turning ‘blind eye’ to human rights violations, says former deputy https://t.co/015J3nNorm
— Guardian news (@guardiannews) June 11, 2021
Each year, the threat landscape when it comes to digital rights keeps on expanding, leaving human rights defenders with tough choices on what battles to prioritize. https://t.co/SLxOhK9abl
— World Politics Review (@WPReview) June 9, 2021
Human rights activists said the legislation, if approved, would expose queer people to greater discrimination across the country. https://t.co/anzZLiKmP2
— HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) June 11, 2021
New guidance from @WHO calls for mental health care that respects human rights, focuses on recovery & is community-based.
Estimates show that countries spend less than 2% of health budgets on mental health support. https://t.co/321jD6N7fI
— United Nations (@UN) June 10, 2021
There seems to be a growing consensus among legal experts and free speech activists that international human rights law (IHR) should provide the framework for social media’s content moderation. We should think hard before those limits on online speech. https://t.co/7Gl1peyYHG pic.twitter.com/BdTKs6zcHz
— Cato Institute (@CatoInstitute) March 4, 2021
The @UNHumanRights Council is neither human nor right. The Human Rights Council has made a travesty of international law. Rather than concentrate on human rights violators, it has decided to draw its obsessive attention to Israel.
Opinion | #Israelhttps://t.co/SP94c1zWYw
— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) June 3, 2021
The advances in AI that help human-rights groups document atrocities are also making it easier for social-media platforms to suppress evidence https://t.co/nFqlZNbUzf
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) June 8, 2021
The United Nations Human Rights Council authorized a commission of inquiry with wide latitude to investigate possible war crimes and other abuses committed in Israel and the occupied territories. Israel called the council’s decision a one-sided sham. https://t.co/8ivrDVbllm
— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) May 27, 2021