Humanitarian assistance research

  • May192020

    Knowing all of the law, all of the time – responding to Covid 19

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    This post originally appeared on the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law website on 14 May 2020. As Paul White has…

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  • Apr222020

    Right On – The Wednesday Web Chat

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    The HRBDT project is supporting a new digital initiative that aims to keep the Human Rights dialogue going during the…

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  • Mar302019

    Global Protection Cluster: The Use of Data to Promote Age, Gender and Diversity Mainstreaming

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    In March, HRBDT hosted a symposium of the Global Protection Cluster (GPC) at the University of Essex on ‘The use…

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  • Feb262019

    The HRBDT Project Meets with UNHCR and UNOSAT to Discuss Using Technology to Help Protect Displaced Persons

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    The HRBDT Project is delighted to welcome Rebeca Moreno Jimenez (UNHCR), Sofia Kyriazi (UNHCR) and Katarina Palmkron (UNOSAT) for a…

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  • Jul132018

    HRBDT Conference – Human Rights in a Digital Age

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    On 24 May 2018, The Human Rights, Big Data and Technology (HRBDT) Project, based at the Human Rights Centre at…

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  • Jun152018

    HRBDT at the 2018 Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum

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    From 11 – 13 June 2018, the Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum took place in Bonn. Attended by over 2,000…

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  • Dec072016

    Using Technology to Facilitate Human Rights Work

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    Editor’s note: This post forms part of a larger series addressing key issues related to human rights, technology & big data.  New…

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  • Nov162016

    Human Rights in the Digital Age: The Promises of Big Data and Technology (Part I)

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    Editor’s note: This post forms part of a larger series addressing key issues related to human rights, technology and big…

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  • Aug242016

    DatNav: New Guide to Navigate Digital Data in Human Rights Research

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    From online videos of rights violations, to satellite images of environmental degradation, to eyewitness accounts disseminated on social media, we…

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