Seventy two years ago today, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which identifies that fundamental human rights and the preservation of human dignity are universal norms. On this International Human Rights Day, we...
Erin Thomas, ICAAD’s Policy and Research Coordinator, talks about the challenges faced by those at the forefront of climate change, and how climate change is impacting their Right to Life with Dignity. Presented at the International Development Young...
We’re proud to share the recently released report we helped create with our partner Nazdeek, Rising Stronger: Security Strategies for Women Defenders. The report follows the stories of six Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs) living in the exploitative tea...
Today is Juneteenth, marking the day in 1865 when a Union Army general arrived in Texas with 2,000 soldiers, and informed over 250,000 Black Americans enslaved in Texas that slavery had been abolished following the conclusion of the Civil War. This was two and a half...
ICAAD recently participated in a workshop by the Partnership on Artificial Intelligence on Explainability in Machine Learning. The idea behind explainable AI is to build accountability, transparency, and trust in the outputs of AI-driven programs. These programs are...
