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29/01/2024
New Report: Violence Within State Borders– Greece
The Border Violence Monitoring Network (BVMN), which documents violence against people on the move in Greece, has recently published a new report.
16/01/2024
REFLECTING ON THE YEAR #23of2023
#23of2023: Check out the 23 images, thoughts, moments, feelings and ideas from the IW*S world of 2023! Schau dir die 23 Bilder, Gedanken, Momente, Gefühle und Ideen aus unserer IW*S Welt aus dem Jahr 2023 an!
18/12/2023
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 75: Rethinking and Constructing its Future Together
Read about the panel presentations of Jennifer Kamau, Elizabeth Ngari and Encarnación Gutiérrez Rodríguez at the Human Rights Conference at Ghent University, Belgium!
10/12/2023
How can some of us be more human than others? – Collecting our thoughts on the 75th Human Rights Day
International Human Rights Law fails to fulfil its promise. Human rights and human dignity are presumed to be universal and apply to everyone, which is clearly not the case. The Western canon argues that including human rights into international law is one of the ‘great moral achievements of human history’. However, we see how human rights law has failed to reach many people.
09/12/2023
Poetry Slam Throwback!
On December 6th, IW*S' Resilient Voices and Oya Bar collaborated to organize a Poetry Slam Night!
04/12/2023
We are calling on the EU to reject the EURODAC reform
EURODAC reinforces a violent system of surveillance, detention, and deportation of migrants. The EU aims to expand the database to children as young as 6, facial images, and to give easier access to police. These changes will transform EURODAC into a violent tool of mass surveillance. 109 organisations, IW*S included, are urging EU lawmakers to reject the ongoing reform of EURODAC.
07/11/2023
Creating digital justice ecosystems for anti-colonial digital futures with Weaving Liberation
A new entity, called Weaving Liberation, will coordinate the implementation of digital justice.