Human Rights

Artificial Intelligence

International NGOs' vital role in AI and human rights

Posted on 24 February 2023

As AI technologies continue to advance, it is crucial that we prioritise the protection and promotion of human rights in their development and governance. Human rights are universal and fundamental…
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CID Weekly: Who's getting the vaccine, Samoa election, upcoming CID Talks

Posted on 13 April 2021

Development & Humanitarian News

+ Vaccine roll out dashboard 

The above graph shows the rolling 7-day average of COVID vaccine doses administered per 100 people. 

*Oceania includes all countries in the Pacific, including New…
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Human rights in the Pacific, Inequality, Racism in Aid, and more

Posted on 07 July 2020

+ Human Rights in the Pacific 

The Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) has just released research on human rights in the Pacific.

Data is hard to measure in the region, which has been challenging for…
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DFID merger, Global peace, migrant smuggling, and more

Posted on 23 June 2020

+ DFID merger - (some) pros (mostly) cons

The UK 'Department for International Development' - DFID - will be merged into a new department — the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, announced…
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George Floyd murder, GAVI, Aid sector recruitment trends, and more

Posted on 09 June 2020

+ Save the date! workshops on Adaptive management

CID in partnership with MFAT will be holding two online training seminars on Adaptive Management, as we all face the challenges of adapting programmes…
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A Pacific bubble, Human trafficking with closed borders, Press freedom, and more.

Posted on 12 May 2020

+ MFAT's pivot to COVID-19 and a new normal

Jonathan Kings, Deputy Secretary of the Pacific and Development Group, gives a personal account of how the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade responded in…
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NZ Refugee Policy review, Rapid Response to Monsoon, new MFAT Human Rights Plan and more

Posted on 17 September 2019

+ CID Annual Conference - Registrations Open!
‘Beyond Aid: Partnerships for the Future’ is the theme of this year's CID Conference. It will be held on 21 October 2019 at Massey University Wellington.

International keynote…
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CID Talk: War Crimes and Health Facilities - The Gaza Experience

Posted on 13 September 2019

Kiwi war crime investigator and journalist Julie Webb-Pullman has been working in Gaza since 2011 and investigating war crimes and crimes against humanity committed there since 2014.
She will talk about attacks…
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MFAT Day, annihilating Dorian, Mugabe's death, and more

Posted on 10 September 2019

+ Syria: Please sign and promote the #NZiswatching Petition 

The petition for the #nziswatching campaign is still receiving signatures. Please continue to circulate the petition in order to accumulate as many signatures as possible. 

UN human…
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Rohingya seeking rights, and #Nziswatching petition still active. Plus fundraising, management advice and more.

Posted on 27 August 2019

+ Rohingya still without rights two years on from exodus

August 25th marked two years since nearly 740,000 Muslim-majority Rohingya fled Rakhine State for Bangladesh, bringing the total who fled to almost 1…
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