Showing posts with label weapons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label weapons. Show all posts
Saturday, September 12, 2026

A quarter century later, we must recognize that “wars on terror” have undermined Human Rights and stretched the fundamental principles of international law to breaking point. Security and human rights must go hand in hand

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United Nations Special Procedures @UN_SPExperts   A quarter century later, we must recognize that “wars on terror” have undermined #HumanRig...
Saturday, August 29, 2026

"In Gaza, Palestinian journalists filming on their phones have provided an indispensable record of a war foreign reporters have largely been prevented from entering. There, picking up a camera is an act of extraordinary courage." Phoebe Greenwood

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A man takes pictures of demolished houses in Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in 2023. Photograph: Mussa Issa Qawasma/Reuters Sunse...
Tuesday, August 11, 2026

AI-Enabled Weapons Systems- As Artificial Intelligence moves onto the battlefield, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has shared his deep concern about the potentially disastrous consequences. Describing the taking of human life by AI weapons as “morally repugnant,” the Secretary-General has stressed: “Some decisions must remain forever human — none more than taking a human life.”

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“It’s time to come clean.” UN Secretary-General outlines risks and opportunities of a future with AI United Nations Secretary-General Antóni...
Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Trump wants $1.5tn for the Pentagon – and cuts to healthcare and housing. The president’s proposed $445bn increase in military spending would batter popular domestic programs as millions struggle

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In seeking a mammoth increase in military spending while cutting social programs, Trump is again showing how hollow his promises were abou...
Monday, April 6, 2026

Pope Leo urged "those who have the power to unleash wars" to chose peace. This should not be a peace “imposed by force”, he stressed, but one achieved through dialogue – “not with the desire to dominate others, but to encounter them”.

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Pope Leo processes into St Peter's Basilica   (@Vatican Media) https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2026-04/pope-leo-easter-vigil-h...