Human rights must anchor the digital age, says UN’s Türk

HC Türk: Our rights are a blueprint to help manage rapidly evolving technologies

News and Press Release in English on World about Protection and Human Rights; published on 7 Jul 2025 by OHCHR

UNSSC: Economies that work

Can human rights foster economies that promote equitable and sustainable societies? A Human Rights Economy does precisely that, by putting people and the planet at the centre of all economic decisions, with the goal of leaving no one behind. With a rise in extreme poverty, widening inequalities, a worsening climate emergency, and over half the world’s poorest countries spending more on paying off their debt than on health or education, it is cle…

Keeping The Human In The loop: A Step-By-Step Approach To Maritime Digitalisation

Panellists at an Inmarsat ‘Thriving in the Digital Age’ seminar urged a step-by-step approach to maritime digitalisation with due consideration for the ‘human in the loop’. Maritime digitalisation promises ample...

Human rights must anchor the digital age, says UN’s Türk

As digital technologies rapidly reshape every aspect of society, the UN’s top human rights official has called for human rights to be placed at the centre of this transformation.