The alleged actions of medical professionals in the secret prisons are viewed as particularly troubling by an array of groups, including the American Medical Association and the International Committee of the Red Cross. AMA policies state that physicians “must not be present when torture is used ...
The Central Government will form the DPB with a chairperson and other members selected through due process. A search-cum-selection committee chaired by the Cabinet Secretary will identify individuals with expertise in law, technology, or public administration. The final appointments will be made consi...
Nikhil Pahwa, Editor of MediaNama, brought up a key distinction in India’s data protection framework. He noted that theData Protection Actdoes not protect publicly available personal data, such as photos or information shared on social media. However, the Joint Parliamentary Committee had...
In the period when several cities were competing aggressively to host the 2008 Olympics, newspaper stories from around the world noted some countries using unethical practices to incur favorable reviews from IOC committee members. Canadian regulations on bribery and corporate ethics forbade the types of...
omitting the fact that there was a letter from BISA Gendering International Relations Working Group, signed by 77 people sent to the EISA board, and that an official reply from the new Executive Committee of EISA acknowledged that the decision to name the rooms was a mistake and lay responsibi...
Ahmet is a weak tie to the researcher. Nevertheless, his strong relationship with the interviewee helped the first author build the necessary trust to conduct an insightful interview. Additionally, we obtained approval from the university Ethics Committee. Although not mandatory, we also secured Presid...
Most generally, educating the public about AI is important so that the public can “flourish mentally, emotionally and economically alongside artificial intelligence" (House of Lords, Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence2018). However, for citizens to meaningfully shape a future with AI as part...
people and individuals of Asian and African descent. The immigration restriction Act of 1901, also known as the ‘White Australia Policy’, was the first legislation enacted by the new Federal Parliament. As articulated by Deputy Prime Minister Alfred Deakin in 1901, Australians and non-Europeans ...
while Members of Parliament (MPs) are not term-bound (i.e., there are no caps on, or limits to how many 4-year terms they are elected to serve in parliament). According to Ghana’s Electoral Commission, there are 27 political parties in the country.Footnote1However, since 1992 when mu...
Berlin, I. (1998).Many thousands gone: The first two centuries of slavery in North America. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Google Scholar Bernstein, E. (2010). Militarized humanitarianism meets carceral feminism: The politics of sex, rights, and freedom in contemporary antitrafficking ...