Global Breakdown of International Law Amid Flagrant War Crimes in Gaza & Beyond, Says Amnesty Chief

Summary

En este captativo resumen, se aborda la situación preocupante de los derechos humanos a nivel mundial, destacando las violaciones cometidas por Israel en Gaza, donde se ha documentado una serie de crímenes de guerra, incluyendo el asesinato de civiles y la destrucción de infraestructuras, y la falta de acción por parte de los Estados Unidos para condenar dichas violaciones y para detener el suministro de armas a Israel. Además, se menciona la agresión de Rusia contra Ucrania y el surgimiento de regímenes autoritarios en países como Sudán, Etiopía y Myanmar. El Secretario General de Amnesty International, Anes Kalar, advierte sobre el colapso del sistema internacional y la importancia de actuar ante la proliferación de conflictos armados y violaciones de derechos humanos, incluyendo los peligros que representa la inteligencia artificial en la propagación de racismo y la discriminación.

Takeaways

• 📜 Amnesty International lanzó su informe anual sobre derechos humanos en 155 países, destacando violaciones cometidas por Israel en Gaza y la falta de condena por parte de sus aliados.
• 💥 Se evidenció la agresión de Rusia contra Ucrania y el aumento del autoritarismo y violaciones masivas de derechos humanos en países como Sudán, Etiopía y Myanmar.
• 🔍 Se llamó a la atención sobre la falta de acción internacional frente a los crímenes cometidos, incluyendo el uso de la hambruna como arma de guerra y el castigo colectivo contra el pueblo palestino.
• 🇺🇸 Se criticó al gobierno de los Estados Unidos por su uso del veto en el Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU para bloquear cualquier tipo de intervención significativa en Gaza.
• 🚨 Se alertó sobre el peligro de que el sistema internacional, incluido el Derecho internacional y las convenciones de Ginebra, se vea desmantelado por acciones de superpotencias.
• 🏥 Se reportaron hallazgos de fosas comunes en el complejo médico de Naseer, lo que podría indicar crímenes de guerra y violaciones de los derechos humanos.
• 🤖 Se expresó preocupación por el papel de la inteligencia artificial en la propagación del racismo, la discriminación y la división, y se advirtió sobre los riesgos de un sector tecnológico poco regulado.
• 🔎 Se instó a la comunidad internacional a llevar a cabo investigaciones independientes y rigurosas sobre los sucesos en Gaza, y se cuestionó la autenticidad de las investigaciones propuestas por las partes involucradas.
• 🌐 Se señaló la creciente preocupación por la falta de regulación y el abuso de tecnologías como el reconocimiento facial y la espionaje, que afectan negativamente a los derechos humanos a nivel mundial.
• ⚖️ Se argumentó que las violaciones del Derecho internacional por parte de Israel y la justificación de dichas violaciones por intereses militares son un peligro para el sistema internacional de Derechos Humanos.
• 📉 Se lamentó la falta de cobertura mediática y atención internacional hacia crisis humanitarias en países como Sudán y Myanmar, donde se cometen violaciones masivas de derechos humanos.

Q & A

¿Qué consecuencias globales ha destacado Amnistía Internacional en su informe anual?

Amnistía Internacional ha destacado que las consecuencias globales incluyen un aumento en el conflicto, el desgaste del derecho internacional y el aumento del autoritarismo en países como Sudán, Etiopía y Myanmar.

¿Qué evidencias de crímenes de guerra menciona el informe relacionadas con el asalto de Israel en Gaza?

El informe señala evidencias de crímenes de guerra cometidos por Israel en Gaza, incluyendo bombardeos indiscriminados y dirigidos a civiles, y el alto número de periodistas y trabajadores humanitarios muertos en un conflicto.

¿Cuál es la postura de Estados Unidos frente a las violaciones de derechos humanos mencionadas en el informe?

El informe critica a Estados Unidos por usar su derecho de veto en el Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU para evitar intervenciones significativas y por no denunciar las violaciones de derechos humanos cometidas por Israel.

¿Qué tipo de investigación pide Amnistía Internacional respecto a los hallazgos en Gaza?

Amnistía Internacional exige una investigación exhaustiva y transparente que no dependa únicamente de las autoridades israelíes, dado el contexto de deterioro en los lugares de los crímenes y la falta de protección en las escenas del crimen.

¿Cómo describió Anas Kalamar la respuesta de la comunidad internacional ante las violaciones de la ley internacional?

Anas Kalamar describe que la respuesta de la comunidad internacional ha sido insuficiente, con instituciones internacionales como el Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU y la Corte Penal Internacional siendo ignoradas o ineficaces frente a los abusos.

¿Qué conexión hace el informe entre los conflictos en Gaza y Ucrania con el orden internacional establecido post-Segunda Guerra Mundial?

El informe hace una conexión directa, sugiriendo que las acciones en Gaza y Ucrania son indicativos de una erosión del sistema internacional establecido después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, donde las normas internacionales están siendo ignoradas por poderes globales.

¿Qué papel juega la inteligencia artificial según el informe de Amnistía Internacional?

El informe advierte que la inteligencia artificial, especialmente la generativa, está desregulada y podría exacerbarse en violaciones de derechos humanos, discriminación y racismo, similar a problemas ya observados en plataformas y tecnologías existentes.

¿Qué crítica hace Amnistía Internacional al papel de los grandes conglomerados tecnológicos?

Critica a los grandes conglomerados tecnológicos por su modelo de negocio que promueve la violación de derechos humanos y por no estar regulados adecuadamente, lo que contribuye a la propagación de la violencia y discriminación.

¿Qué soluciones propone Amnistía Internacional para enfrentar estos retos globales?

Propone una regulación más estricta de las tecnologías emergentes, como la inteligencia artificial, y una reforma de las instituciones internacionales para que sean más efectivas en prevenir y responder a las crisis de derechos humanos.

¿Cómo relaciona Amnistía Internacional las crisis olvidadas como las de Myanmar y Sudán con la situación global?

Relaciona estas crisis como ejemplos de la ineficacia del sistema internacional actual, donde conflictos severos y violaciones de derechos humanos persisten sin recibir la atención adecuada ni soluciones efectivas.

Outlines

00:00

📜 Violaciones de Derechos Humanos y Derechos Internacionales

Este párrafo aborda la situación de crisis en Gaza, destacando las violaciones de derechos humanos y el Derecho internacional perpetradas por las autoridades israelíes. Se menciona la falta de acción por parte de los Estados Unidos y la utilización de la hambruna como arma de guerra. Además, se critica la inacción ante la agresión de Rusia contra Ucrania y la creciente autoritarismo en otros países. La Secretaría General de Amnesty International, Anes Kalar, subraya la falta de respeto a la ley internacional y la inacción de los aliados de Israel, poniendo en riesgo el sistema de Derecho post-Segunda Guerra Mundial.

05:00

🕵️♂️ Investigaciones Insuficientes y Complicidad de los Estados Unidos

Este párrafo discute la insuficiencia de las investigaciones sobre las violaciones de derechos humanos en Gaza y la falta de acceso a la región para llevar a cabo una investigación adecuada. Se cuestiona la demanda de la Administración de Biden para una investigación sobre las fosas comunes en el hospital de Nasser. Además, se destaca la contradicción entre la declaración de apoyo de los Estados Unidos a la paz y la continua provisión de armas a Israel, lo que hace al país cómplice de los crímenes cometidos.

10:02

🌐 Colapso del Sistema Internacional y Olvido de Crisis Humanitarias

Este párrafo aborda la amenaza al sistema internacional de Derecho establecido después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, evidenciado por la conducta de superpotencias como Israel, Rusia y los Estados Unidos, que justifican sus violaciones del Derecho internacional. Se señala la ineficacia de instituciones como el Consejo de Seguridad y la Corte Internacional de Justicia. Además, se mencionan crisis humanitarias 'olvidadas' en países como Sudán y Myanmar, donde se cometen violaciones masivas de derechos y se destaca la falta de acción internacional para abordar estas situaciones.

15:02

📊 Riesgos de la Inteligencia Artificial y el Uso ABUSIVO de la Tecnología

Este párrafo destaca los peligros que conlleva el uso de la inteligencia artificial y la tecnología no regulada en el ámbito de los derechos humanos. Se menciona el uso de plataformas de redes sociales para propagar la violencia étnica y el abuso de la tecnología de reconocimiento facial y el espionaje, que han tenido un impacto negativo en la protección de los derechos humanos. Se hace un llamado a la regulación de las grandes empresas tecnológicas y a la necesidad de moratorias para evitar el desastre en la sociedad.

20:05

🌍 Desafíos Globales y Llamado a la Acción

Este párrafo aborda los desafíos globales que enfrenta la sociedad, incluyendo la crisis climática y la revolución de la tecnología de la información. Se destaca la urgencia de enfrentar la realidad de un sistema internacional al borde del colapso y la necesidad de acciones para proteger a las futuras generaciones. Se hace un llamado a la conciencia y la responsabilidad colectiva para abordar la situación crítica y peligrosa que se vive en la actualidad.

Keywords

💡Democracia Ahora

Democracia Ahora es un programa de noticias y análisis político que se centra en temas de justicia social y derechos humanos. En el video, sirve como el medio a través del cual se transmite la entrevista con Anes Kalar, destacando la importancia del periodismo independiente en la discusión de temas críticos.

💡Amnistía Internacional

Amnistía Internacional es una organización no gubernamental que trabaja para proteger los derechos humanos en todo el mundo. En el video, Anes Kalar, su Secretario General, habla sobre el deterioro del sistema internacional de derechos humanos y las violaciones cometidas por diferentes países, resaltando el papel crucial de la organización en la defensa de estos derechos.

💡Leyes internacionales

Las leyes internacionales son normas y acuerdos que regulan las relaciones entre los países y buscan promover la paz y la justicia global. En el video, se discute cómo Israel y Rusia están violando estas leyes, y cómo los aliados de estos países, incluida EE. UU., no están tomando medidas para detener estas violaciones.

💡Consecuencias aterradoras

Este término se refiere a los efectos negativos y graves que surgen como resultado de conflictos y la falta de respeto por las leyes internacionales. En el video, se utiliza para describir la situación en Gaza y las violaciones de derechos humanos que están teniendo lugar, destacando la urgencia de la situación.

💡Conflicto en Gaza

El conflicto en Gaza es una lucha prolongada entre Israel y grupos palestinos, particularmente Hamas. En el video, se menciona la ofensiva de Israel en Gaza y las crecientes evidencias de crímenes de guerra, destacando la gravedad de la situación humanitaria y las violaciones de derechos humanos.

💡Agresión de Rusia contra Ucrania

Este concepto se refiere al conflicto actual entre Rusia y Ucrania, que ha sido condenado internacionalmente como una violación de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas. En el video, se utiliza para ilustrar otro ejemplo de desafío al sistema de leyes internacionales.

💡Autoritarismo

El autoritarismo es un sistema de gobierno en el que un líder o un partido ejerce un control centralizado y autoritario sobre la sociedad. En el video, se aborda cómo el aumento del autoritarismo en países como Sudán, Etiopía y Myanmar ha llevado a violaciones masivas de derechos humanos.

💡Derechos humanos

Los derechos humanos son libertades y protections fundamentales a las que todos los seres humanos tienen derecho. En el video, se discuten las violaciones de estos derechos en varios contextos, incluyendo la agresión de Israel en Gaza, la situación en Ucrania y las tensiones en países de África y Asia.

💡Integridad del sistema internacional

Este concepto hace referencia a la solidez y eficacia del marco de leyes y organizaciones internacionales que busca proteger la paz y promover los derechos humanos. En el video, se argumenta que este sistema está al borde de la colapso debido a las violaciones y la inacción de las naciones poderosas.

💡Genocidio

El genocidio es la eliminación intencional y sistematica de un grupo étnico, nacional, racial o religioso. En el video, se sugiere que las acciones de Israel en Gaza y las de otras naciones podrían estar llevando hacia un riesgo de genocidio, subrayando la gravedad de las violaciones de derechos humanos que se están cometiendo.

💡Inteligencia artificial

La inteligencia artificial (IA) es una rama de la informática que busca crear sistemas capaces de realizar tareas que normalmente requieren inteligencia humana. En el video, se advierte sobre el potencial de la IA para agravar la discriminación y la división si no se regula adecuadamente, y cómo su uso actual está teniendo un impacto negativo en los derechos humanos.

Highlights

Amnesty International highlights Israel's assault on Gaza and accuses the U.S. of failing to denounce rights violations by Israel.

The report details Russia's ongoing aggression against Ukraine and rising authoritarianism in Sudan, Ethiopia, and Myanmar.

Amnesty International's Secretary General condemns Israel for war crimes and criticizes its allies for not stopping the violence.

Discussion of the dire human rights situation in Gaza, including mass graves and extensive destruction of civilian infrastructure.

Amnesty International reports on the use of famine as a weapon of war and the unprecedented civilian harm in Gaza.

The U.S. uses its Security Council veto power to prevent intervention and protect Israel from condemnation.

The report criticizes the international system as collapsing, with major powers justifying violations of international law.

The need for a comprehensive investigation into mass graves in Gaza, hindered by lack of access and preservation of crime scenes.

Evidence of Israel's repeated war crimes documented by Amnesty International since October 7.

The U.S.'s conflicting signals on Israel, verbally calling for ceasefires while continuing to arm Israel.

Amnesty International asserts that the U.S. is complicit in Israel's actions by continuing to supply weapons.

The wider context of global conflict includes the demise of the post-World War II international order and increasing armed conflicts.

The report highlights 'forgotten crises' in places like Myanmar and Sudan, suffering massive rights violations with little international attention.

Concerns about the role of artificial intelligence in exacerbating racism, discrimination, and public election interference.

The call for regulation of generative AI technologies and big tech companies to prevent human rights abuses.

Transcripts

this is democracy Now democracynow.org

the Warren peace report I'm Amy Goodman

with Nur SCH the world is reaping a

harvest of terrifying consequences from

escalating conflict and the near

breakdown of international law Amnesty

International said yesterday as it

launched its annual report on human

rights in 155 countries the report

highlights Israel's assault on Gaza with

evidence of war crimes continuing to

mount as well as us failures to denounce

rights violations committed by Israel

it also called out Russia's ongoing

aggression against Ukraine and pointed

to the rise of authoritarianism and

massive rights violations in Sudan

Ethiopia and

Myanmar amnesty International's

Secretary General anes kayar said quote

Israel's flagrant disregard for

international law is compounded by the

failures of its allies to stop the

Indescribable civilian Bloodshed Meed

out in Gaza many of those allies

were the very architects of that postor

War II system of law end quote well anes

kalar joins us now from London welcome

to democracy now we so appreciate you

being on with us um if you can start off

by talking about the situation um in

Gaza right now you just heard in our

previous segment the Gaza based

journalist describing uh the discovery

of the hundreds of bodies in a mass

grave at the Nasser medical complex

following Israel's Siege of the

hospital what are you calling for right

now thank you very much for uh welcoming

me on your program ah you know I I've

listened to the journalist and um what

what can we what can I add uh more um

since uh October 7 we have been

documented a plethora of V viations

committed first by Hamas and then by the

Israeli authorities but in particular um

the Israel authorities have been um you

know have committed an extraordinary

amount of violations of international

law the indiscriminate and targeted

bombing of uh civilians we know now that

there is at least 30,000 of them that

have been killed 70% of the

infrastructure

of Gaza have been destroyed I'm talking

civilian infrastructure schools

hospitals cemeteries cultural

institutions um we know that um there

has been the highest number of

journalists killed in any conflict the

highest number of humanitarian workers

killed in any conflict we know that

famine is being used as a weapon of War

we know that Collective punishment has

been waged against the the Palestinian

people and we also now know um of you

know clear evidence of extrajudicial

killings as highlighted by the discovery

of those Mass Graves that are coming on

top of all the um detentions and uh use

of torture and and ill treatment so the

the scale of the violations committed

over the last 6 months is

unprecedented and I want to insist on

that it is unprecedented the harm to

civilians is

unprecedented and what is making matters

worth is that this is all broadcasted

every day in front of our very eyes and

yet nothing nothing is being done to

prevent that Bloodshed the United States

has been using its right of veto at the

security Council to prevent any kind of

meaningful intervention it has shielded

um Israel from the denunciation that

that was required it has protected them

it has pretended for the longest period

of time that no violations were

committed this is why Amnesty

International is concluding that the the

the the International System is on the

brink of collapse right now

international law is not just

violated people who are violating

international law are justifying their

violations and that means they are

pretending that international law either

has no meaning or does not apply to them

but whatever intention they have the

outcome is the empting out of

international law the empting out of the

Geneva Convention uh that were supposed

to regulate War the empting out of the

genocide convention the empting out of

the universal Declaration of Human right

and the completely uselessness of the

security Council we have an

international court of justice that

could play a role and yet its rulings

are being ignored so all in all coming

on the on the hills of Russia's

aggression of Ukraine the only

conclusion that we can reach is that the

International System is collapsing and

that the world is being plunged back to

where we were promised will happen never

again Dr anas kalar we want to go to uh

US National Security adviser Jake

Sullivan who on Wednesday called for an

investigation into the mass Graves at

Nasser

hospital we have been in touch at

multiple levels with the Israeli

government we want answers we want to

understand exactly what happened you've

seen some public commentary from the IDF

on that but we want to know the

specifics of what the circumstances of

this were and we want to see this

thoroughly and transparently invest at

so that the whole world can have a

comprehensive answer and we the United

States can as well so uh that's Jake

Sullivan speaking Wednesday if you could

respond to that and what kind of

Investigation you believe needs to

happen and who should conduct this

investigation well first and foremost um

Amnesty International and others have

been calling on for those investigation

for a very long time the journalist that

was speaking before me pointed out that

those inv investigation have been called

on since 2014 and nothing has ever

happened you cannot rely on the Israeli

authorities to deliver any kind of

meaningful uh investigation right now no

one can enter Gaza no one can provide uh

the expertise required for this

investigation we have mass Graves people

are looking and that's absolutely uh

human are looking for their for their

loved one which means that the crime

scene itself is going to be less within

a few hours or a few days there are

absolutely nobody there who can protect

the crime scene who can provide the

necessary expertise uh so that at least

we have a sense of how people died when

did they die and and the kind of um

violation that have been perpetrated

against them so yes we want an

investigation but I don't think this is

a genuine demand for an investigation

people know that masg graes are

extremely fragile and right now they are

probably no crime scene left to be

investigated effectively but we don't

need that investigation to conclude that

um Israel has been committing war crimes

after war crimes after war crimes we

have plenty of evidence since October 7

of many of those violations we at

Amnesty International have documented

with good evidence um indiscriminate

shelling of civilians we know from

people on the ground that almost all

civilians in frr rors have been

destroyed and this cannot be justified

just by the the the notion of military

objective of military necessity we have

the the evidence required to conclude

that Israel has you know repeatedly

repeatedly to an extent

unprecedented unprecedented extent

violated international law it is now

time for the United States more than

time it's too late in fact for the

United to take a stand to denounce

Israel's violations to stop arming

Israel because that's what they are

still doing and to do everything in

their power to put an end to this

Bloodshed to the killings of the

Palestinians that we are all witnessing

that we are all made to witness can you

talk Dr kalamar about the US disconnect

of the Biden Administration on the one

hand uh con calling vaguely for

ceasefire and saying from blinkin to

President Biden their hearts are broken

uh when it comes to Palestinian

casualties but on the other hand

continuing to supply the

weapons it's not a disconnect I think

it's very well organized and very well

scripted you know that they are making

some sound that they feel they have to

make but that has absolutely no impact

on on their actions uh we are now middle

of April uh a month ago finally the

United States agreed to a

ceasefire uh adding though that it was

nonbinding so you know that that that

also shows uh that their heart was not

really into um the the ceasefire last

one the US

abstained yes um insisting that the um

that the that the ceasefire was uh was

actually not not that the resolution was

non-binding um they have had plenty of

of opportunities since October 7 to

demand a ceasefire but they use their

right of veto to to stop it and let let

me add and as well as the the release of

all hostages um so you know it's not a

disconnect I think it's a very well

planned very well scripted commitment uh

to support uh Israel all way including

to a possible genocide because let's

recall that the international court of

justice has concluded that the risk of

genocide were extremely high and we have

every evidence in front of us of that of

those risk indeed some eminent legal

Scholars have concluded that genocide

was already occurring so the United

States is providing support to a country

that is VI ating international law

repeatedly that is justifying those

violations in the name of going after uh

ramas without due respect for the um the

proportionality and the Discrimination

that should accompany uh their actions

um by so doing the United States is

making itself complicit to some of the

worst possible crimes being committed

right now and uh Dr anas uh kalar if you

could put this in the wider context of

what your rep report uh uh finds you've

said that the world is facing the demise

of the 1948 International order created

after the second World War uh amid both

the conflict in Gaza and in Ukraine if

you could elaborate uh on your

conclusions

sure um so I've already highlighted uh

what's happening in Gaza and H how

Israel is violating international law

and is justifying those violations this

is coming hot on the hills of Russia's

aggression in Ukraine itself a violation

of the UN Charter Russia too is

justifying its violation of

international law it's justifying its

violation of the UN Charter in the name

of some kind of um vision of its own uh

security Russia too has been justifying

its repeated violations of international

uh Geneva Convention through its

bombardment of um of of Ukrainian

through the the forced transfer of

populations so over the last 14 24

months we have seen some of the main um

superpowers in this world uh claiming

that the international legal system that

was established after World War II does

not apply to them we have seen Russia

doing that we have seen Israel doing

that and we have seen the United States

doing that by proxy uh through its

support to um to Israel those

institution that were established after

World War II including the security

Council and later on the international

criminal court the international court

of justice these are the backbone of

preventing the very worst happening to

the world and those in institution have

been rendered you know useless really um

the security Council cannot do anything

for peace and security because of the

abuse of the veto power the

international court of justice is

delivering very strong rulings that

everyone is ignoring the international

criminal court is delivering warrant

including against President Putin that

must people are ignoring so those

institution that are supposed to protect

us all are not protecting us anymore and

the international legal framework the

international normative framework is

being progressively emptied out through

those actions and through the

justification of those violations when

Israel is saying international law does

not apply to us because we have a

well-founded military objective and

Military necessity they are pretending

that this military necessity takes

precedence of over everything that is

not the case that is not the case when

Russia is saying uh International un

shter does not apply to us because of

whatever NATO may be doing uh they are

also empting out the UN Charter that is

not the purpose of the UN Charter that

is not there to um to be violated by

Russia in that way so the the entire

legal normative framework right now is

is at risk of completely collapsing and

what do we have instead nothing we have

the power of the arms the weapons um and

we you know we are basically going back

to our pre9 uh

1940 uh situation we are back to where

we were supposed not to ever ever again

go back to and if you could also talk

about you know a number of uh places

that the report highlights that receive

very little media attention uh me ymar

and and Sudan if you could talk about

the massive rights violations going on

there yes absolutely and that too um I

should have mentioned these are the

so-called forgotten crisis um a they are

characterized by Massive violations by

parties to to that conflict uh Sudan in

particular I've seen thousands of people

dead over the last uh 12 months the

largest number of people um refugees uh

abroad in in a very short period of time

the massive use of sexual violence

ethnic violence um and finally when the

security Council took action it took

them almost a year um their their

resolution has been completely ignored

so the the suffering in Sudan is falling

off the international agenda and yet it

is extremely uh extremely

heartbreaking in Myanmar uh there the uh

the military um government has been

protected by China we finally saw the

security Council a year a year and a

half ago uh taking a res a resolution

that was quite timid but a first step

but meanwhile the militaries have been

uh uh armed uh by uh by China they have

continued their indiscriminate or even

targeted um attack on on civilians

throughout the territory hundreds of

people have been arrested uh tortured

even political prisoners have been

condemned to death sentenced to death

and killed um that's the situation in

Myanmar I'm not mentioning the

Democratic Republic of Congo that has

completely Fallen the agenda for the

last 20 30 years and yet it is probably

the longest ever crisis again where no

one is taking action or the the kind of

action that is that is being required so

the Forgotten crisis around the world

are multiplying they are increasing in

fact according to the expert we are

witnessing an increase in the number of

armed conflict uh around the world a

reflection of a very unstable

International System a reflection of the

conflict between the three superpower

vying for emony the United States Russia

and and China and the multiplication of

those Conflict by proxy I will say

between them is uh costed uh in in human

lives in hundred and thousands millions

of human lives around the world finally

anes kalamar if you can talk about the

alarm that you're sounding in this

report on artificial intelligence and

its role in furthering racism

discrimination division during public

election

you note the dominance of big Tech risks

a supercharging of human rights

violations talk about what you see as

the

dangers absolutely so we know that over

the last 12 months we have seen

generative uh artificial intelligence um

coming into our almost um daily daily

reality um it is a technology that no

one really fully understand certainly

not politicians and policy makers it is

one that is completely unregulated as of

now and if what has happened with

artificial intelligence non-generative

One Is to Be The Benchmark by which to

assess what is going to happen in the

future then we need to be very worried

over the last few years Amnesty

International has been monitoring how

artificial intelligence um you know in

in uh through through for instance uh

platform social media platform platform

uh in the the in facial recognitions

through the Spy Wes all of those

technologies have had disastrous impact

on human rights over the last 12 months

in uh Facebook for instance platforms

have been used to um to to you know to

uh to Launch to spread ethnic violence

in in Ethiopia uh in Serbia we have

documented that semi

automated uh algorithm have been used uh

particularly in the context of the

provision of public social assistance in

ways that has discriminated against Roma

people and people with uh disability

spywares that were denounced um that

have been denounced since 2020 2021 with

the Pegasus project well guess what in

2023 we found more evidence of Pegasus

being used uh in many countries around

the world including India where we're

going to have a elections coming up so

um the the control of the spyware is not

happening in addition to Pegasus that

continue to be used around the world we

have monitored this year the use of the

pr data uh files which is EU European

based and that too has been used and

sold around the world including against

journalist activist human rights um

Defenders so abusive facial

recognition um abusive Mass surveillance

abusive uh use of spyware all of those

things are extremely dangerous for human

rights including in a context where

there is a multiplication of arm

conflict

and they should be the object of

moratorium we are calling as well on

those big tech company whose business

model is

feeding um the the multiplication of

data of certain kind of data we are

calling on them as well to a to be much

better regulated than they are now but

also to take action to regulate their

own content but it's it's a wild west

it's the Wild West in a context of um

the collapse of the International System

this is why we are sounding the alarm I

mean you know

the as of today we have the

International System on the brink of

collapse we have a an an industrial

revolution uh revolution of Information

Technology that no one is regulating

effectively and that has the potential

to to run a you know a major disaster

for for societies it is is more than

time more than time to wake up to the

reality that we are confronting if we

want if we want to you know to to

deliver um to our children and

grandchildren a safer Planet I haven't

even mentioned the climate crisis in the

midst of it all so I'm sorry if I'm

being very um apocalyptic here but I

think people need to wake up to that to

the reality that we are really really

facing a a an incredibly serious

dangerous situation for all of us analar

we want to thank you so much for being

with us Amnesty International Secretary

General speaking to us from London