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Welcome to the United Nations Hub for Human Rights and Digital Technology. As our world becomes ever-more digital, there is a greater need for our rights to be respected both online and offline. The UN has been considering how our valuable human rights protections apply in the digital space. You can find the full scope of key texts, including standards, analysis, and recommendations emerging from the United Nations human rights mechanisms, on this site.
"Together, as we seek to recover from the pandemic, we must learn to better curtail harmful use of digital technology and to better unleash its power as a democratizing force and an enabler."
UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL
ANTÓNIO GUTERRES
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Civic space and content governance
Special Rapporteurs
Hate speech online
Report presented to 28th session of the HRC in 2015 on hate speech and incitement to hatred against minorities in the media, including how digital media has changed the media landscape by providing minorities with opportunities to engage in public debate, while at the same time increasing challenges relating to the dissemination of hate speech online
2015
Civic space and content governance
Special Rapporteurs
Hate speech and incitement to hatred against minorities in the media
Report presented to 28th session of the HRC in 2015 on hate speech and incitement to hatred against minorities in the media, including how digital media has changed the media landscape by providing minorities with opportunities to engage in public debate, while at the same time increasing challenges relating to the dissemination of hate speech online
2015
Civic space and content governance; Security � Counter-Terrorism
Special Rapporteurs
Issue of information and communication technologies and the sale and sexual exploitation of children
Report presented to the 28th session of the HRC in 2015 on the issue of information and communication technologies and the sale and sexual exploitation of children
2015
SDGs - Digital divide; Discrimination and equality;
Special Rapporteurs
Impact of technology on older people
Report presented to the 30th session of the HRC in 2015 on the right to autonomy and care of older persons, discussing, among other things, the importance of new technologies to their education, training and lifelong learning; noting the importance of continued education and access to new technologies, as well as vocational rehabilitation and recommendation that distance learning and digital training should be offered to older persons in order to bridge the gap among generations and avoid dependency on others as a result of to the lack of knowledge of information and communications technology
2015
SDGs and Digital Divide
Human Rights Council
Promotion, protection and implementation of the right to participate in public affairs in the context of the existing human rights law: best practices, experiences, challenges and ways to overcome them
Report of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights presented t othe 30th session of the HRC
2015
Civic space and content governance ; Privacy, surveillance, data
Special Rapporteurs
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
Human Rights Council, Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye
2015
Privacy, surveillance, data
General Assembly
Protection of sources of information and whistleblowers; Civic space and content governance;
Report presented to the 70th session of the UN General Assembly in 2015 on the protection of sources of information and whistleblowers, including in relation to surveillance and digital tools such as encryption and anonymizing programs to promote their protection, along with submissions by States and civil society on the topic. https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/FreedomOpinion/Pages/ProtectionOfSources.aspx
2015
Civic space and content governance ; Privacy, surveillance, data
Special Rapporteurs
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
Human Rights Council, Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye
2015