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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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Security - Counter-Terrorism
Special Rapporteurs
Use of less lethal and unmanned weapons in law enforcement
Report presented to the 69th session of the UNGA in 2014 on, among other things, the use of less lethal and unmanned weapons in law enforcement, expressing the view that the increasingly advanced technology requires a detailed regulatory framework
2014
Security - Counter-Terrorism
Special Rapporteurs
Civilian impact from the use of drones in extraterritorial lethal counter-terrorism operations
Report presented to the 25th session of the HRC in 2014 on the civilian impact from the use of drones in extraterritorial lethal counter-terrorism operations
2014
Civic space and content governance ; Discrimination and equality
Special Rapporteurs
Racism on the Internet and social media
Report presented to the 26th session of the HRC in 2014 on manifestations of racism on the Internet and social media, examining the context, key trends and the manifestations of racism on the Internet and social media, and provides an overview of the legal and policy frameworks and the measures taken at international, regional and national levels, as well as some of the regulatory norms adopted by Internet and social network providers.
2014
Civic space and content governance
Special Rapporteurs
Rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association for groups most at risk
Report presented to 26th session of the HRC in 2014 on threats to the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association for groups most at risk, noting, among other things, that the right to freedom of association applies both online and offline and that laws that unjustifiably restrict freedom of expression on the Internet and limit the ability of people to associate over that medium are unacceptable
2014