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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
Protection of the right to life during law enforcement
Report presented to the 26th session of the HRC in 2014 on the protection of the right to life during law enforcement, discussing, among other things, the legal uncertainty in relation to the interpretation of rules on the international use of force in connection with the use of drones and suggests that the HRC articulates the basic outline of the legal framework for the use of remotely piloted aircraft or armed drones and calls on the HRC to remain engaged with the matter of autonomous weapons systems
2014
Security - Counter-Terrorism
Special Rapporteurs
Use of lethal force through armed drones
Report presented to the 68th session of the UNGA in 2013 on the use of lethal force through armed drones from the perspective of protection of the right to life, examining in detail the use of armed drones under international human rights law, international humanitarian law, and international law governing the use of force between States.
2013
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
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Frank La Rue
2013