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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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SDGs - Digital divide; Discrimination and equality;
Secretary-General
Role of new technologies for the realization of economic, social and cultural rights
Question of the realization of economic, social and cultural rights in all countries: the role of new technologies for the realization of economic, social and cultural rights
2020
Discrimination and Equality
Special Rapporteurs
Intersection between the coronavirus pandemic and the pandemic of gender-based violence against women, with a focus on domestic violence and the "peace at home" initiative
Report of the SR on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Dubravka Simonovic
2020
Civic Space and Content Governance
Special Rapporteurs
Sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, chid pornography and other child sexual abuse material
Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
2020
Civic space and content governance ; Discrimination and equality; SDGs - Digital divide
Special Procedures
Women's human rights in the changing world of work
Working Group on discrimination against women and girls - 2020 -Report presented to 44th session of the HRC in 2020 on women's human rights in the changing world of work, focusing on technological change and recommending that States strengthen regulatory frameworks for technology providers to ensure they prevent and eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls online.
2020