Discrimination and Equality
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Discrimination and Equality
What are the State and private sector responsibilities in ensuring that no groups are left behind in their right to enjoy human rights online and through digital technologies? How should States and companies ensure that digital technologies do not have a discriminatory impact on particular groups? How should States ensure that digital technologies do not aggravate existing inequalities? What are some of the measures that should be put in place to eliminate existing digital divides, based on age, gender, disabilities, socio-economic status, and place of residence?
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Artificial Intelligence; Discrimination and equality;
Working Groups
Data for racial justice
Working Group of experts on people of African descent, 2019, Report presented to the 42nd session of the HRC in 2019 on the Working Group's 23rd and 24th sessions held in Geneva, Switzerland, which focused on the theme Data for racial justice, summarizing discussions on, among other things, the potential racial bias that artificial intelligence and algorithms may have, including in the criminal justice sector
2019
SDGs - Digital divide; Discrimination and equality;
Special Rapporteurs
Refugees and the right to education
Special Rapporteur on the right to education 2018 - Report presented to the 73rd session of the UNGA in 2018 on situation of refugees with regard to the right to education, in particular in the context of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, discussing, among other things, the role of information and communications technology in providing innovative solutions, such as e-Learning, to address come challenges in this context
2018
SDGs - Digital divide; Discrimination and equality;
Special Rapporteurs
Impact of predictive analytics on pre-trial decisions in the American criminal justice system
Report presented to the 38th session of the HRC in 2018 on the Special Rapporteur's country visit to the United States of America from 1 to 15 December 2017 in which the Special Rapporteur addressed, among other things, human rights implications of so called coordinated entry systems on homeless persons, as well as the impact of predictive analytics on pre-trial decisions in the American criminal justice system
2018
Civic space and content governance ; Discrimination and equality
Independent Experts
Violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity
Report presented to the 41st session of the HRC in 2019 on data collection and management as a means to create heightened awareness of violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity
2019
Civic space and content governance ; Discrimination and equality
Human Rights Council
Online violence against women and girls
Human Rights Council, Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences on online violence against women and girls from a human rights perspective -
2018
Privacy, surveillance, data; Discrimination and equality, SDGs - Digital divide
Special Rapporteurs
Effective access to justice for migrants
Report presented to the 73rd session of the UNGA in 2018 on effective access to justice for migrants, stressing, among other things, the need to foster the establishment of firewall protections to safeguard the right to access justice for migrants without the fear of being deported
2018