Sustainable Development Goals and Digital Divide
Sustainable Development Goals
and Digital Divide
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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SDGs and Digital Divide; Civic Space and Content Governance
Special Rapporteurs
Disinformation and the right to science
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes, Marcos Orellana, presented to the 48th session of the Human Rights Council
2021
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
Privacy, Data and Surveillance; Discrimination and Equality; SDGs and Digital Divide
Human Rights Council
Statistics and data collection under Article 31 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Report presented to the 49th session of the Human Rights Council providing an overview of State obligations under article 31 of Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) to collect and maintain data for the purpose of developing evidence-based policies aimed at realizing the rights set out in the Convention.
2021
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