Security - Counter-Terrorism
Security and Counter-Terrorism
Counter terrorism and security measures increasingly involve the use of digital technologies, such as mass surveillance, various forms of profiling and the use of drones, which may place particular groups, including minorities, migrants and human rights defenders at particular risk. What are the international human rights standards that apply to the use of digital technology by law enforcement? What are the human rights standards applicable for legislation and use of counter-terrorism measures involving digital technologies?
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Security � Counter-Terrorism
Special Rapporteurs
Technologies can help to prevent torture and ill-treatment
Report presented to the 73rd session of the UNGA in 2018 on achievements and primary challenges concerning the universal implementation of the absolute prohibition of torture and ill-treatment, discussing how the use of new equipment and technologies can help to prevent torture and ill-treatment and hold its perpetrators accountable, but that the emergence of new types of weapons, equipment and technologies may also raise significant concerns about their possible misuse, and recommending, among other things, that States should conduct systematic legal reviews with a view to determining whether the use new weapons, restraints and other equipment or technologies, in some or all circumstances, would violate the prohibition of torture and ill-treatment or any other obligation under international law, or would significantly increase the risk of such violations occurring
2018
Privacy, surveillance, data; Security � Counter-Terrorism
Special Rapporteurs
Mass digital surveillance for counter-terrorism purposes
Report presented to the 34th session of the HRC in 2017 on the developments that have taken place in connection with the principal issues addressed in each of his previous thematic reports, including on the use of remotely piloted aircraft in extraterritorial lethal counter-terrorism operations and mass digital surveillance for counter-terrorism purposes
2017
Civic space and content governance ; Security � Counter-Terrorism
Special Rapporteurs
Terrorism and violent extremism on civic space
Report presented to the 40th session of the HRC in 2019 on the impact of measures to address terrorism and violent extremism on civic space and the rights of civil society actors and human rights defenders, examining, among other things, the use of the internet for terrorist purposes
2019
Security - Counter-Terrorism
Special Rapporteurs
Remotely piloted aircraft in extraterritorial lethal counter-terrorism operations
Report presented to the 34th session of the HRC in 2017 on the developments that have taken place in connection with the principal issues addressed in each of his previous thematic reports, including on the use of remotely piloted aircraft in extraterritorial lethal counter-terrorism operations and mass digital surveillance for counter-terrorism purposes
2017
Security � Counter-Terrorism; Civic space and content governance
Special Rapporteurs
Terrorism and violent extremism on civic space
Report presented to the 40th session of the HRC in 2019 on the impact of measures to address terrorism and violent extremism on civic space and the rights of civil society actors and human rights defenders, examining, among other things, the use of the internet for terrorist purposes
2019
Security � Counter-Terrorism
Special Rapporteurs
Online violence and violence facilitated by information and communications technology
Report presented to the 38th session of the HRC in 2018 on online violence and violence facilitated by information and communications technology (ICT) against women and girls from a human rights perspective
2018