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
Impact of new technology with regard to the protection of the right to life such as armed drones and autonomous weapons
Report presented to the 71st session of the UNGA in 2016 providing an update on some of the areas covered by the mandate from 2010 to 2016 and comments on some of the current issues in the area of the right to life, including on the impact of new technology with regard to the protection of the right to life such as armed drones, autonomous weapons, and fact-finding through information and communications technologies
2016
Security - Counter-Terrorism
Special Rapporteurs
Use of less lethal and unmanned weapons in law enforcement
Report presented to the 69th session of the UNGA in 2014 on, among other things, the use of less lethal and unmanned weapons in law enforcement, expressing the view that the increasingly advanced technology requires a detailed regulatory framework
2014
Security - Counter-Terrorism
Special Rapporteurs
Civilian impact from the use of drones in extraterritorial lethal counter-terrorism operations
Report presented to the 25th session of the HRC in 2014 on the civilian impact from the use of drones in extraterritorial lethal counter-terrorism operations
2014
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
Civic space and content governance; Security � Counter-Terrorism
Special Rapporteurs
Issue of information and communication technologies and the sale and sexual exploitation of children
Report presented to the 28th session of the HRC in 2015 on the issue of information and communication technologies and the sale and sexual exploitation of children
2015
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