A/HRC/RES/41/11

Human Rights Council resolution on new and emerging digital technologies and human rights

Why it matters: It established a broad Human Rights Council framework within which AI-related rights issues are addressed.

The Human Rights Council adopted, without a vote, a on new and emerging digital technologies and human rights at its forty-first session. It recognized that technologies can facilitate human rights while also creating or amplifying violations and abuses. The resolution requested work by OHCHR and the Council’s Advisory Committee and became part of a continuing Council track on digital technologies.

What this means for

Just curious / new to AI

It established a broad Human Rights Council framework within which AI-related rights issues are addressed.

Pick a role above and this becomes the reading for that desk: what it means, what to watch, and a line you can use.

Peace & Security

No Peace & Security reading was written for this one: it was judged to sit outside that desk. It established a broad Human Rights Council framework within which AI-related rights issues are addressed.

Development & Policy

No Development & Policy reading was written for this one: it was judged to sit outside that desk. It established a broad Human Rights Council framework within which AI-related rights issues are addressed.

Human Rights

No Human Rights reading was written for this one: it was judged to sit outside that desk. It established a broad Human Rights Council framework within which AI-related rights issues are addressed.

Data & Digital

No Data & Digital reading was written for this one: it was judged to sit outside that desk. It established a broad Human Rights Council framework within which AI-related rights issues are addressed.

Front Office

No Front Office reading was written for this one: it was judged to sit outside that desk. It established a broad Human Rights Council framework within which AI-related rights issues are addressed.

OPGA

No OPGA reading was written for this one: it was judged to sit outside that desk. It established a broad Human Rights Council framework within which AI-related rights issues are addressed.

Builders

No Builders reading was written for this one: it was judged to sit outside that desk. It established a broad Human Rights Council framework within which AI-related rights issues are addressed.

Permanent Missions

No Permanent Missions reading was written for this one: it was judged to sit outside that desk. It established a broad Human Rights Council framework within which AI-related rights issues are addressed.

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