A/HRC and A/RES series

Privacy in the digital age and AI due diligence

Why it matters: It connects AI governance to established international obligations concerning privacy, equality, expression and due process.

OHCHR’s privacy-in-the-digital-age work increasingly addresses algorithmic decision-making, surveillance and . OHCHR has emphasized that States must conduct when procuring, developing or using AI systems and must provide safeguards, transparency and access to remedy. This work is connected to recurring and Human Rights Council resolutions on privacy in the digital age.

What this means for

Just curious / new to AI

It connects AI governance to established international obligations concerning privacy, equality, expression and due process.

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 connects AI governance to established international obligations concerning privacy, equality, expression and due process.

Development & Policy

No Development & Policy reading was written for this one: it was judged to sit outside that desk. It connects AI governance to established international obligations concerning privacy, equality, expression and due process.

Human Rights

No Human Rights reading was written for this one: it was judged to sit outside that desk. It connects AI governance to established international obligations concerning privacy, equality, expression and due process.

Data & Digital

No Data & Digital reading was written for this one: it was judged to sit outside that desk. It connects AI governance to established international obligations concerning privacy, equality, expression and due process.

Front Office

No Front Office reading was written for this one: it was judged to sit outside that desk. It connects AI governance to established international obligations concerning privacy, equality, expression and due process.

OPGA

No OPGA reading was written for this one: it was judged to sit outside that desk. It connects AI governance to established international obligations concerning privacy, equality, expression and due process.

Builders

No Builders reading was written for this one: it was judged to sit outside that desk. It connects AI governance to established international obligations concerning privacy, equality, expression and due process.

Permanent Missions

No Permanent Missions reading was written for this one: it was judged to sit outside that desk. It connects AI governance to established international obligations concerning privacy, equality, expression and due process.

Sources

Details

Significance
Stardust
Track
Governance
Character
ONGOING TRACK
Duty station
New York · Geneva
Body
GA Third Committee · Human Rights Council

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