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19 Aug 2019

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UN Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner

Questionnaire on new and emerging digital technologies and human rights

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Core questions (for all stakeholders)

  1. In what ways do new and emerging digital technologies help to protect and promote human rights? How can the positive benefits of these technologies be realized?
  2. What are some of the key human rights challenges arising from new and emerging digital technologies? How can these risks be mitigated? Do new and emerging digital technologies create unique and unprecedented challenges or are there earlier precedents that help us understand the issue area?
  3. Is the existing international human rights framework adequate to safeguard human rights in an era of rapid technological innovation? Why or why not? If not, what types of reforms are needed? ...