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Berkeley Protocol on Digital Open Source Investigations: A Practical Guide on the Effective Use of Digital Open Source and Information in Investigating Violations of International Criminal, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

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03 Jan 2022

The Berkeley Protocol on Digital Open Source Investigations identifies international standards for conducting online research of alleged violations of international criminal, human rights, and...

Use of spyware to surveil journalists and human rights defendersStatement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet

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19 Jul 2021

Geneva, 19 July 2021 “Revelations regarding the apparent widespread use of the Pegasus software to spy on journalists, human rights defenders, politicians and others in a variety of countries are...

Children’s right to privacy in the digital age must be improved

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15 Jul 2021

A new report presented to the Human Rights Council says that maximising children’s privacy in the digital age means acting in their best interests, actively seeking children’s views and treating those views seriously.

COVID, State surveillance, smartphones, mega tech-corporations and artificial intelligence are only a few of the themes which will remain recurrent throughout the life of the mandate on privacy

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02 Jul 2021

AFTERNOON 2 July 2021 Council Starts Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy and Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention The...

High Level Panel Discussion on the occasion of the 47th session of the Human Rights CouncilThe role of the Human Rights Council in promoting a human rights-based approach to new and emerging technologies

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15 Jun 2021

Statement by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 中文 | Français | Русский | Español 15 June 2021 Madam President, Excellencies, Colleagues, My thanks to the Permanent Missions of...

A/HRC/47/61: The right to privacy in the digital age Note by the Secretariat

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18 May 2021

UN Committee issues recommendations to protect children’s rights in digital environment

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24 Mar 2021

GENEVA (24 March 2021) — The Child Rights Committee today published its legal guidance note on how States should protect children’s rights with regard to the digital environment. The guidance note...

Human Rights Council Adopts 10 Resolutions, Renews Mandates on Cultural Rights, Albinism, Privacy, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and Islamic Republic of Iran

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23 Mar 2021

AFTERNOON 23 March 2021 Council Urges States to Immediately Take Steps to Prevent, within their Respective Legal Frameworks, Speculation and Undue Export Controls and Stockpiling that May Hinder...

Cambodia: UN experts alarmed by 'naming and shaming' of COVID victims

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11 Dec 2020

Khmer GENEVA (11 December 2020) – UN human rights experts* expressed alarm at the decision by Cambodian authorities to allow the publication of personal information about individuals who have tested...

22nd EU NGO Human Rights Forum - The Impact of New Technologies on Human Rights

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09 Dec 2020

Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet. 9-10 December 2020 Colleagues, Friends, It is a pleasure to join you today, on the eve of Human Rights Day. New technologies are...