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Human Rights and Digital Technologies: Proceedings of a Symposium of Scholars and Practitioners - in Brief
Human Rights and Digital Technologies: Proceedings of a Symposium of Scholars and Practitioners - in Brief
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Many participants emphasized the critical role of international human rights law in helping to address concerns related to digital technologies and the need for a rights-based approach to the design, governance, and use of such technologies. Although experts at the Committee on Human Rights event were primarily drawn from academia, policy institutions, and international organizations, several participants at the event pointed to the importance of engaging digital technology companies in this effort and the need for greater attention to the voices and perspectives of individuals affected by digital technologies, including marginalized populations that may face particular risks.
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, welcomed symposium participants and described the work of the Committee on Human Rights, which serves as a bridge between the human rights and scientific, engineering, and medical communities. The purpose of the symposium, Chalfie stated, was to gather experts to discuss key human rights opportunities and risks related to the rapid expansion of digital technologies.
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However, he also stressed that companies should exercise human rights due diligence. Digital technology companies have become governors of online space and, in turn, are shaping freedom of expression around the world. The United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, a framework for addressing human rights abuses in business operations, can be used to help ensure that companies respect rights.
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Raymond stressed that having norms will not be enough without governance and accountability in the field. Jessie Brunner, Senior Program Manager, Center for Human Rights and International Justice, Stanford University, introduced her research on human trafficking in Southeast Asia, which involves the use of advances in data science to better understand -- Figure 2 Dani Poole, Harvard University; Jos Berens, UN Office and help address -- this problem.
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These guidelines are an example of how existing regulation, including human rights standards, can be translated into practical guidance for the use of digital technologies. The guidelines promote ‘data responsibility': the safe, ethical, and effective management of data by OCHA staff in the context of humanitarian response.
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PROMOTING ACCOUNTABILITY AND JUSTICE WITH DIGITAL DATA Tanya Karanasios (Panel Moderator) , Deputy Program Director, WITNESS, outlined her work with a nongovernmental organization addressing issues at the intersection of human rights, technology, and video, pointing to the proliferation of cell phones and its significance for human rights advocates seeking to document and report on potential human rights violations.
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Félim McMahon, Online Open Source Investigations Specialist, stated that education related to the implications of digital technologies is a powerful way to deliver change; the National Academies are in a position to raise the visibility of this issue. Changes in information and communication technology and infrastructure over the past 25 years have transformed fact-finding and our world.
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This needs to happen with openness and in a regulated, ethical way, McMahon concluded. CONTEMPORARY AND EMERGING CHALLENGES: DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES AND HUMAN RIGHTS Shanthi Kalathil, Senior Director, International Forum for Democratic Studies, National Endowment for Democracy, moderated a panel discussion on emerging challenges around digital technologies and human rights between Alexa Koenig, Executive Director, Human Rights Center, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, and Ron Deibert, Director, The Citizen Lab, University of Toronto.
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The speakers discussed several key topics during the session: The power imbalance between civil society and government/corporate actors in the digital space Deibert noted that, although many individuals assumed that digital technologies would have a transformative effect in terms of promoting democracy and human rights, such technologies have in several ways made civil society more vulnerable to government abuses. This is partly because historical events (e.g., the war on terror, Arab Spring)
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Koenig observed that, as a result, there is little ethical guidance to support decision-making when engaging in fact-finding and other forms of research across social media platforms and other online spaces. RIGHTS, DISCRIMINATION, AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Mark Latonero (Panel Moderator)
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Many stakeholders in this area are not familiar with international human rights law; some are moving to develop ethical principles without understanding that they are contributing to erosion of the international human rights framework. According to Donahoe, we have a lot of hard work ahead to articulate in a compelling way how international human rights applies Figure 5 Kristian Lum, Human Rights Data Analysis Group; with respect to freedom of expression, freedom of Rashida Richardson, AI Now Institute, New York University; and Eileen Donahoe, Cyber Policy Center, Stanford assembly, the right to privacy, equal protection, and University non-discrimination in the digital age.
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Lum also suggested that we think about whether we should even be using certain algorithmic systems, such as facial recognition tools. FAIRNESS AND PRIVACY: GAINS AND LOSSES IN THE DIGITAL AGE Cynthia Dwork, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science, John A
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; Jessie Brunner, Senior Program Manager, Center for Human Rights and International Justice, Stanford University; Martin Chalfie, University Professor, Columbia University and Chair, Committee on Human Rights, U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Ron Deibert, Director, The Citizen Lab, University of Toronto; Eileen Donahoe, Executive Director, Global Digital Policy Incubator, Cyber Policy Center, Stanford University; Elsa Marie D'Silva, Founder, Red Dot Foundation 13
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Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University; Keith Hiatt, Information Systems Management Section, United Nations International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism for Syria; Shanthi Kalathil, Senior Director, International Forum for Democratic Studies, National Endowment for Democracy; Tanya Karanasios, Deputy Program Director, WITNESS; David Kaye, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression; Alexa Koenig, Executive Director, Human Rights Center, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law; Mark Latonero, Research Lead for Human Rights, Data & Society; Kristian Lum, Lead Statistician, Human Rights Data Analysis Group; Félim McMahon, Online Open Source Investigations Specialist; Dani Poole, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Harvard University; Nathaniel Raymond, Lecturer, Jackson Institute of Global Affairs, Yale University; Rashida Richardson, Director of Policy Research, AI Now Institute, New York University. Note that not all voices from human rights practices are reflected in this Proceedings -- in Brief.
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