About OHCHR
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN Human Rights) is the leading UN entity on human rights. We represent the world's commitment to the promotion and protection of the full range of human rights and freedoms set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.Activities by OHCHR
Racial Profiling and Law Enforcement in the Era of AI: General Comment No. 36
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Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: General comment No. 36: preventing and combating racial profiling by law enforcement officials
This General Comment focuses on algorithmic decision-making and AI in relation to racial profiling by law enforcement officials. It observes that the increasing use of new technologies, including AI, has the potential to deepen racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and other forms of exclusion.
B-Tech Project deploying and using new technologies
GlobalThis project develops guidance and resources to enhance the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, with a focus on human rights risks in business models, due diligence, accountability, and regulatory responses to challenges linked to digital technologies and generative AI.
Activity Type Policy/Regulatory GuidanceResearch/Reports/AssessmentsDigital Image Verification and Classification Project
GlobalThis project addresses the challenge of filtering large quantities of video and image data from human rights investigations. It works to develop existing open-source tools and create an internal instance for conducting analysis on confidential information to create useful evidence.
Activity Type AI Tools/SolutionsInfrastructure/Systems DevelopmentTechnical assistanceUN General Assembly report of the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights on digital welfare states and human rights (A/74/493)
GlobalThe Special Rapporteur warns of a digital welfare dystopia in the context of greater digitization of social protection and assistance systems and the increasing role played by automated decision-making through the use of algorithms and artificial intelligence.
Activity Type Research/Reports/AssessmentsPolicy/Regulatory GuidanceAwareness/Advocacy