About UNHCR
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is a global organization dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people.Activities by UNHCR
Global Early Warning System on Forced Displacement
Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States LuxembourgThis predictive analytics project harnesses nowcasting, forecasting, and machine learning to develop an early warning system that detects escalating risks of forced displacement and provides timely displacement forecasts before emergencies occur.
Activity Type AI Tools/SolutionsResearch/Reports/AssessmentsThe Use of AI to strengthen information integrity in digital platforms
Asia and the Pacific Not ApplicableThis is a UNHCR guide to strengthening information integrity on digital platforms. It explores how AI tools contribute to the erosion of information integrity and the need to promote and operationalize the ethical use of AI in combating misinformation, disinformation, and hate speech.
Activity Type AI Tools/SolutionsPolicy/Regulatory GuidanceUNHCR Global AI Approach: Vision
Global Not Applicable
UNHCR’s AI Approach provides a strategic framework for using artificial intelligence in humanitarian contexts.
Rooted in human rights and humanitarian principles, it aims to improve outcomes for forcibly displaced and stateless people through responsible, inclusive, and transparent AI deployment.
What safeguards are in place to ensure ethical AI use?
UNHCR’s AI Approach is a model for ethical innovation in humanitarian work. It ensures that technology serves people, not the other way around, delivering faster, fairer, and more effective support to those in need.
What safeguards are in place to ensure ethical AI use?
- Ethical and human rights-based. This foundation ensures that AI adoption strengthens protection outcomes while safeguarding the rights and dignity of displaced and stateless populations
- Embrace AI responsibility by design. Maintaining the integrity of AI-assisted processes is essential to upholding the trust placed in UNHCR and ensuring institutional accountability.
- Champion people-centred AI. Human centricity is being embedded into the core of all AI initiatives, through the testing of new products with communities, designing different human centered processes, a commitment to shifting power dynamics, or adapting proven approaches to fit local needs and realities.
- Ensure robust internal governance. UNHCR’s governance of AI is being built on existing institutional processes and established decision-making structures.
- Foster meaningful partnerships. UNHCR’s engagement in AI is driven by strong collaboration across a diverse range of partners, including governments, international institutions and other UN agencies.
How does UNHCR advocate and engage on responsible AI?
- UNHCR is actively engaging in global conversations to promote the ethical use of artificial intelligence in humanitarian contexts.
- The organization advocates for AI systems that are rights-based, inclusive, transparent and accountable.
Unlocking Artificial Intelligence’s Potential in Country of Origin Information (COI)
Global Not ApplicableUNHCR conducted research exploring the potential of AI in enhancing Country of Origin Information (COI) research. The research aims to leverage AI-driven tools to automate and improve data analysis, enabling researchers to process vast datasets quickly and accurately.
Activity Type Research/Reports/Assessments