OHCHR New Technologies and Human Rights Monitoring Workshop 2012
A two-day workshop to advance strategic thinking on how to leverage new technologies to strengthen U.N. human rights monitoring around the world.
The UN Special Rapporteurs on freedom of opinion and expression, the situation of human rights defenders, and freedom of peaceful assembly and association, reinforced the notion that States must ensure that human rights are respected and protected in the digital arena. Read OHCHR's full press release here.
Keywords: Explanations, ideas, and guidance on the societal applications of digital technology, United Nations, Human Rights, Digital Space
A two-day workshop to advance strategic thinking on how to leverage new technologies to strengthen U.N. human rights monitoring around the world.
Europe faces accelerating unemployment, an ill-equipped workforce, crippling cyberattacks, runaway climate change, and a marginalised position in the global economy. What does Europe need to do to get on the right path?
The topics discussed include data and privacy, inequality and worker’s rights.