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PI delivers oral intervention to UN Committee on the impact of the use of data & tech on the rights of persons with disabilities.
On 11 August 2024, PI delivered an oral statement during the 31st Session of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on the impact of the use of data & tech on the rights of persons with disabilities.
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Post date
12th August 2024
In an increasingly digitised world, automation, artificial intelligence and sensitive data processing present new and rapidly shifting challenges which underscore the urgent need for states to ensure that the rights of persons with disabilities are explicitly addressed and centred when it comes to the use of data and technology. Digital technologies can offer important opportunities for accessibility and the realisation of human rights of persons with disabilities, but can also present barriers to – or actively threaten and undermine - the realisation of these rights.
On 11 August 2024, PI delivered an oral statement during the 31st Session of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on the impact of the use of data and technology on the rights of persons with disabilities. We highlighted concerns about three key issues:
- The processing of personal data and the need for enhanced safeguards.
- The involvement of the private sector and the need to regulate private-public partnerships.
- The impact of automated decision-making on human rights in particular in digital welfare systems
Visit our learn page on the rights of persons with disabilites to find out more about our work on the impact of digital technologies on the rights of persons with disabilities.
