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Traffic surveillance and human rights: How can states overcome the negative impact of surveillance technologies on the individual right to respect for privacy and personal data protection?
(Global Campus of Human Rights, 2020)
The crucial role of surveillance technologies for the enforcement of traffic laws and prevention of traffic accidents, as well as for the development of modern traffic management systems and regulation of traffic jams, is ...
The Cyber Occupation of Palestine; Suppressing Digital Activism and Shrinking the Virtual Sphere
(Global Campus of Human Rights, 2020)
Since the October 2015 uprising, the Israeli regime has intensified its prosecution of Palestinian digital users. Hundreds of Palestinians were arrested under the pretext of ‘incitement’ over social media platforms, ...
Strategic roadmap for Nepal: Integrating United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights into domestic law
(Global Campus of Human Rights, 2020)
Taking the business sector in Nepal as a subject, we can observe that it is continuously growing. Nepal’s constitution has directed the economic objective of the state to achieve sustainable economic development with the ...
Your face rings a bell : How facial recognition poses a threat for human rights
(Global Campus of Human Rights, 2020)
‘The greatest danger still lies ahead, with the refinement of artificial intelligence capabilities, such as facial and pattern recognition.’ (Edward Snowden)
In 2013, Edward Snowden published historical revelations ...
The impact of ground and aerial security robots on human rights in Africa
(Global Campus of Human Rights, 2020)
The objective of this policy brief is to make a case for addressing the impact of the use of ground and aerial security robots on human rights in Africa.
The African continent is witnessing a rapid growth of the robotics ...
The use of facial recognition technology in EU law enforcement: Fundamental rights implications
(Global Campus of Human Rights, 2020)
Facial recognition technology is a type of biometric application used to identify people’s faces based on datasets and then makes assessments about those people based on algorithmic predictions. This technology can be ...
State of pandemonium: Digital rights in the Western Balkans and COVID-19
(Global Campus of Human Rights, 2020)
The COVID-19 pandemic caused many shockwaves globally, eg disruption to daily interaction (physical and social distancing measures), disruption to education, disruption to work, restrictions on freedom of movement, etc. ...
Facial recognition in Latin America: Towards a human rights-based legal framework to protect public spaces from mass surveillance
(Global Campus of Human Rights, 2020)
This policy paper addresses the challenges posed by the use of facial recognition technologies in public spaces in Latin America. It states that these systems are being deployed without strong legal safeguards, without ...