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Sectors #

The contributors of the AI & Human Rights Index have identified the following sectors as responsible for both using AI to protect and advance this human right.

• COM: Media and Communication
• DEF: Defense and Military
• FIN: Financial Services
• GOV: Government and Public Sector
• HLTH: Healthcare and Public Health
• LAW: Legal and Law Enforcement
• SOC: Social Services and Housing
• WORK: Employment and Labor

AI’s Potential Violations #

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AI’s Potential Benefits #

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Human Rights Instruments #

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) #

G.A. Res. 217 (III) A, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, U.N. Doc. A/RES/217(III) (Dec. 10, 1948).

Article 3

Every person has the right to recognition as a person before the law.

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966) #

G.A. Res. 2200A (XXI), International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, U.N. Doc. A/6316 (1966), 999 U.N.T.S. 171 (Dec. 16, 1966)

Article 16

Everyone shall have the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.

American Convention on Human Rights (1969) #

American Convention on Human Rights, Nov. 22, 1969, 1144 U.N.T.S. 123, O.A.S. Treaty Series No. 36 (entered into force July 18, 1978).

Article 3

Every person has the right to recognition as a person before the law

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (1979) #

G.A. Res. 34/180, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, U.N. Doc. A/RES/34/180 (Dec. 18, 1979)

Article 15

2. States Parties shall accord to women, in civil matters, a legal capacity identical to that of men and the same opportunities to exercise that capacity. In particular, they shall give women equal rights to conclude contracts and to administer property and shall treat them equally in all stages of procedure in courts and tribunals.

African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (1981) #

African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, June 27, 1981, O.A.U. Doc. CAB/LEG/67/3 rev. 5, 21 I.L.M. 58 (1982).

Article 5

Every individual shall have the right to the respect of the Dignity inherent in a human being and to the recognition of his legal status.

Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (1992) #

G.A. Res. 47/133, Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, U.N. Doc. A/RES/47/133 (Dec. 18, 1992).

Article 1

2. Any act of enforced disappearance… constitutes a violation of the rules of international law guaranteeing, inter alia, the right to recognition as a person before the law…

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006) #

G.A. Res. 61/106, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, U.N. Doc. A/RES/61/106 (Dec. 13, 2006).

Article 12

1. States Parties reaffirm that persons with disabilities have the right to recognition everywhere as persons before the law.

Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (2011) #

H.R.C. Res. 17/4, Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework, U.N. Doc. A/HRC/RES/17/4 (June 16, 2011)

Principle 12

The responsibility of business enterprises to respect human rights refers to internationally recognized human rights – understood, at a minimum, as those expressed in the International Bill of Human Rights and the principles concerning fundamental rights set out in the International Labour Organization’s Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work.

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