--- title: IV.B. Right to Legal Recognition description: "Our global network of contributors to the [*AI & Human Rights Index*](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/index/) is currently writing these articles and glossary entries. This particular page is currently in the recruitment and research stage. Please return later to see where this page is in the [editorial…" url: "https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/Docs/iv-b-legal-recognition/" updated: "2025-04-25" category: • Introduction / IV. Justice --- # IV.B. Right to Legal Recognition Our global network of contributors to the [*AI & Human Rights Index*](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/index/) is currently writing these articles and glossary entries. This particular page is currently in the recruitment and research stage. Please return later to see where this page is in the [editorial workflow](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/index/editors-desk/). Thank you! We look forward to learning with and from you. --- [Insert statement of urgency and significance for why this right relates to AI.] # **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. - [DEF: Defense and Military](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/glossary/def/) - [GOV: Government and Public Sector](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/glossary/gov/) - [INTL: International Organizations and Relations](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/glossary/intl/) - [LAW: Legal and Law Enforcement](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/glossary/law/) - [REG: Regulatory and Oversight Bodies](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/glossary/reg/) # AI’s Potential Violations [Insert 300- to 500-word analysis of how AI could violate this human right.] # AI’s Potential Benefits [Insert 300- to 500-word analysis of how AI could advance this human right.] # Human Rights Instruments ## Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) G.A. Res. 217 (III) A,[Universal Declaration of Human Rights,](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/ARES217-A-III-UDHR.pdf) U.N. Doc. A/RES/217(III) (Dec. 10, 1948) > Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law. ## American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man (1948) [American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/american-declaration-rights-duties-of-man.pdf), O.A.S. Res. XXX, Ninth International Conference of American States, O.A.S. Doc. OEA/Ser.L/V/I.4 Rev. 9 (1948). Article 17 > Every person has the right to be recognized everywhere as a person having rights and obligations, and to enjoy the basic civil rights. ## International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966) G.A. Res. 2200A (XXI), [International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/ARES2200-A-XXI-ICCPR.pdf) U.N. Doc. A/6316 (1966), 999 U.N.T.S. 171 (Dec. 16, 1966) > Everyone shall have the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law. ## American Convention on Human Rights (1969) Organization of American States, [American Convention on Human Rights](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/american_convention_on_human_rights.pdf), Nov. 22, 1969 (entered into force July 18, 1978), O.A.S.T.S. No. 36, 1144 U.N.T.S. 123.​ Article 3 > Every person has the right to recognition as a person before the law. ## United Nations Guiding Principles (2011) H.R.C. Res. 17/4, [Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations "Protect, Respect and Remedy" Framework](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/AHRCRES174.pdf), U.N. Doc. A/HRC/RES/17/4 (June 16, 2011) > 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 abour Organization’s Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. 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