--- title: "IV.I. Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination" 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 workflow](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/index/editors-desk/).…" url: "https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/Docs/iv-i-nondiscrimination/" updated: "2025-04-25" category: • Introduction / IV. Justice --- # IV.I. Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination 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/). 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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 ## United Nations Charter (1945) 1 U.N.T.S. XVI, [U.N. Charter](https://www.un.org/en/about-us/un-charter/full-text) (June 26, 1945) Preamble WE THE PEOPLES OF THE UNITED NATIONS DETERMINED to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the [Dignity](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/glossary/dignity/) and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small, and to establish conditions under which [Justice](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/glossary/justice/) and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained, and to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger [Freedom](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/glossary/freedom/), AND FOR THESE ENDS to practice tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbours, and to unite our strength to maintain international peace and [Security](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/glossary/security/), and to ensure, by the acceptance of principles and the institution of methods, that armed force shall not be used, save in the common interest, and to employ international machinery for the promotion of the economic and social advancement of all peoples, HAVE RESOLVED TO COMBINE OUR EFFORTS TO ACCOMPLISH THESE AIMS. Accordingly, our respective Governments, through representatives assembled in the city of San Francisco, who have exhibited their full powers found to be in good and due form, have agreed to the present Charter of the United Nations and do hereby establish an international organization to be known as the United Nations. Article 1 > The Purposes of the United Nations are: > > > > 2. To develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and [Self-determination](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/glossary/self-determination/) of peoples, and to take other appropriate measures to strengthen universal peace. ## Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women New York (1979) G.A. Res. 34/180, [Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/ARES34180.pdf), U.N. Doc. A/RES/34/180 (Dec. 18, 1979) Article 1 > For the purposes of the present Convention, the term "discrimination against women" shall mean any distinction, exclusion or restriction made on the basis of sex which has the effect or purpose of impairing or nullifying the recognition, enjoyment or exercise by women, irrespective of their marital status, on a basis of [Equality](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/glossary/equality/) of men and women, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural, civil or any other field. 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