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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.

• BUS: Business Sectors
• COM: Media and Communication
• TECH: Technology and IT
• GOV: Government and Public Sector
• LAW: Legal and Law Enforcement
• REG: Regulatory and Oversight Bodies
• INTL: International Organizations and Relations
• EDU: Education and Research

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 19

Everyone has the right to Freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes Freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.

European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (1950) #

Council of Europe, Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Nov. 4, 1950, 213 U.N.T.S. 221.

Article 10

1. Everyone has the right to Freedom of expression. This right shall include Freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart information and ideas without interference by public authority and regardless of frontiers.

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 19

2. Everyone shall have the right to Freedom of expression; this right shall include Freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art, or through any other media of his choice.

American Convention on Human Rights (1969) #

American Convention on Human Rights, Nov. 22, 1969, O.A.S.T.S. No. 36, 1144 U.N.T.S. 123.

Article 13

1. Everyone has the right to Freedom of thought and expression. This right includes Freedom to seek, receive, and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing, in print, in the form of art, or through any other medium of one’s choice.

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 9

Every individual shall have the right to receive information. Every individual shall have the right to express and disseminate his opinions within the law.

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