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title: VIII.E. Right to Live Independently and in Community
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# VIII.E. Right to Live Independently and in Community

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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.

- [ENV: Environmental and Energy](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/glossary/env/)
- [GOV: Government and Public Sector](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/glossary/gov/)
- [SOC: Social Services and Housing](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/glossary/soc/)
- [WORK: Employment and Labor](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/glossary/work-employment-and-labor/)

# AI’s Potential Violations

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# AI’s Potential Benefits

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# Human Rights Instruments

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

G.A. Res. 61/106, [Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/ARES61106.pdf), U.N. Doc. A/RES/61/106 (Dec. 13, 2006)

Article 19

> States Parties to the present Convention recognize the equal right of all persons with disabilities to live in the community, with choices equal to others, and shall take effective and appropriate measures to facilitate full enjoyment by persons with disabilities of this right and their full inclusion and participation in the community, including by ensuring that:
> (a) Persons with disabilities have the opportunity to choose their place of residence and where and with whom they live on an equal basis with others and are not obliged to live in a particular living arrangement;
> (b) Persons with disabilities have access to a range of in-home, residential and other community support services, including personal assistance necessary to support living and inclusion in the community, and to prevent isolation or segregation from the community;
> (c) Community services and facilities for the general population are available on an equal basis to persons with disabilities and are responsive to their needs.

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**Last Updated:**  April 17, 2025

**Research Assistant:**  Aarianna Aughtry

**Contributor:**  To Be Determined

**Reviewer:**  To Be Determined

**Editor:**  Alexander Kriebitz

**Subject:**  Human Right

**Edition:**  Edition 1.0 Research

**Recommended Citation:**  "VIII.E. Right to Live Independently and in Community, Edition 1.0 Research." In *[AI & Human Rights Index](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/index)*, edited by Nathan C. Walker, Dirk Brand, Caitlin Corrigan, Georgina Curto Rex, Alexander Kriebitz, John Maldonado, Kanshukan Rajaratnam, Tanya de Villiers-Botha, and Hisham Zawil. New York: All Tech is Human; Camden, NJ: AI Ethics Lab at Rutgers University, 2026. Accessed October 22, 2026. [https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/Docs/viii-e-independence/](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/Docs/viii-e-independence/).