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title: XI.E. Right to Rest and Leisure
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# XI.E. Right to Rest and Leisure

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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](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/index/sectors/)
- [GOV: Government and Public Sector](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/index/sectors/)
- [HLTH: Healthcare and Public Health](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/index/sectors/)
- [INTL: International Organizations and Relations](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/index/sectors/)
- [REG: Regulatory and Oversight Bodies](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/index/sectors/)
- [WORK: Employment and Labor](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/index/sectors/)

# 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](https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights), U.N. Doc. A/RES/217(III) (Dec. 10, 1948)

Article 24

> 1. Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.

## International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966)

G.A. Res. 2200A (XXI), [International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights](https://undocs.org/A/RES/2200%20A%20(XXI)), U.N. Doc. A/6316 (1966), 993 U.N.T.S. 3 (Dec. 16, 1966)

Article 7

> The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize the right of everyone to the enjoyment of just and favourable conditions of work which ensure, in particular:
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> (d) Rest, leisure and reasomable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay, as well as remnumeration for public holidays

## Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989)

G.A. Res. 44/25, [Convention on the Rights of the Child](https://undocs.org/A/RES/44/25), U.N. Doc. A/RES/44/25 (Nov. 20, 1989)

Article 31

> 1. States Parties recognize the right of the child to rest and leisure, to engage in play and recreational activities appropriate to the age of the child and to participate freely in cultural life and the arts.

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**Last Updated:**  April 29, 2025

**Research Assistants:**  Laiba Mehmood, Aarianna Aughtry

**Contributor:**  To Be Determined

**Reviewer:**  Laiba Mehmood

**Editor:**  Caitlin Corrigan

**Subject:**  Human Right

**Edition:**  Edition 1.0 Research

**Recommended Citation:**  "XI.E. Right to Rest and Leisure, 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 21, 2026. [https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/Docs/xi-e-leisure/](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/Docs/xi-e-leisure/).