Expert Workshop on Human Rights and Digital Business Activities in Copenhagen Denmark
Copenhagen, Denmark:
Expert Workshop on Human Rights and Digital Business Activities gather global experts from global tech corporations, international policy organizations and academia.
The Danish Institute of Human Rights (DIHR) has commissioned KJAER ADVICE to perform a trend analysis and mapping exercise to identify necessary efforts to address issues of negative impacts caused by technological and digital solutions.
One of the outcomes has been the two-day Expert Workshop on Human Rights Impact Assessments of Digital Business Activities convening 28 global experts within the field of human rights and tech, incl. global tech companies, international policy organizations and academia.
The significance of addressing human rights issues caused by digital business activities has received increased attention over the last couple of years. As more and more individuals have internet access, and the private sector and public institutions alike are going through digital transitions, the potential and actual human rights impacts of digital business activities are increasing.
Currently there is a lack of guidance for assessing and addressing the kinds of impacts that digital business activities can cause, whether by technology companies themselves or other entities conducting digital business activities. This include, but is not limited to, data collection and sharing, automated decision-making, artificial intelligence and algorithms, management and moderation of user-generated content, and provision of digital and internet infrastructure.
It is DIHR intention over the coming years to use its expertise on human rights impact assessment methodology to develop – jointly with global experts – a set of publicly available human rights impact assessment tools and guidance specifically in relation to digital business activities. This to ensure that companies are developing, deploying, and operating digital activities in full respect of human rights.