OHCHR consultation on human rights and technical standard-setting processes for new and emerging digital technologies

On 15 February 2023, the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) will hold a consultation on human rights and technical standard-setting processes for new and emerging digital technologies.

The consultation will inform the report on the relationship between human rights and technical standards that the OHCHR will present to the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) at its 53rd session in June 2023. The report was required by the HRC it is July 2021 resolution on new and emerging digital technologies and human rights.

The event will take place in Geneva, at the Palais des Nations, and online. Registration is open until 14 February 2023.

More details, including an agenda and list of speakers, will be made available on the dedicated OHCHR webpage.