The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has released an advanced version of its report on the relationship between human rights and technical standard-setting processes for new and emerging digital technologies. The report was prepared in response to a request made by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 47/23 and it reflects the outcomes of an expert consultation hosted in Geneva in February 2023 and responses received to a call for inputs issued by the OHCHR.
The report, which is included on the agenda of the 53th session of the Human Rights Council (19 June