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PI response to call for inputs for a thematic study by the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances on “new technologies and enforced disappearances”
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The submission provides PI’s information and analysis of some of the topics listed in the call. The widespread use of new technologies presents both opportunities and challenges for the protection of human rights, including the right to life and the right to privacy. PI believes that is essential that states take a human rights-centered approach in their use of these technologies, and ensure that their use is consistent with international human rights law. By doing so, states can ensure that new technologies are used to enhance the protection of human rights, rather than to facilitate the commission of human rights violations.
We recommend the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances to include the following recommendations in its report: