Recommendations and Resources#
Checklist#
Do I know what laws apply to my work?
Do I know what policies apply to my work?
Have I read relevant policies on ethical research?
Have I asked the Policy and Governance teams at my organisation or institution for advice or support?
Does my work respect and protect human rights?
Does my work fulfil human rights?
Further reading#
Artificial Intelligence: What’s Human Rights Got To Do With It? (Blog post by Christiaan van Veen and Corinne Cath)
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70: Putting Human Rights at the Heart of the Design, Development and Deployment of Artificial Intelligence (The Human Rights, Big Data and Technology Project, University of Essex, UK)
Algorithms and Human Rights - Study on the human rights dimension of automated data processing techniques and possible regulatory implications (Council of Europe)
Data Feminism (book by Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren Klein)
Article 8: Respect for your private and family life (UK Equality and Human Rights Commission)
General Comment No. 16 Article 17 (The right to respect of privacy, family, home and correspondence, and protection of honour and reputation) 1988 (HRI/GEN/1/Rev9) (UN Human Rights Committee)
Toonen v Australia (Summary of successful case brought by Nicholas Toonen against the criminalisation of homosexual sex in Tasmania in 1994)