Good morning, this is Irene. Today we’re covering the UN rights chief's call for a moratorium on AI systems that pose a threat to human rights.

We’re also looking at plans for a UN special rapporteur on climate change and the rise in cluster bomb casualties.

16.09.2021

On our radar

Biometric facial recognition at the Qalandia crossing in Jerusalem. There has been increasing concern about how facial recognition technology and the data it collects is used. (Credit: Keystone/AP/Sebastian Scheiner)

Moratorium on rights-threatening AI needed until due diligence conducted, said UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet yesterday. The UN high commissioner for human rights’ report highlighted the threat to privacy, health, and education, as well as to freedom of movement, peaceful assembly, and expression that some AI pose. The report will inform today’s discussions on a draft resolution concerning the right to privacy in the digital age.

Geneva Solutions (EN)

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🍃 Proposal for UN expert on climate change to be voted in a few weeks at the Human Rights Council.
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💣 Death and injury from cluster bombs rose last year, but there is progress on clearing stockpiles and land, says Cluster Munitions Monitor at UNIDIR press conference.
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🔎 International investigation of Taliban crimes needed, Switzerland and 47 other countries insist.
Genève Vision (FR)
🔋 Green energy and electric car giants try to be greener, as NGOs and indigenous communities put supply chains under the microscope.
Swissinfo (EN)
🏳️‍🌈 Pink Cross activates new Swiss law against homophobia to take Franco-Swiss far-right figure Alain Soral to court.
Le Temps (FR)

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