Summary

The present report, submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 53/29, is a mapping of the work and recommendations of the Council, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the human rights treaty bodies and the special procedures of the Council in the field of human rights and new and emerging digital technologies, including artificial intelligence. In the report, gaps and challenges are identified and recommendations on how to address them are set out, with due consideration to related United Nations system-wide work.