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Call for inputs for the study of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee on the role of good governance in the promotion and protection of human rights (HRC resolution 57/5)

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Deadline

05 May 2025

Purpose: The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee seeks the views and inputs from stakeholders, including Member States, international and regional organizations, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the special procedures of the Human Rights Council, the treaty bodies, other relevant United Nations agencies, funds and programmes within their respective mandates, national human rights institutions, civil society, the private sector, medical and technical communities, academic institutions and other relevant stakeholders, in order to prepare a study on the impact of artificial intelligence systems on good governance, indicating in particular the areas in which artificial intelligence systems could contribute to promoting and protecting human rights through good governance and those in which such systems pose a challenge to good governance and human rights, and to present the study to the Human Rights Council at its sixty-second session.
Background

At its fifty-seventh session, the Human Rights Council adopted resolution 57/5, in which requested the Advisory Committee to prepare a study on the impact of artificial intelligence systems on good governance, indicating in particular the areas in which artificial intelligence systems can contribute to promoting and protecting human rights through good governance and those in which such systems pose a challenge to good governance and human rights, highlighting good practices around the globe on the ways to develop, deploy, use and govern artificial intelligence systems, following a risk-based approach, to promote and protect human rights through good governance and identifying necessary safeguards, and to present the study to the Human Rights Council at its sixty-second session (June 2026).

To facilitate the submission of inputs, the Advisory Committee is circulating the attached questionnaire on the topic.

Additional information on the mandate can be found at this page: Impact of artificial intelligence systems on good governance | OHCHR

What is the Advisory Committee?

The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee, composed of 18 experts, has been established to function as a think-tank for the Council and work at its direction. The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee provides the Council upon request with implementation-oriented, thematic studies and research-based advice on issues pertaining to the mandate of the Council; namely the promotion and protection of all human rights. The Advisory Committee may propose suggestions for further enhancing its procedural efficiency, as well as further research proposals within the scope of the work set out by the Council. For more details about its mandate and activities, see the webpage.

Key questions and types of input/comments sought

The inputs received are available on the Advisory Committee page:

Next Steps

Input/comments may be sent by e-mail/postal mail. They must be received by 5 May 2025 .

Email address: ohchr-hrcadvisorycommittee@un.org

Email subject line: Submission to the call for inputs on the role of good governance in the promotion and protection of human rights

Accepted file formats:
Word, PDF

Accepted Languages:
English, French, Spanish

Postal addresses:
Any response to the questionnaire or inputs on the topic should be sent to the Secretariat of the Advisory Committee by 5 May 2025, either by email to OHCHR-hrcadvisorycommittee@un.org (indicating in the heading " Submission to the call for inputs on the role of good governance in the promotion and protection of human rights”) or by regular mail to the following address: Secretariat of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee OHCHR - United Nations Office at Geneva CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland Fax: +41 22 917 9011 Submissions will be posted on the Advisory Committee’s webpage, except for those including a clear request not to be publicly disclosed.

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