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Data and Disability: Rights in a Digitised world
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- Technology Pill
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- Nov 15, 2024
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- 5889
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Summary
This week we take a deep dive into the issues around the rights and privacy of the global disability community in the digital age. We're joined by Rosemary Kayess - Vice Chair of the UN Committee on the Convention of the Rights for Persons with Disabilities, and the Disability Discrimination commissioner of the Australian Human Rights Commission, Marc Workman - CEO of the World Blind Union (WBU), and Heba Hagrass - UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities. Links World Blind Union: https://worldblindunion.org/ Learn more about Heba's work: https://www.ohchr.org/en/special-procedures/sr-disability/heba-hagrass Report from the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilies that Rosemary Kayess worked on: https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=CRPD%2FC%2FGBR%2FFUIR%2F1&Lang=en PI's work so far on this: Submission to the UN CRPD Committee on their inquiry into the UK social protection and rights of persons with disabilities: https://privacyinternational.org/advocacy/5321/un-committee-rights-persons-disabilities-calls-uk-act-ai-human-rights-risks OHCHR Submission and HRC oral statement on the rights of persons with disabilities and digitised social protection schemes: https://privacyinternational.org/advocacy/5107/submission-ohchr-rights-persons-disabilities Long read on the rights of persons with disabilities and digitised social protection schemes: https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/5170/protecting-persons-disabilities-digitised-world Robodebt Royal Commission report: https://robodebt.royalcommission.gov.au/publications/report An update: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/sep/16/zero-repercussions-victims-of-robodebt-embarrassed-to-have-believed-justice-would-be-done