Digital Health and Rights Project’s Key Asks for the 77th World Health Assembly
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The Digital Health and Rights Project(DHRP) brings together international social scientists, human rights lawyers, health advocates, and networks of people living with HIV, to conduct research and advocate for rights-based digital governance in Colombia, Ghana, Kenya, Vietnam, and globally. We use a transnational participatory action research approach, centering the voices and leadership of diverse young adults to define the future of human rights in the digital age.
Our advocacy priorities for digital health and human rights include:
1. For all stakeholders to recognise both the benefits and risks that digital technologies pose to human rights in particular the right to health and the right to privacy
2. For all stakeholders to recognise the need for a rights-based approach to digital governance and commit to strengthening laws and policies to ensure rights are protected.
3. Increased recognition and support in the governance of digital technologies and AI for advancing the engagement and opportunities for youth and marginalised communities based in low- and middle-income countries.
Read full DHRP Advocacy Statement here.
DHRP is hosting a side event at the World Health Assembly, with representatives from the WHO, UN Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights and civil society and community-led organisations.More information and registration:Title: Achieving UHC through an inclusive and rights-based digital transformationDate: 29 May 2024Time: 15:00 – 17:00 CEST, including networking apero.Place: Campus BioTech, Geneva (Chem. des Mines 9, 1202 Genève).Registration: To attend in-person RSVP to molly-pj@stopaids.org.uk. To attend online register here.
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