Toxic Surveillance: Counter terrorism laws don’t justify unchecked FRT deployment
Eleven INCLO members present input for UN position paper on the human rights impacts of AI in countering terrorism
Drawing from the research carried out by INCLO members on law enforcement use of Facial Recognition Technology (FRT) Eyes on the Watchers: Challenging the Rise of Police Facial Recognition, INCLO members answered a call for input by the UN on the human rights implications of AI in countering terrorism.
The input focuses particularly on biometric surveillance tools like FRT. It is endorsed by Al-Haq (Palestine); the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA); Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS) in Argentina; Conectas Direitos Humanos in Brazil; Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR); Human Rights Law Network (HRLN) in India; Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU); Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL); Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC); KontraS in Indonesia; and Legal Resources Centre (LRC) in South Africa.
The submission outlines evidence-based key risks, safeguards, and recommendations and reflects INCLO’s commitment to rights-based technology governance.
Read it in full here.