Digital Technologies and AI

OHCHR and UNESCO Contribution to European Commission’s call for evidence on the European Arctic Policy

Key Takeaways: THE EU RETURN REGULATION: REFORM AND INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS OBLIGATIONS

Safeguarding human rights in simplification - EU’s Omnibus VI Package on Chemicals

OHCHR input to EU Public Consultation - Enhancing the Strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities up to 2030

OHCHR Contribution to the European Commission's call for evidence for the forthcoming European Ocean Act

Key messages a new legally binding instrument on the rights of older persons

OHCHR Europe's Contribution to the European Commission's call for evidence on Public Participation and Better Regulation

Transnational Repression Expert Workshop’s Key Takeaways

Transnational Repression: Mapping Trends and Improving Responses - Expert Workshop Key takeaways

Key Messages: Expert Roundtable on the EU’s Facilitation Directive: An opportunity to rethink EU Counter-smuggling responses

2025-10 UN Human Rights UN-Habitat Joint Submission on the European Affordable Housing Plan

Advocating for a Human Rights-Based EU Anti-Poverty Strategy

An EU Anti-Poverty Strategy grounded in human rights - Input to the EU public consultation

Key messages: Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue on Human Rights Defenders Mobility and Protection in the EU

Don't miss our next conference on Racism and Health!

Join the European regional launch of the Second International Decade for People of African Descent!

Key messages: Panel discussion on “safeguarding human rights in simplification: the EU’s proposal to amend the CSDDD” (23 September 2025)

HUMAN RIGHTS AS GUIDING COMPASS FOR EU SOCIAL POLICY

20250910 Input - Consultation EPSR UN Human Rights

EU CONSULTATION ON THE NEXT GENDER EQUALITY STRATEGY

OHCHR Shares Recommendations For The Next EU Anti-Racism Strategy

Recommendations 2026-2030 EU Anti-racism Strategy

OHCHR submits findings to support the upcoming EU LGBTIQ+ strategy

Review of EU Member States by United Nations Human Rights Mechanisms in the Area of LGBTIQ+ Rights

SUMMARY: The state of water and human rights in the EU27: a human rights-based approach to water resilience

The state of water and human rights in the EU27: a human rights-based approach to water resilience

OHCHR Raises Concerns over “Omnibus” Proposal That Risks Undermining EU Corporate Sustainability Directive

OHCHR Commentary on the Omnibus Proposal

European Added Value: The EU Multi-Annual Financial Framework Post-2020. A Tool to Close Human Rights Gaps in Europe?

OHCHR Key Messages for the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development

Ocean and human rights in the European Union

OHCHR’s contribution to the EU Public Procurement Directives evaluation

Response to the European Commission consultation on draft act on researcher access to data under the EU Digital Services Act

JOINING FORCES TO BETTER SUPPORT AND PROTECT ENVIRONMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS (EHRDS) IN EUROPE:

Towards a European Forum for Environmental Human Rights Defenders

Distress at sea: a call for a humanitarian and precautionary approach

« Care and support is about human rights »

2025 UN Human Rights Minorities Fellowship Programme opens for applications

EU receives key consultative report on the right to health for People of African Descent for upcoming action plan

Consultation Report and Recommendations for the post-2025 EU ARAP

The Right to Health of People of African Descent: Addressing Racism and Health Inequities

Joint statement on the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive by OHCHR, UNDP, UNEP, UNFPA, UNICEF and UNOPS

Protecting and expanding civic space in the EU and beyond

Dignity for All: Realizing Social Rights in the EU

OHCHR observations: EU returns proposal

Regional Dialogue on the Right to a Clean, Healthy and Sustainable environment

International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade & its Abolition

Guidance to respect children’s rights in return policies and practices

Ending the immigration detention of children in the EU

Promising local practices for the right to health for migrants

Human Rights of Older Persons in Europe

Advocacy Brief on Roma Inclusion Policies

The role of the United Nations in advancing Roma inclusion

The Rights of Vulnerable Children under the Age of Three - ending their placement in institutional care

Judicial Implementation of Article 3 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in Europe - the case of migrant children including unaccompanied children

Getting a Life - Living Independently and Being Included in the Community

Forgotten Europeans - Forgotten Rights, the human rights of persons placed in institutions

Rights of Migrant Workers in Europe

Rights of Domestic Migrant Workers in Europe

European Platform on Combating Homelessness: The way forward on homelessness in the EU

Protecting safety of journalists, media freedom and pluralism: stakeholders invited to share their views

The EU Multi-Annual Financial Framework Post-2020: A Tool to Close Human Rights Gaps in Europe?

Will the EU Multi-Annual Financial Framework Post-2020 (MFF) be used to close human rights gaps in Europe?

States and UN discuss recommendations concerning rights of migrants

Prague Pride defies homophobic statements of Czech President

Forgotten Europeans – Forgotten Rights: Human Rights of persons in institutional care

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The protection of online civic space, and human rights in the digital age is a key priority for the UN Human Rights EU Office, which promotes a human rights-based approach to digital transformation by developing normative guidance, facilitating expert dialogue, and supporting States and stakeholders in aligning technology governance with international human rights standards. We engage closely with EU institutions and bodies to help realize the common goal that technology serves humanity. The European Union is one of the leading entities in the world about tech regulation with laws in place on privacy (GDPR), artificial intelligence (EU AI Act) and platform governance (EU Digital Services Act) – to name but a few. Given the global reach of these laws, we have engaged in the process of their drafting and follow their implementation.

Our work in this area focuses on the following priorities: