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Call for inputs for the study of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee on human rights implications of new and emerging technologies in the military domain (HRC resolution 51/22)

Issued by

Advisory Committee

Deadline

30 November 2023

Purpose: The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee seek the views of and inputs from stakeholders, including States, United Nations agencies, entities, funds and programmes within their respective mandates, 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, national human rights institutions, civil society, the private sector, academic institutions, multi-stakeholder initiatives and other relevant stakeholders, in order to prepare a study examining the human rights implications of new and emerging technologies in the military domain to be presented to the Council at its sixtieth session (September 2025).
Background

At its fifty-first session, the Human Rights Council adopted resolution 51/22, in which it requested the Advisory Committee to prepare a study examining the human rights implications of new and emerging technologies in the military domain, while taking into account ongoing discussions within the United Nations system, to be presented to the Council at its sixtieth session (September 2025).

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 on: Human rights implications of new and emerging technologies in the military domain.

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. Learn more more about the Advisory Committee mandate and activities.

Key questions and types of input/comments sought:

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Next Steps

Any response to the questionnaire or inputs on the topic should be sent to the Secretariat of the Advisory Committee by 30 November 2023, either by email to OHCHR-hrcadvisorycommittee@un.org (indicating in the heading "Submission to the call for inputs on human rights implications of new and emerging technologies in the military domain”) 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.