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Data and Disability: Rights in a Digitised world

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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.

Time codes you might want to avoid:

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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
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