Hybrid: Auditorium Ivan Pictet A1B, Maison de la paix, Geneva Graduate Institute and online - Register here

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and digital systems to enhance access to healthcare services. Tracking applications, information sharing platforms, telemedicine and more have sparked a boom in digital health that has improved many peoples’ quality of life. However, in most countries they are rolled out without clear legal or other normative frameworks to guarantee the protection of human rights, including accessibility, acceptability, quality, and non-discrimination.

This event will share a new thematic report to the UN Human Rights Council on digital innovation, technologies, and the right to health from the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right of Everyone to the Enjoyment of the Highest Attainable Standard of Physical and Mental Health. Diverse panelists will reflect on the Special Rapporteur’s recommendations, and develop key action priorities for the development of stronger global, regional and national rights-based standards on digital health. This event is organized by the Kenya Legal and Ethical Issues Network on HIV and AIDS (KELIN) in collaboration with the Permanent Mission of Brazil to the United Nations in Geneva, Global Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+), Privacy International, STOPAIDS, the Global Health Centre and Global Governance Centre of the Graduate Institute, and University of Warwick.

Panelists:

• Dr. Tlaleng Mofokeng | UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health
• Allan Maleche | Executive Director, Kenya Legal and Ethical Issues Network on HIV and AIDS (KELIN)
• Dr. Mandeep Dhaliwal | Director: HIV and Health Group, Bureau of Policy and Programme Support, UNDP
• Joyce Ouma | Advocacy and Campaigns Officer at the Global Network of Young People living with HIV (Y+ Global)
• Timothy Fish Hodgson | Legal Adviser: Economic, Social and Cultural Rights at the International Commission of Jurists (Africa).

Opening remarks by Prof. Sara (Meg) Davis | Professor of Digital Health and Rights, University of Warwick; Associated researcher, Global Governance Centre, Graduate Institute; and Principal Investigator, the Digital Health and Rights Project.

Please register here to join either in-person or online