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Report Digital Dignity in armed conflict: a roadmap for

26 Nov 2019

The meeting aimed to look at the following crucial issues of the digital transformation of humanitarian action: • Digital dignity: Build towards a common understanding of digital dignity and promote ways in which digital dignity can be embedded into humanitarian practice and principles to ensure protection of the conflict affected populations. [...] In the realm of the risks related to digital data collection there is a lack of shared knowledge and reporting on humanitarian data incidents and best practices for data collection, storage, and data protection. [...] “new forms of digital Understanding the scope of humanitarian problems and violence evolving in humanitarian action specific to the challenges posed in the digital armed conflict and age: other situations of There should be a concerted effort to define the shape and scope of the needs of violence ultimately affected people in terms of humanitarian assistance and protection in the digital realm. [...] As digital transformations evolve and expectations from affected people and humanitarian organisations vis-à-vis digital practices and needs shift, there is a need for continuous interrogation of the normative and legal landscapes that accurately reflect the use of data and digital technology in the humanitarian sphere. [...] 75th anniversary of the United Nations: Use the 75th anniversary of the United Nations as a platform to further the topic of digital dignity and data security: the theme for the 75th anniversary is digital cooperation.

Authors

Michele Hankins

Pages
9
Published in
United Kingdom