Side Event at the 4th session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on People of African Descent Side event title: Artificial Intelligence and Racial Bias: Challenges for Human Rights
Date, time, and time zone: Thursday, April 17th, from 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm
Location: Bahá'í International Community - 866 United Nations Plaza, Suite 120, New York, NY 10017
Sponsoring organization(s) or entity(ies): Conectas Direitos Humanos
Language(s) in which the side event will be held: Portuguese and English
Description of the side event (no more than 100 words): The event aims to discuss the risks that artificial intelligence technologies applied in public security pose to the rights of Afro-descendant populations globally. Despite research and concrete cases proving that these technologies have a racial bias leading to errors, resulting in the unjust and disproportionate criminalization of Afro-descendant people, they are being increasingly used without regulations based on international human rights standards. Considering that one of the discussion topics of the Forum is artificial intelligence and digital justice for Afro-descendant people, we seek to engage with speakers from different countries to discuss possible solutions for mitigating risks and violations.
Name and email address of the main organizer: Caroline Leal Machado -
caroline.machado@conectas.org and Marina Rongo Barbosa - marina.rongo@conectas.org
Website link for more information:
https://www.conectas.org/en/ (more details soon)
