Author archive for Lorna McGregor

  • May222020

    The COVID-19 Pandemic: Five urgent principles for leaving no one behind through technology

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    This post first appeared on the Universal Rights Group website. The UN Secretary General has characterised the pandemic as a…

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  • Mar282019

    The need for clear governance frameworks on predictive algorithms in military settings

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    This post originally appeared on the Humanitarian Law and Policy Blog. Editor’s note: In this post, as part of the AI blog…

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  • Jul092018

    Why We Need to Stop Talking About ‘Killer Robots’ and Address the AI Backlash

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    This post originally appeared on EJIL: Talk! In the field of artificial intelligence, the spectacle of the ‘killer robot’ looms…

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  • Jun152018

    Google’s new principles on AI need to be better at protecting human rights

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    Originally published by The Conversation on 15 June 2018. There are growing concerns about the potential risks of AI –…

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  • Jun052018

    Cambridge Analytica is more than a data breach – it’s a human rights problem

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    Originally published in The Conversation on 4 June 2018. The closure of Cambridge Analytica following the revelations about its use…

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  • Mar222016

    First Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy to the Human Rights Council

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    As published on EJIL:Talk! on 18 March 2016.  In March 2015, the United Nations Human Rights Council created a new…

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  • Feb022016

    Embedding Human Rights in Internet Governance

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    As published on EJIL:Talk! on 3 November 2015.  In Resolution 56/183 (2001), the UN General Assembly welcomed the creation of…

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