It underlined the importance of standards for the integration of fundamental rights considerations and a high level of protection into new technologies from the outset.
The intervention was part of a seminar on Human Rights and ICT Standardisation, which took place in Brussels and online.
The European Commission organised the seminar, in collaboration with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The EU-funded projects StandICT.eu 2029, INSTAR and InDiCo Global supported the event.