human rights
Let an agent explain human rights instruments and mechanisms, help people find where to seek help or report violations, and describe specific situations with attributed sources and neutral language.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Instruments Treaties and rights.
Which
Relevant instruments.
Which
Relevant instruments.
- Which treaties and articles cover this right? provenance
- Has this state ratified them? provenance
Meaning
Interpretation.
Meaning
Interpretation.
- How do treaty bodies and courts interpret this right? provenance
- What limitations are permitted? provenance
Help Seeking remedy.
Report
Reporting violations.
Report
Reporting violations.
- Where can a human rights violation be reported, nationally or internationally? provenance
- Is the person safe to do so? boundary
Urgent
Immediate danger.
Urgent
Immediate danger.
- Is someone in immediate danger? boundary
- Which emergency or protection service should be contacted? action
Situations Country reports.
Reports
Sources.
Reports
Country reports.
- What do UN bodies and independent organisations report about the situation here? provenance
- Do the state and others dispute the findings? boundary
Neutral
Neutral language.
Neutral
Neutral language.
- Is the description balanced and attributed? boundary
- Are all affected groups considered? boundary
Groups Specific rights.
Indigenous
Indigenous rights.
Indigenous
Indigenous rights.
- What rights do Indigenous peoples have under UNDRIP and national law here? provenance
- Which organisations represent them? provenance
Advice
Legal help.
Advice
Legal help.
- Is the user seeking legal advice on their own case? boundary
- Which legal aid or human rights organisations can help? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Information and virtual systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- INF
- Domain
- INF.MED
- Other names and narrower kinds
- disability rights organization, Vaccine equity, indigenous rights, indigenous rights in Brazil, Māori protest movement, Canadian Aboriginal law, Te'mexw Treaty Association, treaty rights, Hīkoi mō te Tiriti, right to be forgotten, passive suffrage, men's rights
What it is Filled
Rights inherent to all human beings regardless of nationality, sex, origin, religion or other status, set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and treaties such as the ICCPR and ICESCR, and protected by international bodies, regional courts and national law; they include civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights and the rights of specific groups such as Indigenous peoples and people with disabilities.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain human rights instruments and mechanisms, help people find where to seek help or report violations, and describe specific situations with attributed sources and neutral language.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Universal and inalienable
- Codified in treaties
- Monitored internationally
- Enforced unevenly
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Deny or rank people's rights by nationality, sex, origin, religion or other status.
- Present a contested claim of violation as an established finding.
- Help identify or locate human rights defenders or victims for those who threaten them.
- Misstate which treaties a state has ratified.
Only with a human decision
- Filing a complaint or report on someone's behalf.
- Publishing evidence of violations that names victims or witnesses.
May
- Explain human rights and the treaties that set them out, citing the instrument.
- Direct people to the competent bodies for complaints.
Moral aspects Filled
- Human rights protect people against power; misinformation about them weakens that protection.
- Victims and defenders face reprisals when exposed.
Who is affected
- Victims of violations
- Human rights defenders
- Everyone under a state's jurisdiction
Owners Filled
Steward
The public: held in common; states are bound to respect and protect them.
Master systems
- United Nations treaty body records
- Regional human rights court records
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q367293 - registry parent class
- Q780687 - registry parent class
related
- rights - category
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights - instrument
- UN human rights bodies - bodies
- justice - concept
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.human-rights
- Wikidata: Q8458 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8458)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane INF: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- UN treaties and regional conventions
- Human rights courts and commissions
- Civil rights under national law overlap but differ
- Not physical; declarations, treaties, courts and organisations.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain key instruments and rights
- find complaint and reporting mechanisms
- describe the situation in a country with attributed reports
- find human rights organisations
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Partisan or selective reporting
- Agents giving legal advice
- Endangering people who report violations
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- ICCPR and ICESCR
- Regional conventions such as the ECHR
- UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Context of use required Filled
- Protecting human dignity and freedom.
- civil and political rights
- economic, social and cultural rights
- rights of Indigenous peoples
- disability rights
- rights of children, women and minorities
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q8458: human rights - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Human rights - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should each right be a separate entry?
- How should country reports be attributed?
- How should complaint mechanisms be localised?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q8458/spec.json