Human Rights and ICT Standardisation: examples across diverse SDOs, current challenges and recommendations

The purpose of this report is to provide a summary of the key findings, takeaways and recommendations from the workshop “Human Rights and ICT standardisation” that took place online on the 6th June 2024.

The workshop was organised by the StandICT.eu 2026 and HSbooster.eu EU funded projects. The event brought together key experts working on human rights and standards to discuss the issue of how to ensure human rights are considered and dealt with when addressing technical specifications in ICT standardisation. This report and supportive guide have been prepared to give an overview of existing examples of successful cases in which human rights were considered for the design, implementation or modification of ICT standards across different fields, SDOs and countries. The report also discusses still existing issues and challenges and provides recommendations for future actions, especially with reference to Research and Innovation projects working in the field and aiming to contribute to the advancement of this topic.