A/73/348*
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
29 August 2018
Original: English
Seventy-third session
Item 74 (b) of the provisional agenda**
Promotion and protection of human rights: human
rights questions, including alternative approaches for
improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and
fundamental freedoms
Promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion
and expression***
Note by the Secretary-General
The Secretary-General has the honour to transmit to the General Assembly the
report prepared by the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the
right to freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye, submitted in accordance
with Human Rights Council resolution 34/18. In the present report, the Special
Rapporteur explores the implications of artificial intelligence technologies for human
rights in the information environment, focusing in particular on rights to freedom of
opinion and expression, privacy and non-discrimination.
* Reissued for technical reasons on 26 October 2018.
** A/73/150.
*** The present report was submitted after the deadline in order to reflect the most recent
developments.
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