Human Rights Campaign Week 2026

Human rights considerations have rapidly evolved from ‘traditional’ issues around supply chain transparency and data privacy to much wider ‘value chain’ concerns, particularly with the advent and rapid rollout of AI. Firms now need to factor in unprecedented and often poorly understood risks and complications to their approach towards upholding human rights throughout their business operations. 

This is also increasingly a regulated area — from the UK setting up a new Office for Responsible Business Conduct, to evolving European laws and international obligations — meaning businesses in all industries need to start understanding present and potential human rights implications.

Monday | Human rights issues in the tech sector