In a new report, Dr Najat Maalla M’jidwho is the special representative of the UN secretary general on violence against children, said traffickers quickly exposed technological progress – and people in an emergency.
She said that children – mainly girls – are increasingly vulnerable, because poverty, food insecurity, humanitarian crises and conflicts lead to movement and violence, which are among the main drivers of illegal trafficking.
“” The conviction for child traffic remains weak and the attacker continues to enjoy impunity, corruption, stigma, fear and lack of protection limits the ability of children to report and request justice“She said to Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Very profitable crime
“As a result, children’s trafficking remains a low cost and low risk, but a high benefit crime, generating billions of dollars a year.”
Dr. Maalla M’jid warned that increasingly alarming traffic networks and are increasingly well organized.
She said that leaders are now using artificial intelligence to reduce their general costs and reduce the probability of detection.
The senior United Nations also noted that the request for operating services involving children increases, sexual exploitation, domestic slavery, child marriage, recruitment in armed groups, forced begging and criminal activities.
The United Nations Special Representative for children caught in conflict, Virginie Gambatold the council that more than one in six children in the world lived in conflict areas.
She called All states to produce policies that allow each child to be protected from damage so that they can grow in a peaceful environment.
Call to regulate neurotechnology, to stop the “hacking” of the brain
Neurotechnologies have many potential advantages, but they could also be used to hack our thoughts, perceptions, emotions and my most intimate memories, said an independent rights expert Human Rights Council Wednesday.
Presenting it report In the council, Ana Nougrères, special rapporteur on the right to privacy, stressed that neurotech devices can help scientists understand, diagnose and develop new treatments for Alzheimer, schizophrenia, parkinson, epilepsy, depression and anxiety.
“Urgent regulatory response”
But the rapid progress of these powerful devices require an “urgent regulatory response” which includes legal and ethical protections, she said to the States of Geneva.
Among the risks of misuse are the harvest of people neurodata – highly personal information derived directly from the nervous system – for malignant causes.
And although the loss of damage resulting from these tools is now limited, they have the potential of Modify brain activity and even artificially modify human beings, which makes it a great threat to human rights and the fundamental values of dignity, private life, autonomy and the agencyinsisted for the independent expert, who is a matter of the council and is not a member of the UN staff.
Risk of coercion
“Neurotechnology has the capacity to decode brain activity, allowing access to the most intimate thoughts and emotions of an individual. Without appropriate guarantees, this could lead to unauthorized surveillance or even coercion, “said Ms. Nougrères, who is an in -office lawyer and professor of law, confidentiality and information communication technology of Uruguay.
“Governments, societies or malicious actors could exploit this access to influence personal behavior and ideologies, fundamentally eroding personal autonomy and mental integrity,” she insisted.
Special rapporteur report Also warns against the “brain crisp”, urging states to introduce guarantees.
“Viruses could be introduced or neural devices connected to the Internet could allow individuals or organizations – pirates, societies or government agencies – to follow or even manipulate the mental experience of an individual,” warns Ms. Nougrères.
“Despite the advantages of mental health that neurotechnologies will bring, there is a fear that neurodata allow us not only to know what people think (which is not possible for the moment), but also to manipulate the human brain,” added the report.
Deep brain simulation
Stimulation of the deep brain (DBS) is a surgical procedure that implies implanting a brain stimulator of the brain to send electrical pulses using electrodes to the brain areas responsible for the control of movements.
The cardiac stimulator is generally implanted under the skin, near the collarbone.
Electric impulses then help regulate abnormal brain activity, which can alleviate the symptoms of certain neurological conditions and reduce the need for drugs.
It is most often used to treat Parkinson’s disease, essential tremors, epilepsy, OCD, depression resistant to treatment and tourette syndrome.
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