Human Rights Impact Assessment

Integrate human rights into every stage of AI development with our comprehensive assessment and reflection framework.

Human Rights Impact Assessment Workbook

This integrated Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA) tool combines formal documentation requirements with ongoing reflection questions throughout the AI lifecycle.

Designed for teams without legal expertise, it helps ensure AI systems respect human dignity and community needs from conception through deployment. Whether you’re conducting pre-deployment assessments for regulatory compliance or embedding rights-based thinking into daily development practices, this tool provides the structure and guidance needed to build AI that serves rather than harms affected communities.

White Paper: Integrating Human Rights Considerations Along the AI Lifecycle

This foundational white paper introduces the <AI & Equality> methodology for integrating human rights considerations throughout the AI development lifecycle.

Moving beyond compliance-focused approaches, it presents a practical framework that enables AI creators to build systems that proactively promote human dignity and community empowerment. The paper outlines essential reflection questions for each of the six AI lifecycle stages, ensuring human rights impacts are considered as they become relevant rather than as an afterthought. Originally developed in collaboration with the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), this framework provides the theoretical foundation and practical guidance that underlies all <AI & Equality> tools and resources.

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