The Human Rights, Conflict and Peace Initiative (HRCP) and Amnesty IHEID present the Human Rights Week, this year themed Digital Frontlines: Technology, Power, and Human Rights.

From AI-assisted targeting in conflict zones to the use of social media in atrocity documentation, technology has become deeply entangled with the promotion and violation of human rights. It is, at once, a tool for accountability and a vector for harm: raising urgent questions about who builds these systems, who governs them, and who bears the cost when they fail.

Over three days, Human Rights Week 2026 will bring together investigators, advocates, legal experts, and specialists to explore these tensions through panels, workshops, a film screening, and an art exhibition. This year's program examines themes including digital evidence in human rights documentation, surveillance and privacy, AI governance, and the regulation of emerging technologies.