First workshop on the Guidelines for the ethical use of digital archives of testimonies from witnesses of mass violence
In May 2024 we ran the First workshop on the Guidelines for the ethical use of digital archives of testimonies from witnesses of mass violence. The concept note highlights the main issues we had set to address:
- Establishing a suitable, and ideally standardized, interpretation of what constitutes adequate safeguards for the rights and freedoms of data subjects, called for in GDPR article 89, in the case of mass violence testimonial archives.
- Establishing a suitable, and ideally standardized, set of safeguards for the rights and freedoms of data subjects in the specific case of testimonials of deceased persons.
- Defining a meaningful interpretation of what constitutes ethical use of testimonies collected and processed under any lawful purpose.
- Exploring the question of how to satisfy archival needs while respecting the rights and dignity of data subjects who are unable to provide or deny consent.
- Providing guidelines to balance the tradeoffs between archive integrity and the protection of data subjects while observing legal and ethical requirements
- Exploring how the value of video testimonies as credible accounts of “reality”
Participants:
- Philipp Ambach International Criminal Court
- Régis Chatellier CNIL
- Kelly Demjanick, AUP Schaeffer Center for the Study of Genocide, Human Rights and Conflict Prevention
- Lior Laieu, Mémorial de la Shoah
- Constance Pâris De Bollardière AUP Schaeffer Center for the Study of Genocide, Human Rights and Conflict Prevention
- Susan Perry, AUP, UNESCO Chair in Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Claudia Roda AUP, UNESCO Chair in Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Brian Schiff, AUP Schaeffer Center for the Study of Genocide, Human Rights and Conflict Prevention
- Naron, Stephen, Fortunoff Video Archive
May 17, 2024