The GNCHR at the OSCE/ODIHR Training on Human Rights and New Technologies at Borders

The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) organized a training course for National Human Rights Institutions in Central-Eastern-Northern Europe, South-Eastern Europe and the Northern-Mediterranean Region on 24 and 25 March 2025 in Warsaw.

The two-day training course helps National Human Rights Institutions in Central-Eastern-Northern Europe, South-Eastern Europe and the Northern-Mediterranean Region to assess the human rights implications of border technologies and to enhance their capacity to monitor human rights at borders.

Topics addressed during the training include: What new technologies are used in border control and migration management? How can the human rights implications of using these technologies at borders be assessed and monitored? How can National Human Rights Institutions effectively monitor and report on harmful border practices such as so called “pushbacks”? What methods can National Human Rights Institutions use to collect and verify information at borders, including with the use of new technologies?

The GNCHR was represented by the Supervisor of the Mechanism for Recording Incidents of Informal Forced Returns, Ilias Tsampardoukas, and the GNCHR Human Rights Advisor, Dr. Christos Tsevas.

For more information please see here: https://www.osce.org/odihr/584968