Related UNHCR guidance

The tools and guidelines suggested within this toolkit aim to ensure alignment with the following principles and guidance. 

• Humanitarian Principles
• UNHCR's Guiding Principles
• UNHCR’s Guidance on Racism and Xenophobia
• UNHCR Digital Transformation Strategy 2022-2026
• UNHCR's Age, Gender and Diversity Policy (including commitments to Accountability to Affected People (AAP)).
• General Policy on Personal Data Protection and Privacy
• Principles for the Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence in the UN System
• UN Secretary-General’s Guidance on Human Rights Due Diligence for Digital Technology Use
• The UN Global Digital Compact
• UN Secretary-General’s Roadmap for Digital Cooperation

In addition, this toolkit aims to make concrete contributions towards the implementation of Global Refugee Forum multistakeholder pledge on addressing misinformation, disinformation and hate speech, which contributes to ”The Global Compact on Refugees high-level outcome 4: “Voluntary, sustainable return, reintegration, address root causes, prevent conflict and build peace.”

Implementation of UNHCR’s activities to address information risks builds upon UNHCR’s Guidance on Racism and Xenophobia which outlines six key areas for addressing racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance:

• Monitoring signs of racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, and tracking and reporting hate crime
• Analysing the underlying reasons for these phenomena
• Understanding legal obligations to protect all individuals from racial discrimination and multiple forms of discrimination
• Engaging a network of diverse organisations and actors that implement complementary activities targeting different groups in society
  • UN human rights mechanisms
  • Intergovernmental and non-governmental organisations
  • Government institutions and officials
  • Law enforcement officials
  • Media
  • Public advocacy and awareness raising
  • Human rights education
• Including affected communities in the strategic approach
• Providing individual support to victims of hate crime