In digital global governance, many debates around social impacts of digital technologies evolve around the juxtaposing narratives of conflict-senstive contexts, the implications of digital technologies both in the “oppressive” and “liberating” sense can become more complex. The private sector, due to its immense financial as well as intellectual capital, holds a strong stake in determing good governance with regard to digital technologies in transition from conflict to peace. The effects of digital technologies and those deciding how and when to use them in conflict can have tremendous impacts on human rights and the role of international humanitarian law. What constitutes responsible business conduct in conflict-sensitive environments and what are the consequences and leverage of corporate behaviour in post‐/conflict settings is a nascent discourse, which is to date underdevelopped. This chapter will illustrate the complexities of global governance, digital technologies and the role of the private sector designing, developing and deploying digital products and services, and how this constellation relates to transitional justice. Following a solution‐based approach, expectations towards managerial responses of tech companies in fragile state settings and strategies for heightened due diligence will be emphasised, building on emerging guidance for technology operators and developers. To close, the chapter sets our key conceptual considerations to think about the role of tech companies in transitional justice debates.

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Challenges of Global Governance: Digital Technologies in Post/Conflict Settings and Implications for Corporate Responsibility to Respect Human Rights

  • Isabel Ebert

摘要

In digital global governance, many debates around social impacts of digital technologies evolve around the juxtaposing narratives of conflict-senstive contexts, the implications of digital technologies both in the “oppressive” and “liberating” sense can become more complex. The private sector, due to its immense financial as well as intellectual capital, holds a strong stake in determing good governance with regard to digital technologies in transition from conflict to peace. The effects of digital technologies and those deciding how and when to use them in conflict can have tremendous impacts on human rights and the role of international humanitarian law. What constitutes responsible business conduct in conflict-sensitive environments and what are the consequences and leverage of corporate behaviour in post‐/conflict settings is a nascent discourse, which is to date underdevelopped. This chapter will illustrate the complexities of global governance, digital technologies and the role of the private sector designing, developing and deploying digital products and services, and how this constellation relates to transitional justice. Following a solution‐based approach, expectations towards managerial responses of tech companies in fragile state settings and strategies for heightened due diligence will be emphasised, building on emerging guidance for technology operators and developers. To close, the chapter sets our key conceptual considerations to think about the role of tech companies in transitional justice debates.