From Surveillance to Empowerment: Advancing the Responsible Use of Technology in Alternatives to Detention

Governments are increasingly turning to digital technologies such as GPS ankle monitors and tracking apps as so-called “alternatives to detention.” But a new report from UNSW Sydney’s Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, the International Detention Coalition and the Refugee Law Lab shows these tools too often replicate detention in digital form, restricting liberty, undermining dignity and causing real harm for people on the move.

This launch will present the findings of our global study and introduce 10 Guiding Principles for ensuring technology reduces, rather than expands, detention.

Join us to explore how governments, civil society and technologists can move towards genuine rights-based alternatives that promote freedom, dignity and community integration.

With thanks to the Global Migration Centre at the Graduate Institute of Geneva for kindly hosting this event, and to Robert Bosch Stiftung for its generous support for this project.