Joseph Shiovitz, Graduate Research Assistant, MPA Candidate in Public Policy, John Jay College of Criminal Justice Surveillance technologies are ubiquitous in daily life, in spaces both public and private, voluntarily, involuntarily, and sometimes unknowingly. But surveillance has evolved beyond security cameras recording video of subjects’ movements. Precise locations, political ideologies…

The Equity, Accessibility, and Artificial Intelligence in Global Education panel discussion has been rescheduled. Please RSVP HERE for next Thursday, March, 24, 1:40–2:55 pm ET. Co-sponsored by the Teaching and Learning Center and the Center for International Human Rights, on Thursday, March 24, 1:40–2:55 pm ET, an online panel will…

Wednesday, March 23rd, 1:30 PM EST Click HERE to Register. A Zoom link will be emailed immediately prior to the start of the event. Biometric technologies, measuring physical and behavioural traits of individuals and groups, are increasingly central to safety and security in society, impacting on people and public life…

Joseph Shiovitz, Graduate Research Assistant, MPA Candidate in Public Policy, John Jay College In February 2022, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced that robot dogs might soon start patrolling the nation’s Southwest border with Mexico. The goal for these robots would be to “force-multiply” the Border Patrol’s presence and…

We condemn unequivocally, and in the strongest possible terms, the recent unlawful and unjustified Russian invasion of Ukraine. …

This blog post by Dr. Carsten Momsen continues the discussion of EncroChat in Joya Stindt’s post on privacy and human rights and illustrates the challenges of AI’s use in criminal prosecution in his recent white paper for the CIHR AI Team. The European perspective sheds light on the protection of…

Eva Navon, CIHR Research Assistant, MA Candidate in International Crime & Justice, John Jay College Sophia is the most famous humanoid AI robot of her time. Activated in 2016 by Hanson Robotics in China, she’s traveled the world, guested on late night shows, spoken at the United Nations, hobnobbed with…

In this blog post, Doctoral Research Assistant Joya Ferrell analyzes the recent case of European law enforcement seizure of the data from the encrypted chat app EncroChat and advocates for a balance of privacy rights and human rights in light of need for innovative tools for law enforcement. For a…

In the next two white papers from the AI Team at CIHR, Visiting Scholar Dr. Carsten Momsen dives into the impact of AI, and more specifically big data analytics, and their impact on German criminal procedure, from data collection and analysis to predictive policing and counterterrorism. The bias inherent in…