AFAR @AFARProject

Algorithmic Fairness for Asylum Seekers and Refugees (AFAR) A 4-year research project funded by @VolkswagenSt Oct 2021 - Sept 2025 hertie-school.org/en/research/re… Berlin Joined January 2023

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Centre for Fundamental Rights - Hertie School @HertieCFR

9 months ago

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Joshua Nelken-Zitser @mrjoshz

10 months ago

Thrilled to share that last night, in Berlin, Ida Reihani and I won the AxelSpringer #AwardForChange Journalistic Piece of the Year for our story on Iran’s funding of gender-affirmative surgeries. Thank you to BI, the jury, everyone who voted, @KitGillet, and our brave sources.

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Centre for Fundamental Rights - Hertie School @HertieCFR

10 months ago

"The law needs to be braver and bolder in setting tangible limits to AI systems" @AFARProject fellow @FPalmiotto discusses the critical topics of AI accuracy, trustworthiness & procedural fairness on the JUST-AI Jean Monnet Podcast. 📻 Full episode here: youtube.com/watch?v=CIWZt8…

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AFAR @AFARProject

10 months ago

👉Live on the 2nd day of the 30th Anniversary Conference of @unipotsdam Human Rights Centre as our researcher @FPalmiotto talks about “Algorithmic Fairness in the Asylum Process”. #AFAR

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AFAR @AFARProject

10 months ago

📢 New article out! 📱💡 Co-authored by AFAR researcher @tgammeltoft, the paper in @TheOfficialACM explores the practice, ethics, and legal challenges of using mobile phone data in asylum decisions in Denmark. 🔗 Open access: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/36…

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Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen @tgammeltoft

10 months ago

New article out on the practice, ethics and legal issues of mobile phone read-outs in Danish asylum practice in @TheOfficialACM w/@trine_r_nielsen & @najaholten - part of our @AsylumData lån and cofunded by @NC_RBX and @AFARProject Open access here: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/36…

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AFAR @AFARProject

11 months ago

🎉 Registration OPEN! Join Prof. @ProfCCostello & Dr.@FPalmiotto for a panel discussion on "Algorithmic Fairness in the Asylum Process" on the 2nd day of the 30th Anniversary Conference of @unipotsdam Human Rights Centre! 🆓 Free entry! 🔗 tinyurl.com/tf78abvb

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AFAR @AFARProject

11 months ago

🚨 New Publication Alert! In @CompLawSecRev, AFAR researcher @FPalmiotto examines the legal challenges of digitalising asylum procedures, questioning how rights like privacy and data protection can enhance fairness in RSD. Openly accessible here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

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Francesca Palmiotto @FPalmiotto

11 months ago

🚨 China's first case on ADM A Chinese Internet Court rules against a platform for the fabrication of a lawyer's info using automated decision-making 🙏 Wenlong Li for adding the case to the @AFARProject Tech Litigation Database tech-litigation.com/case/china-gua… #privacy #AI #ADM

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Antonella Napolitano @svaroschi

a year ago

Useful resource released by the @AFARProject (congrats @FPalmiotto and team)

AFAR @AFARProject

a year ago

Useful resource released by the @AFARProject (congrats @FPalmiotto and team)

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Anastasiia Zhuravel @_zhuravel_a

a year ago

An invaluable resource for everyone interested in automated decision making! @AFARProject good job 👏🏻👏🏻

Centre for Fundamental Rights - Hertie School @HertieCFR

a year ago

An invaluable resource for everyone interested in automated decision making! @AFARProject good job 👏🏻👏🏻

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AFAR @AFARProject

a year ago

1 day to go! The landmark Schufa Holding case on credit scoring provided the very first judgment on the concept of automated decision-making. The #TechLitigationDatabase will help us understand how judges are defining this concept worldwide.

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AFAR @AFARProject

a year ago

2 days to go! New tech & automated systems are increasingly employed within public administration. The #TechLitigationDatabase aims to shed light on instances like Republic v Joe Mucheru and others, as these legal challenges are crucial to the protection of fundamental rights.

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AFAR @AFARProject

a year ago

3 days to go! Moritz Schramm @schrammmo, Associate Researcher @HumboldtUni and National Rapporteur for the #TechLitigationDatabase, on the value of caselaw:

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AFAR @AFARProject

a year ago

4 days to go! In this landmark judgment, the Supreme Court of Canada sided with prison inmate Jeffrey Ewert, finding that the risk assessment tools used in some Canadian prisons could lead to biased outcomes. One of the many cases you will find on the #TechLitigationDatabase!

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AFAR @AFARProject

a year ago

5 days to go! Sebastian Björnberg, PhD Student of Law at @umeauniversity on the value of the #TechLitigationDatabase, which aims to aid the work of lawyers, legal scholars and civil society actors on a global scale:

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AFAR @AFARProject

a year ago

6 days to go! In another landmark ruling, the Hague District Court found that the Dutch SyRI system violated Article 8 of the ECHR. The #TechLitigationDatabase will delve into how new tech impacts various areas, from criminal justice & asylum to social benefits & tax enforcement.

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AFAR @AFARProject

a year ago

7 days to go! @DemkovaSimona, Assistant Professor at @UniLeidenNews and National Rapporteur for the #TechLitigationDatabase on its benefits for fundamental rights:

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AFAR @AFARProject

a year ago

8 days to go! The #TechLitigationDatabase will include cases on controversial new technologies such as Glukhin v Russia, where the ECtHR condemned the use of facial recognition technology in identifying & arresting Dmitry Glukhin: a significant win for the right to privacy.