Guaranteeing globally human rights not only offline but also online and in Data-Based Systems (DS), an International Data-Based Systems Agency (IDA) is necessary.

Digital transformation and so-called AI – comprise ethical opportunities and ethical risks. DS can be powerful for fostering human rights and sustainability but also for violating human rights and for destroying our planet.

Therefore, it is necessary to identify ethical opportunities and ethical risks as well as opportunities for promoting human rights and human rights risks precisely and at an early stage in order to be able to benefit sustainably from the opportunities and to master or avoid the risks. In the avoidance and mastering of risks, technology-based innovation can in turn play an essential role.

To guarantee human rights and to promote sustainability not only offline but also “online”, in the digital sphere as well as in the domain of Data-Based Systems –, an International Data-Based Systems Agency needs to be established at the UN as a platform for technical cooperation in the field of digital transformation and DS fostering human rights, safety, security, and peaceful uses of DS as well as a global supervisory and monitoring institution and regulatory authority in the area of digital transformation and DS. IDA would contribute to sustainable and human rights-based data-based systems .

The establishment of IDA is realistic because humanity has already shown in its past that we cannot always “blindly” pursue and implement the technical possible, but also limit ourselves to what is technically feasible when the welfare are at stake. For example, humans researched the field of nuclear technology and developed the atomic bomb, it was dropped several times, but then humans limited research and development in nuclear technology, to prevent even worse, despite massive resistance. This suppression was successful to the greatest possible extent, thanks to an international regime, concrete enforcement mechanisms, and thanks to IAEA.

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• Africa
• Asia and Pacific
• Eastern Europe
• Latin America and the Caribbean
• Western Europe and North America

DA aligns with WSIS goals by: Providing a platform for technical cooperation and collaboration among stakeholders in the digital transformation and DS sector, fostering knowledge sharing, capacity building, and best practices exchange. Promoting ethical standards, principles, and guidelines for the responsible development, deployment, and use of DS technologies, in alignment with WSIS principles of inclusiveness, sustainability, and respect for human rights.