Nach den Terroranschlägen am 11. September 2001 in New York ergriff der Sicherheitsrat der Vereinten Nationen Maßnahmen, die grundlegende Verfahrensrechte missachteten. Erst nach fast zehn Jahren wurde die Praxis schrittweise rechtsstaatlichen Prinzipien unterworfen. Dieser Beitrag analysiert...

While the GDPR and other EU laws seek to mitigate a range of potential harms associated with smart cities, the compliance with and enforceability of these regulations remain an issue. In addition, these proposed regulations do not sufficiently address the collective harms associated with the...

Smart city technologies can have detrimental effects on human rights, making it crucial to mitigate them in the R&D phase. This qualitative socio-legal study of the Helsinki metropolitan area (HMA) explores how public funding for smart city research and development (R&D), and the data protection...

Smart cities are rarely built smart from scratch. For most cities, 'smart city' signifies the presence of several smart city projects that emerge over time from various actors. These projects rely on extensive data and algorithms whose use in urban spaces and/or decision-making processes can...