RFC 9620 · INFORMATIONAL · 2024

Guidelines for Human Rights Protocol and Architecture Considerations

Overview

RFC 9620, “Guidelines for Human Rights Protocol and Architecture Considerations”, is an Informational document published in September 2024 by G. Grover, N. ten Oever. It updates RFC 8280. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document sets guidelines for human rights considerations for developers working on network protocols and architectures, similar to the work done on the guidelines for privacy considerations (RFC 6973). This is an updated version of the guidelines for human rights considerations in RFC 8280.

This document is a product of the Human Right Protocol Considerations (HRPC) Research Group in the IRTF.

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What “Informational” means

Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.

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