Bonavero Institute Co-Hosts a Consultation and a Public Seminar on the Regulation of Artificial Intelligence through Human Rights Law
On Wednesday 5th March, the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights hosted a collaborative event with the Institute for Ethics in AI, which consisted of an academic consultation bringing together researchers and experts to explore whether there is a need for an International AI Bill of Human Rights, whether enacting such an instrument is a feasible goal, what form it should take and what rights it may contain. The session was chaired by Professor Yuval Shany, a fellow of the Institute of Ethics in AI.
The consultation was followed by a panel discussion, hosted by Professor Başak Çalı, Head of Research at the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, on the Council of Europe Framework Convention on AI and Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law, which was adopted and opened for global ratification in September 2024.
The panel discussion brought together Professor Mario Hernandez Ramos (Complutense University of Madrid), the Chair of the Committee on Artificial Intelligence of the Council of Europe, Dr Angela Müller (AlgorithmWatch), Professor Thompson Chengeta (Liverpool John Moores University), and Semeli Hadjiloizou (Alan Turing Institute).
The panellists reflected on the origins and the drafting process of the Convention, the scope of the AI systems covered in the text, the types of obligations the Convention imposes on states ratifying the Convention the technology-neutral approach the Convention champions and the methodology advanced for implementing the Convention’s principles, HUDEIRA.
Click here to read a detailed summary of the event at the website of the Institute for Ethics in AI. You can watch the recording of the panel discussion here.
