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Ombudsman in Amsterdam
The Human Rights Ombudsman Peter Svetina was in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, attending the exchange of views about artificial intelligence and human rights with the Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner Dunja Mijatović. The Ombudsman adjudged the meeting especially important since the majority of attention directed at artificial intelligence is focused on its potential to support economic growth, while much less regard is devoted to the question of its influence on fundamental rights. “It is essential that the technological development of artificial intelligence be made in appropriate legal-ethical frameworks that will strengthen the existing levels of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms of every individual and reinforce legitimate democratic processes,” assessed the Ombudsman.
“It is due to the dangers on one hand and positive potentials of artificial intelligence on the other that I as the Human Rights Ombudsman support the efforts to prepare a legal instrument of the Council of Europe on the development, design, and use of artificial intelligence that will be based on standards of the Council of Europe for human rights, democracy, and the rule of law,” said the Ombudsman.
He added that the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI), of which also the Slovenian institution of the Ombudsman is a member, also prepared its written positions on the draft of the Convention of the Council of Europe on artificial intelligence and comments related to the activities in the European Union.
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Source: Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia
