Promoting and Advancing Human Rights in Global AI Ecosystems: the need for a comprehensive framework under international law. Developed with the Institute for Ethics in AI (IEAI) at TU Munich and more than 50 global experts.
AI is reshaping how decisions are made, yet the rules that should protect people are fragmented and inconsistent.
Autonomy, privacy, discrimination and accountability cannot depend on where a system is built or sold. The paper backs the Munich Convention on AI, Data and Human Rights: a draft binding treaty grounded in the UN Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, moving beyond voluntary guidelines to enforceable standards.
A treaty that closes the gaps in three ways.
Global safeguards
Protection against AI-driven human rights violations, especially for marginalised communities.
Collective rights
Rights that belong to communities, not only individuals — including protection for indigenous knowledge and cultural heritage.
Opt out, explain, remedy
The right to opt out of AI-driven decisions, to ask for an explanation and to access remedies when harmed.
Taking the paper to the United Nations.
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