Uruguay today signed the Council of Europe’s Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law, the first-ever international legally binding treaty aimed at ensuring that the use of AI systems is fully consistent with human rights, democracy and the rule of law.
Uruguay has become the first Latin American country to sign the treaty, thereby joining another 16 signatories that have signed it to date (eleven Council of Europe member states, as well as Canada, Israel, Japan, the USA, and the EU).
The treaty was signed in Strasbourg by Enrique Emilio Loedel Soca, Ambassador of Uruguay to France, in the presence of the Council of Europe’s Deputy Secretary General, Bjørn Berge.
The Framework Convention provides a legal framework covering the entire lifecycle of AI systems. It promotes AI progress and innovation while managing the risks it may pose to human rights, democracy and the rule of law. To stand the test of time, it is technology-neutral.
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