Resources
The Resources page provides access to the full collection of materials available on the Human Rights and AI Platform. Resources can be searched and filtered by topic and document type to facilitate access to relevant information and guidance.
First Global Report on the State of Artificial Intelligence in Legal Practice: On AI systems geared towards the private sector
Liquid Legal Institute (LLI), 2023.
A new future of work: The race to deploy AI and raise skills in Europe and beyond
McKinsey Global Institute, 2024.
Advancing Responsible Development and Deployment of Generative AI: Headlines and Recommendations from the GenAI B-Tech Foundational paper
OHCHR, 2023.
Recommendation CM/Rec(2020)1 on the human rights impacts of algorithmic systems
Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 8 April 2020 at the 1373rd meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies.
Recommendation CM/Rec(2016)3 on Human Rights and Business
Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on March 2, 2016.
Resolution A/RES/78/265 on Seizing the opportunities of safe, secure and trustworthy artificial intelligence systems for sustainable development
United Nations General Assembly, 2024.
Resolution A/RES/78/311 on Enhancing International Cooperation on Capacity-building of Artificial Intelligence
United Nations General Assembly, 2024.
Report on the application of AI in healthcare
Council of Europe, Steering Committee for Human Rights in the fields of Biomedicine and Health (CDBIO), 2024.
Guidelines on the responsible implementation of artificial intelligence systems in journalism
Encouraging ethical innovation and respect for human rights in digital journalism: discover the essential principles for the responsible use of journalistic AI - Steering Committee on Media and Information Society (CDMSI), 2024.
HUDERIA - risk and impact assessment of AI systems
The Committee of Ministers approved the HUDERIA Methodology on 26 February 2025 and the HUDERIA Model: COBRA on 25 February 2026.
AI and the future of social protection in OECD countries
OECD Artificial Intelligence Papers, No. 42.
Advancing Accountability in AI
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Report, 2023.
Interpretative Declaration on Digital Technologies & AI in Electoral Matters
Venice Commission, 2024.
EU Commission Guidelines on the definition of an artificial intelligence system
EU Commission, 2025.
OECD Explanatory Memorandum to the Recommendation on Artificial Intelligence
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ): Cyberjustice Glossary
The Glossary aims at a common understanding of technology terms used in the field of Cyberjustice and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the judicial environment. It shall help judicial professionals to better understand relevant new technology and its implications they are increasingly confronted...
The Algorithmic Management of work and its implications in different contexts
International Labour Organisation, 2022
Generative AI and Jobs: A global analysis of potential effects on job quantity and quality
International Labour Organisation
Using AI in the Workplace: Opportunities, Risks and Policy Responses
OCDE, 2024, en anglais uniquement.
Using AI to Support People with Disability in the Labour Market: Opportunities and Challenges
OECD, 2023
General Comment No. 25 (2021) on children’s rights in relation to the digital environment
UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, 2021.
Mapping Study on the Rights of the Child and Artificial Intelligence – Legal Frameworks that Address AI in the Context of Children’s Rights
The Alan Turing Institute (approved by the Council of Europe Steering Committee for the Rights of the Child), 2024
2nd Working Conference on "Artificial Intelligence and education: Regulating the use of AI in education"
Conference report, Council of Europe, 2024
Artificial intelligence and education - A critical view through the lens of human rights, democracy and the rule of law
Wayne Holmes, Jen Persson, Irene-Angelica Chounta, Barbara Wasson and Vania Dimitrova, Council of Europe, 2022
1st Working Conference on "Artificial Intelligence and education: A critical view through the lens of human rights, democracy and the rule of law
Conference highlights, Council of Europe, 2022
The state of artificial intelligence and education across Europe
Results of a survey of Council of Europe member states, Council of Europe, 2024
Regulating the use of Artificial Intelligence systems in education - Preparatory study on the development of a legal instrument
Council of Europe, 2024
Navigating New Horizons, A global foresight report on planetary health and human well-being
UN Environment Programme, 2024
Ethics and governance of artificial intelligence for health, Guidance on large multi-modal models
World Health Organisation, 2024
Study on the impact of artificial intelligence systems, their potential for promoting equality, including gender equality, and the risks they may cause in relation to non-discrimination
Ivana Bartoletti and Raphaële Xenidis, Council of Europe, 2023
Strategic Action Plan on Human Rights and Technologies in Biomedicine (2020-2025)
Steering Committee for Human Rights in the fields of Biomedicine and Health (CDBIO), 2019
Report by consultant expert on the impact of artificial intelligence on the doctor-patient relationship
Brent Mittelstadt, Senior Research Fellow and Director of Research at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
Report on the Application of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and its impact on the “Patient-Doctor” Relationship
Steering Committee for Human Rights in the fields of Biomedicine and Health (CDBIO), 2024
Recommendation 2185 (2020) on Artificial intelligence in healthcare: medical, legal and ethical challenges ahead
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, 2020
The EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act and its Impact on Electoral Processes: a Human Rights-Based Approach
European Partnership for Democracy, 2024
Countering Disinformation Effectively: An Evidence-Based Policy Guide
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2024
Guidelines for providers of Very Large Online Platforms and Very Large Online Search Engines on the mitigation of systemic risks for electoral processes pursuant to Article 35(3) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065
European Commission, 2024
Human Rights and Elections. A Handbook on International Human Rights Standards on Elections
OHCHR, 2021
Conclusions of the 19th European Conference of Electoral Management Bodies (EMBs)
Council of Europe, 2022
Guidelines on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data for the purposes of voter registration and authentication
Consultative Committee of Convention 108 (T-PD), Council of Europe, 2024.
Venice Commission Principles for a Fundamental Rights-Compliant use of Digital Technologies in Electoral Processes
Venice Commission, CDL(2020)037.
Joint Report on Digital Technologies and Elections
Joint report of the Venice Commission and of the Directorate of Information Society and Action against Crime of the Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law (DGI), CDL-AD(2019)016-e, 2019
Urgent report on the cancellation of election results by constitutional courts
Venice Commission, CDL-AD(2025)003, 2025
Interpretative declaration of the Code of good practice in electoral matters as concerns digital technologies and artificial intelligence, 2024
Venice Commission, CDL-AD(2024)044-e
Guide on Article 3 of Protocol No. 1 to the European Convention on Human Rights – Right to free elections
European Court of Human Rights
Guidance Note on risk for discrimination in the context of the ETIAS screening rules
ETIAS Fundamental Rights Guidance Board
Guidance Note on right to an effective remedy and fair trial
ETIAS Fundamental Rights Guidance Board
Impact of new technologies on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of assemblies, including peaceful protests
UNHRC, Report, UN Doc A/HRC/44/24, 2020
Impact of the use of private military and security services in immigration and border management on the protection of the rights of all migrants
UNHRC, Report, UN Doc A/HRC/45/9, 2020
The Use of Digitilisation and Artificial Intelligence in Migration Management
EMN-OECD Inform, 2022.
Artificial Intelligence-Based Capabilities for the European Border and Coast Guard, Final Report
FRONTEX, 2021
Artificial Intelligence at EU Borders, Overview of applications and key issues
European Parliament, 2021
Handbook on European law relating to asylum, borders and immigration
EU Fundamental Rights Agency, Edition 2020
Border Management and Human Rights, Collection, processing and sharing of personal data and the use of new technologies in the counter-terrorism and freedom of movement context
OSCE, 2021.
Protecting migrants under the European Convention on Human Rights and the European Social Charter
Council of Europe, 2013
Governing with Artificial Intelligence: The State of Play and Way Forward in Core Government Functions
OECD, 2025
UN Human Rights Council Resolution on the Promotion, Protection and Enjoyment of Human Rights on the Internet
A/HRC/RES/47/16, 7 July 2021
UN Human Rights Council Resolution on Freedom of Opinion and Expression
A/HRC/RES/50/15, 8 July 2022
Artificial Intelligence and Law Enforcement – Impact on Fundamental Rights
European Parliament, 2020
AI and policing: The benefits and challenges of artificial intelligence for law enforcement
EUROPOL, 2023
Report on a Rule of Law and Human Rights Compliant Regulation of Spyware
Venice Commission, CDL-AD(2024)043, 2024
Report: Justice by algorithm – the role of artificial intelligence in policing and criminal justice systems
Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Doc. 15156, 2020
Recommendation CM/Rec(2021)8 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on the protection of individuals with regard to automatic processing of personal data in the context of profiling
Council of Europe Committee of Ministers, 2021
Artificial Intelligence (AI): Guidance for Judicial Office Holders
United Kingdom, Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 2025
Policy on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Administration of Justice
Spanish Ministry of Justice, 2024
Governing with Artificial Intelligence: The State of Play and Way Forward in Core Government Functions
OECD, 2025
Moving Forward: the use of assistive technology in the judiciary, Opinion nº 26
Council of Europe Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE), 2023
Guidelines on online alternative dispute resolution
Council of Europe European Commission for the efficiency of justice (CEPEJ), 2023, including good practices related to the Guidelines.
Artificial Intelligence and Administrative Law, Comparative Study
Resource Centre on Cyberjustice and AI, 2022. Detailed information on the deployment and usage of digital tools in administration of justice can be found in the individual country profiles.
Information Note on the use of Generative AI by judicial professionals in a work-related context
Council of Europe European Commission for the efficiency of justice (CEPEJ), 2024
Guidelines on electronic court filing (e-filing) and digitalization of courts
Council of Europe European Commission for the efficiency of justice (CEPEJ), 2021
European Ethical Charter on the use of Artificial Intelligence in judicial systems and their environment
Council of Europe European Commission for the efficiency of justice (CEPEJ), 2018
Justice by Algorithm – The Role of Artificial Intelligence in policing and criminal justice system
Resolution 2342 of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, 2020
Access to Justice and the Internet: potential and challenges
Resolution 2081 of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, 2015
Explanatory Report, Protocol No. 15 amending the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (CETS No. 213)
Council of Europe.
"Oviedo Convention": Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine (ETS No. 164)
Convention for the protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine, 1997.
Convention on Cybercrime (ETS No. 185)
** Additional Protocol concerning the criminalisation of acts of a racist and xenophobic nature committed through computer systems (ETS No. 189) ** Second Additional Protocol on enhanced co-operation and disclosure of electronic evidence (CETS No. 224)