Workshop on human rights and neurotechnologies

 18 November 2025 Strasbourg, France

 

 Programme

Introduction

9:00 - 10:00

Moderators: 

  • Roberto Andorno, Associate Professor of biomedical law and bioethics, University of Zurich, Switzerland
  • Anne Forus, Chair of Steering Committee for Human Rights in the fields of Biomedicine and Health (CDBIO) neurotechnologies group

Panellists:

  • Luuk Ex, Senior researcher at the Rathenau Instituut
  • Anna Austin, Jurist Consult of the European Court of Human Rights

Privacy at risk – Neurotech applications accessing the brain and mental states

10:00 - 12:00

Moderator :

  • Mark Bale, member of the Steering Committee for Human Rights in the fields of Biomedicine and Health (CDBIO) neurotechnologies group
  • Damaris Carnal, Vice-Chair of the Steering Committee for Human Rights in the fields of Biomedicine and Health (CDBIO)

Panellists:

  • Martina  Malcheva, Senior  Legal  Expert  at  the  Constitutional  Court  of  theRepublic of Bulgaria
  • Marius Emberland, Professor  Public  and  international  law  at  BI  Norwegian Business School
  • Respondent: Armen Harutyunyan, former judge of the ECtHR

Self-determination, freedom of thought and integrity at risk – Neurotech applications altering the brain and mental states

12:00 - 13:00

Moderators:

  • Timo Istace,Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Antwerp, Belgium
  • Laura Palazzani, professor of philosophy of law, LUMSA University, Rome, Italy

Panellists:

  • Vassilis Tzevelekos, Member of the UN Human Rights Council Advisory Committee
  • Monika Hermanns, Former Justice German Federal Constitutional Court
  • Federico Montalvo, Professor at Universidad Pontificia Comillas de Madrid, Spain
  • Respondent: Paulo Sergio Pinto de Albuquerque, Professor (Catedrático) of the Católica School of Law, Lisbon, former ECtHR judge, Portugal

Lunch break (13:00 - 14:30)

Self-determination, freedom of thought and integrity at risk – Neurotech applications altering the brain and mental states

14:30 - 16:00

Moderators:

  • Timo Istace,Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Antwerp, Belgium
  • Laura Palazzani, professor of philosophy of law, LUMSA University, Rome, Italy

Panellists:

  • Vassilis Tzevelekos, Member of the UN Human Rights Council Advisory Committee
  • Monika Hermanns, Former Justice German Federal Constitutional Court
  • Federico Montalvo, Professor at Universidad Pontificia Comillas de Madrid, Spain
  • Respondent: Paulo Sergio Pinto de Albuquerque, Professor (Catedrático) of the Católica School of Law, Lisbon, former ECtHR judge, Portugal

Conclusion

16:30 - 18:00

Moderator:

  • Laurence Lwoff, Head of the CoE Health Division
  • Milena Costas, former member of the UN Human Rights Advisory Council

Panellists:

  • Tomáš Doležal, Chair of the Steering Committee for Human Rights in the fields of Biomedicine and Health (CDBIO)
  • Krista Oinonen, Chair of the Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH)
  • Alessandra Pierucci, Member of the Committee of Convention 108 (T-PD)

 Documents

Report of the rapporteurs Workshop on human rights and neurotechnologies 

Report Analysis of the existing European human rights framework concerning the human rights issues raised by neurotechnologies and their applications | Roberto Andorno

General Briefing of the Workshop on Human rights and neurotechnologies

 

United Nations

UNESCO

OSCE

 Context

This workshop will explore whether and how human rights law in its current form can serve as an effective legal framework to address the challenges arising from the increasing use and development of neurotechnologies.

 Recordings

Morning

Afternoon

 Speakers & Moderators

Speakers and moderators are being confirmed progressively, with updates shared on this webpage as they become available.

Назад Armen Harutyunyan

Former judge of the European Court of Human Rights
Armen Harutyunyan

Born on 7 March 1964, in Yerevan, Armenia

  • Diploma in Law, Yerevan State University, Law Department, 1981-1986
  • PhD, Institute of State and Law of Academy of Science of the USSR, Moscow, 1986-1989
  • Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Senior Professor, Yerevan State University, Law Department, Division of Constitutional and International Law, 1989-2002
  • Doctor of Law, Academy of Public Administration of Russian Federation, Moscow, 1996-1997
  • Member of the Commission on Constitutional reforms, 1997-2001
  • Legal Advisor, Constitutional Court of Armenia, 1997-2005
  • Representative of the President of the Republic of Armenia on Constitutional reforms, 2001-2005
  • Rector, Public Administration Academy of Armenia, 2002-2006
  • Deputy Representative of Armenia, European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission), 2002-2011
  • Member of the Council of Justice of Armenia, 2004-2005
  • President of the European Law Association of Armenia, 2004-2011
  • Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) of Armenia, Human Rights Defender’s Institution of Armenia, 2006-2011
  • Member of the Board of European Ombudsman Institute (2008-2011), external member (2011-2015)
  • Graduated of the Human Rights Law Centre, School of Law, University of Nottingham, 2007
  • Member of the Armenian Bar Association of North America, Los Angeles, 2007-2011
  • Honorary Member of the French Association of Armenian Advocates and Lawyers (AFAJA), Paris, 2008-2011
  • Regional Representative, Regional Office for Central Asia of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, 2011-2014
  • Head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, 2014-2015
  • Member (external) of the Commission of Constitutional amendments of Ukraine, 2015
  • Judge of the European Court of Human Rights from 17 September 2015 to 27 April 2025.
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