Judges of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine Viktor Gorodovenko and Galyna Yurovska, at the invitation of the President of the European Court of Human Rights Marko Bošnjak, participated Opening of the Judicial Year of the European Court of Human Rights and the Judicial Seminar “Protecting human rights in a world of Artificial Intelligence, algorithms and big data”, which was held in Strasbourg on 31 January this year.
The main focus of the seminar was a professional discussion of the challenges posed by the development of digital technologies, as well as the search for legal mechanisms to protect fundamental human rights in the context of AI.
At the first session of the event, Gianluca Esposito, Director General of Human Rights and Rule of Law, presented European approaches to the regulation of artificial intelligence and the Council of Europe's efforts to develop relevant standards. In her turn, Lucie Cluzel-Métayer, Professor of Public Law at Paris Nanterre University, analysed the issue of freedom of expression in the digital age.
During the second session of the seminar, Professor Vytautas Mizaras, Judge of the Constitutional Court of Lithuania, discussed the challenges associated with the use of artificial intelligence in judicial proceedings. Sandra Wachter, Professor of Technology and Regulation at the University of Oxford, gave a presentation on countering potential discrimination in the field of artificial intelligence.
During the discussion, Judges of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine Viktor Gorodovenko and Galyna Yurovska stressed that the use of artificial intelligence in judicial proceedings should not violate the right to a fair trial. They emphasised the importance of preserving constitutional guarantees of human rights in the context of digital transformation and the need for legal regulation of the use of new technologies.
At the end of the event, Anne Seibert-Fohr, Judge of the European Court of Human Rights noted the importance of further dialogue between lawyers, technologists and human rights activists.
The participants emphasised that the development of artificial intelligence should be accompanied by careful legal control to ensure compliance with human rights, the rule of law and democratic standards.
The visit included working meetings with the heads of relevant departments of the Council of Europe aimed at strengthening cooperation with the Constitutional Court of Ukraine.
