Join us for the launch of a major new White Paper from the University of Oxford’s Institute for Ethics in AI exploring one of the most urgent questions of our time: Do we need an international AI Bill of Human Rights?
The event will feature Yuval Shany, former Chair of the UN Human Rights Committee and Inaugural Accelerator Fellow at the Institute, who will make the case for a new bill to address critical gaps in existing international human rights law. The White Paper outlines seven foundational rights for the age of AI, including: the right to access AI, privacy protections, anti-bias and fairness, algorithmic transparency, freedom from manipulation, meaningful human decision-making and interaction, and accountability for the use of AI.
These ideas will be examined and discussed by a distinguished panel of experts:
- Robert Spano, former President of the European Court of Human Rights
- Kate Jones, CEO of the Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum
- Caroline Green, Director of Research at the Institute for Ethics in AI and a leading voice on the ethics of care
This timely discussion brings together law, policy, ethics, and technology to explore how human rights can be protected—and reimagined—in an AI-driven world. Essential for policymakers, legal professionals, technologists, researchers, and anyone interested in the responsible governance of AI.
The session will conclude with dedicated time for audience Q&A and discussion.
Doors open at 5pm.
Register here.
Chair: Professor Yuval Shany
Professor Yuval Shany is the Hersch Lauterpacht Chair in International Law and former Dean of the Law Faculty of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
He also serves as a Senior Research Fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute, and a Visiting Professor in the Center for Transnational Legal Studies (CTLS) at King’s College, London and the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva.
He was a member of the UN Human Rights Committee between 2013-2020 (chairing the Committee between 2018-2019).
His current research focuses on international human rights law and new technology and he leads a European Research Council group or researchers investigating the three generation of digital human rights (3GDR).
Shany is an honorary fellow of the Senior Common Room at Magdalen College (2023-2024) and an inaugural Accelerator Fellow.
Kate Jones
Kate Jones is the Chief Executive Officer of the Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum. Kate leads this innovative team, working to increase and deepen coordination between regulators of online services and technology for the benefit of businesses and their customers.
Before joining the DRCF, Kate was an expert consultant and researcher on the governance of emerging technologies, with particular regard to human rights law, public international law and diplomacy. She was an Associate Fellow with the International Law Programme at Chatham House, Senior Associate with Oxford Information Labs, and member of the advisory board of an AI ethics company. She has published and spoken widely on aspects of national and international tech governance.
Robert Spano
Robert is one of Europe's leading platform and technology litigators for multinational companies before the Court of Justice of the European Union and leads a multidisciplinary team on regulatory compliance and strategic engagement with regulators in the field of digital rights, online platform regulation, data protection and on the intersection between artificial intelligence and fundamental rights. He is the former president of the European Court of Human Rights, the youngest judge ever to be elected to the presidency in the Court’s 60 year history.
Robert sits on the Panel of Arbitrators and Conciliators of the World Bank's International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), and is an honorary bencher of the Middle Temple.
Caroline Green
Dr Caroline Green is the Institute’s Director of Research and Head of Public Engagement. Caroline's research focuses on AI and human rights, specifically in the fields of health and social care. Caroline holds a LLB (Hons) from the University of Edinburgh, an MSc in Human Rights from the LSE, a MA in Investigative Journalism from City University and a PhD in Gerontology from King's College London. As Director of Research, Caroline also leads the Accelerator Fellowship Programme at the Institute.