CALL FOR ACTION - Canada must safeguard human rights from AI risks

Civil society leaders in Canada are urging support for a public statement to ensure that the government of Canada commits to safeguarding human rights from AI risks and harms no matter the source. Negotiations are underway at the Council of Europe to finalize the first global treaty on AI. The Council of Europe is an international organization mandated to uphold human rights, democracy and the rule of law.

"Given the profound impacts of AI on human rights and democratic values, any other position of the Canadian delegation would be a violation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms,” said the organizers. The groups warned, "A hollowed-out Convention will provide little meaningful protections to individuals who are increasingly subject to powerful AI systems prone to bias, human manipulation, and the destabilization of democratic institutions.”

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References

• Tug of war continues on international AI treaty as text gets softened further
  Luca Bertuzzi, Euractiv, Feb. 15, 2024

• EU prepares to push back on private sector carve-out from international AI treaty
  Luca Bertuzzi, Euractiv, Jan. 12, 2024

• EU’s AI ambitions at risk as US pushes to water down international treaty
  Luca Bertuzzi, Euractiv, June 8, 2023

• CAIDP Statements on the Council of Europe AI Treaty

• Principles for responsible, trustworthy and privacy-protective generative AI technologies
  December 3, 2023, Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada