United KingdomCouncil of Europe Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence, signed by the United Kingdom
This is a Council of Europe treaty, not European Union law. The Council of Europe is a separate international organization, with wider and different membership than the EU.
Council of Europe Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights Democracy and the Rule of Law, Council of Europe Treaty Series No. 225, opened for signature ; signed by the United Kingdom, not yet ratified
Signed, with consent not yet expressed, dated , as of .
An AI governance rule binding public and private bodies.
- Obligation class
- Disclosure, DPIA, Governance
- Audit expectation
- continuous
- Who audits it
- Regulator, Self
- Where the report goes
- Kept
As of .
Where it has got to
The text described here is Certified copy of the Convention in its corrected version per the Committee of Ministers' decision at the 1527th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies. That print is CETS 225, published .
The stage above is recorded at www.coe.int.
The Treaty Office chart, read with a stated status as of , records the United Kingdom's signature of with no ratification, and one ratification in total (the European Union, ) against twenty signatures not followed by ratification; entry into force requires five ratifications including at least three Council of Europe member states. version_url is the Treaty Office's own detail page for this text rather than the certified copy itself, because rm.coe.int refuses the crawler outright.
What it requires
- This treaty has been signed by the United Kingdom but not yet ratified or given effect in UK law, so it does not currently bind an app operating in the United Kingdom.
- If ratified and implemented, it would require carrying out risk and impact assessments of an AI system's actual and potential impact on human rights, democracy, and the rule of law, and establishing prevention and mitigation measures.
- It would also require giving notice that a person is interacting with an AI system rather than a human being, and providing an effective means to challenge a decision made through, or substantially based on, such a system.
What this law does
The Council of Europe Treaty Office's chart of signatures and ratifications records the United Kingdom's signature on , the day the Convention opened for signature, and no ratification, and the only party to have ratified it is the European Union, so the treaty has not been ratified by the United Kingdom or given effect in its law and does not currently bind an app operating here.
As drafted, it would require activities within the lifecycle of an artificial intelligence system to be consistent with human dignity, equality and non-discrimination, privacy, transparency and accountability, including carrying out iterative risk and impact assessments on human rights, democracy and the rule of law and establishing prevention and mitigation measures.
It covers use of an AI system by a public authority, including a private actor acting on the authority's behalf, and by a private actor generally, and it would require giving notice that a person is interacting with an AI system rather than a human being, and providing an effective means to challenge a decision made through, or substantially based on, such a system.
When LexLint raises it
When your app profile says your app deploys a chatbot, makes high-risk automated decisions or generates content with AI.