Expression of interest
The Summit will bring together academic experts, tech company representatives, public and private sector actors, civil society and members of policy making communities at both national and international levels, to introduce, demonstrate and co-develop a shared vision for embedding human rights standards into AI governance frameworks, including existing technology regulation and through regulation by design.
We aim to support, through this event, efforts to place human rights at the center of AI governance frameworks – alongside principles such as safety, ethics, responsibility, inclusiveness, impact and innovation.
These efforts are increasingly urgent in nature in light of the growing number of national legislative initiatives, ongoing debates over the effectiveness of AI self-regulation and the emergence of international fora.
The Summit builds on a consultation process undertaken by Professor Yuval Shany as part of his Accelerator Fellowship Programme – involving workshop sessions in Oxford, Geneva, Harvard and Pretoria – and on a White Paper published by Professor Shany in late 2025 on the need and feasibility of an International AI Bill of Human Rights, which proposes ways to adapt existing human rights standards, so as to better address some of the unique challenges posed by AI systems and their uses.
Agenda
- 09:30 Registration opens
- 09:45 Welcome remarks: Dr Caroline Emmer De Albuquerque Green (Director of Research, Institute for Ethics in AI), Professor Edward Harcourt (Director, Institute for Ethics in AI), Professor Yuval Shany (Senior Inaugural Fellow, AFP)
- 10:00 Keynote lecture
- 10:45 Session 1: The Case for an International AI Bill of Human Rights: Chair - Professor Yuval Shany (Institute for Ethics in AI), Solomon Dersso (African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights), Michael O'Flaherty (Commissioner for Human Rights, Council of Europe), Changrok Soh (Chair, UN Human Rights Committee), Wafa Ben Hassine (OHCHR)
- 12:00 Break
- 12:15 Session 2: Embedding Human Rights into AI Governance - a national perspective: Chair - Kate Jones (CEO Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum), Isabella Ferrari (Brazilian National Council of Justice), Suresh Venkatasubramanian, (Brown University; former officer at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy), Eileen Carter (South African Human Rights Commission), Claris Ogangah (Kenyan National Human Rights Commissioner), Dina Hussein (Product Policy, Open AI, TBC)
- 13:30 Lunch
- 14:15 Session 3: Promoting Human Rights in AI Systems - A civil society perspective: Chair: Harriet Moynihan (Chatham House), Rachel Adams (Global Center on AI governance), Angela Müller (Algorithm Watch), Barbora Bukovska (Article 19), Philippa Webb (Oxford Institute of Justice and Technology)
- 15:30 Break
- 15:45 Session 4: Human rights and AI - An industry perspective: Chair - Dr Caroline Emmer De Albuquerque Green (Institute for Ethics in AI), Miranda Sissons (Human Rights Policy, Meta), Alexandria Walden (Human Rights Program, Google), Dina Hussein (Product Policy, Open AI, TBC), Michael Karimian (DIgital Diplomacy, Microsoft)
- 17:00 Closing session
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