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DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN LIGHT OF THE NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE OBLIGATIONS OF THE STATE TO GUARANTEE THE RIGHT TO LIFE

Use of AI by States may lead to a breach of their negative obligation to respect the right to life, which could occur for instance during the use of autonomous weapons systems that are being led by AI or in the development of databases for health, transport, regulatory or other purposes, in view of the negative obligation of States to respect the right to life.

AI, however, can also be used to fulfil the positive obligations of States to guarantee the right to life, as for instance in preventing environmental pollution, deadly diseases, hunger and poverty. 

This research project conducts research and analyses, as well as determines the main concepts on development and use of AI technology in line with the obligation to guarantee the right to life both in terms of negative and positive obligations of States. 

UPCOMING EVENTS

FINAL PRESENTATION OF THE PROJECT
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE RIGHT TO LIFE

24 September 2024 I 9:30 - 12:00
Golden Lecture Hall, Faculty of Law, UL

The project group of the Faculty of Law, UL cordially invites you to the final presentation  of the national research project entitled "The development and use of artificial intelligence in the light of the negative and positive obligations of the State to guarantee the right to life", which will take place on Tuesday, 24 September 2024, between 9:30 and 12:00 in the Golden Lecture Hall at the Faculty of Law of the University of Ljubljana.

The project on artificial intelligence and the right to life was conducted at the Faculty of Law of the University of Ljubljana under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Vasilka Sancin since 1 October 2021 and will end on 30 September 2024. To this end, the members of the project group are organising a final presentation, where they will discuss with the participants the realisation of the project's objectives, the main findings and proposals for further research.


Registration for the final presentation is possible:  

PAST EVENTS

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As part of the symposium


LAW IN THE INFORMATION SOCIETY
 

organised by the Institute of Comparative Law, the head of the project group,
Prof. Dr. Vasilka Sancin, held a presentation on the topic of
artificial intelligence and human rights. 

The symposium took place on 17 March 2023,
at the Faculty of Law of UL.

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49th DAYS OF 
SLOVENIAN LAWYERS

 

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Organised by the Federation of Lawyers' Associations of Slovenia, the Federation of Commercial Law Societies of Slovenia and LEXPERA (GV Publishing), the event took place on 12 and 13 October 2023,
at the GH Bernardin in Portorož.

 

Prof. dr. Vasilka Sancin, ki je prevzela vodenje sekcije "UMETNA INTELIGENCA IN ČLOVEKOVE PRAVICE", ko predstavila prispevek z naslovom "Kalejdoskopski pogled na umetno inteligenco in pravo človekovih pravic". Raziskovalec projektne skupine izr. prof. dr. Matija Damjan je predstavil prispevek z naslovom "Umetna inteligenca in pravice iz ustvarjalnosti", raziskovalka doc. dr. Maša Kovič Dine pa prispevek z naslovom "Odgovornost države za neuporabo oziroma neustrezno uporabo umetne inteligence pri preprečevanju poplav in vplivi na človekove pravice".

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The framework of the International Law Association (ILA) Meeting, 
was held on the 15th and 16th of June 2023
at the Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana, 
will included a panel on


THE ROLE OF AI ON REGULATION OF MIGRATION


The convenor of the event was the leader of the project,

prof. dr. Vasilka Sancin.  

As part of the 6th conference


RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT (R2P)
IN THEORY AND PRACTICE


 

organised by the head of the project group, prof. dr. Vasilka Sancin,
a panel on Artificial Intelligence has been included. It was moderated by prof. dr. Vasilka Sancin while two members of the project team, dr. Maruša Tekavičič Veber andas. Tadeja Urbas have presented their papers thereon.

The conference took place on 11th and 12th May 2023,
at the Faculty of Law of UL.

It was the sixth conference in the series of biennial international interdisciplinary scientific conferences entitled Responsibility to Protect in Theory and Practice. The aim of the conference was to provide an opportunity for scholars and practitioners from around the world to engage in an interdisciplinary academic debate on the theoretical and practical implications of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) principle. The presentations addressed both the theoretical issues related to the implementation of R2P in crisis situations, as well as the practical problems arising from the handling of crisis cases with the potential to reach dimensions that require the invocation of R2P.

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Project group of Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana organized

ROUND TABLE:
THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN PRACTICE: INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN AND
INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE LAW PERSPECTIVES

The round table took place on Tuesday, 15th November 2022
in the Golden Lecture Hall at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana
and was accessible to follow online.

The panel was composed of Prof. Yuval Shany, Hebrew University and
Rebeca Moreno Jimenez, UNHCR Innovation Service. The event was moderated by 
by Prof. Dr. Vasilka Sancin, Head of the project group of the Faculty of Law, UL.

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Project group of Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana 
organized in collaboration with the
Geneva Graduate Institute

Global HealthTech Innovative Symposium

The symposium took place on Wednesday, 2nd November 2022 
and was accessible to follow online.


 

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Prof. Dr. Vasilka Sancin participated as an invited expert at:

The 14th Asian Human Rights Forum:

Human Rights Impact of New Technologies on Persons With Disabilities 

The debate took place on Thursday 29 September 2022,
in Seoul (South Korea) and online. 

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Project group of Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana 
organised

SYMPOSIUM:

ENSURING THE RIGHT TO LIFE IN THE USE AND DEVELOPMENT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

The symposium took place on Thursday and Friday, 19th and 20th May 2022 in Dolenjske toplice.

Representatives of the International Research Center on Artificial Intelligence under the auspices of UNESCO (IRCAI), namely Gašper Hrastelj, Mitja Jermol, Matej Kovačič and Mihajela Črnko, presented their activities and the UNESCO recommendations on the ethics of artificial intelligence.

Prof. Yuval Shany from the Federmann Cyber ​​Security Research Center at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a former member of the UN Human Rights Committee in Geneva, Switzerland, also attended the symposium. In his lecture, he presented autonomous weapons systems and their complex relationship to the right to life.

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Project group of Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana 
organised

SYMPOSIUM ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

AND SPACE LAW:

Discussion on the Legal Regulation of Artificial Intelligence and Space Law in the Future and their Impact on the Right to Life

Discussion took place on Tuesday, 26 April 2022 
in the Golden Classroom of the Faculty of Law
and was accessible to follow online.

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Boštjan Koritnik

With all the technology and artificial intelligence,
the best source of knowledge is still human experience

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