Draft:Munich Convention on Artificial Intelligence, Data, and Human Rights

• Comment: Currently, none of the sources meet the requirements of WP:GNG, which requires significant coverage in independent, reliable secondary sources. If such coverage becomes available, the draft can be resubmitted. HerBauhaus (talk) 11:07, 20 May 2025 (UTC)

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The Munich Convention on Artificial Intelligence, Data, and Human Rights is a proposed international treaty designed to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in alignment with international human rights standards. Developed through collaboration between researchers of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU), the Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence (IEAI) at the Technical University of Munich, Rutgers University, and Ulster University, the Convention seeks to ensure that AI systems respect human dignity, freedom, equality, and the rule of law. It has received endorsement from Ambassador Prof. Muhammadou M.O. Kah, Permanent Representative of The Gambia to the United Nations in Geneva.

Background

The Convention was conceived in response to increasing concerns about AI's potential impacts on fundamental rights, including privacy, discrimination, labor rights, and democratic governance. Its drafting began during the International Summit on AI and Human Rights held in Munich in July 2024, involving over 50 international experts. The draft was further promoted at a side event during the 55th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in March 2025 and during Geneva Peace Week. It is a complementary framework to the Council of Europe's Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence.

Academic institutions involved in the convention

The convention has been developed through the collaboration of leading academic institutions from around the world. Participating organizations include:

AI Ethics Lab (Rutgers University, USA), American University of Beirut (Lebanon), Bonn Sustainable AI Lab (Germany), Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw (Poland), Deakin University (Australia), Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Germany, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Germany), Rivers State University (Nigeria), School of Law, UPES (India), Sofia University (Bulgaria), Stellenbosch University (South Africa), Technical University of Munich (Germany), Tallinn University of Technology (Estonia), Ulster University (UK), University College Cork (Ireland), University of Edinburgh (UK), University of Ghana (Ghana), University of Hohenheim (Germany), University of Patras (Greece), Università degli Studi di Milano (Italy), Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand), Santa Clara University (USA).

Organisations and institutions involved in the convention

Globethics, AI Commons, and the International Telecommunications Union as well as the International Science Council and the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Bulgaria, the Diplomatic Mission of the Gambia to the United Nations in Geneva and the German Federal Foreign Office.