Human Rights and the Regulation of AI

Executive Summary

This response is to the Joint Committee on Human Rights's call for evidence on Human Rights and the Regulation of AI, on behalf of Responsible AI UK (RAI UK) and the Citizen-Centric AI Systems (CCAIS) Project. The submission addresses human rights issues, existing and possible changes to legal and regulatory frameworks.

The response highlights:

• Cautious deployment of AI-supported age assessments for young asylum seekers to uphold Article 3 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
• The need to clearly state the impact of historical data on human rights in the AI Opportunities Action Plan, and how AI growth would comply with the Equality Act 2010 and Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights. 
• For public datasets to accelerate AI research, the need to define how consent will be respected especially for datasets that were already collected.  
• Embrace issues around Intellectual Property and Copyright, instead of considering them barriers to innovation, as the right to protection is covered under Article 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 
• Follow responsible innovation principles to adopt the scan-pilot-scale approach and safeguard human rights.
• The need for a robust liability framework for multi-actor scenarios, and measures for backward-looking accountability and forward-looking responsibility. 
• Sector-specific legal and regulatory frameworks for safety-critical contexts and domains like healthcare and aviation. 
• Initiate AI regulation discussions earlier in the AI lifecycle (at ideation and design), where interventions are likely to be most effective.

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