27/05/2026 | Standing Committee
Parliamentarians, youth representatives and experts met in Monaco for a round table organised by the PACE Parliamentary and Electoral Co-operation Division together with the Monaco delegation to PACE to discuss the impact of new technologies on young people, education and democratic life...
15/12/2025 | Artificial Intelligence
Parliamentarians, policymakers, experts, AI professionals, academics and NGO representatives gathered in London for a major conference on artificial intelligence have urged a stronger role for parliaments in shaping the development, application and regulation of AI to ensure that it complies with...
11/12/2025 | Artificial Intelligence
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) and the UK Parliament will hold a parliamentary conference on artificial intelligence on 15 and 16 December at the House of Commons (Palace of Westminster) in London. This event, which will bring together parliamentarians from Council of...
07/11/2025 | Artificial Intelligence
At the 2025 World Forum for Democracy in Strasbourg, participants discussed how artificial intelligence affects elections and democratic participation. The session, titled “AI at the ballot box: threat or opportunity for democratic elections?”, was co-organised by PACE and the Council of Europe...
16/10/2025 | Artificial Intelligence
“Artificial intelligence is often perceived as a threat, but it should be seen as something that complements humanity’s pursuit of excellence. Technology must serve humanity, not replace it. Europe’s future lies not in machines, but in people who use them wisely,” said PACE President Theodoros...
21/11/2024 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
“AI must serve humanity in a fair and ethical manner, in conformity with Council of Europe values and the principles of transparency, accountability, safety and security, The Assembly will continue to engage with all stakeholders to that end, including Council of Europe bodies and other...
18/04/2024 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has warmly welcomed the finalisation of the draft Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence, Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law which has been drawn up within the Council of Europe – but regretted that it “does not cover to...
26/05/2023 | Artificial Intelligence
Organised by the PACE Interparliamentary Co-operation and Project Support Division in co-operation with the Latvian delegation to PACE, a Round Table on ‘Artificial intelligence, freedom of expression and disinformation: challenges and risks for democracy’ took place today after the Standing...
27/04/2023 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
PACE held a hearing on “exploring AI in schools” during its spring plenary session, in which students from the American Community Schools in Athens presented their project for exploring ethics in AI by designing and building a humanoid robot called “Niki”. The school’s President Peggy Pelonis...
22/10/2020 | Standing Committee
PACE is calling for national legal frameworks to regulate the use of Artificial Intelligence in police and criminal justice work, based on core principles of transparency, fairness, safety, privacy, and the clear attribution of human responsibility for all decisions in this area. While the use of...
22/10/2020 | Standing Committee
The Standing Committee, meeting by videoconference, stressed the need for a global regulatory framework for AI, based on the protection of human rights, democracy and the rule of law, and proposed that the Committee of Ministers support the elaboration of a “legally binding instrument” governing...
22/10/2020 | Standing Committee
Many uses of artificial intelligence (AI) can have a direct impact on equality of access to fundamental rights, including the right to private life and access to justice, employment, health and public services. Considering that such uses of AI may cause or exacerbate discrimination in these...