The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities responds to challenges

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• Department of Law

The Human and Fundamental Rights Working Group welcomes Tanya Krupiy to present her co-authored article with EUI Law Professor Martin Scheinin: Disability Discrimination in the Digital Realm: How the ICRPD Applies to Artificial Intelligence Decision-Making Processes and Helps in Determining the State of International Human Rights Law.

Abstract:

Scholars have identified challenges to protecting individuals from discrimination in contexts where organisations deploy artificial intelligence decision-making processes. The presentation will discuss that it is possible to derive a number of obligations on states from the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. These obligations are specific to the context of organisations employing artificial intelligence decision-making processes. Such obligations entail creating a set of rights that are tailored to the digital context.

About the speaker: 

Tanya Krupiy is a Lecturer in Digital Law, Policy & Society at Newcastle Las School. She holds a Master of Laws with distinction in public international law from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and gained a Doctor of Philosophy in law from the University of Essex. She is particularly interested in exploring what societal impact new technologies create and how the norms of public international law can remain relevant in light of technological developments. She has expertise in artificial intelligence, robotic and digital technologies, and enjoys carrying out interdisciplinary research.