Human Rights Under Stress in the Age of AI

The global human rights regime, built in and for a world of human actors and decisionmakers, is currently under tremendous stress, from the rise of authoritarianism, climate change, pandemics, and challenges to the multilateral, rules-based international order, including by the policies of the Trump administration. Into this situation, generative AI has now been introduced. How should we navigate this new reality? Join us for a discussion with Harold Hongju Koh for an exploration the novel challenges and potential benefits AI presents for the human rights regime, and how law and regulators should anticipate and address them. 

Speaker:

Harold Hongju Koh ‘80 is Sterling Professor of International Law and former Dean (2004-2009) of Yale Law School. In addition to being a leading expert in public and private international law, national security law, and human rights, Koh served as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor. 

Professor Gerald L. Neuman ‘80 (moderator) is the J. Sinclair Armstrong Professor of International, Foreign, and Comparative Law at Harvard Law School, and Director of its Human Rights Program. From 2011 to 2014, he served as a Member of the UN Human Rights Committee.