Episode summaryHow can human rights frameworks keep pace with the rapid development and global impact of artificial intelligence? In this episode of Accelerating AI Ethics, Professor Yuval Shany, a leading international law scholar and 2024–25 Fellow of the Accelerator Fellowship Programme at the Institute for Ethics in AI, University of Oxford, explores how legal systems can help ensure AI supports, rather than threatens, fundamental rights.In conversation with Dr Caroline Green, Professor Shany considers the case for an AI Bill of Rights, the challenge of regulating powerful private actors, and how international law might evolve to meet the demands of a technological era. This timely and far-reaching conversation addresses the legal, ethical, and democratic foundations of AI governance.Professor Yuval ShanyHersch Lauterpacht Chair in Public International Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, former Chair of the United Nations Human Rights Committee, and 2024–25 Fellow of the Accelerator Fellowship Programme at the Institute for Ethics in AI, University of Oxford. Professor Shany’s research focuses on international law, human rights, and the regulation of emerging technologies. Topics coveredThe rationale for an AI Bill of RightsEmerging gaps between private technological power and public oversightWhy international law is still a vital tool for AI governanceBalancing innovation and legitimacy in legal frameworksOpportunities and constraints in current human rights instrumentsHow democratic accountability must be embedded into the design of AI systemsResources and linksEuropean Commission – Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA)U.S. Blueprint for an AI Bill of RightsOECD AI PrinciplesCouncil of Europe – Committee on Artificial Intelligence (CAI)UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial IntelligenceUnited Nations Human Rights Committeent...

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