UN Expert Group issues report clarifying application of Guiding Principles to AI procurement by States & non-developer businesses
"A/HRC/59/53: Artificial intelligence procurement and deployment: ensuring alignment with the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights - Report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises", 15 June 2025
Summary
In the present report, the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises clarifies the ways in which the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights apply to the procurement and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) systems by States and by businesses that do not develop AI themselves. The Working Group examines the gaps, opportunities and emerging positive examples of applying human rights considerations to the procurement and deployment of AI systems by businesses and States, and how access to remedy can be ensured in cases of AI-related human rights abuses or violations.
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