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Artificial Intelligence – Resources to Technology Governance

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Governments bear the responsibility to set laws and standards to require or forbid certain practices. International governance can also ensure that companies develop and deploy LMMs that meet adequate international standards of safety and efficacy and are upholding ethical principles and human rights obligations.

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Artificial Intelligence – Resources to Technology Governance

AIHC

Governments bear the responsibility to set laws and standards to require or forbid certain practices. International governance can also ensure that companies develop and deploy LMMs that meet adequate international standards of safety and efficacy and are upholding ethical principles and human rights obligations.

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Human Rights Principles in Public Health Emergencies: From the Siracusa Principles to COVID-19 and Beyond

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One of us (LG) was involved in the drafting of the Siracusa Principles, which have become the chief international instrument governing permissible human rights limitations during national emergencies. UN bodies and the World Health Assembly should endorse the Principles, much as the ECOSOC did vis-à-vis the Siracusa Principles.

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COVID-19 Showcased Failed Global Cooperation

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By Kayum Ahmed, Julia Bleckner, and Kyle Knight In mid-May, the World Health Organization officially declared the “emergency” phase of the COVID-19 pandemic over. That has created deep inequities in access to health products that can save lives. Solidarity operates at two intersecting levels.

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Non-State Actors and Public Health Emergencies

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Under international human rights law, States have a positive, primary obligation to ensure that such health care services are of the highest possible quality and accessible to everyone, everywhere, and without discrimination.

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Conclusion to the Symposium: From Principles to Practice: Human Rights and Public Health Emergencies

Bill of Health

While summarizing the entire content of the 13 blogs comprising this symposium in any depth is not possible here, this concluding post will attempt to synthesize some of the major inputs from the contributions. The South African Court ultimately ordered disclosure of such contracts despite the government’s reliance on confidentiality clauses.

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Introduction to the Symposium: From Principles to Practice: Human Rights and Public Health Emergencies

Bill of Health

This symposium gathers reflections from leading scholars, activists, jurists, and others from around the world with respect to the recently issued Principles. Historically, Global Health Law has been permeated with colonialism and concerned with preserving travel and trade rather than protecting human dignity, health and life.