Represented by Carole Tongue¹, IFCCD has participated in the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development (EMRTD) thematic discussion on ‘Artificial Intelligence, Cultural Rights and Regulation’. At this occasion, she underlined the importance of integrating cultural rights in the context of the cultural and creative ecosystems in the discussions and decision-making processes on AI legislation. Indeed, the right to enjoy the arts, and the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any […] literary or artistic production of which [one] is the author – without discrimination² deserving urgent attention.
The meeting took place on 29 October 2024, during the EMRTD tenth session , at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland.
The recordings of the discussion are also available on UN Web TV:
- Opening Statement | Klentiana Mahmutaj | EMRTD Member | Lead on EMRTD thematic discussion
- Carole Tongue, International Federation of Coalitions for Cultural Diversity (IFCCD) | Generative AI, cultural rights and the right to development in the context of the cultural and creative ecosystems.
The full recording is available here: UN Web TV, including the presentations of the following distinguished speakers:
- H.E. Mr. Tareq Md. Ariful Islam, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh
- Mr. Mehdi Snene, Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology
- Ms. Anja Gengo, Internet Governance Forum
¹Carole Tongue is President of the European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity (ECCD) and the Chair of the UK Coalition for Cultural Diversity (UKCCD).
²Please see, among other international instruments protecting these rights: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) art. 27 and 2 .