Artificial intelligence in the workplace through the prism of Article 8 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms

• Author: Michal Baranski
• Pages: 340-353

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through the prism of Article 8 of the

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Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms

Michał Baraski

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1. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

The importance of the issue of artificial intelligence, also in the workplace,

has been noticed in recent years both within the Council of Europe and the

European Union.

The first meeting of experts from the Ad hoc Committee on AI (CAHAI),

established by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, took

place from 18 to 20 November 2019 in Strasbourg. CAHAI is developing a

legal framework for AI based on the Council of Europe’s standards for human

rights, democracy and the rule of law. They will cover the development, design

and application of AI33. However, the results of previous analyses carried out

32 PhD and Assistant Professor, the leader of the Labour Law and Social Policy Research Team

at the Institute of Legal Sciences at the University of Silesia in Katowice and the editor-in-chief of the

journal “Z Problematyki Prawa Pracy i Polityki Socjalnej”.

33 https://www.coe.int/en/web/artificial-intelligence/cahai (accessed September 20, 2020). The last

CAHAI meeting, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, was held by videoconference on July 6–8, 2020. See also

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