Council of Europe adopts the first binding international treaty on AI
Concerns Framework Convention on AI (CETS 225)
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In brief
Council of Europe adopts the first binding international treaty on AI. Recorded for the Council of Europe on 17 May 2024. It concerns Framework Convention on AI (CETS 225). Afterwards the instrument is recorded as adopted. In practice: Ratifying states must ensure AI activities respect human rights, with risk and impact assessment and remedies; companies feel it through national implementation.
- Date
- 17 May 2024
- Jurisdiction
- Council of Europe
- Instrument
- Framework Convention on AI (CETS 225)
- Impact
- High
- Status afterwards
- Adopted
- Official source
- Council of Europe
What changed?
The Committee of Ministers adopted the Framework Convention on AI and Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law (CETS 225); it opened for signature on 5 September 2024 with the EU, UK, US and others signing.
What does it mean in practice?
Ratifying states must ensure AI activities respect human rights, with risk and impact assessment and remedies; companies feel it through national implementation.
Official source
Framework Convention on AI (CETS No. 225)Council of Europe · 17 May 2024
Cite this record
AIPolicyTracker (2026). “Council of Europe adopts the first binding international treaty on AI” [AIPT-CHG-0062, record version 1, verified 26 September 2026 by Bhaskar Bhatt]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-CHG-0062 (accessed 12 November 2026). Data licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Cite the official text alongside it: Framework Convention on AI (CETS No. 225), Council of Europe, https://www.coe.int/en/web/conventions/full-list?module=treaty-detail&treatynum=225.
BibTeX
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