ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, ROBOTICS AND THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

The aim of the article is to analyse the legal problems associated with the protection of human rights and freedoms in the development and use of artificial intelligence systems in the European Union. Scope of the study are the norms of international law and European Union law, aimed at solving these problems. The article is written using general scientific, philosophical and special legal methods of cognition, in particular, formal-legal comparative-legal, analytical methods and systematic approach. The analysis of the system of guarantees of the protection of human rights and freedoms in the European Union related to the development and use of artificial intelligence systems, given in the article, is carried out for the first time in Russian legal science. Based on the analysis of the existing legal norms, the article examines possible threats of the violation of human rights and freedoms in the European Union when using artificial intelligence systems. The article gives the approach to ensuring the system of guarantees of human rights and freedoms in the EU. The role of the institutions, bodies and offices of the European Union in this process, in particular, the role of the European Ombudsman, is considered. The guarantees of human rights and freedoms are given through the prism of the concept of «good governance». Based on the results, the article gives possible ways of ensuring human rights guarantees in connection with the circulation of artificial intelligence technologies and reveals the areas which require changes in legal regulation. The provisions formulated in this article can be used to carry out further research on issues related to the development and use of artificial intelligence, as well as to improve the legal framework in this area.

European Union, artificial intelligence, robotics, European ombudsman, human rights, protection of rights, maladministration