Q&A with legal expert on Human Rights and Technology Monique Steijns

The screening of Artificial Justice will be followed by an aftertalk with Monique Steijns.

Monique Steijns is a lawyer and expert in the field of human rights, ethics and technology. Before starting her consultancy work at THE PEOPLE’S AIGENCY she worked at the Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR). As a senior fellow she specialized and worked on topics of data-driven technology, ethics, AI, privacy, social justice and human rights. In 2021, she published the WRR Working Paper ‘AI, The People Respond! An exploration of countervailing power from social organizations‘. Steijns is the chair of the advisory committee Human-oriented AI/ELSA LABS and is also chair of the Digital Freedom Fund.

The talk will focus on the rapidly increasing developments of AI and the dangers they bring to the areas of jurisdictional systems and human rights.

The discussion will be moderated by Alyssa Guerrouche. 

Language: English