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• June 18, 2026•

Human Rights Council Side Event | HumRights-Bench: Can AI Understand Human Rights Law?

Home EventsHuman Rights Council Side Event | HumRights-Bench: Can AI Understand Human Rights Law?

Jun 18 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm –

Organized by AI & Equality by Women at the Table and Globethics, HumRights-Bench is the first scientific tool to measure whether AI models understand and apply human rights law. As large language models increasingly shape decisions affecting rights holders worldwide, Member States urgently need rigorous evaluation tools. Our results reveal consistent model failures — giving governments the concrete data needed to regulate AI responsibly.

Human Rights Council Side Event HumRights-Bench: Can AI Understand Human Rights Law?

18 June 2026 | 15:00–16:00 | Room IX, Palais des Nations

Organized by AI & Equality by Women at the Table and Globethics

   

HumRights-Bench is the first scientific tool to measure whether AI models understand and apply human rights law. As large language models increasingly shape decisions affecting rights holders worldwide, Member States urgently need rigorous evaluation tools. Our results reveal consistent model failures — giving governments the concrete data needed to regulate AI responsibly.

 Speakers: 

  • Wm. Matthew Kennedy, King’s College London

  • Isabel Ebert, Co-Lead of the B-Tech Project, OHCHR

  • Caitlin Kraft-Buchman, CEO & Founder, Women at the Table / AI & Equality Initiative

  • Moderator: Domenico Zipoli, Head of Programmes, Geneva Human Rights Hub

Cover Image: Lone Thomasky & Bits&Bäume / https://betterimagesofai.org / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Last modified: June 10, 2026

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