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Rights by Design

January 21, 2026
15:45–16:15 (Europe/Amsterdam time zone)

About this session

AI is becoming core public and economic infrastructure. As deployment scales, questions of fairness, privacy and accountability become central to sustaining public trust. How can human rights principles be operationalized in AI design, procurement, governance and oversight?

Speakers

AC
Agnes Callamard
Secretary-General
Amnesty International
ET
Emma Inamutila Theofelus
Minister of Information and Communication Technology
Ministry of Information and Communication Technology of Namibia
LW
Lauren Woodman
Chief Executive Officer
DataKind

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