Council of Europe Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law
Framework treaty opened for signature. The official Treaty Office chart retrieved for this corpus was dated 12 September 2026 and listed the entry-into-force threshold; this record makes no claim about later treaty status.
Automated source check: failed. The last direct retrieval failed; the curated facts have not been automatically changed. Supplemental audited sources may be available below.
- Issuer
- Council of Europe
- Jurisdiction / parties
- International / Council of Europe
- Instrument
- international treaty
- Status
- open for signature · as of 2026-09-12
- Published
- 2024-09-05
- Last source check
- 2026-10-31T07:30:18.124533+00:00
What the instrument says
Treaty duties are scoped to Parties; signatory status is not implementation evidence.
Party to the Convention
Adopt or maintain measures for identification, assessment, prevention, and mitigation of AI risks and impacts, as specified by Article 16.
CETS 225 Article 16
Party to the Convention
Establish or designate effective, independent oversight mechanisms for Convention obligations.
CETS 225 Article 26
What would need to be proven?
The following mappings are analysis. Candidate evidence is not proof that a vendor satisfies an obligation, and hardware attestation alone does not establish legal compliance.
- Claim to examine
- A Party implemented an Article 16/26 measure.
- Candidate evidence
- Domestic measures, assessment records, oversight designation, and Party reports.
- Possible approach
- Confirm current Party status then map domestic measures to treaty articles.
- Assumptions
- The state is a Party and the relevant provisions are in force for it.
- Limits and open questions
- The record does not establish a current party roster after 12 September 2026.
Original sources
- CETS 225 signature/ratification chart
status as of 12 September 2026
Published: 2026-09-12 · Retrieved: Not independently retrieved
- CETS 225 treaty text
Articles 16 and 26
Published: 2024-09-05 · Retrieved: Not independently retrieved
- Council of Europe: supplemental source audit
Published: Not stated · Retrieved: 2026-10-31T03:16:21Z
Manual source audit: 2026-10-31T03:24:41Z
Retrieval method: manual source audit
- Council of Europe page identifies CETS No. 225 and says it opened for signature on 5 September 2024.
- It characterizes the instrument as legally binding and technology-neutral, addressing AI lifecycle activities consistently with human rights, democracy, and rule of law.
Audit limit: Treaty participation and implementation are dynamic; the receipt does not establish a current party roster.
Observation history
This is Bill Commons’ retained observation history, not a complete history of the instrument. A changed source body requires review before its policy meaning is updated.
- 2026-10-31T03:24:41Z · registry record created
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- 2026-10-31T07:30:18.124533+00:00 · source check failed
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