by István Kopácsi Following the adoption of the political declaration during the United Nations’ 75th anniversary in September 2020, the Secretary-General released his report, Our Common Agenda, in September 2021, proposing a Global Digital Compact (GDC) to be agreed upon at the Summit…
UNESCO consultation paper on AI regulation – Emerging Approaches Across the World
by István Kopácsi Since 2016, more than thirty countries have enacted laws specifically dealing with artificial intelligence (AI), and the debate on AI legislation has intensified worldwide. In August 2024, UNESCO published an interesting consultation paper (Paper) on AI to better…
The reform of the European Union’s judicial system will come into force on September 1st
by István Kopácsi Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2019 amends Protocol No 3 on the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and will come into effect on September 1, 2024. This amendment expands the jurisdiction of the Court,…
Joint Statement Initiative on Electronic Commerce: a new era in global digital trade
by Fanni Fürjes At the 11th Ministerial Conference in December 2017, a group of 71 World Trade Organization (WTO) members agreed to initiate exploratory work towards future WTO negotiations on trade-related aspects of e-commerce. After almost seven years of negotiations on…