The Siracusa Institute, in cooperation with the Supreme Judiciary Council of Qatar, organized four Specialization Training Seminars on “Artificial Intelligence, Criminal Justice and Human Rights” between July 2022 and July, 2023; each Training Seminar brought together 10 judges from Qatar.
The training program illustrated the nature and scope of artificial intelligence, and its underlying algorithms, then investigated the human rights risks, impacts and related issues that AI presents to modern society, as well as the opportunities and risks that AI and related technologies present to modern criminal justice systems.
Specific sessions focused on AI applications in the field of cybersecurity, looking at online spaces as well as the vast Internet of Things on which society increasingly depends, on the applications of AI in criminal justice and law enforcement systems, from investigations to court proceedings, and on AI applications relevant to the investigation, prosecution and reporting of financial crimes as well as asset recovery processes, finally considering the issues of agency, responsibility and criminal liability from the perspective of both civil and common law jurisdictions.
