As the 42nd full member state of the Council of Europe (CoE), the Republic of Armenia is continuing its pledge to pursue legislative, institutional, and policy reforms to align with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the protection of human rights in the biomedical field.
In late February; the National Assembly of Armenia held a joint forum in Vanadzor with members of the Human Rights and Biomedicine Division of the Council of Europe to discuss issues related to Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Healthcare. The meeting outlined governance measures proposed in the Council of Europe’s Report on the Application of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Its Impact on the “Patient-Doctor” Relationship.
According to the CoE Steering Committee for Human Rights in the fields of Biomedicine and Health (CDBIO), the new policy measures aim to embed “human rights in AI technologies that have an application in the field of biomedicine.’ The forum builds upon the successful implementation of measures by the Republic of Armenia to “harmonise domestic legislation in the field of biomedicine and healthcare with the European standards enshrined in the Convention on the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being.”
Opening remarks were made by Laurence Lwoff, Head of Human Rights and Biomedicine Division of the CoE. Arsen Torosyan, Chair of the Standing Committee on Health Affairs and Rustam Bakoyan, Acting Chair of the Standing Committee on Human Rights and Public Affairs represented the Republic of Armenia.
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Participants in the forum discussed the impact of artificial intelligence within the healthcare sector; and more specifically, measures that protect human rights principles when AI is used in healthcare. Topics included healthcare consent, professional standards, private life and right to information, and equitable access to healthcare.
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