International Bar Association - Guidelines and Regulations to Provide Insights on Public Policies

The findings, interpretations and conclusions expressed are the product of the work of the participant firms in their jurisdictions and do not necessarily reflect the views of the other participant firms, their governments, the Coordinator or the IBA. [...] In 2019, at the recommendation of the Group, the 2019 Meeting of the High Contract Parties to the CCW adopted 11 guiding principles on LAWs.32 These principles: affirm the applicability of international law – including international humanitarian law – to the development, acquisition, and deployment of LAWs; highlight the need to consider the risks of proliferation, including acquisition by terrori. [...] If the importer finds that the creator/provider of the high-risk AI system is non-compliant, they must refuse to place the system into the market and, where there is a risk that this AI will be introduced to the market even if the importer refuses to do so, the importer must inform the AI provider and the market authorities. [...] Velox42 Velox is a prototype that arises from a proof of concept developed in the period 2020–2021 in the scope of the Prosecutor’s Office, as a result of exploring AI techniques that assist attorneys in the preparation of tax reviews issued by the prosecutor in administrative proceedings, prior to deciding on the files in which the payment of interest for late payment in the cancellation of invoi. [...] What is the role of the national bar organisations or other official professional institutions? The Bar Association of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires conducts training and periodic courses on the use of AI technology and the use of different tools in the exercise of the legal profession.