UN Charter and the implementation of existing UN man- On the other hand, there are the skills and knowledge dates’.30 Even if mediators and their teams do not rely needed to assess the implications of this use for the on the use of AI tools to support their work, AI is likely given conflict and for wider society. [...] Potential applications and uses of AI To better understand the potential of AI to serve as a In the following, we look at the potential of AI applica- tool for mediators, it is useful to build on the distinc- tions for mediation in three areas: knowledge manage- tion between assisted, augmented, and automated ment, understanding conflict situations and the parties intelligence.35 Assisted intellig. [...] Recently, the Department of Crisis Prevention, Stabilisation, The key for any successful mediation is preparation Post-conflict Care and Humanitarian Aid of the German and an excellent understanding of the conflict situation Federal Foreign Office launched an initiative to ‘evalu- and the parties to the conflict. [...] well as] the acceptability of the mediator and the medi- ating entity’.85 In the context of cybermediation and in Finally, a profound lack of trust between the parties particular the use of AI, this need for consent should to the conflict is a key reason why mediation becomes be extended to include the technological tools used as necessary. [...] At the most basic level, this means built as part of the process of mediation and the imple- that the parties to the conflict are informed about the mentation of the agreement.89 The potential role played tools that the mediation team uses.
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