Discussions regarding effective and efficient regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) under international law have become more relevant. The focus is shifting from non-binding ethical guidelines toward binding legal frameworks. Among the most significant developments are the Council of Europe’s Framework Convention on AI and Human Rights (2025), the UN Global Digital Compact (2024), and the draft UN Convention on AI, Data, and Human Rights (Munich Convention, 2024).

A roundtable on this topic will bring together international experts by invitation on Thursday, May 21, 2026, from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM, at the TUM Think Tank at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) (Richard Wagner Str. 1, D-80333 Munich). Under the title “AI Governance in a Fragmented Landscape,” they will discuss pathways toward a globally binding framework for AI governance within the context of international law. The event is jointly organized by the Institute for Ethics in AI at TUM (TUM IEAI), the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU), the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Fundamental and Human Rights (LBI-GMR), and the University of Vienna. On behalf of the LBI-GMR, our Scientific Director Michael Lysander Fremuth and our colleague Camilla Haake, Head of the “Sustainability, Development, Business, Social” programme line, are playing a key role in organizing and conducting the event.

The event’s discussion will focus in particular on the similarities and differences between existing regulatory approaches, as well as on perspectives from Europe, America, and the Global South. The discussion will inform a strategic report summarizing the perspectives of global stakeholders on human rights-based AI governance. It will also identify possible ways to advance negotiations on the proposed “UN Convention on AI, Data, and Human Rights.”