Ontario Law Commission releases background report on human rights guidelines in AI development

The Law Commission of Ontario (LSO) and the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) released a background report on the Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA) on the development of AI on Monday.

The report serves as a follow-up review of the LSO and OHRC’s initial 2024 HRIA framework which was created as a tool to help AI developers adhere to human rights obligations by providing a standardized assessment form. At the core of the HRIA was the call to ensure human rights remain at the…