Emerging AI Regulation Approaches is a 2024 consultation paper co-published by UNESCO and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), addressed to and developed with parliamentarians worldwide. It surveys emerging approaches to AI regulation across jurisdictions and was prepared for the IPU Geneva Assembly held March 23–27, 2024.
Publishers: UNESCO + Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Released: 2024 (developed for IPU Geneva Assembly, March 23–27, 2024)
Summary
The paper draws on three inputs: (i) a literature review on AI regulation across jurisdictions; (ii) the IPU Geneva Assembly discussion on "The impact of AI on democracy, human rights and the rule of law" (March 2024); and (iii) capacity-building workshops co-designed by UNESCO, the IPU, and the Internet Governance Forum. Its comparative scope includes the EU AI Office, characterized as the most-developed regulator among the jurisdictions surveyed (EU AI Office).
The paper offers an intergovernmental-and-parliamentary perspective, distinct from the US-based civil-society vantage of the CAIDP Index. The two reports cover overlapping cross-national ground from different institutional positions.
Relation to other instruments
The paper provides parliamentary-perspective context for several multilateral AI-governance instruments, including the The Bletchley Declaration (AI Safety Summit, 1–2 November 2023), the Frontier AI Safety Commitments (Seoul, 2024), the Paris AI Action Summit Declaration (2025), the G7 Hiroshima Code of Conduct for Advanced AI (2023), the EU General-Purpose AI Code of Practice (Final Version, 2025), and the Council of Europe Framework Convention on AI and Human Rights, Democracy, and the Rule of Law, as well as work associated with the G7 (Group of Seven).
On preemption, the paper addresses cross-national rather than within-jurisdiction questions, in contrast to the floor-preemption doctrinal analysis in Preemption, Federalism, and the Regulation of Emerging Technologies — Roger Hanshaw (ABA NR&E, Summer 2025).
Provenance
Co-published by UNESCO and the Inter-Parliamentary Union, developed for the IPU Geneva Assembly (March 23–27, 2024), with inputs from a cross-jurisdictional literature review, the Geneva Assembly discussion, and capacity-building workshops run with the Internet Governance Forum.
Relationships
- supports: Cross-National AI Policy Tracking, The Bletchley Declaration (AI Safety Summit, 1–2 November 2023), Frontier AI Safety Commitments (Seoul, 2024), Paris AI Action Summit Declaration (2025), G7 Hiroshima Code of Conduct for Advanced AI (2023), Council of Europe Framework Convention on AI and Human Rights, Democracy, and the Rule of Law
- related: CAIDP AI & Democratic Values Index 2026 (companion civil-society report), G7 (Group of Seven), EU AI Office, Preemption, Federalism, and the Regulation of Emerging Technologies — Roger Hanshaw (ABA NR&E, Summer 2025)
- instance-of: AI Governance (umbrella)