A/HRC/57/70 systems had “reproduced and intensified existing inequities, caused new types of harmful discrimination, and exacerbated online and physical harms”. 54. Brazil reported having established the Interministerial Working Group (IWG)39 on 20 November 2023, a day celebrated as the National Day of Zumbi and Black Consciousness. The IWG aims to propose measures to promote rights and combat racism in digital communication services, and to strengthen and sustain black media. In the framework of the IWG, the Ministry of Racial Equality and the Social Communication Secretariat provide an online Library on Digital Technologies and Racial Justice. 40 55. In Colombia, the Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Knowledge has initiated consideration of protocols for the ethical and democratic use of AI within the ministry with the aim of guaranteeing the socio-cultural rights of Afro-descendants and other ethnic groups. Regarding education, Colombia informed of an alliance between the Ministry and the Universidad del Rosario to think, disseminate and educate on the problem of culture and AI. 56. Ecuador underlined the impact of AI, digitalization and new and emerging technologies on the fundamental and collective rights of Afro-descendants, and the potential risk posed by these tools to the socio-economic rights of Afro-descendants. In June 2024, the National Assembly registered the presentation of a bill called “Draft Organic Law for the Regulation and Promotion of Artificial Intelligence in Ecuador”. Ecuador has urged the legislature, public and control institutions to develop rules and regulations for the development, provision, commercialization, use and utilization of AI, digitalization and new and emerging technologies based on human rights, including the rights of “populations of peoples, nationalities and Afro-descendants”. 57. Spain reported that Law 15/2022 addressed equal treatment and non-discrimination in the field of AI and automated decision-making. Furthermore, Spain’s Strategic Framework for Citizenship and Inclusion against Racism and Xenophobia guarantees equal opportunities in access to information and communications technology. 58. On 22 September 2021, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland published a ten-year National AI Strategy.41 The Government has since engaged in a public consultation with regulators on the Government’s AI regulation White Paper of March 2023, which proposed a framework of five voluntary principles to guide responsible AI design, development, and use. From 1-2 November 2023, the Government hosted the AI Safety Summit, culminating in the Bletchley Declaration,42 an agreement among 28 countries and the E.U. on cooperation and responsibility-sharing on mitigating the risks of AI. 59. The African Union aims to harness the revolutionary potential of AI in the fulfilment of Africa’s long-term development aspirations set out in its Agenda 2063, while recognizing its risks as well as the need for AI development on the Continent to be Africa-owned, peoplecentred, inclusive and meet the specific needs of Africans, including in education, health, agriculture, infrastructure, peace and security as well as good governance. To that end, on 13 June 2024, the African Union adopted the “Continental Artificial Intelligence Strategy” and the “African Digital Compact”,43 at the 2nd Extraordinary session of the Specialized Technical Committee on Communication and ICT. 39 40 41 42 43 14 See https://www.gov.br/igualdaderacial/pt-br/assuntos/gti-comunicacao-antirracista. See https://www.gov.br/igualdaderacial/pt-br/assuntos/gti-comunicacao-antirracista/biblioteca. See https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/614db4d1e90e077a2cbdf3c4/National_AI_Strategy__PDF_version.pdf. See https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ai-safety-summit-2023-the-bletchleydeclaration/the-bletchley-declaration-by-countries-attending-the-ai-safety-summit-1-2-november2023. See African Ministers Adopt Landmark Continental Artificial Intelligence Strategy, African Digital Compact to drive Africa’s Development and Inclusive Growth, available at https://au.int/sites/default/files/pressreleases/43871-pr-Ministerial_PR_-_STC-CICT1.pdf, 13 June 2024.