The AI & Human Rights Index is a global research collaborative focused on how artificial intelligence (AI) can violate or advance human rights. It is published by All Tech Is Human and the AI Ethics Lab at Rutgers University.

Editors from three continents are working with contributors from around the world to develop this comprehensive legal framework, which will serve as guiding principles for evaluating AI’s impact on human rights across societal sectors. 

This open-source platform maps AI’s influence to international laws and instruments, ensuring accountability for safeguarding rights throughout AI’s lifecycle. 

The Index emphasizes harm prevention (nonmaleficence) and measurably good outcomes (beneficence), charging societal sectors with ensuring AI benefits humanity and the environment. For instance, Index researchers apply a Solutions Scholarship methodology to interrogate and critique AI and commit to identifying measurable solutions for every problem analyzed, embedding solutions-focused research into each article.

Ultimately, the Index fosters technical, cultural, and legal literacy about how AI intersects with human rights through multimedia encyclopedia entries accessible to the public.

In advancing this mission, the Index is organized around the following research questions.