COMECE - A sustained ethical discourse has to accompany discussions on regulating AI

17. July 2020

A sustained ethical discourse has to accompany discussions on regulating AI

Webnews, 17/07/2020

In its contribution to the 'Consultation on the White Paper on Artificial Intelligence - A European Approach', COMECE calls the EU institutions to adopt a human-centric approach to Artificial Intelligence (AI) in order to promote the common good and serve the lives of all human beings both in their personal and community dimensions.

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07. July 2020

Churches-EU Dialogue: COMECE and CEC meet with German EU Presidency

Press Release, 07/07/2020

An ecumenical delegation of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) and the Conference of European Churches (CEC) have met in Brussels on Tuesday, 7 July 2020, with Mr. Michael Clauss, Ambassador at the Permanent Representation of Germany to the EU, to exchange on the priorities of the German Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

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13. May 2020

Time for the EU to take a stand for the rights of the elderly

Press Release, 13/05/2020

Up to half of the people who died of Covid-19 in Europe are elderly people and many of them were residents of long-term care facilities. “It is time to stop the ‘culture of waste’ and focus on more public policies supporting families”, states the General Secretary of COMECE on Wednesday 13 May 2020.

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22. April 2020

Covid-19, COMECE welcomes EGE call for vigilance of restrictive measures

Webnews, 22/04/2020

COMECE welcomes the statement recently released by the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE), calling the EU and its Member States to be vigilant on the “necessity and proportionality of any policy and technological intervention that - taken in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic - suspends, even temporarily, fundamental rights”.

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