This workshop will take place online on 6-7 November 2025. It is aimed at members of the Equinet’s AI Working Group.
Background
The expansion and diversification in the uses of AI systems across Europe has led and will continue to lead to numerous legislative developments at both European and national levels. In this context, strategic litigation is essential to give direction to these developments. The history, mandate, and powers of European National Equality Bodies (NEBs) makes them uniquely well placed to undertake such test and strategic litigation. Thus, one of the central recommendations of Equinet’s Report “Regulating for an Equal AI: a New Role for Equality Bodies” states that Equinet’s members should consider bringing, supporting, or funding litigation that challenges discriminatory technology. The Report also included a checklist for Equality Bodies to assess whether AI systems and other similar technologies comply with equality and non-discrimination rules.
To equip our members with the relevant tools to engage in such litigation, in 2022 Equinet’s Legal Advice Clinic took place building upon the knowledge base created by our first training in April 2021. With a practical focus on litigation, this training will provide concrete guidance building legal cases involving suspected algorithmic discrimination.
Objectives
- Provide practical guidance on how to identify, assess and build an algorithmic discrimination case
- Build understanding about the difference and interaction between technical bias and unlawful discrimination and clarify the role of fairness metrics in investigating discriminatory algorithms
- Identify specific challenges and their solutions related to shifting the burden of proof in algorithmic discrimination cases
Participants
The target audience of this workshop is members of the Equinet’s AI Working Group.
For further information, please contact Milla Vidina (milla.vidina@equineteurope.org)