Council of Europe Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence, signed by Armenia
Council of Europe Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights Democracy and the Rule of Law, Council of Europe Treaty Series No. 225, opened for signature 5 September 2024; signed by Armenia, not yet ratified
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Proposed: draft date not recorded.
Signed, with consent not yet expressed, dated 27 January 2026, as of 12 September 2026.
An AI governance rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
Where it has got to
The text described here is Certified copy of the Convention in its corrected version per the Committee of Ministers' decision at the 1527th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies. That print is CETS 225, published 30 April 2025.
The stage above is recorded at www.coe.int.
The Treaty Office chart of signatures and ratifications, read 12 September 2026 with a stated status as of 11 September 2026, records one ratification in total (the European Union, 15 May 2026) against twenty signatures not followed by ratification, and entry into force requires five ratifications including at least three Council of Europe member states.
So the treaty has not entered into force for any state and no row for it can be further along than a signature. version_url is the Treaty Office's own detail page for this text rather than the certified copy itself, because rm.coe.int refuses the crawler outright.
What it requires
- This treaty has been signed by Armenia but not yet ratified or given effect in Armenian domestic law, so it does not currently bind an app operating in Armenia.
- If ratified and implemented, it would require carrying out risk and impact assessments of an AI system's actual and potential impact on human rights, democracy, and the rule of law, and establishing prevention and mitigation measures.
- It would also require giving notice that a person is interacting with an AI system rather than a human being, and providing an effective means to challenge a decision made through, or substantially based on, such a system.
What it reaches
Obligation class
Disclosure, DPIA, Governance
Who checks it
Audit expectation
continuous
Who audits it
Regulator, Self
Where the report goes
Kept
What this law does
Drafted with AI from the cited sources under the direction of UnGovr staff. UnGovr holds editorial responsibility for this page.
The Council of Europe's own list of signatories to the Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence names Armenia as a signatory, and its list of parties that have ratified the Convention names only the European Union, so the treaty has not been ratified or given effect in Armenian domestic law and does not currently bind an app operating in Armenia.
As drafted, it would require activities within the lifecycle of an artificial intelligence system to be consistent with human dignity, equality and non-discrimination, privacy, transparency and accountability, including carrying out iterative risk and impact assessments on human rights, democracy and the rule of law and establishing prevention and mitigation measures.
It covers use of an AI system by a public authority, including a private actor acting on the authority's behalf, and by a private actor generally, and it would require giving notice that a person is interacting with an AI system rather than a human being, and providing an effective means to challenge a decision made through, or substantially based on, such a system.
When LexLint raises it
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Read the law
Official description of the Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and its list of signatories and parties
Council of Europe Artificial Intelligence programme website