Council of Europe Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence, Swiss Signature
Council of Europe Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights Democracy and the Rule of Law (CETS No. 225), signed by Switzerland 27 March 2025
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Proposed: draft date not recorded.
Signed, with consent not yet expressed, dated 27 March 2025, as of 12 September 2026.
An AI governance rule.
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 Switzerland but not yet ratified, and Switzerland has not yet enacted implementing legislation, so it creates no duty under Swiss law today.
- If ratified, expect implementing legislation to require respect for human rights, non-discrimination, transparency and human oversight of AI systems, and accountability for automated decisions.
Who checks it
Audit expectation
continuous
Who audits it
Regulator, Self
Where the report goes
Kept
What this law does
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Switzerland signed the Council of Europe's Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law in Strasbourg on 27 March 2025, the first internationally binding treaty aimed at ensuring that AI systems remain consistent with human rights, democracy and the rule of law.
Switzerland has signed but has not yet ratified the Convention; on 12 February 2025 the Federal Council decided to pursue ratification and to make the amendments to Swiss law that would require.
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Read the law
Council of Europe, official Artificial Intelligence newsroom