El Reglamento de Inteligencia Artificial de la Unión Europea y su impacto en los derechos de las personas migrantes: Un análisis crítico: Un análisis crítico

Daiana Estefanía Yovan

doi:10.30972/rcd.418114

Authors

Daiana Estefanía Yovan CONICET-UNLa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30972/rcd.418114

Keywords:

artificial intelligence, human rights, European Union, Migration, Surveillance,

Abstract

This article critically examines the recent European Union (EU) Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence and amending Regulations (EC) No 300/2008, (EU) No 167/2013, (EU) No 168/2013, (EU) 2018/858, (EU) 2018/1139 and (EU) 2019/2144 and Directives 2014/90/EU, (EU) 2016/797 and (EU) 2020/1828 (Arti-ficial Intelligence Act) (hereinafter, AI Act or Artificial Intelligence Regulation) from a human rights perspective, with a particular focus on its impact on migrants and people in mobility. Through a detailed analysis of the regulatory framework and its exceptions, it is argued that the legislation establishes a differentiated regime that could compromise the fundamental rights of vulnerable populations, especially in the context of migration and border control. The study reveals how the exceptions and exemptions incorporated into the law, particularly concerning natio-nal security and migration control, could facilitate discriminatory surveillance practices and undermine protections intended for other areas of application, creating tensions with other European regulatory frameworks such as those for interoperability and data protection

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