The use of AI by the Judiciary in LatAm Countries: Hallucination or Opportunity?

  • Panel
  • Grande Halle
  • Thursday 22.05 — 17:20 - 18:40

Organising Institution

Center for Technology and Society at FGV Law School

  • Academic 3
  • Business 1
  • Policy 2
The adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies by the Judiciary in Latin American countries has the power to transform judicial systems, improving efficiency, and addressing long-standing challenges such as case backlogs and delays. However, this transformation raises critical questions about transparency, accountability, fairness and, ultimately, data protection. Therefore, the main question is whether these courts can leverage AI to deliver justice while ensuring the protection of fundamental rights and public trust. In light of that, the panel plans to explore the current use of different AI tools across judiciary systems in Latin America. Speakers will analyze success stories, regulatory gaps, and ethical dilemmas associated with the adoption of these technologies, notably considering the recent administrative regulation in Brazil. Special focus will be given to the potential risks of hallucination in Generative AI models, bias in AI decision-making, challenges of ensuring transparency in AI systems, and the implications for due process and human oversight.

Questions to be answered

  1. How can judiciary systems in Latin America ensure transparency and accountability when adopting AI tools, particularly in the face of biases and hallucinations from Generative AI models?
  2. What role do legal frameworks and regional cooperation play in addressing regulatory gaps and ethical concerns surrounding AI integration in judicial systems?
  3. To what extent can AI adoption in courts improve efficiency and access to justice while safeguarding due process, human oversight, and data protection?
  4. Should judges be allowed to use AI tolls which are not provided by their own Courts, considering the risks to data protection?

Moderator

Monika Zalnieriute

Australian Research Council - Australia

Senior Lecturer and Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow at UNSW Sydney. Monika’s research explores the interplay between law, technology, and politics, and focuses on automated decision-making, Internet policy, data privacy and discrimination law, and human rights in the digital age. Her work also addresses intersections among feminist and decolonial theories and LGBTI rights. Monika holds a PhD in Law from European University Institute in Florence, Italy.

Speaker

Pablo Trigo

Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) - Belgium

Pablo Trigo Kramcsák is a doctoral researcher at the Law, Science, Technology and Society (LSTS) research group and a member of the Cyber and Data Security Lab (CDSL) at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). He is also an affiliated researcher at the Center of Law, Technology, and Society (CE3), University of Chile. His research focuses on lawful grounds for big data processing, the application of the GDPR to AI system development, and cross-border data flow regulations. Pablo holds an LLB from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and an LL.M. in International Law from the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg and the University of

Speaker

Agneris Sampieri

Access Now - Mexico

Agneris Sampieri is a Mexican lawyer from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and a master's student in the European Master in Law, Data, and AI (EMILDAI) program, with a scholarship from the European Union. She has more than 11 years of experience in research, litigation, and advocacy on law and technology issues and their intersection with human rights in civil society organizations and law firms. Agneris has also served in capacity building for judicial systems in Latin America through UNESCO's regional training on Artificial Intelligence and the Rule of Law at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and has taught and lectured at institutions and universities in Latin America

Speaker

María Pilar Llorens

CETYS - Argentina

Dr Maria Pilar Llorens is a lecturer in International Law at the Universidad Nacional de Cordoba and the Universidad de San Andrés. She was a postdoctoral researcher at the National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET) where she examined issues of sovereignty in cyberspace. Currently she is a researcher at the Centre for Technology and Society Studies (CETyS) of the Universidad de San Andrés, Buenos Aires. Her expertise lies in the intersection of international law and technologies focusing on cyber governance and AI governance in Latin America and beyond. Her current research at the centre focuses on Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity, where she is the lead researcher for Argentina’s national report for the Supporting the Judiciary in the Responsible Use of Generative AI in Latin America research project. She is also a member of the Argentine Association of International Law (AADI), the International Public Law and Integration Law Institute of the National Academy of Law and Social Sciences of Córdoba, the Latin-American Research Network on Cybersecurity and takes part on the Global Partnership for Responsible Cyber Behaviour; and visiting professor at the Institute of Cyber-defence of the Argentinean Armed Forces, where she teaches International Law in the Cyberspace. She is a guest editor for the special issue on AI and Human Rights of the Business and Human Rights Journal (BHRJ).

Speaker

Filipe Medon

Center for Technology and Society at FGV Law School - Brazil

PhD and Master in Civil Law from the University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). Civil Law Professor at FGV Rio Law, where he is also a researcher at the Center for Technology and Society (CTS-FGV). Guest lecturer in postgraduate and extension courses at several institutions. Member of the "AI in Education" Taskforce of the "AI and the Future of Work" Project at Columbia University, the Brazilian Institute for Civil Liability Studies (IBERC), the Brazilian Association for Data Governance (govDADOS), and the Data Protection and Privacy Commission of the OAB/RJ. He was part of the Brazilian Federal Senate’s Commission of Jurists responsible for drafting the Brazilian AI Bill. His works have been quoted over 300 times by numerous international media outlets, including TIME Magazine, The Washington Post, CNN and Associated Press. Founding member of UERJ’s Laboratory of Law and AI (LabDIA). Lawyer and consultant. Author of the book "Artificial Intelligence and Civil Liability: Autonomy, Risks, and Solidarity".