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A United Nations Charter for the Digital Age – When machines govern without mandate and humans watch without power, the problem is not technological. It is constitutional.
| datacite.subject.fos | Engenharia e Tecnologia | |
| datacite.subject.fos | Humanidades | |
| datacite.subject.sdg | 01:Erradicar a Pobreza | |
| datacite.subject.sdg | 04:Educação de Qualidade | |
| datacite.subject.sdg | 08:Trabalho Digno e Crescimento Económico | |
| datacite.subject.sdg | 09:Indústria, Inovação e Infraestruturas | |
| datacite.subject.sdg | 13:Ação Climática | |
| datacite.subject.sdg | 16:Paz, Justiça e Instituições Eficazes | |
| dc.contributor.author | Borges Gouveia, Luis | |
| dc.contributor.editor | Future Group - APDSI | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-15T09:16:05Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-15T09:16:05Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2026-07-09 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This APDSI presentation (July 2026) argues that the 1945 United Nations Charter is obsolete for a world defined by cross-border autonomous systems and digital flows. It characterizes the current situation as a "constitutional void" rather than just a technological challenge, asserting that 2026 represents a critical "window of opportunity" for global action. The core problem identified is that current AI models are "unfinished business," lacking semantic understanding and causal reasoning. This creates a civilizational danger where the human mind, now seen as critical infrastructure, is threatened by algorithmic manipulation and "algorithmic coloniality"—a concentration of power in the US and China that erodes the cognitive sovereignty of the Global South. Additionally, the digital economy is not immaterial; it is colliding with the planet’s biophysical limits regarding energy, water, and rare minerals. To address this, the APDSI proposes a new global legal framework based on five non-negotiable principles: - Responsibility: Human primacy in all decisions. - Democracy: Legitimacy must prevail over technical efficiency. - Irreversibility: Prohibiting essential technological dependencies that cannot be reversed. - Zero Opacity: The inalienable right to an explanation. - Sovereignty: The right of peoples to determine their own technological governance. Specific proposed articles include protecting Cognitive Sovereignty as an international public good, ensuring Distributive Justice by taxing labor-replacing automation, and prohibiting the use of technological dependency as a weapon. The presentation also lists absolute bans on self-replicating AI, autonomous lethal weapons, and mass biometric surveillance. The implementation strategy involves activating Article 109 of the UN Charter to convene a General Review Conference. Portugal is highlighted as the ideal mediator for this movement, using its "smart power" and relationships with the Global South to ensure human dignity prevails over technocracy. | eng |
| dc.identifier.citation | Gouveia, L. (2026). UN Charter renovation into the Information Society perspective. Futures Group, APDSI - Association for the Promotion and Development of the Information Society. 9th july 2026. Presentation on the behalf of the Futures Group, APDSI. Webinar. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10284/15520 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | |
| dc.publisher | Futures Group - APDSI | |
| dc.relation | Futures Group - APDSI | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| dc.title | A United Nations Charter for the Digital Age – When machines govern without mandate and humans watch without power, the problem is not technological. It is constitutional. | eng |
| dc.type | other | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.citation.title | APDSI | |
| oaire.citation.volume | 1 | |
| oaire.version | http://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85 | |
| person.familyName | Borges Gouveia | |
| person.givenName | Luis | |
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| person.identifier.ciencia-id | 6B1C-3509-9FA5 | |
| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0002-2079-3234 | |
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