Where IFELT
Concentrates Its Work

Artificial intelligence is transforming every dimension of legal practice, judicial decision-making, and legislative processes. IFELT examines the legal and ethical implications of AI systems — from algorithmic decision-making in courts to the automation of legal services — and works to develop frameworks that ensure AI is deployed responsibly, transparently, and in accordance with the rule of law.

Digital technologies hold enormous potential to expand access to justice — reducing barriers of cost, geography, language, and complexity that have long excluded people from legal protection. IFELT promotes the development and adoption of digital solutions that make justice more accessible, efficient, and equitable, while ensuring that digitalisation does not create new forms of exclusion.

The digital age has created new vulnerabilities — for individuals, institutions, and states alike. IFELT addresses the intersection of cybersecurity and law, examining how legal frameworks can protect individuals and institutions from digital threats while safeguarding fundamental rights. The Forum also engages with the broader question of digital rights — the rights people hold in digital environments and how law can protect them.

As commerce, communication, and conflict increasingly transcend national borders, the need for effective cross-border dispute resolution mechanisms has never been greater. IFELT works to facilitate the development of legal frameworks and practical tools that enable fair, efficient, and accessible resolution of international disputes — whether between individuals, corporations, or states.

Data is the foundation of the digital economy — and the protection of personal data is one of the defining legal challenges of our era. IFELT advances the development of robust, coherent, and rights-respecting frameworks for data protection and privacy, examining how different legal traditions approach these questions and how international cooperation can produce more effective and equitable outcomes.

Beyond AI, a wave of emerging technologies — blockchain, quantum computing, biotechnology, autonomous systems, the metaverse — is reshaping society in ways that existing legal frameworks were not designed to address. IFELT engages with the governance challenges posed by these technologies, working to anticipate legal questions before they become crises and to develop frameworks that are both effective and adaptable.