Development-Rights Framings is governance approaches grounded in development-rights / digital-self-determination / Global-South-sovereignty arguments rather than EU/US risk-based framings. Loudest in Brazil, India, ASEAN, African Union policy discourse. Across 26 tracked AI-governance instruments, 4 address this topic explicitly, 4 via general principles, and 18 are silent.
Definition and scope
Governance approaches grounded in development-rights / digital-self-determination / Global-South-sovereignty arguments rather than EU/US risk-based framings. Loudest in Brazil, India, ASEAN, African Union policy discourse.
The cross-jurisdiction picture below shows how each of 26 tracked instruments treats this topic. The patterns vary substantially — and 18 regimes are silent, leaving gaps that future policy work could address.
Historical primacy & cross-jurisdiction tension
First addressed by OECD AI Principles (Recommendation) on (implicit). Subsequent regimes have either codified, diverged from, or remained silent on this baseline.
- Forum-shoppingUN GA Resolution on Safe, Secure, Trustworthy AI↔EU AI Act
- Forum-shoppingIndia Digital Personal Data Protection Act + AI Advisory (MEITY)↔Executive Order 14110 on Safe, Secure, Trustworthy AI
- Forum-shoppingBrazil AI Bill (PL 2338/2023)↔Executive Order 14179 — Removing Barriers to American Leadership in AI
Cross-jurisdiction coverage
| Instrument | Jurisdiction | Coverage | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| EU AI Act | EU | silent | EU framework is rights-based but rooted in EU-charter rights, not development-rights doctrine |
| Executive Order 14110 on Safe, Secure, Trustworthy AI | US | silent | Not in US AI-governance vocabulary |
| Executive Order 14179 — Removing Barriers to American Leadership in AI | US | silent | — |
| UK Pro-Innovation Approach to AI Regulation (White Paper) | UK | silent | Not in UK AI-governance vocabulary |
| Interim Measures for Generative AI Service Management | CN | implicit | PRC has invoked development rights in UN AI debates (2024 GA) |
| G7 Hiroshima AI Process Code of Conduct | G7 | silent | Not addressed in G7 framing |
| OECD AI Principles (Recommendation) | OECD | implicit | Principle 1.1 'inclusive growth' brushes against development-rights framing |
| Council of Europe Framework Convention on AI | council_of_europe | implicit | Rights-based framing partly overlaps with development-rights doctrine but not explicitly |
| UN GA Resolution on Safe, Secure, Trustworthy AI | UN | governs | Operative paragraphs frame AI through development-rights + digital divide lens; co-sponsored by Global-South coalition |
| NIST AI Risk Management Framework | US | silent | Not in NIST vocabulary |
| Bletchley Declaration on AI Safety | global | silent | — |
| Seoul Declaration on Safe, Innovative and Inclusive AI | global | silent | — |
| NIST AI RMF Generative AI Profile | US | silent | — |
| California SB-1047: Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier AI Models Act | US | silent | — |
| India Digital Personal Data Protection Act + AI Advisory (MEITY) | IN | governs | Digital India framing centres development rights + tech-sovereignty; explicit in DPDPA preamble + MEITY's AI Mission documents |
| Brazil AI Bill (PL 2338/2023) | BR | governs | PL 2338/2023 Arts. 3-4 (founding principles include 'sustainable development' + 'human dignity' — distinct from EU AIA's rights-only framing) |
| ASEAN Guide on AI Governance and Ethics | ASEAN | implicit | Guide centres 'pragmatic + flexible' implementation reflecting member-state development trajectories |
| African Union Continental AI Strategy | African_Union | governs | AU Strategy §§1-3 (AI as continental development priority + data-coloniality framing) |
| Anthropic Responsible Scaling Policy (RSP) v2 | US | silent | — |
| OpenAI Preparedness Framework | US | silent | — |
| Google DeepMind Frontier Safety Framework | US | silent | — |
| Meta Frontier AI Framework | US | silent | — |
| UK-US AI Safety Institute Memorandum of Understanding | global | silent | — |
| White House Voluntary AI Commitments | US | silent | — |
| Singapore Model AI Governance Framework for Generative AI | SG | silent | — |
| Japan METI AI Guidelines for Business | JP | silent | — |
Silent regimes — gap signal
Instruments that do not address Development-Rights Framings — candidates for future policy work.
- EU AI ActEU
- Executive Order 14110 on Safe, Secure, Trustworthy AIUS
- Executive Order 14179 — Removing Barriers to American Leadership in AIUS
- UK Pro-Innovation Approach to AI Regulation (White Paper)UK
- G7 Hiroshima AI Process Code of ConductG7
- NIST AI Risk Management FrameworkUS
- Bletchley Declaration on AI Safetyglobal
- Seoul Declaration on Safe, Innovative and Inclusive AIglobal
- NIST AI RMF Generative AI ProfileUS
- California SB-1047: Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier AI Models ActUS
- Anthropic Responsible Scaling Policy (RSP) v2US
- OpenAI Preparedness FrameworkUS
- Google DeepMind Frontier Safety FrameworkUS
- Meta Frontier AI FrameworkUS
- UK-US AI Safety Institute Memorandum of Understandingglobal
- White House Voluntary AI CommitmentsUS
- Singapore Model AI Governance Framework for Generative AISG
- Japan METI AI Guidelines for BusinessJP
References
- CN-GENAI-2023: PRC has invoked development rights in UN AI debates (2024 GA)
- OECD-AI-PRIN: Principle 1.1 'inclusive growth' brushes against development-rights framing
- COE-AI-CONV: Rights-based framing partly overlaps with development-rights doctrine but not explicitly
- UN-RES-2024: Operative paragraphs frame AI through development-rights + digital divide lens; co-sponsored by Global-South coalition
- IN-DPDP-2023: Digital India framing centres development rights + tech-sovereignty; explicit in DPDPA preamble + MEITY's AI Mission documents
- BR-AIBILL-2024: PL 2338/2023 Arts. 3-4 (founding principles include 'sustainable development' + 'human dignity' — distinct from EU AIA's rights-only framing)
- ASEAN-AI-GUIDE-2024: Guide centres 'pragmatic + flexible' implementation reflecting member-state development trajectories
- AU-AI-STRATEGY-2024: AU Strategy §§1-3 (AI as continental development priority + data-coloniality framing)
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8 instruments tracked.