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EP resolution on civil and military uses of AI
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Official metadata
- Official title
- European Parliament resolution of 20 January 2021 on artificial intelligence: questions of interpretation and application of international law in so far as the EU is affected in the areas of civil and military uses and of state authority outside the scope of criminal justice (2020/2013(INI))
- Official reference
- P9_TA(2021)0009
- Document type
- Resolution
- Document date
- 2021-01-20
- Document date kind
- Institutional adoption
- Document-date evidence
- Publications Office of the European Union · Resolution heading — Institutional adoption on 20 January 2021.
- Publication date
- 2021-11-10
- Publication-date evidence
- Publications Office of the European Union · OJ C 456, 10 November 2021, pages 34–46 — Publication date of the cited OJ manifestation.
- Version label
- Adopted resolution, Official Journal manifestation
- Legal status
- Non binding
- Language
- en
Research classifications
These are researcher classifications used to organise and analyse the corpus; they are not official EU metadata.
- Record level
- Principal
- Version status
- Final
- Temporal collection
- Contemporary EU AI policy
- Relevance class
- Direct AI relevance
- Policy stage
- Adoption
- Corpus tier
- Directly related
- Sectors
- Policy membership
Classification evidence
- Relevance class: Direct AI relevance · Publications Office of the European Union · Paragraphs 3–15 and 52–54 — Dedicated substantive analysis or recommendations concerning AI.
- Sector tags: Defence and security · Publications Office of the European Union · Paragraphs 3–15 and 49 — Addresses military AI and meaningful human control.
- Sector tags: Public administration · Publications Office of the European Union · Paragraphs 52–54 — Requires safeguards for public-authority AI decisions.
- Provenance tags: Authored by an EU institution · Publications Office of the European Union · Heading and acting body — Parliament authors the institutional resolution.
- Provenance tags: Officially published · Publications Office of the European Union · OJ masthead — Official dated publication is evidenced.
- Sector tags: Justice · Publications Office of the European Union · Paragraphs 53, 69-73 and 88-89. — Recommends safeguards for judicial AI and conflict-of-laws assistance.
- Sector tags: Health · Publications Office of the European Union · Paragraphs 63-65. — Discusses medical AI and patient safeguards.
- Sector tags: Law enforcement · Publications Office of the European Union · Paragraphs 56, 66 and 68. — Addresses police biometrics and limits on automated enforcement decisions.
- Sector tags: Education · Publications Office of the European Union · Paragraphs 56 and 75. — Addresses educational-premises biometrics and AI training for personnel.
- Sector tags: Cybersecurity · Publications Office of the European Union · Paragraphs 57 and 83. — Recommends AI cybersecurity cooperation and transport-network safeguards.
- Sector tags: Research and innovation · Publications Office of the European Union · Paragraphs 54, 69 and 77. — Supports AI research for public services, justice and transport.
- Sector tags: Media and culture · Publications Office of the European Union · Paragraph 76. — Addresses synthetic media, disinformation and labelling recommendations.
- Sector tags: Transport and mobility · Publications Office of the European Union · Paragraphs 77-84. — Addresses AI deployment across transport modes.
- Sector tags: Critical infrastructure · Publications Office of the European Union · Paragraphs 55 and 77-78. — Addresses defence-supporting infrastructure and AI-managed transport networks.
Production provenance
- Provenance tags
- Named bibliographic authors
- None recorded after review
- Institutions and roles
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- European Parliament · Adopter · role evidence · Resolution heading, 20 January 2021
- European Parliament · Author · role evidence · Heading and acting body, The European Parliament
- Publications Office of the European Union · Official host · role evidence · EUR-Lex official manifestation
- Publications Office of the European Union · Publisher · role evidence · Official Journal masthead
Official sources and identifiers
- CELEX
- 52021IP0009
- OJ reference
- 2021/C 456/04
- Official source · Publisher/host: Publications Office of the European Union
Formal procedure
Official procedure reference:
- 2020/2013(INI)
Research assessment
- Inclusion rationale
- Sets Parliament's position on meaningful human control, responsibility and oversight of military AI and AI exercised through state authority.
- Researcher notes
- One non-binding adopted resolution; the OJ appearance is the same text.
- Review status
- verified
Relationships
No additional published relationships touch this record.
Verification
- Expanded evidence review
- Verified
- Reviewed by
- Yichen Hao
- Evidence review date
- 2026-09-06T00:41:49.332+01:00
The evidence review date is not a separate human sign-off date. Review credit and evidence-review actions
- Last verified: 2026-09-06T00:41:49.332+01:00 · Primary official English text reopened on 6 September 2026; Paragraphs 3–15 and 52–54 checked for identity, authorship, publication and substantive relevance.