GNSRL Council
Neuro-Rights, Ethics and Human Rights Council
Rights-based frameworks for cognitive liberty, mental privacy, consent, and autonomy.
Council Mandate
Research, governance, and applied foresight
This council addresses the normative and legal boundaries of emerging neurotechnologies. It focuses on questions of cognitive liberty, mental privacy, autonomy, consent, and protection against coercive or exploitative neuro-inference. The council develops ethical principles, legal interpretations, and rights-based frameworks to guide governments, courts, and institutions.
Primary Question
What rights and safeguards are needed when technologies can sense, influence, or infer mental and cognitive states?
Focus Areas
Current lines of inquiry
Cognitive liberty and mental privacy
Autonomy, consent, and protection from coercion
Rights-based governance of neurotechnology
Ethical interpretation for courts and institutions
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