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Conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Council of Europe Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law

Reference
2025/0136(NLE) Non-legislative procedure · consent
Where it stands
Completed: published in the Official Journal on 13 May 2026 and now EU law.
Stage
Adopted by the Council
Lead committee
Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs LIBE
More facts (6)
Rapporteurs
José CEPEDA, Paulo CUNHA
Shadow rapporteurs
9 members
Decisions in plenary
1
Versions
2 versions
Opinions from
CULT, JURI, ITRE

Where it stands

The steps of this kind of dossier and how far it has come, from the procedure file.

  1. Referred to committee (done) 6 October 2025
  2. Committee work (done) Report adopted 27 January 2026
  3. Tabled for plenary (done) 2 February 2026
  4. Plenary vote (done) Adopted 11 March 2026
  5. Adopted by the Council (done) 13 May 2026

Parliament is asked to approve the decision. It can accept or reject the text as a whole but cannot amend it.

People

Committees and members responsible for the dossier, as the procedure file names them. Groups as recorded there.

Lead committee
Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs LIBE
Opinion: CULT
Culture and Education · rapporteur Nela RIEHL (Greens)
Opinion: JURI
Legal Affairs
Opinion: ITRE
Industry, Research and Energy

Decisions in plenary, 1

Every decision Parliament took on this dossier, newest first.

Effect: what the decision did. Final vote: for–against–abstained, and how it was recorded.
DateDecisionKindEffectFinal vote
11 Mar 2026Council of Europe Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law ConsentConsent given455 for, 101 against, 74 abstained by roll call

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Every roll-call vote on the dossier, in date and voting order, with each group's line at the date of the vote.

Each group's clear line at the date of the vote: a position with at least two thirds of the group's votes (at least 10 members voting), otherwise Divided; “< 10 voted” when fewer took part. Result: outcome, for–against–abstained (method).

  1. Adopted 455–101–74

    The Left
    For
    Greens
    For
    S&D
    For
    Renew
    For
    EPP
    For
    ECR
    Abst.
    Patriots
    Against
    ESN
    Against
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Versions, 2

The text of the dossier, version by version, newest first. Compare shows what changed between two consecutive versions.

  1. Adopted by Parliament11 Mar 2026

    Adopted text TA10-0071/2026 TA-10-2026-0071

    Compare with tabled for plenary

  2. Tabled for plenary2 Feb 2026

    Report A10-0007/2026 A-10-2026-0007

AI: Each version in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
  • Adopted text TA10-0071/2026: Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the Council of Europe Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law.
  • Report A10-0007/2026: Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the Council of Europe Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law, which is the first international legally binding treaty on AI governance.

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What changed

Between consecutive versions of the text, newest pair first.

No overview of what changed between versions is available for this dossier. The “Compare” links under Versions show every change between two versions.

Timeline, 7

Every recorded step, newest first, grouped by stage; the latest stage is open.

Outcome 1 step · 13 May 2026
  1. 13 May 2026

    Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

Plenary stage 2 steps · 2 Feb 2026–11 Mar 2026
  1. 11 March 2026

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 11 Mar 2026 Adopted text TA10-0071/2026Report A10-0007/2026

  2. 2 February 2026

    Report tabled for plenary

    This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

    Report A10-0007/2026

Committee stage 4 steps · 6 Oct 2025–27 Jan 2026
  1. 27 January 2026

    Committee vote: report adopted

    LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  2. 12 January 2026

    Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text. Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    CJ40-PR-779657

  3. 2 December 2025

    Committee opinion adopted

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    CULT-AL-779544

  4. 6 October 2025

    Referred to the LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; CULT (Culture and Education), JURI (Legal Affairs), ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) give an opinion.

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Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Council of Europe Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law”. Dossier, 11 March 2026. procId 2025-0136, reference 2025/0136(NLE). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-0136 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Procedure file (Legislative Observatory, OEIL), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2025%2F0136(NLE). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/procedures/2025-0136 (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-dossier-2025-0136,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Council of Europe Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-03-11},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-0136}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-0136},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Dossier. procId 2025-0136, reference 2025/0136(NLE). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2025\%2F0136(NLE). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record (CC BY 4.0)}
}