The EU AI Act and the Rights-based Approach to Technological Governance

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2603.22920v1
• Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2026 08:07:23 GMT
• Title: The EU AI Act and the Rights-based Approach to Technological Governance
• Abstract summary: Article examines how the AI Act institutionalises a human-centric approach to AI.<n>It argues that fundamental rights function not merely as aspirational goals, but as legal thresholds and procedural triggers.<n>It suggests that the AI Act has the potential to serve as a model for rights-preserving AI systems.
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• Abstract: The EU AI Act constitutes an important development in shaping the Union's digital regulatory architecture. The Act places fundamental rights at the heart of a risk-based governance framework. The article examines how the AI Act institutionalises a human-centric approach to AI and how the AI Act's provisions explicitly and implicitly embed the protection of rights enshrined in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. It argues that fundamental rights function not merely as aspirational goals, but as legal thresholds and procedural triggers across the lifecycle of an AI system. The analysis suggests that the AI Act has the potential to serve as a model for rights-preserving AI systems, while acknowledging that challenges will emerge at the level of implementation.

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