From Cyberspace to AI: Translating Norms of Responsible State Behaviour in Cyberspace to AI in the Military Domain

Examines which lessons from international cyber norms can inform military AI governance, while identifying where direct transfer is unsuitable. It discusses incident reporting, state contact points, capacity-building and disagreements over voluntary versus binding controls.

Official materialDefense & Military ·International CooperationOfficial source · unidir.org ↗

22 AUG 2026 · Other

AI for Good: How the UN uses AI to advance human rights

In 2025, it established a Global Dialogue on AI Governance and an Independent International Scientific Panel on AI . It has also launched a global network to expand AI capacity in developing countries.

Official materialNational StrategyOfficial source · news.un.org ↗

21 JUL 2026 · Report

Engineering and Governing the Agent Harness: A Technology and Policy Framework for the Runtime Layer of Agentic AI

Examines governance of the runtime layer that connects AI agents to tools and actions. It proposes controls for permissions, approvals, logging and recovery, with implications for procurement and audit.

Official materialAccountability ·Research & DevelopmentOfficial source · unu.edu ↗

25 JUN 2026 · Report

AI Systems as Digital Public Goods

Assesses when AI systems can serve as digital public goods. It identifies lifecycle safeguards, accountability arrangements, financing and data provenance as conditions for equitable public benefit.

Official materialAccountability ·Research & DevelopmentOfficial source · unu.edu ↗

15 JUN 2026 · Report

Scenario Compendium for the Legal, Operational and Technical Analysis of Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems

Provides scenarios for assessing autonomous weapons against international humanitarian law across land, air and naval operations. The three-volume work supports legal review and operational policy analysis and is treated as one document family.

Official materialDefense & Military ·International CooperationOfficial source · unidir.org ↗

30 APR 2026 · Working Paper

AI Systems at Work: A Changing Psychosocial Work Environment

Examines how workplace AI changes psychosocial risks through monitoring, work allocation and managerial control. It connects occupational safety, equality, labour law and data protection, arguing for integrated governance rather than treating psychological harm as an isolated technical or individual problem.

Official materialLabor & Employment ·Health & Life Sciences ·Human RightsOfficial source · ilo.org ↗

21 APR 2026 · Working Paper

Nursing and Artificial Intelligence in the Republic of Korea

Examines how institutional incentives and frontline nursing needs shape AI adoption in Korean hospitals. It identifies tensions between technology investments and actual workload relief, supporting participatory design and involvement of nurses and their representatives in deployment decisions.

Official materialHealth & Life Sciences ·Labor & Employment ·AccountabilityOfficial source · ilo.org ↗

10 MAR 2026 · Report

AI in Manufacturing: Challenges and Opportunities for Promoting Decent Work, Productivity and a Just Transition

Examines AI in manufacturing through decent work and a just transition. It links adoption to occupational safety, skills, social dialogue and labour protections, providing a policy basis for discussing who participates in deployment decisions and how gains and risks are distributed.

Official materialLabor & Employment ·Health & Life Sciences ·RoboticsOfficial source · ilo.org ↗

23 FEB 2026 · Working Paper

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Nursing Profession in Germany

Examines AI use and working conditions in German nursing. Its governance discussion connects professional autonomy, psychosocial risk assessment, training and participatory implementation, including the option not to deploy systems that cannot support safe and dignified care.

Official materialHealth & Life Sciences ·Labor & Employment ·AccountabilityOfficial source · ilo.org ↗

14 JAN 2026 · Report

Compendium of Best Practices for a Human-Centered Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence in the World of Work

Collects reported G7 practices implementing human-centered workplace AI commitments. It links skills policies to privacy, non-discrimination, worker autonomy, transparency and social dialogue, while making clear that selected country examples are neither an exhaustive inventory nor proof of policy effectiveness.

Official materialLabor & Employment ·International Cooperation ·AccountabilityOfficial source · ilo.org ↗

11 NOV 2025 · Working Paper

AI in Human Resource Management: The Limits of Empiricism

Examines why empirical performance claims do not resolve the governance problems of AI in human-resource management. It links system objectives, training data and design choices to structural bias, worker rights and the limits of treating automated personnel decisions as neutral predictions.

Official materialLabor & Employment ·Bias & Discrimination ·AccountabilityOfficial source · ilo.org ↗

28 OCT 2025 · Report

Artificial Intelligence and the Employment of Persons with Disabilities: Opportunities, Risks and Recommendations

Assesses how employment-related AI can support accessibility while also creating discriminatory barriers. It outlines recommendations for employers and other actors to include persons with disabilities in design and evaluation, connecting recruitment automation to equal opportunity and meaningful participation.

Official materialLabor & Employment ·Bias & Discrimination ·Human RightsOfficial source · ilo.org ↗

10 JUL 2025 · Working Paper

Global Case Studies of Social Dialogue on AI and Algorithmic Management

Collects cases of worker and employer engagement over AI and algorithmic management. It examines how collective bargaining and social dialogue affect deployment, data use and working conditions, offering evidence about mechanisms that give workers a role in governing workplace technology.

Official materialLabor & Employment ·Accountability ·Human RightsOfficial source · ilo.org ↗

03 JUL 2025 · Report

Artificial Intelligence in the Military Domain and Its Implications for International Peace and Security: An Evidence-Based Road Map for Future Policy Action

Synthesizes research on military AI applications, risks and governance needs, then proposes a ten-step programme for national and international policy action. It extends the policy discussion beyond autonomous weapons alone.

Official materialDefense & Military ·International CooperationOfficial source · unidir.org ↗

23 APR 2025 · Report

Revolutionizing Health and Safety: The Role of AI and Digitalization at Work

Examines occupational safety and health risks from AI, robotics, digital monitoring and algorithmic management. It compares policy and regulatory responses and connects preventive risk assessment, worker participation and organizational responsibility to the changing conditions of digital work.

Official materialLabor & Employment ·Health & Life Sciences ·RoboticsOfficial source · ilo.org ↗

06 MAR 2025 · Report

The Interpretation and Application of International Humanitarian Law in Relation to Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems

Compares interpretations of humanitarian-law duties relevant to autonomous weapons, including civilian protection and accountability. It identifies unresolved legal questions and implementation measures that require further clarification by states.

Official materialDefense & Military ·International CooperationOfficial source · unidir.org ↗

27 FEB 2025 · Report

Generative AI and the Media and Culture Industry

Examines generative AI in creative industries through compensation, control and consent. It connects changing work and authorship practices to ethical governance and collective bargaining, identifying policy questions that cannot be answered by measuring occupational exposure alone.

Official materialGenerative AI ·Labor & Employment ·Intellectual PropertyOfficial source · ilo.org ↗

07 FEB 2025 · Report

The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Regional Security, Threat Perceptions and the Middle East WMD-Free Zone

Assesses how military AI could affect proliferation risks and negotiations for a Middle East zone free of weapons of mass destruction. It examines both destabilizing dynamics and possible applications in arms-control verification.

Official materialDefense & Military ·International CooperationOfficial source · unidir.org ↗

06 NOV 2024 · Report

Large Language Models and International Security: A Primer

Explains security-relevant uses and misuse of large language models, including decision support, biological threats and cyber operations. It outlines risk-reduction priorities for the international AI-governance agenda.

Official materialDefense & Military ·International CooperationOfficial source · unidir.org ↗

24 OCT 2024 · Report

Draft Guidelines for the Development of a National Strategy on AI in Security and Defence

Offers draft procedural and substantive guidance for preparing, implementing and reviewing national military-AI strategies. It addresses the gap between general national AI policy and security-sector governance; it is an institutional proposal, not an adopted state obligation.

Official materialDefense & Military ·International CooperationOfficial source · unidir.org ↗

22 SEP 2024 · National Strategy

Global Digital Compact — AI Governance Provisions

UN Global Digital Compact including provisions for international AI governance framework

Official materialNational StrategyOfficial source · un.org ↗

31 JUL 2024 · Report

Confidence-Building Measures for Artificial Intelligence: A Multilateral Perspective

Develops a framework for AI confidence-building measures using historical experience and state perspectives. It considers practical steps to reduce uncertainty and build cooperation on AI-related international-security risks.

Official materialDefense & Military ·International CooperationOfficial source · unidir.org ↗

26 JUL 2024 · Report

Mind the AI Divide: Shaping a Global Perspective on the Future of Work

Examines unequal capacity to benefit from AI across countries and labour markets. It links infrastructure and skills gaps to international cooperation, labour standards and inclusive governance, arguing that the distribution of AI gains depends on policy choices rather than technology diffusion alone.

Official materialLabor & Employment ·International Cooperation ·Human RightsOfficial source · ilo.org ↗

21 MAR 2024 · National Strategy

UN General Assembly Resolution on Artificial Intelligence

First UN General Assembly resolution on AI, calling for safe, secure, and trustworthy AI systems

Official materialNational StrategyOfficial source · un.org ↗

19 FEB 2024 · Report

Algorithmic Management Practices in Regular Workplaces: Case Studies in Logistics and Healthcare

Compares algorithmic management in logistics and healthcare in France, Italy, India and South Africa. It examines how work organization and industrial relations shape surveillance and job-quality risks, connecting evidence from ordinary workplaces to worker participation and governance beyond digital labour platforms.

Official materialLabor & Employment ·Algorithmic Accountability ·Data Privacy & ProtectionOfficial source · ilo.org ↗

07 JAN 2024 · National Strategy

UN General Assembly Resolution on AI in the Context of Global Development

UN GA resolution on leveraging AI for sustainable development while managing risks

Official materialNational StrategyOfficial source · un.org ↗

30 NOV 2023 · Report

Exploring Synthetic Data for Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems: A Primer

Examines synthetic data as a resource for training AI and autonomous systems, including its limitations and security implications. The analysis connects data quality and representativeness to responsible defence-sector development.

Official materialDefense & Military ·International CooperationOfficial source · unidir.org ↗

12 OCT 2023 · Report

AI and International Security: Understanding the Risks and Paving the Path for Confidence-Building Measures

Organizes AI-related international-security risks into a structured taxonomy and examines their connections. It provides an analytical foundation for risk-reduction and confidence-building measures rather than an institutional project announcement.

Official materialDefense & Military ·International CooperationOfficial source · unidir.org ↗

11 OCT 2023 · Report

Generative AI and Jobs: Policies to Manage the Transition

Translates evidence about generative-AI exposure into labour-market policy choices. It emphasizes social dialogue, skills and protection of job quality, connecting transition support to worker participation and the need to manage how AI is introduced rather than assume a predetermined employment outcome.

Official materialGenerative AI ·Labor & Employment ·Human RightsOfficial source · ilo.org ↗

11 OCT 2023 · Report

Artificial Intelligence Beyond Weapons: Application and Impact of AI in the Military Domain

Maps AI capabilities used in military functions beyond selecting and engaging targets. It examines limitations across eighteen tasks, helping distinguish governance needs for support functions from those for autonomous weapons.

Official materialDefense & Military ·International CooperationOfficial source · unidir.org ↗

09 SEP 2023 · Report

Towards a UN Role in Governing Foundation Artificial Intelligence Models

Evaluates possible United Nations roles in governing foundation models, including international coordination, norm development and participation by underrepresented countries. It compares institutional options and their accountability implications.

Official materialAccountability ·Research & DevelopmentOfficial source · unu.edu ↗

25 JUL 2023 · Working Paper

Artificial Intelligence in Human Resource Management: A Challenge for the Human-Centred Agenda?

Examines whether and when AI is appropriate for personnel management. It connects the assumptions behind automated hiring and evaluation to workplace power and fairness, outlining questions that employers and policymakers should answer before delegating consequential decisions to AI systems.

Official materialLabor & Employment ·Bias & Discrimination ·EthicsOfficial source · ilo.org ↗

10 MAY 2023 · Report

Proposals Related to Emerging Technologies in the Area of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems: A Resource Paper (updated)

Compares state proposals on autonomous-weapons governance across eleven themes, including human control, accountability and legal review. Only the updated 2023 resource paper is included; its annex and earlier edition are not separate candidates.

Official materialDefense & Military ·International CooperationOfficial source · unidir.org ↗

13 FEB 2023 · Report

Towards Responsible AI in Defence: A Mapping and Comparative Analysis of AI Principles Adopted by States

Compares responsible-AI principles adopted by states for defence and develops a shared analytical vocabulary. It identifies how principles may be translated into practices supporting transparency, accountability and international confidence.

Official materialDefense & Military ·International CooperationOfficial source · unidir.org ↗

28 NOV 2022 · Report

Sustainable Algorithmic Systems

Provides a worker-centered framework for governing algorithmic systems. It sets out questions on procurement, disclosure, management responsibility, redress, data rights and ongoing monitoring, connecting technical deployment to collective participation and remedies for workplace harm.

Official materialLabor & Employment ·Algorithmic Accountability ·Data Privacy & ProtectionOfficial source · ilo.org ↗

21 JUN 2022 · Working Paper

The Algorithmic Management of Work and Its Implications in Different Contexts

Develops a framework for understanding algorithmic management across platforms and conventional workplaces. It connects automated coordination and monitoring to managerial control, job quality and power imbalances, explaining why governance depends on organizational and institutional choices as well as technology.

Official materialLabor & Employment ·Algorithmic Accountability ·Human RightsOfficial source · ilo.org ↗

07 DEC 2021 · Report

Does Military AI Have Gender? Understanding Bias and Promoting Ethical Approaches in Military Applications of AI

Investigates gender bias in military-AI data, algorithms and deployment practices. It proposes review and harm-mitigation approaches intended to make defence technology governance more attentive to gender equality.

Official materialDefense & Military ·International CooperationOfficial source · unidir.org ↗

22 SEP 2020 · Report

The Black Box, Unlocked: Predictability and Understandability in Military AI

Analyzes predictability and understandability as requirements for military AI, including how their adequacy depends on intended use. It outlines ways to assess and improve these properties in governance and assurance processes.

Official materialDefense & Military ·International CooperationOfficial source · unidir.org ↗

31 AUG 2020 · Report

Modernizing Arms Control: Exploring Responses to the Use of AI in Military Decision-Making

Examines options for governing AI-assisted military decision-making that falls outside narrow autonomous-weapons debates. It considers whether established arms-control approaches can address these less clearly regulated applications.

Official materialDefense & Military ·International CooperationOfficial source · unidir.org ↗

10 JUL 2018 · Working Paper

"Negotiating the Algorithm": Automation, Artificial Intelligence and Labour Protection

Analyzes AI and automation through labour protection rather than job-count projections alone. It examines surveillance, managerial power and privacy, and argues that collective bargaining and human control are important tools for shaping the terms on which workplace algorithms operate.

Official materialLabor & Employment ·Data Privacy & Protection ·Human RightsOfficial source · ilo.org ↗