AI for Justice and Justice for AI: Expert Discussion on AI, Governance, and People-Centered Justice

February 5, 2026 | 10:30 a.m.–12:3o p.m. (EST) | In-person and online

Bahá’í International Community United Nations Office (866 United Nations Plaza, Suite 120)

This event is hosted by the Pathfinders’ Justice for All program at New York University’s Center on International Cooperation in its role as secretariat of the Justice Action Coalition. It is co-sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Costa Rica to the United Nations, the Permanent Mission of Denmark to the UN, and the Oxford Institute of Technology and Justice.

This hybrid event will include two expert panels to discuss Justice for AI and AI for Justice, to respond to these two gaps in the discourse on AI, governance, and justice.

Panel 1: Justice for AI will focus on the current state of AI governance and the role that justice actors, as implementers of rules and guarantors of rights, can play in localizing an inclusive and equitable AI revolution. It will explore how lessons from people-centered justice can contribute to redress, accountability, and participatory mechanisms that ensure everyone has access to the benefits of technology. Experts will also explore how the people-centered justice movement can engage with AI governance priorities and how the inclusion of justice actors in upstream global AI governance debates can support nuanced, inclusive, and effective governance outcomes on the ground. (45 minutes)

Panel 2: AI for Justice will focus on the current challenges and opportunities that AI presents to the justice sector. Experts will share innovations on AI and justice, opportunities for the future, and the challenges that they face. They will also discuss how AI governance gaps are impacting the delivery of equal access to justice for all. Panelists will help identify priorities for a people-centered AI-for-justice agenda. (45 minutes)

Agenda

Opening Remarks

• Fernando Marani, Program Director, Justice, Inclusion, and Equality, Pathfinders, Center on International Cooperation at New York University 

Panel 1: Justice for AI

• Alfredo José Pizzaro Campos, Minister Counselor, Permanent Mission of Costa Rica to the UN
• Kate Fox Principi, Lead on the administration of justice, UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
• Iain Levine, former Member of the Human Rights Policy Team, Meta
• Anoush Rima Tatevossian, Senior Associate, Stakeholder Engagement, The Future Society
• (Moderator) Nate Edwards, Program Officer, Justice for All, Pathfinders, Center on International Cooperation at New York University

10-Minute Coffee Break

Panel 2: AI for Justice

• Frederico Franco Alvim, Head of Coordination for Combating Disinformation of the Supreme Court of Brazil
• Philip McGrath, Senior Governance Specialist, The World Bank
• Maya Markovich, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Justice Technology Association; Vice President at AAA-ICDR Institute (American Arbitration Association)
• Mariane Piccinin Barbieri, Policy Analyst, Justice and Rule of Law, Public Governance Directorate, OECD
• Katarina Sydow, Adjunct Professor at NYU School of Law and External Legal Advisor to the UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers
• (Moderator) Lodovica Raparelli, Head of Research and Projects, Oxford Institute of Technology and Justice