The University of Macau (UM) has recently hosted a seminar on the consolidation of the rule of law and the challenges posed by digitalisation, titled “The Consolidation of the Rule of Law and the Challenges of Digitalisation”, which brought together scholars from Macau, Angola, and Mozambique, according to a statement from the public university on Monday.
UM’s Faculty of Law (FLL), together with the Faculty of Law of Agostinho Neto University (UAN) in Angola and the Faculty of Law of Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM) in Mozambique, jointly conducted the seminar on October 15 to promote multicultural and trans jurisdictional exchange, the statement said.
According to the statement, the event gathered scholars, experts, faculty members, and students to discuss how digital transformation is reshaping the rule of law.
The opening ceremony was presided over by UM Vice Rector Rui Martins, with remarks from Tong Io Cheng, dean of the Faculty of Law, the statement noted, adding that José Octávio Serra Van-Dúnem, director of the Centre for Legal, Economic and Social Studies at UAN, and Eduardo Chiziane, dean of the Faculty of Law at UEM, also attended.
Six thematic sessions examined issues linking law, digitalisation, and artificial intelligence (AI) in Macau and Portuguese-speaking countries (PSCs), the statement said.
Topics included the ongoing dialogue between law and rights in Angola; sources of Angolan criminal law; the justice model in Angola and the validity of evidence obtained through facial reconstruction from genetic profiles; Mozambique’s AI policy; digital transformation of administrative governance; AI-mediated family dispute resolution; protection of traditional cultural expressions against generative AI; smart contracts; the role of community courts; digitalisation and climate justice; legal control of algorithmic systems; digital assets; taxation in the digital age; the rule of law in the digital era; and developments in the legal profession as large language models evolve, according to the statement.
The closing session featured remarks by Manuel Trigo, director of the UM Centre for Law Studies, along with Van-Dúnem and Chiziane, the statement said, adding that the seminar aimed to strengthen academic exchanges among participants from Macau, Angola, and Mozambique and laid the groundwork for future cooperation in law and technology.
This handout photo provided by the University of Macau (UM) yesterday shows scholars, experts, and faculty members posing for a group photo at ‘The Consolidation of the Rule of Law and the Challenges of Digitalisation’ seminar on October 15. The public university released a statement on Monday about the one-day seminar.
