Mantelero, A. (ed). Mediterranean Digital Societies. Law & Technology

Bloomsbury-Hart, London (Forthcoming)

This open access book provides a Mediterranean perspective on digital societies, focusing on core issues such as cultural heritage, tourism, smart city development, migration, humanitarian action management, maritime security, health data sharing, and the Mediterranean data space.

The Mediterranean Sea is not just a geographical place; it is a crossroads of cultures, economies, and political trends which are now intertwined with data-driven technologies. Neither a national nor an EU versus non-EU perspective can fully grasp the variety and complexity of the resulting space and legal issues.
This book takes a multidisciplinary approach to Mediterranean digital societies by analysing the legal, societal, and technical dimensions of the Mediterranean digital environment, with contributions by scholars and experts in this area.

The book is a key resource for scholars who want to better understand these under-explored topics and do so from a Mediterranean, rather than an EU-centric perspective. It also supports policy makers designing their digital strategies – both sectoral and general – in the Mediterranean region, and considering the impact of data-driven technologies on society and their geo-political dimension.

The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.

Mantelero, A. Beyond Data. Human Rights, Ethical and Social Impact Assessment in AI

Springer-T.M.C. Asser Press, The Hague, 2022

This open access book focuses on the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on individuals and society from a legal perspective, providing a comprehensive risk-based methodological framework to address it. Building on the limitations of data protection in dealing with the challenges of AI, the author proposes an integrated approach to risk assessment that focuses on human rights and encompasses contextual social and ethical values.

The core of the analysis concerns the assessment methodology and the role of experts in steering the design of AI products and services by business and public bodies in the direction of human rights and societal values.

Taking into account the ongoing debate on AI regulation, the proposed assessment model also bridges the gap between risk-based provisions and their real-world implementation.

The central focus of the book on human rights and societal values in AI and the proposed solutions will make it of interestto legal scholars, AI developers and providers, policy makers and regulators.

Mantelero, Alessandro. 2024. The Fundamental Rights Impact Assessment (FRIA) in the AI Act: roots, legal obligations and operational methodologies, Computer Law & Security Rev., 54, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clsr.2024.106020

Mantelero, Alessandro. 2018. AI and Big Data: A blueprint for a human rights, social and ethical impact assessment, Computer Law & Security Rev., 34(4): 754-772, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clsr.2021.105561

Mantelero, Alessandro. 2025. The AI Act: A realpolitik compromise and the need to look forward. In Spiecker I., Schertel Mendes L., Campos R. (eds) Digital Constitutionalism / Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden, pp. 311-343. ISBN: 978-3-7560-0541-3

Mantelero, Alessandro. 2025. The AI Act: A Geopolitical Tool to Foster Human Rights and Ethics. In Diego Brasioli et al. (eds) The Routledge Handbook of Artificial Intelligence and International Relations  / Routledge, Abingdon-New York, pp. 337-346. ISBN: 9781032850139

Mantelero, Alessandro. 2024. El Reglamento de inteligencia artificial: la respuesta del legislador europeo a los retos de la inteligencia artificial. In Lorenzo Cotino Hueso and Pere Simón Castellano (eds) Tratado sobre el Reglamento de Inteligencia Artificial de la Unión Europea / Aranzadi, Madrid, pp. 53-66. ISBN: 978-84-1162-931-7

Mantelero, Alessandro. 2024. Artificial Intelligence. In Massimo Marelli (ed) Handbook on Data Protection in Humanitarian Action / Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, pp. 289-332. ISBN: 9781009414630

Mantelero, Alessandro. 2023. La AI ACT: Contexto, límites y retos de una ley de primera generación. In: Perspectivas regulatorias de la inteligencia artificial en la Unión Europea / Miquel Peguera Poch, pp. 23-74. ISBN: 978-84-290-2749-5

Mantelero, Alessandro. 2023. Fundamental Rights Impact Assessment in the DSA. In: Putting the DSA into Practice / van Hoboken J., Quintais J. P., Appelman N., Fahy R., Buri I., Straub M., Berlin, Verfassungsblog, pp. 107-119. ISBN: 978-3-757517-96-0

Mantelero, Alessandro. 2022. Artificial Intelligence (AI). In: Elgar Encyclopedia of Human Rights / Binder, C., Nowak, M., Hofbauer, JA, Janig P, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 163-172. ISBN: 9781789903614

Mantelero, Alessandro. 2022. Big Data and Data Protection. In: Research Handbook on Privacy and Data Protection Law. Values, Norms and Global Politics / González-Fuster, G., van Brakel, R., De Hert, P., Cheltenham, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 335-357. ISBN: 9781786438508

Mantelero, A. and Fanucci, F. 2022. Great ambitions. The international debate on AI regulation and the human rights in the prism of the Council of Europe’s CAHAI. In Philip Czech et al. (eds). European Yearbook on Human Rights 2022 (Intersentia: Cambridge), pp. 225-252. ISBN: 9781839702655. Available on SSRN

Mantelero, Alessandro. 2022. The right to object and the right to erasure. EDPB One-Stop-Shop thematic case digest, 9 December 2022.

The case digest was commissioned as part of the EDPB’s Support Pool of Experts initiative, which aims to support cooperation among SAs by providing expertise and tools related to enforcement.

Council of Europe – Ad hoc Committee on Artificial Intelligence (CAHAI). 2020. Elaboration of the feasibility study. Analysis of the International legally binding instruments. Final report prepared by Alessandro Mantelero, Strasbourg, 15 June 2020. CAHAI(2020)08-fin

Council of Europe – Committee of the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regards to Processing of Personal Data (Convention 108). 2019.

Guidelines on artificial intelligence and data protection, adopted on 25 January 2019
Report on Artificial Intelligence. Artificial Intelligence and Data Protection: Challenges and Possible Remedies (report prepared by Alessandro Mantelero), Strasbourg, 25 January 2019