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May judges and court staff use AI in their own work?

Guidance or rules governing how judges, tribunal members and court staff may use AI in their own work.

As of 2026-09-04, 10 of 130 countries and entities have a binding rule for judges' use of AI, 22 have official guidance, 6 have a proposal, 1 are set by case law, 77 were checked with nothing found and 14 remain unclear. Binding countries: Brazil, China, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Nepal, Philippines, Spain.

Binding ruleOfficial guidanceProposed / consultationSet by case lawNothing foundNot yet determined
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Where this rule exists, by status

Binding rule10

Brazil

Americas · verified 2026-09-04

CNJ Resolution 615/2025, approved 11 March 2025 and in force 14 July 2025, governs judges' and staff use of AI including generative models, with mandatory human supervision, risk classification and a National AI Committee. It replaces Resolution 332/2020 of 21 August 2020.

China

Asia-Pacific · verified 2026-09-04

Supreme People's Court Opinions of 8 December 2022: AI output is reference only, judges remain fully accountable, users may decline AI assistance, and security, lawfulness, fairness and transparency principles apply. The Opinions set targets of integrated AI support by 2025 and a full framework by 2030.

Colombia

Americas · verified 2026-09-04

Acuerdo PCSJA24-12243 of 16 December 2024 applies to all judges and employees: no free or commercial chatbots, no AI for evidence assessment or deciding, human verification of every output, and express disclosure in the file of tool, model, date, purpose and prompts. It was issued to comply with judgment T-323/2024.

India

Asia-Pacific · verified 2026-09-04

Regional rather than national. The Kerala High Court policy of 19 July 2025 and the Gujarat High Court policy of April 2026 bind district judiciaries: AI only for research and administration through approved tools, never for findings, orders, bail or sentencing. Punjab and Haryana bans AI outright for judicial officers.

Indonesia

Asia-Pacific · verified 2026-09-04

Narrow instrument only. Letter No. 112/WKMA.Y/HK2.1/IX/2026 of 2 September 2026 bars circulating draft judgment-writing materials outside the working team, including by uploading them to document-processing and artificial-intelligence services. No general SEMA or PERMA on judicial AI use was found.

Israel

Middle East · verified 2026-09-04

Courts Administration Procedure 01-26, 'Ethical Code for Using AI Tools in the Judicial Authority', issued by Director Tzachi Uziel on 26 Mar 2026, drafted by a team under Judge Rami Khaimowitz and approved by Supreme Court President Yitzhak Amit. Applies to judges, registrars and court staff; conditions use on training.

Philippines

Asia-Pacific · verified 2026-09-04

Canon VI, Section 6 of the CJCA governs the ethical use of technology and AI; the Framework provides that AI is an aid that must never substitute the judge's own discernment and discretion, especially in writing decisions and resolutions.

Spain

Europe · verified 2026-09-04

CGPJ Instruccion 2/2026, agreed by the Pleno on 28 January 2026 and published in the state gazette on 30 January, binds judges and magistrates: effective human control, no autonomous decision-making, no unapproved tools except for study with open-source material and no judicial data, full personal responsibility, CGPJ supervision and training.

Official guidance22

Argentina

Americas · verified 2026-09-04

There is no national rule. Provincial protocols bind their own judiciaries: the Rio Negro generative-AI good-practice protocol of October 2024, Santa Fe Circular 25 of 4 April 2025 for judges and defenders given generative-AI access, and Jujuy Acordada 31/2025 of 11 April 2025 with its protocol and authorisation form.

Australia

Asia-Pacific · verified 2026-09-04

The Chief Justice of NSW issued Guidelines for New South Wales Judges on 21 November 2024, applying to all NSW courts. Victoria's Supreme Court issued judicial guidelines on 14 May 2026 and Queensland Courts publish guidelines for judicial officers. All require verification and bar entry of case material into public tools.

Canada

Americas · verified 2026-09-04

The Canadian Judicial Council's Guidelines for the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Canadian Courts (September 2024) apply to federally appointed judges: judges may never delegate decision-making, and use must respect judicial independence, ethics, safety, transparency and ongoing education. The Superior Court of Quebec adopted its own governance framework in September 2025.

Croatia

Europe · verified 2026-09-04

No Croatian judicial guidance exists; the Croatian Bar published the CEPEJ generative-AI guidelines for courts on 11 March 2026 as the applicable reference. The anonymisation Rulebook keeps the judge responsible for additional anonymisation beyond the ANON proposal.

European Union

Europe · verified 2026-09-04

CEPEJ Guidelines CEPEJ(2025)18Final (19 Dec 2025) govern generative AI use by courts and tribunals across 46 Council of Europe states, including all EU members. The CJEU adopted an AI Strategy (19 June 2023) and an AI Ethics Charter (26 Jan 2026) for its own judicial-support tools.

France

Europe · verified 2026-09-04

Conseil d'État charter of 11 Dec 2025 applies to every member, magistrate and staff member of the Conseil d'État, administrative courts of appeal, tribunaux administratifs, the CNDA and the Tribunal du stationnement payant. Seven principles; access to public chatbots is deliberately not blocked but is tightly conditioned. No equivalent charter for the ordre judiciaire yet — the Ministry of Justice says one is in preparation.

Hong Kong SAR

Asia-Pacific · verified 2026-09-04

Guidelines on the Use of Generative AI for Judges, Judicial Officers and Support Staff (July 2024) permit administrative and drafting-assistance uses with human review, forbid entering confidential or sensitive case material into public tools, and make the judicial officer responsible for all output used.

International bodies

International bodies · verified 2026-09-04

Ireland

Europe · verified 2026-09-04

Judicial Council of Ireland, 'Guidelines for Judges: The Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence', dated June 2024 and published November 2025 as a living document: routine and administrative tasks only, verify all output, no confidential case material in public tools.

Netherlands

Europe · verified 2026-09-04

The Raad voor de rechtspraak's published AI strategy (from early 2025) sets a ten-point plan: focus on low-risk applications, 'learning-by-doing', an afwegingskader protecting judicial autonomy and art. 6 ECHR, independent oversight of that framework, and a public algorithm/AI register. Deployment of AI in high-risk processes stays excluded. RechtspraakGPT (released 10 Dec 2025) is limited to text tasks outside the primary process. The strategy followed criticism of Rechtbank Gelderland, 7 Jun 2024 (ECLI:NL:RBGEL:2024:3636), where a kantonrechter used ChatGPT to estimate the lifespan of solar panels and the average kWh price in assessing damages.

New Zealand

Asia-Pacific · verified 2026-09-04

A dedicated judicial version applies to all judges, judicial officers, tribunal members and support staff. Seven principles: understand limitations; uphold confidentiality and suppression; ensure accuracy; address bias, including Maori and Pasifika cultural context; maintain security; disclosure; and watch for others' AI use.

Pakistan

Asia-Pacific · verified 2026-09-04

NJPMC National Guidelines for the Use of AI in Judicial Institutions, approved at the 57th meeting on 29 April 2026: AI is to assist, not replace, judges; permitted for case management, legal research, predictive analytics and document processing, with data-protection and training safeguards. High Courts retain implementation autonomy. The official text is not online.

Portugal

Europe · verified 2026-09-04

CSM Recommendations on the use of AI in judicial activity, approved by the Plenario on 8 April 2026: ten principles covering effective human control, non-substitution, judicial responsibility, independence, confidentiality, bias prevention, proportionality, training and transparency; only systems supplied by the case-management system or the CSM may be used.

Taiwan

Asia-Pacific · verified 2026-09-04

The Judicial Yuan Reference Guidelines of 22 April 2026, chapter 2, govern user conduct. Earlier Judicial Yuan statements of August 2023 committed to follow the Executive Yuan generative-AI guidelines and to develop court-specific rules.

United Kingdom

Europe · verified 2026-09-04

Judiciary AI guidance for judicial office holders, v3 dated 31 October 2025. Issued for the courts and tribunals of England and Wales; the position for the Scottish and Northern Ireland judiciaries was not verified in this pass.

United States

Americas · verified 2026-09-04

The Administrative Office's AI Task Force issued interim guidance judiciary-wide on 31 July 2025 (not published in full). It directs judiciary users to review and independently verify AI output, cautions against delegating core judicial functions, and asks courts to define approved tasks and tools.

Proposed / consultation6

Kenya

Africa · verified 2026-09-04

The Judiciary announced on 11 Aug 2025 that it is developing a Judiciary Artificial Intelligence Adoption Policy Framework to guide AI in judicial operations while safeguarding judicial independence, data privacy and due process. Draft policy and practice directions went to public participation in May 2026; nothing is in force.

Norway

Europe · verified 2026-09-04

Domstoladministrasjonen completed risk analyses for Microsoft 365 Copilot in the courts and was finalising staff guidelines in 2025; AI is used for summarisation and structuring, not decision support. No published judicial AI policy located as of 4 September 2026.

South Africa

Africa · verified 2026-09-04

The Office of the Chief Justice released a Draft Policy on Artificial Intelligence for the Judiciary for comment in April 2026. Resolution 5.2 of the 2026 Judiciary Conference (Umhlanga, 13–16 July 2026) directs the Judiciary Administration and Information Technology Steering Committee to finalise it for adoption.

Set by case law1

Mexico

Americas · verified 2026-09-04

Criteria of the Second Collegiate Court in Civil Matters of the Second Circuit, published in the Semanario Judicial de la Federación on 22 August 2025, accept AI as a support tool in adjudication subject to self-restraint, proportionality and non-harm, data protection, transparency and explainability, and human judicial supervision. No SCJN or Órgano de Administración Judicial guidelines exist.

Nothing found77

Afghanistanprovisional

Asia-Pacific · researched 2026-09-04

No judiciary guidance for judges or court staff using generative AI found as of 4 September 2026.

Albaniaprovisional

Europe · researched 2026-09-04

No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.

Algeriaprovisional

Africa · researched 2026-09-04

No judiciary rule or official guidance for judges or court staff using AI was found as of 4 September 2026.

Armeniaprovisional

Europe · researched 2026-09-04

No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.

Azerbaijanprovisional

Asia-Pacific · researched 2026-09-04

No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.

Bangladesh

Asia-Pacific · verified 2026-09-04

No Supreme Court policy on judges' AI use found as of 4 September 2026; The Daily Star and The Business Standard have argued that Bangladesh needs a courtroom AI policy soon.

Belarusprovisional

Europe · researched 2026-09-04

No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.

Boliviaprovisional

Americas · researched 2026-09-04

No judiciary guidance for judges or court staff using generative AI found as of 4 September 2026.

Bosnia and Herzegovinaprovisional

Europe · researched 2026-09-04

No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.

Botswanaprovisional

Africa · researched 2026-09-04

No judiciary rule or official guidance for judges or court staff using AI was found as of 4 September 2026.

Bruneiprovisional

Asia-Pacific · researched 2026-09-04

No judiciary guidance for judges or court staff using generative AI found as of 4 September 2026.

Bulgariaprovisional

Europe · researched 2026-09-04

No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.

Cambodiaprovisional

Asia-Pacific · researched 2026-09-04

No judiciary guidance for judges or court staff using generative AI found as of 4 September 2026.

Cameroonprovisional

Africa · researched 2026-09-04

No judiciary rule or official guidance for judges or court staff using AI was found as of 4 September 2026.

Costa Rica

Americas · verified 2026-09-04

No Corte Plena or Superior Council guideline for judges' use of AI was found; the judiciary cites the UNESCO 2021 recommendation as its evaluation framework. No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.

Côte d'Ivoireprovisional

Africa · researched 2026-09-04

No judiciary rule or official guidance for judges or court staff using AI was found as of 4 September 2026.

Cubaprovisional

Americas · researched 2026-09-04

No judiciary guidance for judges or court staff using generative AI found as of 4 September 2026.

Dominican Republic

Americas · verified 2026-09-04

The Supreme Court began a focal-group study of AI tools in October 2025 stressing ethics and fundamental rights, but no policy has been adopted. No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.

Egypt

Africa · verified 2026-09-04

No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026. The National AI Strategy lists automated legal research and legal drafting assistance for judges as a target use case, but no judiciary rule or guidance on judges' use of AI exists.

El Salvadorprovisional

Americas · researched 2026-09-04

No judiciary guidance for judges or court staff using generative AI found as of 4 September 2026.

Ethiopiaprovisional

Africa · researched 2026-09-04

No judiciary rule or official guidance for judges or court staff using AI was found as of 4 September 2026.

Georgiaprovisional

Europe · researched 2026-09-04

No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.

Ghana

Africa · verified 2026-09-04

No Judicial Service policy or Chief Justice practice direction on AI was found. Checked judicial.gov.gh 4 September 2026.

Guatemalaprovisional

Americas · researched 2026-09-04

No judiciary guidance for judges or court staff using generative AI found as of 4 September 2026.

Hondurasprovisional

Americas · researched 2026-09-04

No judiciary guidance for judges or court staff using generative AI found as of 4 September 2026.

Iranprovisional

Middle East · researched 2026-09-04

No judiciary rule or official guidance for judges or court staff using AI was found as of 4 September 2026.

Iraqprovisional

Middle East · researched 2026-09-04

No judiciary rule or official guidance for judges or court staff using AI was found as of 4 September 2026.

Jamaicaprovisional

Americas · researched 2026-09-04

No judiciary guidance for judges or court staff using generative AI found as of 4 September 2026.

Japan

Asia-Pacific · verified 2026-09-04

No published rule for judges' use of generative AI; the Supreme Court states that AI is not currently used in trials. A six-judge study group at the Tokyo and Osaka District Courts worked in early 2026 on the premise that AI will not enter judges' decision-making.

Jordanprovisional

Middle East · researched 2026-09-04

No judiciary rule or official guidance for judges or court staff using AI was found as of 4 September 2026.

Kazakhstanprovisional

Asia-Pacific · researched 2026-09-04

No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.

Kuwait

Middle East · verified 2026-09-04

No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026. No guidance from the Supreme Judicial Council or the Ministry of Justice on judges' or court staff's use of AI was located.

Kyrgyzstanprovisional

Asia-Pacific · researched 2026-09-04

No judiciary guidance for judges or court staff using generative AI found as of 4 September 2026.

Laosprovisional

Asia-Pacific · researched 2026-09-04

No judiciary guidance for judges or court staff using generative AI found as of 4 September 2026.

Lebanonprovisional

Middle East · researched 2026-09-04

No judiciary rule or official guidance for judges or court staff using AI was found as of 4 September 2026.

Macaoprovisional

Asia-Pacific · researched 2026-09-04

No judiciary guidance for judges or court staff using generative AI found as of 4 September 2026.

Mauritiusprovisional

Africa · researched 2026-09-04

No judiciary rule or official guidance for judges or court staff using AI was found as of 4 September 2026.

Moldovaprovisional

Europe · researched 2026-09-04

No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.

Mongoliaprovisional

Asia-Pacific · researched 2026-09-04

No judiciary guidance for judges or court staff using generative AI found as of 4 September 2026.

Montenegroprovisional

Europe · researched 2026-09-04

No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.

Myanmarprovisional

Asia-Pacific · researched 2026-09-04

No judiciary guidance for judges or court staff using generative AI found as of 4 September 2026.

Namibiaprovisional

Africa · researched 2026-09-04

No judiciary rule or official guidance for judges or court staff using AI was found as of 4 September 2026.

Nicaraguaprovisional

Americas · researched 2026-09-04

No judiciary guidance for judges or court staff using generative AI found as of 4 September 2026.

Nigeria

Africa · verified 2026-09-04

No guidance for judges or court staff. The Chief Justice of Nigeria urged responsible adoption of AI at the NBA Annual General Conference (24 Aug 2026) but issued no rule or policy.

North Macedoniaprovisional

Europe · researched 2026-09-04

No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.

Omanprovisional

Middle East · researched 2026-09-04

No judiciary rule or official guidance for judges or court staff using AI was found as of 4 September 2026.

Panama

Americas · verified 2026-09-04

No Supreme Court acuerdo or guideline for judges' use of AI found as of 4 September 2026.

Paraguayprovisional

Americas · researched 2026-09-04

No judiciary guidance for judges or court staff using generative AI found as of 4 September 2026.

Peru

Americas · verified 2026-09-04

The judiciary confirmed in 2024 that it had issued no AI guidance for judges, and as of August 2026 its Digital Transformation Committee was still expected to approve AI-use policies. No rule or guidance is in force as of 4 September 2026.

Puerto Ricoprovisional

Americas · researched 2026-09-04

No Puerto Rico Supreme Court or District of Puerto Rico AI-use guidance for judges was found as of 4 September 2026.

Russiaprovisional

Europe · researched 2026-09-04

No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.

Saudi Arabia

Middle East · verified 2026-09-04

No published guidance for judges or court staff on using AI as of 4 September 2026.

Senegalprovisional

Africa · researched 2026-09-04

No judiciary rule or official guidance for judges or court staff using AI was found as of 4 September 2026.

Serbiaprovisional

Europe · researched 2026-09-04

No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.

Sri Lanka

Asia-Pacific · verified 2026-09-04

No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.

Tanzaniaprovisional

Africa · researched 2026-09-04

No judiciary rule or official guidance for judges or court staff using AI was found as of 4 September 2026.

Trinidad and Tobagoprovisional

Americas · researched 2026-09-04

No judiciary guidance for judges or court staff using generative AI found as of 4 September 2026.

Tunisiaprovisional

Africa · researched 2026-09-04

No judiciary rule or official guidance for judges or court staff using AI was found as of 4 September 2026.

Türkiye

Middle East · verified 2026-09-04

No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026. Neither the Council of Judges and Prosecutors nor the Ministry of Justice has published a circular (genelge) or ethics instrument on judges' use of AI; the Turkish Judicial Ethics Declaration does not address it.

Ugandaprovisional

Africa · researched 2026-09-04

No judiciary rule or official guidance for judges or court staff using AI was found as of 4 September 2026.

United Arab Emirates

Middle East · verified 2026-09-04

No published guidance for judges or court staff in the onshore courts, DIFC or ADGM as of 4 September 2026. The AI judicial platform announced on 28 July 2026 is described as leaving final judgments to judges, but no rule has been published.

Uzbekistanprovisional

Asia-Pacific · researched 2026-09-04

No judiciary guidance for judges or court staff using generative AI found as of 4 September 2026.

Venezuelaprovisional

Americas · researched 2026-09-04

No judiciary guidance for judges or court staff using generative AI found as of 4 September 2026.

Zambiaprovisional

Africa · researched 2026-09-04

No judiciary rule or official guidance for judges or court staff using AI was found as of 4 September 2026.

Zimbabweprovisional

Africa · researched 2026-09-04

No judiciary rule or official guidance for judges or court staff using AI was found as of 4 September 2026.

Not yet determined14

Czechia

Europe · verified 2026-09-04

No Ministerstvo spravedlnosti, Nejvyšší soud or Ústavní soud guideline on judges' use of generative AI could be checked; usoud.cz refused connection during this session.

Denmark

Europe · verified 2026-09-04

No published Domstolsstyrelsen guideline for judges' use of generative AI found. LOV nr 467/2025 splits supervision: Domstolsstyrelsen for courts' non-judicial AI use, the individual court for AI used in its judicial capacity — a structure designed to protect judicial independence.

Finland

Europe · verified 2026-09-04

No published Tuomioistuinvirasto or Ministry of Justice guidance on judges' and court staff use of generative AI could be located; the agency's site carries no AI section and ministry pages were unreachable during research. Position not determined.

Hungary

Europe · verified 2026-09-04

The Kúria homepage was checked on 4 September 2026 and carried no AI item; birosag.hu (OBH) returned HTTP 403. No judiciary AI guidance confirmed either way.

Romania

Europe · verified 2026-09-04

The CSM homepage was checked on 4 September 2026 and showed no AI item, but deeper sections (hotărâri, digitalisation commission) could not be searched. No judiciary AI guidance confirmed either way.

Singapore

Asia-Pacific · verified 2026-09-04

Not established. The 2024 Registrar's Circular is addressed to court users, not judges, and no separate Singapore judiciary guidance for judges or court staff was located before the session search budget was exhausted.

Slovakia

Europe · verified 2026-09-04

Not researched — no Ministerstvo spravodlivosti or Najvyšší súd guideline on judges' use of generative AI could be checked without search access.

Thailand

Asia-Pacific · verified 2026-09-04

Not substantiated. No judicial AI-use guidance was found on reachable Courts of Justice pages; oja.coj.go.th and library.coj.go.th were unreachable.

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SafeLegalAI Legal AI Regulation Tracker, "Judges' use of AI" by country, https://safelegalai.com/regulation/category/judicial-use (accessed 2026-09-04). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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