A new book entitled “The Legal Framework Governing Human Acts of Assigning Facial and Voice Biometrics to Artificial Intelligence Robots – A Comparative Study” has been published by Al-Mu’assasa Al-Haditha lil-Kitab (The Modern Institution for Books) in Lebanon, co-authored by Lecturer Haider Salah Kadhim, faculty member at the College of Law, University of Al-Qadisiyah, and Dr. Lubna Abdul-Hussein Issa, faculty member at the College of Law, University of Baghdad.
This book provides a detailed legal examination of how individuals assign their facial and voice biometric data to companies specialized in the development of intelligent humanoid robots—machines that now closely mimic human appearance and behavior with astonishing accuracy. We are witnessing a time in which human features are scanned like applications are downloaded, and individuals sign contracts in which they effectively “sell” their faces—akin to a final signature on a mirror that no longer reflects them.
Facial features and voices are no longer exclusively owned by their originators; they have become commodities transferred to robots that smile at strangers and speak with voices they do not own. In this digital transformation, human identity is fragmented into data, and the self is reduced to a stream of code, stripped of memory, soul, or warmth.
In the face of this radical transformation, the law stands perplexed, attempting to comprehend a contract that does not sell tangible property but instead transfers effects, likenesses, and raw data—intangible assets that raise profound questions about ownership, consent, identity, and dignity.
This book offers a comparative legal perspective that explores the boundaries and challenges of existing legal systems in addressing these emerging realities, while proposing potential frameworks for regulation that preserve human rights in the age of artificial embodiment.
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