Talita de Souza Dias
Dr Talita Dias is the International Policy and Government Lead at Partnership on AI, where she leads the work on global AI governance and government affairs. Prior to joining PAI, Talita was the Senior Research Fellow in the International Law Programme at Chatham House – The Royal Institute of International Affairs, where she led research and policy engagement on how international law applies to new and emerging technologies, including cyber, online platforms and AI. Talita is an international lawyer with over a decade of combined policy and research experience. Through her work, has collaborated with a range of governments and multilateral institutions, including the United Nations, the Organization of American States, the African Union, the European Union External Action Service, and the International Criminal Court. Talita is the co-author of the Handbook on Developing a National Position on International Law and Cyber Activities: A Practical Guide for States (CCDCOE, 2025) and the author of Beyond Imperfect Justice: Legality and Fair Labelling in International Criminal Law (Brill, 2022). She holds a DPhil and a master’s degree in law from the University of Oxford and a Bachelor of Laws from the Federal University of Pernambuco in Brazil, where she is a qualified lawyer.
Editor's Note: This post is the first of three which will run over the coming days as part of a book discussion on the Handbook on Developing a National Position on International Law and Cyber Activities: A Practical Guide for States. Background The internet and other information and communication technologies (ICTs) have brought…
March 4, 2022
Talita de Souza Dias
Notice of correction by the author, as reviewed by the editors: Russia has made a reservation to Article 7 of the International Convention Concerning the Use of Broadcasting in the Cause of Peace (the compromissory clause granting the PCIJ jurisdiction over the interpretation and interpretation of the Convention) upon ratifying the Convention. The reservation reads as follows:…
December 1, 2021
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The recent judgment of the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC, the Court) in the case of Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman (“Ali Kushayb”) has already given rise to heated academic commentary and critique (see here and here). As readers may recall from previous posts on this blog, this was a judgment on an…
This is a 3-Part post on the international legal framework relevant to the prevention of, response to and mitigation of the global public health crisis engendered by the outbreak of COVID-19 — the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Part I introduces the concept of due diligence which characterises the said legal framework and looks at relevant…
In the past few years, a growing number of states have expressed their official positions on the applicability of international law in cyberspace. Most recently, New Zealand and Israel shared their own views on the topic to beef up the crowd. Initiatives of this kind are welcome and contribute to the gradual clarification of the extent…
In Parts I and II of this blog post, we presented some of the most relevant international obligations to prevent and halt the COVID-19 outbreak, and to mitigate its disastrous effects on peoples’ lives and the functioning of our society. Part III, in their light, assesses some of the measures States have adopted…