Talita de Souza Dias

About/Bio

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.

Recently Published

The Handbook on Developing a National Position on International Law and Cyber Activities: A Practical Guide for States

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…

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Russia’s “genocide disinformation” and war propaganda are breaches of the International Convention Concerning the Use of Broadcasting in the Cause of Peace and fall within the ICJ’s jurisdiction

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:…

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The Principle of Legality in the ICC’s Appeals Judgment on Abd-Al-Rahman’s Jurisdictional Challenge: A Follow-up on Merits and Shortcomings

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…

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