National University of Singapore’s Center for International Law recently hosted a webinar entitled “Digital Rights in the Contemporary World,” on the intersection of digital technology and human rights. Professor Rangita de Silva de Alwis, a member of CERL’s Affiliated Faculty, presented on women’s rights in digital contexts, and particularly the weaponization of online platforms to deplatform and harass women in power. She also described the nexus of lethal autonomous weapons and women’s rights, explaining how biases in training data can lead to adverse outcomes in conflict situations.

Rangita de Silva de Alwis is Senior Adjunct Professor of Global Leadership at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and a member of the treaty body to the UN Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). She is also a member of CERL’s Affiliated Faculty. Read her bio here.

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