Dr Susie Alegre

Dr. Susie Alegre is a human rights barrister, author and digital rights pioneer with over 25 years of experience in international law and deep expertise in the right to freedom of thought and its application to neurotechnology. She is the author of the book “Freedom to Think: Protecting a Fundamental Human Right in the Digital Age,” (Atlantic Books 2022) which was recognized as a Book of the Year by the Financial Times in 2022 and shortlisted for the Royal Society of Literature Christopher Bland Prize. Her latest book “Human Rights, Robot Wrongs: Being Human in the Age of AI” (Atlantic Books 2024) explores the human impacts of the latest wave of AI.

An Associate of Garden Court Chambers and a Senior Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) where she leads a project on the right to freedom of thought and is a globally recognised legal expert in the field of law and technology and sits on the Advisory Panel of the Tech Justice Law Project. She was appointed as a Deputy High Court Judge in 2021 and as a Member of the Commission for Control of Interpol’s Files in 2022.

Susie has advised governments, civil society, international organisations and private companies on emerging technologies and the legal framework for human rights and equality that applies to them. Recent examples of her work include a report for UNICEF on Neurotechnology and Children’s Rights and strategic advisory work for the UK’s Equality and Human Rights Commission on AI and emerging technologies.