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Dr Monika Zalnieriute

Dr Monika Zalnieriute

Senior Lecturer
Law & Justice
School of Global & Public Law

Dr. Monika Zalnieriute is a Senior Lecturer and Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow at UNSW Sydney.?Monika¡¯s research explores the interplay between law, technology, and politics, and focuses on automated decision-making, Internet policy, data privacy and discrimination law, and human rights in the digital age. Her work also addresses intersections among feminist and decolonial theories and LGBTI rights.

Monika holds a PhD in Law from European University Institute in Florence, Italy. Previously, Monika led a research stream on ¡®Technologies and Rule of Law¡¯ at the Allens Hub for Technology, Law and Innovation at?UNSW Law Sydney, and held a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Melbourne, where she worked on the digital rights and discrimination of marginalized groups online. Monika believes that research only matters if it has a strong and tangible impact well beyond academia; and is actively engaged both within academic, civil society and policy-making circles. She is a founding Director of a researched-based advocacy organization ¡®ZEPHIRO: Progressive Platform for Human Rights¡¯ in Vilnius, Lithuania,?and a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Media, Data and Society and Central European University in Hungary.?Monika¡¯s work has influenced policy at the National Transport Commission in Australia, Council of Europe, ICANN, Privacy International, European Parliament and the WHO.?Her work also appear?in international media outlets, such as BBC and The Guardian.

Monika has published widely in leading outlets, such as the?Modern Law Review, Harvard International Law Journal, American Journal of International Law, Yale Journal of Law & Technology, Stanford Journal of International Law,?and?Harvard Business Law Review, among others.?

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E-mail
m.zalnieriute@unsw.edu.au
Location
The Law Building (F8) Room 349 University of New South Wales UNSW Kensington Campus Sydney NSW 2052 Australia (Access via Gate 2 off High Street)
  • Book Chapters | 2023
    Amankavi?i¨±te¨B S; ?alnieri¨±te¨B M, 2023, 'A feminist approach to gender-based violence: The role of the objectification and sexualisation of women', in Gender-Based Violence and the Law: Global Perspectives and Eastern European Practices, pp. 3 - 20,
    Book Chapters | 2021
    Zalnieriute M; Bell F, 2021, 'Technology and the Judicial Role', in Appleby G; Lynch A (ed.), The Judge, the Judiciary and the Court Individual, Collegial and Institutional Judicial Dynamics in Australia, Cambridge University Press, pp. 116 - 142,
    Book Chapters | 2021
    Zalnieriute M; Bell F, 2021, 'Technology and the Judicial Role', in Appleby G; Lynch A (ed.), The Judge, the Judiciary and the Court: Individual, Collegial and Institutional Judicial Dynamics in Australia, Elsevier BV, pp. 116 - 142,
    Book Chapters | 2021
    Zalnieriute M; Bennett L; Williams G, 2021, '6 Automating Government Decision-making: Implications for the Rule of Law', in Technology, Innovation and Access to Justice, Edinburgh University Press, pp. 91 - 111,
    Book Chapters | 2021
    Zalnieriute M; Bennett Moses L; Williams G, 2021, 'Automating Government Decision-Making: Implications for the Rule of Law', in Technology, Innovation and Access to Justice Dialogues on the Future of Law, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, UK, pp. 91 - 111,
    Book Chapters | 2021
    Zalnieriute M, 2021, 'Incitement to Violence', in Belli L; Zingales N; Cursi Y (ed.), Glossary of Platform Law and Policy Terms, FGV Direito Rio, Rio De Janeiro, Brasil, pp. 165 - 167,
    Book Chapters | 2021
    Zalnieriute M, 2021, 'Violence (Cyber)', in Glossary of Platform Law and Policy Terms, FGV Direito Rio, Rio De Janeiro, Brasil, pp. 319 - 320,
    Book Chapters | 2020
    Bennett Moses L; Zalnieriute M, 2020, 'Law and Technology in the Dimension of Time', in Ranchordas S; Roznai Y (ed.), Time, Law, and Change An Interdisciplinary Study, Hart, Oxford, pp. 303 - 326,
    Book Chapters | 2020
    Zalnieriute M; Burton L; Boughey J; Bennett Moses L; Logan S; Crawford L, 2020, 'From the Rule of Law to Statute Drafting: Legal Issues for Algorithms in Government Decision-Making', in Barfield W (ed.), Woodrow Barfield (ed.) Cambridge Handbook on the Law of Algorithms, Cambridge University Press, UK, 2021, Cambridge University Press, pp. 251 - 272,
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Zalnieriute M, 2019, 'Digital Rights Of LGBTI Communities: A Roadmap For A Dual Human Rights Framework', in Wagner B; Kettemann MC; Vieth K (ed.), Research Handbook on Human Rights and Digital Technology Global Politics, Law and International Relations, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 411 - 434,
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Zalnieriute M, 2017, 'The anatomy of neoliberal Internet governance: A queer critical political economy perspective', in Otto D (ed.), Queering International Law: Possibilities, Alliances, Complicities, Risks, pp. 53 - 74,
  • Journal articles | 2024
    Zalnieriute M, 2024, 'Facial recognition surveillance and public space: protecting protest movements', International Review of Law, Computers and Technology,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Amankaviciute S; Zalnieriute M, 2022, 'Failing to Recognize Objectification and Sexualization of Women as Systemic Discrimination: Workplace Harassment Reforms in Australia', Harvard Journal or Law and Gender,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Zalnieriute M, 2022, 'A Struggle for Competence: National Security, Surveillance and the Scope of EU Law at the Court of Justice of European Union', The Modern Law Review, 85, pp. 198 - 218,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Zalnieriute M, 2022, 'Big Brother and Others vs the United Kingdom', American Journal of International Law, 116, pp. 585 - 592,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Zalnieriute M, 2022, 'Data Transfers after Schrems II: The EU ¨C US Disagreements over Data Privacy and National Security', Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, 55(1), pp. 1 - 48,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Zalnieriute M, 2022, 'Reforming the Australian Framework for International Data Sharing', International Data Privacy Law, 12, pp. 332 - 345,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Zalnieriute M; Bennett Moses L; Williams G, 2021, 'The Rule of Law "By Design"?', Tulane law review, 95(5), pp. 1063 - 1101,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Zalnieriute M; Churches G, 2021, 'Rejecting the Transatlantic Outsourcing of Data Protection in the Face of Unrestrained Surveillance', Cambridge Law Journal, 80, pp. 8 - 11,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Zalnieriute M; Weiss C, 2021, 'Reconceptualizing Intersectionality in Judicial Interpretation: Moving Beyond Formalistic Accounts of Discrimination on Islamic Covering Prohibitions', Berkeley Journal of Gender Law and Justice, 35(1), pp. 71 - 90,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Zalnieriute M, 2021, '"Transparency-Washing": The Corporate Agenda of Procedural Fetishism', Critical Analysis of Law, 8, pp. 39 - 53,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Zalnieriute M, 2021, 'Burning Bridges: Facial Recognition Technology and Public Space Surveillance in the Modern State', Columbia Science and Technology Law Review, 22(2), pp. 284 - 307,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Zalnieriute M, 2021, '¡°Transparency Washing¡± in the Digital Age: A Corporate Agenda of Procedural Fetishism', Critical Analysis of Law, 8, pp. 139 - 153,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Churches G; Zalnieriute M, 2020, '¡°Contracting Out¡± Human Rights in International Law: Schrems II and the Fundamental Flaws of U.S. Surveillance Law', Harvard International Law Journal,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Zalnieriute M; Bennett Moses L; Williams G, 2020, '·¨ÖÎÓëÕþ¸®¾ö²ß×Ô¶¯»¯', ÀíÂÛÔ¿¯ (Theory Monthly), 11, pp. 119 - 131,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Zalnieriute M; Churches G, 2020, 'When a ¡®Like¡¯ is not a ¡®Like¡¯: A New Fragmented Approach to Data Controllership', The Modern Law Review, 83, pp. 1 - 27,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Zalnieriute M, 2020, 'Beyond the Governance Gap in International Domain Name Law: Bringing the UDRP in Line with Internationally Recognized Human Rights,', Stanford Journal of International Law, 56, pp. 79 - 122,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Zalnieriute M, 2020, 'Google LLC vs Commission Nationale de l¡¯informatique et des Libert¨¦s (CNIL)', American Journal of International Law, 114, pp. 261 - 267,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Zalnieriute M, 2020, 'Human Rights Rhetoric in Global Internet Governance: New ICANN Bylaw on Human Rights', Harvard Business Law Review, 10, pp. 1 - 40,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Zalnieriute M, 2020, 'Reinvigorating Human Rights in Internet Governance: The UDRP Procedure Through the Lens of International Human Rights Principles', Columbia Journal of Law and the Arts, 43, pp. 197 - 235,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Zalnieriute M, 2020, 'The Future of Data Retention Regime in the EU After Qadrature Du Net and Privacy International Judgments', American Society of International Law Insights, 24, pp. 1 - 6,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Zalnieriute M; Milan S, 2019, 'Internet Architecture and Human Rights: Beyond the Human Rights Gap', Policy and Internet, 11, pp. 6 - 15,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Zalnieriute M; Moses LB; Williams G, 2019, 'The rule of law and automation of government decision-making', Modern Law Review, 82, pp. 425 - 455,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Zalnieriute M, 2019, 'From Human Rights Aspirations to Enforceable Obligations by Non-State Actors in the Digital Age: The Case of Internet Governance and ICANN', Yale Journal of Law and Technology, 21, pp. 278 - 336,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Zalnieriute M, 2018, 'Developing a European Standard for International Data Transfers after Snowden: Opinion 1/15 on the EU©\Canada PNR Agreement', The Modern Law Review, 81(6), pp. 1046 - 1063,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Zalnieriute M, 2016, 'The promise and potential of transgovernmental cooperation on the international data privacy agenda: Communicative action, deliberative capacity and their limits', Computer Law and Security Review, 32, pp. 31 - 54,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Zalnieriute M, 2015, 'An international constitutional moment for data privacy in the times of mass-surveillance', International Journal of Law and Information Technology, 23, pp. 99 - 133,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Zalnieriute M, 2015, 'Emerging Challenges in Privacy Law: Comparative Perspectives', COMPUTER LAW & SECURITY REVIEW, 31, pp. 157 - 159,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Zalnieriute M, 2015, 'Internet Privacy Rights: Rights to Protect Autonomy', COMPUTER LAW & SECURITY REVIEW, 31, pp. 312 - 313,
    Journal articles | 2014
    Zalnieriute M, 2014, 'Transborder Data Flows and Data Privacy Law', COMPUTER LAW & SECURITY REVIEW, 30, pp. 104 - 108,
    Journal articles | 2013
    Zalnieriute M, 2013, 'Beyond Data Protection: Strategic Case Studies and Practical Guidance', Privacy Laws & Business, International Report, 122, pp. 32 - 32
    Journal articles | 2013
    Zalnieriute M, 2013, 'Blanket criminal record data disclosure system incompatible with privacy rights', International Data Privacy Law, 3, pp. 197 - 201,
    Journal articles | 2013
    Zalnieriute M, 2013, 'Bridging Privacy Cultures: the EU¡¯s Binding Corporate Rules and APEC¡¯s Cross-Border Privacy Rules', Privacy Laws & Business, International Report,, 124, pp. 7 - 7
    Journal articles | 2013
    Zalnieriute M, 2013, 'Court of Appeal Case May Pave the Way for Compensation for Distress under Data Protection Act', Privacy Laws & Business, UK Report, pp. 8 - 8
    Journal articles | 2013
    Zalnieriute M, 2013, 'European Data Protection: Coming of Age', Privacy Laws & Business, International Report, 123, pp. 33 - 33
    Journal articles | 2013
    Zalnieriute M, 2013, 'Interdisciplinary Perspectives on International Law and International Relations: The State of the Art.', EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, 24, pp. 987 - 991,
    Journal articles | 2013
    Zalnieriute M, 2013, 'Management Implications of EU Data Protection Draft Regulation', Privacy Laws & Business, UK Report,, 168, pp. 13 - 13
    Journal articles | 2013
    Zalnieriute M, 2013, 'Market Integration Through Data Protection: An Analysis of the Insurance and Financial Industries in the EU', INTERNATIONAL DATA PRIVACY LAW, 3, pp. 215 - 216,
    Journal articles | 2013
    Zalnieriute M, 2013, 'Privacy and Security for Cloud Computing', Privacy Laws & Business, International Report, 124, pp. 26 - 26
    Journal articles | 2013
    Zalnieriute M, 2013, 'The Oxford Handbook of Internet Studies', COMPUTER LAW & SECURITY REVIEW, 29, pp. 472 - 474,
    Journal articles | 2013
    Zalnieriute M, 2013, 'Unilever Faces the Challenge of a Global Privacy Policy', Privacy Laws & Business, International Report, 124, pp. 20 - 20
  • Reports | 2022
    Bell F; Bennett Moses L; Legg M; Silove J; Zalnieriute M, 2022, AI Decision-Making and the Courts: A Guide for Judges, Tribunal Members and Court Administrators, Australiasian Institute on Judicial Administation, ,
    Conference Presentations | 2022
    Zalnieriute M, 2022, 'Power and Protest: Facial Recognition Technology and Public Space Surveillance', presented at iCON Annual Conference, Wraclaw, Poland, 04 July 2022
    Conference Presentations | 2022
    Zalnieriute M, 2022, 'The Rule of Law and Facial Recognition Technology', presented at 9th Biennial Surveillance & Society Conference of the Surveillance Studies Network,, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 01 June 2022
    Reports | 2021
    Amankaviciute S; Pringle H; Zalnieriute M, 2021, Freedom of Expression of Women in the Public Sphere: From Objectification to Technology Facilitated Sexual Violence,
    Reports | 2021
    Amankaviciute S; Pringle H; Zalnieriute M, 2021, The Role of Sexist Abuse and Objectification in Women¡¯s Activism, Submission to the Thematic Report on Girls¡¯ and Young Women¡¯s Activism for the 50th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council,
    Reports | 2021
    Bennett Moses L; Johns F; Land L; Vaile D; Zalnieriute M; Yastreboff M; Zhao S; De Sousa T; Whitty M, 2021, Submission to Inquiry into Data Availability and Transparency (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2020,
    Reports | 2021
    Bennett Moses L; Johns F; Land L; Vaile D; Zalnieriute M; Yastreboff M; Zhao S; de Sousa T; Whitty M, 2021, Submission into Inquiry into Data Availability and Transparency (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2020, ,
    Reports | 2021
    Bennett Moses L; Land L; Zalnieriute M; Zhao S; Nicholson K; Sisson S; Tani Bertuol M; Zlatanova S; Brown G; Krebbs S, 2021, Submission: Australian Data Strategy Discussion Paper, ,
    Reports | 2021
    Bennett Moses L; Zalnieriute M; Nicholls R; Yastreboff M; Di Marco B; Whitty M, 2021, Submission to Inquiry into Draft Critical Infrastructure Asset Definition Rules,
    Reports | 2021
    Bennett Moses L; Zalnieriute M, 2021, Submission to NSW Department of Communities and Justice, Inquiry into Privacy and Personal Information Protection Amendment Bill 2021,
    Reports | 2021
    Pringle H; Zalnieriute M; Amankaviciute S, 2021, Addressing Harassment as Systemic Discrimination: Realising CEDAW¡¯s Promise of Substantive Equality, Submission to Senate Education and Employment Committee, Inquiry into the Sex Discrimination and Fair Work (Respect at Work) Amendment Bill 2021,
    Reports | 2021
    Pringle H; Zalnieriute M; Amankaviciute S, 2021, Addressing Harrasment as Systemic Discirmination: Realizing CEDWA¡¯s Promise of Susbtantive Equality¡¯, Submission to Senate Education and Employment Committee, Inquiry into the Sex Discrimination and Fair Work (Respect at Work) Amendment Bill 2021,
    Reports | 2021
    Zalnieriute M; Bennett Moses L, 2021, The Rule of Law and Counter-Terrorism, Submission to Thematic Report for the United Nations General Assembly 76,
    Reports | 2021
    Zalnieriute M, 2021, "Technology and the Courts: Artificial Intelligence and Judicial Impartiality", Submission to Australian Law Reform Commission Review of Judicial Impartiality,
    Conference Presentations | 2021
    Zalnieriute M, 2021, 'A Global Public Emergency: The Pandemic and Mission Creep in India, South Africa and Chile', presented at iCON Annual Conference, Online (iCON Mundo), 09 July 2021
    Reports | 2021
    Zalnieriute M, 2021, 'AI in Higher Education', Submission to UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education
    Conference Presentations | 2021
    Zalnieriute M, 2021, 'Networking with Administrative Law and Public Law and Technology Scholars', presented at ICON Networking Event, 10 December 2021
    Conference Presentations | 2021
    Zalnieriute M, 2021, 'Technology and the Judicial Role', presented at Australasian Law Academics Association Conference, Sydney, Australia, 04 July 2021
    Conference Presentations | 2021
    Zalnieriute M, 2021, 'Transparency Washing', presented at Transparency in the Digital Environment Conference, Centre of Ethics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, 07 May 2021
    Conference Presentations | 2021
    Zalnieriute M, 2021, 'Transparency Washing', presented at Transparency in the Digital Environment Conference, organized by Center of Ethics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, 07 May 2021
    Reports | 2021
    Zalnieriute M, 2021, From Data Retention to Facial Recognition Technologies: Counter-Terrorism Implications for Human Rights and the Rule of Law,
    Reports | 2021
    Zalnieriute M, 2021, From Digital Platforms to Facial Recognition Technologies: Structural Challenges to Women¡¯s Activism, Submission to the Thematic Report on Girls¡¯ and Young Women¡¯s Activism for the 50th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council,
    Reports | 2021
    Zalnieriute M, 2021, Gender Justice and Freedom of Expression: From Public Spaces to Digital Platforms and Facial Recognition Technologies¡¯, Submission to the Thematic Report on the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression and Gender Justice for the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly,,
    Reports | 2021
    Zalnieriute M, 2021, Open Justice and Technology: Courts, Tribunals and Artificial Intelligence, Submission to NSW Law Reform Commission Open Justice Review,
    Reports | 2021
    Zalnieriute M, 2021, Open Justice and Technology: Courts, Tribunals and Artificial Intelligence¡¯, Submission to NSW Law Reform Commission Open Justice Review,,
    Reports | 2021
    Zalnieriute M, 2021, Protests and Public Space Surveillance: From Metadata Tracking to Facial Recognition Technologies,
    Reports | 2021
    Zalnieriute M, 2021, Submission to Department of Home Affairs, Inquiry into Draft Critical Infrastructure Asset Definition Rules,
    Reports | 2021
    Zalnieriute M, 2021, Technology and the Courts: Artificial Intelligence and Judicial Impartiality¡¯, Submission to Australian Law Reform Commission Review of Judicial Impartiality,,
    Reports | 2021
    Zhao S; Nicholson K; Bennett Moses L; Zalnieriute M, 2021, Submission to Inquiry on Australian Government Digital Identity Legislation Position Paper, ,
    Reports | 2021
    Zhao S; Nicholson K; Bennett Moses L; Zalnieriute M, 2021, Submission to Inquiry on Australian Government Digital Identity Legislation Position Paper,
    Reports | 2020
    Bennett Moses L; Bednarz Z; Churches G; Cooper J; Hartridge S; Joyce D; Zalnieriute M; Yastreboff M, 2020, Submission to Attorney General¡¯s Department, Review of the Privacy Act 1988, ,
    Reports | 2020
    Bennett Moses L; Chappell L; Churches G; Zalnieriute M; Byrnes A; Scully JL; Kemp K; Greenleaf G, 2020, Submission to Federal Attorney General, Privacy Amendment (Public Health Contact Information) Bill 2020,
    Reports | 2020
    Bennett Moses L; Churches G; Johns F; Parnaby L; Zalnieriute M, 2020, Submission to National Data Commissioner, Data Availability and Transparency Bill 2020,
    Reports | 2020
    Bennett Moses L; Churches G; Zalnieriute M; Byrnes A; Scully J; Kemp K; Greenleaf G, 2020, COVIDSafe App - Submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights,
    Reports | 2020
    Bennett Moses L; Churches G; Zalnieriute M; Byrnes A; Scully J; Kemp K; Greenleaf G, 2020, Submission to Senate Select Committee on COVID-19 re Privacy Amendment (Public Health Contact Information) Bill 2020,
    Reports | 2020
    Bennett Moses L; Zalnieriute M; Hartstein D; Nicholls R, 2020, Submission to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission¡¯s Ad Tech Inquiry,
    Reports | 2020
    Churches G; Murdocca M; Zalnieriute M; Bennett Moses L, 2020, Submission to PJCIS¡¯ Review of the effectiveness of the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (International Production Orders),
    Reports | 2020
    Churches G; Zalnieriute M, 2020, Submission to UNESCO¡¯s Consultation on Ethics of Artificial Intelligence,
    Reports | 2020
    Churches G; Zalnieriute M, 2020, Supplementary Submission to Review of the Mandatory Data Retention Regime prescribed by Part 5-1A of the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 (Cth) (¡®TIA Act¡¯),
    Reports | 2020
    United Nations Internet Governance Forum, Dynamic Coalition on Platform Responsibility , 2020, Glossary of Platform Law and Policy Terms,
    Conference Presentations | 2020
    Zalnieriute M, 2020, 'How Technology has Changed Public Law and How We Must Respond in the Classroom', presented at Public Law in the Classroom Conference, UNSW Law, Sydney, Australia, 20 February 2020
    Conference Presentations | 2020
    Zalnieriute M, 2020, 'Rule of Law by Design?', presented at AI and the Rule of Law: Regulation and Ethics, Annual Conference 2020, organized by the Information Law and Policy Centre, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London, UK (Online), 19 November 2020
    Conference Presentations | 2020
    Zalnieriute M, 2020, 'Rule of Law by Design?', presented at EU Commission, Digitranscope Institute, Florence, Italy (Online), 05 October 2020
    Reports | 2019
    Bennett Moses L; Arcot Ananth SN; Zalnieriute M, 2019, Submission into the Inquiry into Victorian Anti-Vilification Laws
    Reports | 2019
    Bennett Moses L; Churches G; Watson E; Zalnieriute M, 2019, Submission to the Data Sharing and Release Legislative Reforms Discussion Paper,
    Other | 2019
    Bhathela N; Bennett Moses L; Zalnieriute M; Clarke R; Manwaring K; Bowrey K; Bell F; Kearnes M, 2019, Response to ¡®Artificial Intelligence: Governance and Leadership¡¯ White Paper Consultation by Australian Human Rights Commission,
    Reports | 2019
    Churches G; Zalnieriute M; Bennett Moses L, 2019, Review of the Identity-matching Services Bill 2019 and the Australian Passports Amendment (Identity-matching Services) Bill 2019,
    Reports | 2019
    Churches G; Zalnieriute M; Greenleaf G, 2019, NSW Needs a Strong Mandatory Data Breach Scheme: Submission to Inquiry into NSW Adopting a Mandatory Reporting Scheme for Data Breaches,
    Reports | 2019
    Johns F; Compton C; Zalnieriute M; Bennett Moses L; McAdam J; Goodwin-Gill G, 2019, Submission to the UNHCR¡¯s Global Virtual Summit on Digital Identity for Refugees ¡®Envisioning a digital identity ecosystem in support of the Global Compact on Refugees¡¯,
    Reports | 2019
    Vaile D; Wijeyaratne S; Churches G; Zalnieriute M, 2019, Submission Telecommunications Data Retention Review,
    Reports | 2019
    Watson E; Churches G; Bennett Moses L; Zalnieriute M, 2019, Australia¡¯s 2020 Cyber Security Strategy Submission to the Department of Home Affairs,
    Preprints | 2019
    Zalnieriute M; Bell F, 2019, Technology and the Judicial Role,
    Reports | 2019
    Zalnieriute M; Bennet Moses L; Williams G, 2019, Submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters Inquiry into the 2019 Federal Election
    Reports | 2019
    Zalnieriute M; Bennett Moses L; Boughey J; Burton L; Bhathela N, 2019, Submission to the OHCHR Thematic Report to the United Nations General Assembly on Digital Technology, Social Protection and Human Rights,
    Reports | 2019
    Zalnieriute M; Bennett Moses L; Williams G, 2019, Submission to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee¡¯s Inquiry into Centrelink's Compliance Program,
    Reports | 2019
    Zalnieriute M; Churches G, 2019, Submission to Review of the Australian Federal Mandatory Data Retention Regime,
    Reports | 2019
    Zalnieriute M; Gould-Fensom O, 2019, Artificial Intelligence: Australia¡¯s Ethics Framework Submission to the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science,
    Reports | 2019
    Zalnieriute M, 2019, Submission to the United Nations Human Rights Council Inquiry into New and Emerging Technologies,
    Other | 2018
    Bennett Moses L; Buckley R; Johns F; Greenleaf G; Kemp K; De Leeuw M; Manwaring K; Maurushat A; Zalnieriute M, 2018, Response to Issues Paper on Data Sharing and Release,
    Other | 2018
    Yu A; Lo A; Bennett Moses L; Clarke R; Farbenblum B; Joyce D; De Leeuw M; Manwaring K; Nolan J; Zalnieriute M, 2018, Response to Issues Paper on Human Rights and Technology,
    Reports | 2018
    Zalnieriute M; Vaile D; Bennett Moses L, 2018, The Privacy and Data Protection Regulatory framework for C-ITS and AV Systems,
    Reports | 2016
    Tatlow-Golden M; Boyland E; Jewell J; Zalnieriute M; Handlsey E; Breda J, 2016, Tackling food marketing to children in a digital world: trans-disciplinary perspectives,¡¯ World Health Organization,
    Reports | 2015
    Zalnieriute M; Schneider T, 2015, A Council of Europe Analysis on ICANN¡¯s Procedures and Policies in the Light of Human Rights, Fundamental Freedoms and Democratic Values,¡¯ Council of Europe, Strasbourg, DGI(2014)12,,
    Reports | 2015
    Zalnieriute M, 2015, ICANN¡¯s Corporate Responsibility to Respect Human Rights,¡¯ Policy Brief for Article 19: Global Campaign for Free Expression,,
    Reports | 2015
    Zalnieriute M, 2015, Issue Report for the Cross Community Working Party on ICANN¡¯s Corporate and Social Responsibility to Respect Human Rights: Practical Recommendations for ICANN,
    Preprints |
    Amankaviciute S; Pringle H; Zalnieriute M, Freedom of Expression of Women in the Public Sphere: From Objectification to Technology Facilitated Sexual Violence, ,
    Preprints |
    Amankaviciute S; Pringle H; Zalnieriute M, The Role of Sexist Abuse and Objectification in Women¡¯s Activism, ,
    Preprints |
    Amankaviciute S; Zalnieriute M, Failing to Recognize Objectification and Sexualization of Women as Systemic Discrimination: Workplace Harassment Reforms in Australia, ,
    Other |
    Bennett Moses L; Buckley RP; Johns FE; Greenleaf G; Kemp K; De Leeuw M; Manwaring K; Maurushat A; Zalnieriute M, Response to Issues Paper on Data Sharing and Release, Elsevier BV,
    Preprints |
    Bennett Moses L; Churches G; Watson E; Zalnieriute M, Submission to the Data Sharing and Release Legislative Reforms Discussion Paper,
    Preprints |
    Bennett Moses L; Churches G; Zalnieriute M; Byrnes AC; Scully JL; Kemp K; Greenleaf G, COVIDSafe App - Submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights,
    Preprints |
    Bennett Moses L; Johns FE; Land LPW; Vaile D; Zalnieriute M; Yastreboff M; Zhao S; Nicholson K; de Sousa T; Whitty M, Inquiry into the Data Availability and Transparency Bill 2020 and the Data Availability and Transparency (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2020,
    Preprints |
    Bennett Moses L; Land LPW; Zalnieriute M; Zhao S; Nicholson K; de Sousa T; Sisson S; Tani M; Zlatanova S; Scully JL; Brown G; Krebs S, Submission: Australian Data Strategy Discussion Paper - Appendix 3 (Initial Consultation questions),
    Preprints |
    Bennett Moses L; Narrian S; Zalnieriute M, Inquiry into Anti-Vilification Protections,
    Preprints |
    Bennett Moses L; Zalnieriute M; Nicholls R; Yastreboff M; Di Marco B, Submission to Inquiry into Draft Critical Infrastructure Asset Definition Rules,
    Preprints |
    Bennett Moses L; Zalnieriute M, Submission to Inquiry into Privacy and Personal Information Protection Amendment Bill 2021,
    Other |
    Bhathela N; Bennett Moses L; Zalnieriute M; Clarke R; Manwaring K; Bowrey K; Bell F; Kearnes M, Response to ¡®Artificial Intelligence: Governance and Leadership¡¯ White Paper Consultation, Elsevier BV,
    Preprints |
    Churches G; Murdocca M; Zalnieriute M; Bennett Moses L, Review of the Effectiveness of the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (International Production Orders) Bill 2020 (¡®IPO Bill¡¯),
    Preprints |
    Churches G; Zalnieriute M; Bennett Moses L, Does Australia Need a Comprehensive Facial Recognition System?,
    Preprints |
    Churches G; Zalnieriute M; Greenleaf G, NSW Needs a Strong Mandatory Data Breach Scheme: Submission to Inquiry into NSW Adopting a Mandatory Reporting Scheme for Data Breaches,
    Preprints |
    Churches G; Zalnieriute M, Supplementary Submission to Review of the Mandatory Data Retention Regime prescribed by Part 5-1A of the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 (Cth) (¡®TIA Act¡¯),
    Preprints |
    Compton C; Johns FE; Bennett Moses L; Zalnieriute M; Goodwin-Gill GS; McAdam J, Submission to the UNHRC¡¯s Global Virtual Summit on Digital Identity for Refugees ¡®Envisioning a Digital Identity Ecosystem in Support of the Global Compact on Refugees¡¯,
    Preprints |
    Pringle H; Zalnieriute M; Amankaviciute S, Addressing Harassment as Systemic Discrimination: Realising CEDAW¡¯s Promise of Substantive Equality, ,
    Preprints |
    Vaile D; Wijeyaratne S; Churches G; Zalnieriute M, Submission Telecommunications Data Retention Review,
    Preprints |
    Watson E; Churches G; Bennett Moses L; Zalnieriute M, Australia¡¯s 2020 Cyber Security Strategy Submission to the Department of Home Affairs,
    Preprints |
    Yu A; Lo A; Clarke R; Farbenblum B; Joyce D; De Leeuw M; Bennett Moses L; Manwaring K; Nolan J; Zalnieriute M, Response to Issues Paper on Human Rights and Technology,
    Preprints |
    Zalnieriute M; Bennett Moses L; Boughey J; Burton L; Bhathela N, Submission to the OHCHR Thematic Report to the United Nations General Assembly on Digital Technology, Social Protection and Human Rights,
    Preprints |
    Zalnieriute M; Bennett Moses L; Williams G, The Rule of Law and Automation of Government Decision-Making,
    Preprints |
    Zalnieriute M; Bennett Moses L, The Rule of Law and Counter-Terrorism,
    Preprints |
    Zalnieriute M; Burton L; Boughey J; Bennett Moses L; Logan S, From Rule of Law to Statute Drafting: Legal Issues for Algorithms in Government Decision-Making,
    Preprints |
    Zalnieriute M; Churches G, Submission to Review of the Mandatory Data Retention Regime Prescribed by Part 5-1A of the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 (CTH) (¡®TIA Act¡¯),
    Preprints |
    Zalnieriute M; Gould-Fensom O, Artificial Intelligence: Australia¡¯s Ethics Framework Submission to the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, ,
    Preprints |
    Zalnieriute M; Milan S, Internet Architecture and Human Rights: Beyond the Human Rights Gap, ,
    Preprints |
    Zalnieriute M, Developing a European Standard For International Data Transfers After Snowden: Opinion 1/15 on the EU-Canada PNR Agreement, ,
    Preprints |
    Zalnieriute M, Digital Rights Of LGBTI Communities: A Roadmap For A Dual Human Rights Framework, ,
    Preprints |
    Zalnieriute M, Enhancing Intersectionality in Judicial Interpretation, ,
    Preprints |
    Zalnieriute M, From Data Retention to Facial Recognition Technologies: Counter-Terrorism Implications for Human Rights and the Rule of Law, ,
    Preprints |
    Zalnieriute M, From Digital Platforms to Facial Recognition Technologies: Structural Challenges to Women¡¯s Activism, ,
    Preprints |
    Zalnieriute M, Gender Justice and Freedom of Expression: From Public Spaces to Digital Platforms and Facial Recognition Technologies, ,
    Preprints |
    Zalnieriute M, Protests and Public Space Surveillance: From Metadata Tracking to Facial Recognition Technologies, ,
    Preprints |
    Zalnieriute M, Technology and the Courts: Artificial Intelligence and Judicial Impartiality, ,
    Preprints |
    Zalnieriute M, The Necessity for Binding Human Rights Obligations for Private Actors in the Digital Age: A Submission to the UN Human Rights Council on New and Emerging Technologies, ,
    Preprints |
    Zhao S; Nicholson K; Bennett Moses L; Zalnieriute M, Submission: Australian Government Digital Identity Legislation Position Paper,
  • Media | 2021
    Amankaviciute S; Pringle H; Zalnieriute M, 2021, Sexist Abuse Undermines Women¡¯s Political Voices, ,
    Media | 2021
    Zalnieriute M, 2021, A Dangerous Convergence: The Inevitability of Mass Surveillance in European Jurisprudence, ,
    Media | 2021
    Zalnieriute M, 2021, How Public Space Surveillance is Eroding Political Protests in Australia, Verfassungsblog | On Matters Constitutional, 14 December 2021, ,
    Media | 2021
    Zalnieriute M, 2021, Procedural Fetishism and Mass Surveillance under the ECHR: Big Brother Watch v. UK, ,
    Media | 2020
    Churches G; Zalnieriute M, 2020, A Groundhog Day in Brussels: Schrems II and International Data Transfers,
    Media | 2020
    Churches G; Zalnieriute M, 2020, A Window for Change: Why the Australian Metadata Retention Scheme Lags Behind the EU and USA,
    Media | 2020
    Churches G; Zalnieriute M, 2020, The Instrumentality of Metadata Access Regime for Suppressing Political Protests in Australia,
    Media | 2020
    Zalnieriute M, 2020, Due Process in Adjudication of Domain Names and Trademarks: Why the UDRP Procedure Has to Change, Oxford University, ,
    Media | 2020
    Zalnieriute M, 2020, Free Speech, Domain Names, and Trademarks: Reinforcing the Narrow Objectives of the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy, Oxford Law Faculty, ,
    Media | 2019
    Churches G; Zalnieriute M, 2019, Unlawful Metadata Access Is Easy When We¡¯re Flogging a Dead Law,
    Media | 2019
    Churches G; Zalnieriute M, 2019, Unlawful metadata access is easy when we're flogging a dead law,
    Media | 2019
    Churches G; Zalnieriute M, 2019, Unlawful metadata access is easy when we¡¯re flogging a dead law,
    Media | 2019
    Zalnieriute M, 2019, Technology, Private Companies and Human Rights: Why the Current International Legal Framework Isn¡¯t Enough, ,
    Media | 2019
    Zalnieriute M, 2019, To Forget, But Not Forgive: Why the CJEU¡¯s Latest Ruling on Google and the ¡®Right to Be Forgotten¡¯ is Not at All a Win for US Tech Giants, European Journal of International Law, ,
    Media | 2019
    Zalnieriute M, 2019, Why the coalition blinked on the facial recognition database, Australian Financial Review, ,

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  • Australian Research Council, DECRA, ¡®AI Decision-Making, Data Privacy and Discrimination Laws¡¯ (M. Zalnieriute) (2021-2024) (AUD 426,530)
  • Allens Hub for Technology, Law and Innovation, UNSW Sydney ¡®AI and Law¡¯ (M. Zalnieriute, 2021-2023) (AUD 50,000)

  • Lithuanian Research Council, ¡®Government Use of Facial Recognition Technologies: Legal Challenges and Solutions¡¯ (R. Matulionyte, M. Zalnieriute, A. Limante, E. Kvortuniene, 2021 ¨C 2023) (AUD 250,000; EUR 150,000)

  • Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration, ¡®AI Decision-Making and the Courts¡¯ (L. Bennett Moses, M. Zalnieriute, M. Legg, F. Bell) (2021 ¨C 2022) AUD 12,074
  • UNSW Law, ¡®Technologies and Rule of Law¡¯ (2019-2020) (25,000)
  • UNSW Law seed project funding for ARC Linkage ¡®The Automated State¡¯ (2019) (AUD 7,500)
  • Australian National Transport Commission ¡®Privacy and Data Protection Regulatory framework for C-ITS and AV Systems¡¯ (D. Vaile, M. Zalnieriute, L. Bennett Moses) (2018) (AUD 36,000)
  • Melbourne Law School Postdoctoral Fellowship ¡®Digital Rights of Marginalized Groups: LGBTI & Big Data¡¯ (M. Zalnieriute, 2016 ¨C 2018) (AUD 375,000)
  • Melbourne Law School Major Collaborative Grant ¡®Internet Transformations¡¯, M. Richardson, et al) (2016 ¨C 2018) (AUD 40,000)
  • Melbourne Law School International Collaboration Grant ¡®Internet Architecture and Human Rights¡¯ (M. Zalnieriute and A. Kenyon) (2016 ¨C 2017)
  • ILGA Europe ¡®Identity-based Bullying at Schools in Lithuania¡¯ (M. Zalnieriute, S. Amankaviciute, 2015) (EUR 7,500)
  • European University Institute PhD Scholarship ¡®Towards International Cooperation in Data Privacy¡¯ (M. Zalnieriute, 2013-2014) ?(EUR 23,600)
  • Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture & Science and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, NUFFIC PhD Scholarship (M. Zalnieriute, 2010-2013) (EUR 68,400)

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  • Australian Research Council DECRA Fellowship Award (2021 ¨C 2024)
  • ¡®Emerging Thought Leader¡¯ UNSW Law Nomination (2019)
  • ¡®Emerging Scholar of Note¡¯ Fellowship, 5th Biennial Crime, Justice and Social Democracy International Conference, 15-17th July 2019, Surfers Paradise, Australia (2019)
  • RightsCon Fellowship, 9-12th June 2019, Tunis, Tunisia (2019)
  • Asia-Pacific Internet Governance Forum Fellowship, APrIGF (2018)
  • Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne (2016 ¨C 2018)
  • Visiting Fellowship, Centre for Media, Data and Society, Central European University (2016)
  • Fellowship, International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association, (2016)
  • Asia-Pacific Internet Governance Forum Fellowship (2016)
  • Next Generation Award, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (2015)
  • Conference Scholarship; International Association for the Study of Sexuality, Culture and Society (2015);
  • PhD Scholarship, European University Institute, Florence (2013-2014)
  • PhD Scholarship, the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture & Science and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, NUFFIC (2010-2013)
  • Huygens Scholarship, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Leiden University (2009-2010)
  • Soros International House Best Essay Prize (2006)

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My Teaching

LAWS 8037 / JURD 7437 Surveillance, Security & Democracy