Introduction
I am a researcher and consultant on human rights in the digital environment, based in the UK at the University of Oxford and Chatham House. I have focused particularly on the application of human rights law in tackling disinformation and other manipulation of political and election debate: https://www.chathamhouse.org/2019/11/online-disinformation-and-political-discourse-applying-human-rights-framework I am now considering the role of human rights in tackling various aspects of online harms, and am available for discussion and consultancy in this field. Website: www.katejones.uk
By way of background, I am a lawyer and former diplomat turned academic. During my 13 years with the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, I advised on many areas of public international law and specialised in international human rights law, including as Legal Adviser to the UK Mission to the United Nations in Geneva and UK Deputy Permanent Representative (Deputy Ambassador) to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. Since 2015, I have been based at the University of Oxford, where until 2020 I directed and taught on the Diplomatic Studies Programme, a set of postgraduate courses for diplomats.
Expert
I am a researcher and consultant on human rights in the digital environment, based in the UK at the University of Oxford and Chatham House. I am passionate about this field as in my view far too little attention is currently paid to human rights online, to the detriment of every one of us. I am available for consultancy and for media and expert events in this field. I have focused particularly on the application of human rights law in tackling disinformation and other manipulation of political and election debate: https://www.chathamhouse.org/2019/11/online-disinformation-and-political-discourse-applying-human-rights-framework and related publications. I am now researching the role of human rights in tackling various aspects of online harms.
I have extensive experience of:
- participation in expert events, podcasts, media (visual and audio)
- consultancy in research, research review, event organisation
- policy and strategy development and consultation
- multilateral and bilateral negotiation, including at the UN, EU and Council of Europe
- directing teams and projects, including through periods of change
- teaching public international law, human rights and diplomacy, also health diplomacy
- international litigation.
I have extensive knowledge of the UN and Council of Europe/ECHR human rights systems, as well as international humanitarian law, counter-terrorism, sanctions, immunities, aviation and other fields of international law.
Fields of expertise: Communication and information/ICTs, Disability, e-Transformation / e-Governance, Monitoring and evaluation, Policy design and delivery, Strategic planning