Marina Gonçalves Garrote

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Marina holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of São Paulo (USP), a Master’s degree in Civil Procedural Law from the same university, and a specialization in Gender and Sexuality from the Latin American Center on Sexuality and Human Rights (CLAM/IMS/UERJ). She has experience in the fields of privacy, data protection, artificial intelligence regulation and governance, and human rights.

During her LL.M. at New York University School of Law, she worked as an intern in the United Nations Advocacy Team at the civil society organization Access Now. In this role, she drafted memoranda on cybersecurity, the global digital compact, and the relationship between gender and digital rights, as well as participated in meetings with activists and diplomats to shape the organization’s advocacy strategy at the UN.

Marina has experience as a consultant, including her work as an International Law and Human Rights Fellow at the Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute, where she supported the Clooney Foundation in the TrialWatch project, which monitors violations of the right to a fair trial worldwide. She was also a consultant at the Global Justice Clinic of NYU School of Law, researching the regulation of carbon markets in Latin America and its relationship with the rights of Indigenous and traditional communities. Additionally, she worked as a consultant at Consumers’ International, focusing on digital public infrastructure and international data transfers, with an emphasis on consumer rights.

She was a researcher at Data Privacy Brazil, where she conducted research, led meetings with public officials and private sector representatives, and gave interviews on digital rights, data protection, privacy, and artificial intelligence regulation and governance. She also supported Director Bruno Bioni in the Senate’s Commission of Jurists in drafting a legislative proposal to regulate artificial intelligence in Brazil.

Marina completed her LL.M. in International Legal Studies at New York University School of Law, where she served as a Human Rights Scholar in the Digital Welfare State and Human Rights project at the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, investigating AI regulation and its impact on human rights. At the Information Law Institute, she was a Student Fellow, engaging in academic discussions on privacy and data protection. Additionally, she participated in the AI2 & BigScience Legal Hackathon, researching the regulation of non-consensual deepfakes in the United States and collaborating directly with Hugging Face.

Previously, she earned her Master’s degree in Civil Procedural Law from USP, where she studied the judicialization of public policies by the Public Defender’s Office during the COVID-19 pandemic. During her Master’s, she coordinated the Study Group on Law and Sexuality (GEDS), researching the rights of transgender people and drafting an Amicus Curiae brief for a class action on transgender individuals’ access to the public health system (SUS). She was also a member of the Research Group on Access to Justice and Repetitive Litigation and the Research and Study Group on Inclusion in Academia (GPEIA).

During her undergraduate studies, she completed an exchange program at the University of Edinburgh with an Erasmus+ scholarship due to her academic performance. She also coordinated the Study Group on Law and Sexuality (GEDS) and worked as an intern and internship director at the XI de Agosto Legal Department.

Graduation

Master of Laws from the University of São Paulo.
LL.M. in International Legal Studies, Dean's Graduate Award, New York University School of Law.