Netta Goussac is Special Counsel at Lexbridge and an Associate Senior Researcher with the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Netta has worked as an international lawyer for over fifteen years, including for the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Australian Government’s Office of International Law, and as a lecturer at the Australian National University. Netta has particular expertise in legal frameworks related to the development, acquisition and transfer of weapons, specialising in international humanitarian law. Netta has provided legal and policy advice and undertaken research related to new technologies of warfare, including autonomous weapons, military applications of artificial intelligence and cyber and space security. Her practice is focused on working with states to develop and strengthen international rules, and to ensure their implementation in national legislation, regulations, and policies. Netta has provided technical, advisory and capacity-building services in the Pacific, in Asia and in Europe.

Experience

  • 2020–present
    Associate Senior Researcher, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
  • 2020–present
    Special Counsel, Lexbridge

Education

  • 2009 
    Australian National University, Master of Laws

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