Sarah Zarmsky

Sarah Zarmsky is a Lecturer at Queen's University Belfast School of Law. Her research interests lie at the intersections of international law, human rights, and new and emerging technologies. Sarah's PhD research at the University of Essex Human Rights Centre focused on accountability for digital harms under international criminal law and is funded by the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 Modern Law Review Scholarship. In Spring 2023, Sarah was a Visiting Scholar at the Human Rights Center at the University of California, Berkeley.

Sarah's work has been published in outlets such as the Journal of International Criminal Justice and presented at multiple conferences and events, including the 2022 ABILA International Law Weekend, where she was recognized as an Emerging Voice in the field of international law. Her research has been cited in multiple books and journal articles, including by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, and she has been interviewed for multiple major media outlets, including Wired Magazine and Reuters. Sarah has also advised platforms such as Meta on content moderation policies, and liaised with non-governmental organisations on the development of protocols for emerging issues related to international law in a digital age. Sarah has interned with the International Criminal Court, the International Bar Association (ICC & ICL Programme Office and the Legal Policy and Research Unit), and the International Court of Justice. She is also trained in conducting open source investigations and has volunteered with a number of organisations to assist with investigating international crimes and violations of human rights.

Sarah is also Deputy Managing Editor of the international legal blog Opinio Juris. In February 2023, she convened the well-received Symposium on Fairness, Equality and Diversity in Open Source Investigations, and is a regular organiser of its Annual Symposium on Pop Culture and International Law.