Tamar
Megiddo
Tamar Megiddo’s current research explores the limitations of human rights law in addressing and curbing the harms resulting from the international trade in spyware.
While human rights are apt to describe the relationship between a spyware target and the government spying on them and provide redress, this is arguably not the case with respect to the victim’s relationship with the state exporting or permitting the
export of military-grade spyware. It would often be difficult to attribute spyware-related violations of rights to the exporting government
and such abuse often takes place outside its jurisdiction and in a manner which would not meet the tests of extraterritorial jurisdiction.
Dr. Tamar Megiddo is a lecturer at the College of Law and Business, teaching and researching public international law, law and technology, and migration and refugees. Megiddo holds a bachelor's degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a masters' and doctorate in law from New York University. Her work has been published in leading academic journals including the Harvard International Law Journal, The Yale Journal of International Law and Theoretical Inquiries in Law.