Publications | Three Generations of Digital Human Rights

Publications

Journal Articles & Papers

2026

  1. Yohannes Eneyew Ayalew, ‘Between Shut It Off and Keep It On: The Legality of Internet Shutdowns Under International Law’, 59(3) Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law 533–575 (2026).

2025

  1. Amir Cahane & Michael Sierra, ‘Nascent Regulatory Sandbox Frameworks for AI in Israel’, 1 Cambridge Forum on AI: Law and Governance e40, 1–16 (2025).
  2. Tamar Megiddo, ‘Windmills of the Mind: Comments on Mattias Mahlmann’s ‘Mind and Rights’’, 31 Jerusalem Review of Legal Studies 52 (2025).
  3. Yuval Shany, ‘How Far Can You Go? Shoehorning Digital Rights into Existing Human Rights Treaties’, 19(4) ICL Journal 435–477 (2025).
  4. Yuval Shany & Yahli Shereshevsky, ‘Programmed to Obey: The Limits of Law and the Debate Over Meaningful Human Control of Autonomous Weapons’, 57 Columbia Human Rights Law Review 108 (2025).
  5. Yuval Shany, ‘Big Tech Companies’ Obligations under International Human Rights Law’, 58(1) Israel Law Review 3–27 (2025).
  6. Noa Mor, ‘It’s a Global Village (If You Speak the Right Language): On Language Models, Digital Sidelining, and Participation’, 42(3) Wisconsin International Law Journal 329–388 (2025).
  7. Yohannes Eneyew Ayalew, ‘A Third-World Critique of the International Human Rights-Based Approach to Content Moderation’, 16(4) Transnational Legal Theory 546–577 (2025).
  8. Yohannes Eneyew Ayalew, ‘Linguistic Blind Spots in Platform Content Moderation in Ethiopia: The Case of Facebook’, 11(1) Modern Languages Open 1–19 (2025).

2024

  1. Tamar Megiddo & Melissa J. Durkee, ‘Introduction to the Symposium on Digital Evidence’, 118 AJIL Unbound 39 (2024).
  2. Yuval Shany, ‘To Use AI or Not to Use AI? Autonomous Weapon Systems and Their Complicated Relationship with the Right to Life’, 84 Ljubljana Law Review (2024).
  3. Tamar Shadmy & Katrina Ligett, ‘Reimagining Decentralized AI’, CSLAW ’24, March 12–13, 2024, Boston, MA, USA.

2023

  1. Yuval Shany, ‘Digital Rights and the Outer Limits of International Human Rights Law’, 24(3) German Law Journal 461–472 (2023).

Book Chapters

  1. Yohannes Eneyew Ayalew, ‘Balancing Media Freedom and Privacy in the Digital Age: An African Approach’ (Chapter 9), in Normann Witzleb, Megan Richardson & Damian Clifford (eds), Research Handbook on Privacy and Confidentiality in Media Law (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2026).
  2. Yohannes Eneyew Ayalew & Lea Mehari Redae, ‘Shrouded in Shadows: Human Rights, Armed Conflicts and Internet Shutdowns in Ethiopia’ (Chapter 5), in Tony Roberts & Felicia Antonio (eds), Internet Shutdown in Africa (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2025).

Forthcoming

  1. Tamar Megiddo, ‘Spyware Exports: Recognizing the Limits of Human Rights Law’, 58 NYU Journal of International Law and Politics __ (forthcoming, 2026).
  2. Tamar Megiddo, ‘Modelling Custom: Large Language Models and Customary International Law between Scarcity and Abundance’, Leiden Journal of International Law __ (forthcoming, 2026).
  3. Amir Cahane, ‘Future-Proofing Israeli Surveillance Law? Past, Present and Future’, 59 Israel Law Review (forthcoming, 2026).
  4. Tal Mimran & Lior Weinstein, ‘A Critical Assessment of the Facebook Oversight Board: Artistic Speech Moderation as a Case Study’, in Routledge Handbook of Social Media, Law and Society (forthcoming).
  5. Tal Mimran & Lior Weinstein, ‘A Domestic Perspective on the Regulation of Cyberspace: The Israeli Offensive Cyber Industry as a Case Study’ (forthcoming, NATO CCDCOE).

Blog Posts

2026

  1. Yohannes Eneyew Ayalew & Maria O’Sullivan, ‘The Meta Oversight Board’s Advisory Opinion on Global Community Notes Rollout: Another Check on Platform Power?’, Just Security (April 21, 2026).
  2. Amir Cahane, ‘The State Comptroller’s Report on Spyware in Israel’s Police: Too Much, Too Late’, ICON-S-IL Blog (January 21, 2026) [Hebrew].
  3. Amir Cahane, ‘Future-Proof Surveillance: On Emerging Technologies and the ISA Law Amendment Memorandum’, ICON-S-IL Blog (2026) [Hebrew]. [link needed]
  4. Amir Cahane, ‘Future-Proofing Surveillance Law in Israel: On Emerging Technologies and the ISA Law Amendment Memorandum’, I-CONnect Blog (forthcoming, July 17, 2026).

2025

  1. Yuval Shany & Yohannes Eneyew Ayalew, ‘A Human Right to Informational Self-Determination: What It Is and Why It Matters for Digital Human Rights’, EJIL:Talk! (November 21, 2025).
  2. Yohannes Eneyew Ayalew, ‘Why Africa Is Sounding the Alarm on Platforms’ Shift in Content Moderation’, Tech Policy Press (May 13, 2025).
  3. Yohannes Eneyew Ayalew, ‘Thinking Globally, Acting Regionally: Regional Approaches to Digital Human Rights (Part 2)’, CSRCL – Cyber Law Program Blog (March 5, 2025).
  4. Noa Mor & Yuval Shany, ‘“Something Old, Something New:” On the European Commission Code of Conduct on Countering Illegal Hate Speech Online+ and Some Missed Opportunities’, CSRCL – Cyber Law Program Blog (February 17, 2025).
  5. Yohannes Eneyew Ayalew, ‘Thinking Globally, Acting Regionally: Regional Approaches to Digital Human Rights (Part 1)’, CSRCL – Cyber Law Program Blog (January 31, 2025).

2024

  1. Amir Cahane, ‘The Last Gatekeeper?’, ICON-S-IL Blog (December 23, 2024) [Hebrew].
  2. Yohannes Eneyew Ayalew & Yuval Shany, ‘The 2024 AU Common Position on the Application of International Law in Cyberspace: Some Implications for the Development of Digital Human Rights’, EJIL:Talk! (November 15, 2024).
  3. Yuval Shany, ‘A Right to a Human-to-Human Interaction’, Institute for Ethics in AI, University of Oxford Blog (November 7, 2024).
  4. Amir Cahane, ‘Out of the Ordinary: On Theoretical Cases and Surveillance Technologies’, ICON-S-IL Blog (September 17, 2024) [Hebrew].
  5. Amir Cahane, ‘Expanding Surveillance Powers? Israel’s Draft Bill to Revise Shin Bet Law’, Lawfare (March 21, 2024).
  6. Noa Mor, ‘Meta’s Oversight Board’s Report on AI: What’s Left Unpacked’ (2024).
  7. Dafna Dror-Shpoliansky, ‘The Council of Europe Convention on Artificial Intelligence: The Future Is Here?’, CSRCL Blog (2024).
  8. Dafna Dror-Shpoliansky & Amir Cahane, ‘ECJ Ruling on SCHUFA Scoring System: Rebooting the Right to a Human Decision-Maker in the AI Age?’, CSRCL Blog (2024).

2023

  1. Dafna Dror-Shpoliansky, ‘Corporate Responsibility for Human Rights in a Changing Reality: Following Twitter, Inc. v. Taamneh et al.’ (2023) [Hebrew].
  2. Dafna Dror-Shpoliansky & Amir Cahane, ‘Human Rights in Artificial Intelligence: The U.S. Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights and Its Implications’, Reichman University Law Review Online (2023) [Hebrew].

Expert Submissions

  1. Yohannes Eneyew Ayalew & Maria O’Sullivan, Input into Meta Oversight Board Advisory Opinion Assessing Meta’s Plans to Expand Community Notes, submitted to the Oversight Board (December 9, 2025).
  2. Yohannes Eneyew Ayalew & Yuval Shany, Expert Submission on the Draft Study on Human and Peoples’ Rights and Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and Other New and Emerging Technologies in Africa, submitted to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Law, Three Generations of Digital Human Rights Project, May 8, 2025).

Editorial Work, Events & Presentations

  1. Tamar Megiddo & Melissa J. Durkee, Co-Editors of the Symposium on Digital Evidence, 118 AJIL Unbound (2024).
  2. Tamar Megiddo, Convenor, Webinar on Ethical Considerations in Open-Source Investigations (2024), part of ESIL Dialogues, sponsored by ESIL, AJIL Unbound and the Three Generations of Digital Human Rights Research Project.
  3. Tamar Megiddo, ‘Are Human Rights up to the Challenge of Spyware?’, presented at the 10th Privacy Convention, Tel Aviv University (May 4, 2023).

 

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