Dr. Viviane Ceolin Dallasta Del Grossi | Arts and Humanities | Women Researcher Award

Researcher Federal Public Defender Office Brazil

Viviane Ceolin Dallasta Del Grossi is a Brazilian Federal Public Defender with a distinguished track record in human rights and artificial intelligence. She holds a PhD in Human Rights from the University of São Paulo (USP), and her thesis addresses the priority of children in the digital environment in the AI ​​era. With a career dedicated to defending the rights of vulnerable populations, Viviane has contributed significantly to legal research and practice in Brazil.

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Education 🎓

Viviane holds a PhD in Human Rights from USP (2024), where she developed the thesis entitled “The absolute priority of children in the digital environment in the era of AI: Due Diligence in Human Rights and the technosocial impacts of Artificial Intelligence”. Previously, she completed her Master’s degree at the same institution in 2015, with a focus on international criminal legal cooperation. In 2014, she obtained a Master’s degree in Criminology and Criminal Enforcement from Pompeu Fabra University, in partnership with the Universities of Girona and Autonomous University of Barcelona, ​​in Spain. In addition, she has a postgraduate degree in Public Law, with an emphasis on International Human Rights Law.

Professional Experience 💼

Viviane has been a Federal Public Defender in Brazil since 2009. Between 2019 and 2020, she served as Regional Human Rights Defender in the State of São Paulo. She was a founding member of the Working Group for Homeless People of the Federal Public Defender’s Office in 2011 and coordinated this group nationally from 2018 to 2020. In 2023, she served as a professional visitor at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, advising Judge Nancy Hernández López in San José, Costa Rica. She also collaborated as a UNESCO researcher in the application of the Methodology for Assessing Brazil’s Readiness for the implementation of the Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in 2023.

Research Interests 🔍

Viviane’s main research interests include international human rights law, human rights education, international legal cooperation, ethics, and artificial intelligence. Her work explores the intersections between technology and human rights, with an emphasis on the technosocial impacts of artificial intelligence and the protection of vulnerable populations in the digital environment.

Awards and Recognition 🏆

Viviane has received recognition for her academic and professional contributions. Her master’s dissertation on international criminal legal cooperation was awarded and published by the Brazilian Institute of Criminal Sciences (IBCCRIM). In addition, she has participated in notable projects, such as “Twentyforty – Utopias for a digital society”, which brought together scientists to imagine digital futures in 2040.

Publications Top Notes: 📄

“The reaffirmation of human rights in the age of artificial intelligence” (2018) – Published in the DPU Forum – Law, Technology and Information.

“Victimization in risk groups – Immigrants, people with disabilities and sex workers: application of the good practices of Directive 2012/29/EU of the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union concerning the rights of victims” (2017) – Published in the Electronic Journal of Criminal Law and Criminal Policy.

“The rights of defendants and equality of arms in international criminal legal cooperation within the European Union: the future of the fundamental right to defense” (2017) – Published in the Journal Crítica Penal y Poder.

“In-depth issues of the Public Defender’s Office” (2014) – Co-author of volume 2 of this collection.

“Universalism and respect for local decisions: an approach based on cases of the European Court of Human Rights involving sexual and reproductive rights” (2013) – Published in the Journal of the Public Defender’s Office of the Union.

“Analysis of the (im)possibility of international criminal legal cooperation in defense matters through direct assistance: the myth of Janus and the future of criminal cooperation” (2011) – Published in the Journal of the Public Defender’s Offices of Mercosur.