Affiliation: NCUC
Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
Country: Brazil
Email: bruna.mrtns@gmail.com
Twitter:    @Boomartins


Bruna Martins dos Santos is an independent consultant in Human Rights and Internet Affairs. She is based in Brasilia, DF, Brazil.

Career History edit

Laboratório de Pesquisa de Direito Privado e Internet (LAPIN/UnB) edit

Researcher and one of the coordinators of the Private Law and Internet Research Lab at the University of Brasilia, Brazil. LAPIN is a research group interested on the implications of the Internet to Private Law with special interest in Cyberlaw, Privacy and other Internet Governance related topics. LAPIN has also acted as amicus cuirae in Brazilian the Federal Supreme Court.

Executive Office of the President of Brazil (July 2014-2016) edit

Responsible for reviewing bills of law regarding social matters subjected to the Presidential veto/approval. Drafting of regulation to be issued by the Executive Office of the President. Drafting of opinions regarding the legal merit of laws, decrees and other normative acts. Issuing legal opinion regarding matters related to the Brazilian Law of Access to Information and its Joint Commission for Revaluation of Information.

General Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic of Brazil (2013-2014) edit

Draft analysis of bills of law regarding its constitutionality, normative adequacy and thematic relevance considering the themes within the activities of the Secretariat, of regulations yet to be issued by the Executive Officer of the President and by the Chief-Minister of the General-Secretariat, and legal opinion concerning laws, decrees and other normative acts. Support and advise the development of online public consultations of normative acts to be issued by the Executive. Organization of the Arena NetMundial, an unconference held by the Brazilian government aimed to discuss principles of Internet Governance with the civil society. during the NetMundial.

Education edit

  • Bachelor of law, Centro Universitário de Brasilia, class of 2012.

Publications edit

Internet Governance Participation edit

  • Alumni of the Brazilian Internet Governance School (EGI.br);
  • CGI.br fellow at the 9th LACIGF;
  • Member of the SIG Youth Observatory;
  • Member of the Best Practice Forum of Gender & Access of the Internet Governance Forum;
  • ICANN fellow at the ICANN58.
  • Internet Governance Caucus Co-coordinator (term: May 2017 to May 2019).

Awards edit

ICANN Fellowship Programme at ICANN58, Copenhagen, under the tutoring of Israel Rosas.