Natalie Nunn is a Senior Legal Consultant with Lexbridge, specialising in international humanitarian law with a focus on compliance in contemporary conflicts and the regulation of military applications of artificial intelligence. Her work spans policy, government, military, NGOs, and academia.

 

Her recent work includes consulting with governments on the regulation of autonomous weapon systems and participating in the United Nations Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems.

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Natalie also contributes to practical IHL training for military and humanitarian personnel through the Australian Defence Force, the Australian Red Cross and the Indo-Pacific Centre for Military Law.

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Her other recent research focuses on the escalation of conflict-related sexual violence in the war in Sudan. Natalie’s work is grounded in a strong commitment to the regulation of emerging technologies in warfare and the overall protection of civilians in armed conflict.

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Natalie has previously held roles with the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Coalition for the International Criminal Court, the UN-mandated Khmer Rouge Tribunal, the Geneva Academy, the Lieber Institute at Westpoint, the University of Queensland’s ‘Law and the Future of War’ research centre, the International Service for Human Rights, and Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in New York. She currently represents Australia as a committee member of the International Law Association’s Artificial Intelligence and Technology Law Committee and is the Legal Member of the Australian Red Cross IHL Advisory Committee (Victoria). She is a current Visiting Fellow at the University of Cambridge.