Alana Robertson

Alana is currently completing her Master's at NYU Center for Global Affairs in Human Rights and International Law. She earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Edinburgh with Politics (MA). She is particularly interested in gender and sexuality issues, international humanitarian law, and the introduction of AI into the humanitarian sector.

Before joining NYU, Alana worked at the Legal Resources Centre, the oldest public interest law firm in South Africa, where she conducted extensive legal research and drafted memoranda on international human rights law spanning numerous focus areas, including anti-homosexuality legislation and sex worker rights. She co-authored an article for the Sur International Journal of Human Rights examining Big Tech's role in fuelling far-right extremism in the Global South, and contributed to two UN submissions on the impact of disinformation on the realisation of human rights in South Africa. She also prepared in-depth country of origin research to support the claims of asylum seeker clients.

Alana has further legal experience in London, having worked at Peters and Peters Solicitors, where she supported casework on complex matters including a high-profile tax investigation, and most recently at Cape Law Chambers, where she gained exposure to barrister work during a multi-day arbitration involving a R25 million loan dispute.