Renata Avila是一名专门从事知识产权和技术的人权律师。She worked as one of the lawyers representing the Guatemalan Nobel Peace Prize LaureateRigoberta Menchu Tumand litigated several cases involving digital rights in Latin America and Europe. Involved in Internet and Human Rights research since 2006, she works with the Web InventorSir Tim Berners - Leein an effort to uphold human rights in the digital age. She serves as a Board Member ofCreative Commons.She is also a member ofCourage Foundationadvisory board, assisting whistleblowers at risk and in theD-Centboard, exploring the potential of decentralised technologies. She is currently an Advisor of the BITS initiative by the Municipality of Barcelona and exploring the concept of digital colonialism, subject of her upcoming book.