Jimena Sofia Viveros Alvarez is a senior international lawyer and AI governance expert whose work bridges international security, international humanitarian law, and emerging technology policy. She is the Founder and CEO of IQuilibriumAI and President of The HumAIne Foundation. She has been appointed as a Member of the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-Level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence and as a GC-REAIM Commissioner, serving as Co-Lead for Peace and Security in both bodies. She also serves as Deputy Lead on the International Law Association’s Committee on AI and Technology Law, and as Senior AI Expert at the OECD, UNESCO, ITU, ICRAC, and the CyberPeace Institute, among others.
She has held senior leadership positions within the Mexican Government, including at the Ministry of Security, the Tax and Finance Federal Prosecutors’ Office, the Federal Judicial Council, and the Supreme Court. Her work focuses on the governance and accountability gaps created by dual-use AI technologies across the military, law enforcement, and civilian domains, with particular attention to deployments in the Global South and to building inclusive, operationalizable multilateral frameworks. She has facilitated multistakeholder dialogue across governments, defense establishments, civil society, and industry, is a widely published author, and has presented at over 100 major international fora. She is set to defend her doctoral dissertation later this year.