Legal Committee
Topic Summary
In the Legal committee, delegates will examine the growing challenge of cybercrime and cyberwarfare as an opportunity for increased international cooperation. As cyberattacks increase, the international community will need to develop global responses to these forms of attack. In the October session, delegates will address the case study of Goznym Malware as an example of transnational cybercrime. In the December session, delegates will examine various case studies of cyberwarfare as an area of pressing potential threat. Delegates will be forced to assess the impacts of these new forms of attacks and create legal frameworks to mitigate their impact.
Sarina Harjani is a sophomore at Harvard studying Government and Sociology, and she is originally from Chicago, Illinois. She will be directing the Legal Committee for the 2026 session of HMUN Online. Model United Nations has been a significant part of her life since her freshman year of high school, and she is grateful to have the opportunity to continue this activity in college.
At Harvard, she both competes on and serves as the Director of Affairs for the Intercollegiate Model United Nations team. She is a USG for HMUN Dubai and HNMUN, and she has previously directed at HMUN Boston, HMUN Canada, and HMUN India. Outside of Model United Nations, she is a member of Harvard’s Institute of Politics and Undergraduate Women in Law Association, and she enjoys playing tennis and pickleball in her free time.