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Human Rights Watch's expert staff includes country specialists, lawyers, journalists, advocates, and academics of diverse backgrounds and nationalities. These experts conduct fact-finding missions and investigate human rights abuses, impartially reporting on the human right conditions in some 90 countries. Their facts are then used in our targeted advocacy to promote human rights and justice around the world.

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Kenneth Roth Executive Director @kenroth	Michele Alexander Deputy Executive Director, Development and Global Initiatives	Carroll Bogert Deputy Executive Director for External Relations @carrollbogert	Jan Egeland Europe Director and Deputy Executive Director
Iain Levine Deputy Executive Director, Program @iainlevine	Chuck Lustig Deputy Executive Director of Operations

Experts

Brad Adams Asia Director @BradAdamsHRW	Joseph Amon Director, Health and Human Rights @joeamon	Daniel Bekele Executive Director, Africa Division @DanielBekele	Peter Bouckaert Director, Emergencies @bouckap
Zama Coursen-Neff Director, Children’s Rights Division @ZamaHRW	Richard Dicker Director, International Justice Program	Bill Frelick Director, Refugee Program	Arvind Ganesan Director, Business and Human Rights
Liesl Gerntholtz Executive Director, Women's Rights Division @LieslHRW	Stephen Goose Executive Director, Arms Division	Alison Parker Director, US Program Immigrants' rights, juvenile life without parole	Graeme Reid Director, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program @Graemecreid
José Miguel Vivanco Executive Director, Americas Division	Hugh Williamson Director, Europe and Central Asia Germany, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan @HughAWilliamson	Sarah Leah Whitson Executive Director, Middle East and North Africa Division @sarahleah1	Fred Abrahams Special Advisor, Program Albania, Kosovo, Libya, Israel/Palestine @fredabrahams
Christopher Albin-Lackey Senior Researcher, Business and Human Rights @calbinlackey	Tamara Alrifai Advocacy and Communications Director, Middle East and North Africa Division Middle East and North Africa @TamaraAlrifai	Pierre Bairin Director, Multimedia @PIERREbairin	Jayshree Bajoria Researcher, Asia Division @jayshreebajoria
Clive Baldwin Senior Legal Adviser @cliveabaldwin	Heather Barr Researcher, Asia Division @heatherbarr1	Shantha Rau Barriga Director, Disability Rights	Jo Becker Advocacy Director, Children's Rights Division @jobeckerhrw
Philippe Bolopion United Nations Director United Nations @Bolopion	Reed Brody Counsel and Spokesperson @ReedBrody	Jane Buchanan Associate Director, Europe and Central Asia Division @JaneMBuchanan	Maria Burnett Senior Researcher, Africa Division @@MariaHRWAfrica
Elizabeth Calvin Senior Advocate, Children's Rights Division Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare @FairSentencing	Jane Cohen Researcher, Health and Human Rights Environment @jane_e_cohen	Carlos H. Conde Researcher, Asia Division @condeHRW	Emma Daly Director, Communications @EmmaDaly
Sara Darehshori Senior Counsel, US Program Sexual assault victims' rights	Rachel Denber Deputy Director, Europe and Central Asia Division @Rachel_Denber	Julie de Rivero Geneva Advocacy Director United Nations	Boris Dittrich Advocacy Director, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program
Kanae Doi Japan Director	Bonnie Docherty Senior Researcher, Arms Division	Corinne Dufka Senior Researcher, Africa Division	Jessica Evans Senior Researcher/Advocate for International Financial Institutions @evans_jessica
Elizabeth Evenson Senior Counsel, International Justice Program @liz_evenson	Lama Fakih Researcher, Middle East and North Africa Division Syria and Lebanon @lamamfakih	Jean-Marie Fardeau Director, France France Advocacy	Alice Farmer Researcher, Children's Rights Division Migrant children, unaccompanied children, and refugee children @ahsfarmer
Jamie Fellner Senior Advisor, US Program Criminal Justice System @JamieFellner	Lydia Gall Researcher, Europe and Central Asia Division Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina @LydsG	Meenakshi Ganguly South Asia Director	Neela Ghoshal Researcher, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program Sub-Saharan Africa @NeelaGhoshal
Antonio Ginatta Advocacy Director, US Program @amginatta	Giorgi Gogia Senior Researcher @Giorgi_Gogia	Eric Goldstein Deputy Director, Middle East and North Africa Division	Yulia Gorbunova Researcher, Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine
Eric Guttschuss Researcher, Africa Division	Andreas Harsono Indonesia Researcher @andreasharsono	Ali Dayan Hasan Pakistan Director, Asia Division	Leslie Haskell Counsel, International Justice Program
Jehanne Henry Senior Researcher, Africa Division	Peggy Hicks Global Advocacy Director United Nations, Global Advocacy @hickspeggy	Mark Hiznay Senior Researcher, Arms Division	Nadim Houry Deputy Director, Middle East and North Africa Division @nadimhoury
Balkees Jarrah Counsel, International Justice Program	Tiseke Kasambala Advocacy Director, Africa Division @tiseke	Aruna Kashyap Researcher, Women's Rights Division women's rights in Asia @aruna_kashyap	Elise Keppler Senior Counsel, International Justice Program
Juliane Kippenberg Senior Researcher, Children's Rights Division Child labor and child health in extractive industries	Amanda Klasing Researcher, Women's Rights Division women's rights in the Americas	Leslie Lefkow Deputy Director, Africa Division	Izza Leghtas Researcher, Western Europe Western Europe @IzzaLeghtas
Lotte Leicht Advocacy Director, European Union EU Advocacy @LotteLeicht1	Diederik Lohman Senior Researcher, Health and Human Rights Palliative care; drug policy @diederik_lohman	Tanya Lokshina Senior Researcher, Moscow office	Tom Malinowski Washington Director US Foreign Policy
David Scott Mathieson Senior Researcher, Asia Division @DSMathiesonHRW	Géraldine Mattioli-Zeltner Advocacy Director, International Justice Program @gemattioli	Maria McFarland Sánchez-Moreno Deputy Director, US Program @MariaMHRW	Megan McLemore Senior Researcher, Health and Human Rights HIV, sex workers, and prison health in the US
Grace Meng Researcher, US Program Immigrants' rights @Grace_Meng	David Mepham UK Director UK Advocacy @mephamd	Wenzel Michalski Director, Germany Germany Advocacy @WenzelMichalski	Alba Morales Researcher, US Program Criminal Justice System @AlbaHRW
Heba Morayef Egypt Director, Middle East and North Africa Division Egypt @hebamorayef	Priyanka Motaparthy Researcher, Children's Rights Division @priyanica	Samer Muscati Researcher, Women's Rights Divison women's rights emergencies @SamerHRW	Anna Neistat Associate Director, Program/Emergencies @AnnaNeistat
Agnes Odhiambo Researcher, Women's Rights Division women's rights in Africa	Babatunde Olugboji Deputy Program Director	Richard Pearshouse Senior Researcher, Health and Human Rights Environmental health; drug policy @RPearshouse	Elaine Pearson Deputy Director, Asia Division @PearsonElaine
Rona Peligal Deputy Director, Africa Division	Sunai Phasuk Senior Researcher, Asia Division	Laura Pitter Counterterrorism Advisor, US Program US Counterterrorism @Laurapitter	Tom Porteous Deputy Program Director
Andrea Prasow Senior Counterterrorism Counsel and Advocate, US Program US Counterterrorism @andreaprasow	Aisling Reidy Senior Legal Advisor	Meghan Rhoad Researcher, Women’s Rights Division women's rights in the US and Canada @MeghanGRhoad	Sophie Richardson China Director @SophieHRW
Mihra Rittmann Central Asia Researcher	Phil Robertson Deputy Director, Asia Division @Reaproy	James Ross Legal and Policy Director	Hanan Salah Libya Researcher, Middle East and North Africa Division Libya @hananHRW
Ricardo Sandoval Palos Researcher, US Program Immigrants' rights @Ricsand	Faraz Sanei Researcher, Middle East and North Africa Division Iran @farazsanei	Joseph Saunders Deputy Program Director	Ida Sawyer Democratic Republic of Congo Researcher and Advocate Democratic Republic of Congo
Rebecca Schleifer Advocacy Director, Health and Human Rights Division Drug policy	Bede Sheppard Senior Researcher, Children's Rights Division Attacks on Schools, Teachers, and Students @BedeOnKidRights	John Sifton Asia Advocacy Director @johnsifton	Gerry Simpson Senior Researcher and Advocate, Refugee Program
Emma Sinclair-Webb Senior Researcher, Turkey Turkey @esinclairwebb	Param-Preet Singh Senior Counsel, International Justice Program @singhp_p	Ole Solvang Emergencies researcher @OleSolvang	Nik Steinberg Senior Researcher, Americas Division
Joe Stork Deputy Director, Middle East and North Africa Division	Andrew Stroehlein European Media Director @astroehlein	Judith Sunderland Senior Researcher, Western Europe France, Greece, Italy @sunderland_jude	Steve Swerdlow Central Asia Researcher @steveswerdlow
Veronika Szente Goldston Advocacy Director, Europe and Central Asia Division	Monica Tabengwa Researcher, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program Sub-Saharan Africa @tabengm	Letta Tayler Senior Researcher, Terrorism/Counterterrorism @lettatayler	Tejshree Thapa Researcher, Asia Division
Gauri van Gulik Global Advocate, Women's Rights Division women's rights in Europe and Central Asia @GauriHRW	Anneke Van Woudenberg Senior Researcher, Africa Division	Nisha Varia Senior Researcher, Women’s Rights Division women's rights in Asia and Africa @Nisha_Varia	Janet Walsh Deputy Director, Women’s Rights Division women's rights in the US @JanetHRW
Mary Wareham Advocacy Director, Arms Division @marywareham	Benjamin Ward Deputy Director, Europe and Central Asia Division United Kingdom @Benjamin_P_Ward	Matt Wells Researcher, Africa Division	Daniel Wilkinson Managing Director, Americas Division
Cynthia M. Wong Senior Researcher, Internet and Human Rights Internet and Human Rights @cynthiamw	Minky Worden Director of Global Initiatives @MinkysHighjinks