Human Rights Watch | Defending Human Rights Worldwide

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 rights conditions in some 90 countries. Their facts are then used in our targeted advocacy to promote human rights and justice around the world.

Reed Brody Counsel and Spokesperson	José Miguel Vivanco Executive Director, Americas Division	Kenneth Roth Executive Director	Michele Alexander Deputy Executive Director, Development and Global Initiatives
Carroll Bogert Deputy Executive Director for External Relations	Jan Egeland Europe Director and Deputy Executive Director	Iain Levine Deputy Executive Director, Program	Chuck Lustig Deputy Executive Director of Operations
Brad Adams Asia Director	Joseph Amon Director, Health and Human Rights	Daniel Bekele Executive Director, Africa Division	Peter Bouckaert Director, Emergencies
Zama Coursen-Neff Executive Director, Children’s Rights Division	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	Stephen Goose Executive Director, Arms Division	Alison Parker Director, US Program	Graeme Reid Director, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program
Hugh Williamson Director, Europe and Central Asia	Sarah Leah Whitson Executive Director, Middle East and North Africa Division	Fred Abrahams Special Advisor, Program	Christopher Albin-Lackey Senior Researcher, Business and Human Rights
Tamara Alrifai Advocacy and Communications Director, Middle East and North Africa Division	Pierre Bairin Director, Multimedia	Jayshree Bajoria Researcher, Asia Division	Clive Baldwin Senior Legal Adviser
Heather Barr Researcher, Asia Division	Shantha Rau Barriga Director, Disability Rights	Jo Becker Advocacy Director, Children's Rights Division	Philippe Bolopion United Nations Director
Jane Buchanan Associate Director, Europe and Central Asia Division	Maria Burnett Senior Researcher, Africa Division	Elizabeth Calvin Senior Advocate, Children's Rights Division	Jane Cohen Researcher, Health and Human Rights
Carlos H. Conde Researcher, Asia Division	Emma Daly Director, Communications	Sara Darehshori Senior Counsel, US Program	Rachel Denber Deputy Director, Europe and Central Asia Division
Julie de Rivero Geneva Advocacy Director	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	Elizabeth Evenson Senior Counsel, International Justice Program	Lama Fakih Researcher, Middle East and North Africa Division
Jean-Marie Fardeau Director, France	Alice Farmer Researcher, Children's Rights Division	Jamie Fellner Senior Advisor, US Program	Lydia Gall Researcher, Europe and Central Asia Division
Meenakshi Ganguly South Asia Director	Neela Ghoshal Researcher, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program	Antonio Ginatta Advocacy Director, US Program	Giorgi Gogia Senior Researcher
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
Ali Dayan Hasan Pakistan Director, Asia Division	Leslie Haskell Counsel, International Justice Program	Jehanne Henry Senior Researcher, Africa Division	Peggy Hicks Global Advocacy Director
Mark Hiznay Senior Researcher, Arms Division	Nadim Houry Deputy Director, Middle East and North Africa Division	Balkees Jarrah Counsel, International Justice Program	Tiseke Kasambala Advocacy Director, Africa Division
Aruna Kashyap Researcher, Women's Rights Division	Elise Keppler Senior Counsel, International Justice Program	Juliane Kippenberg Senior Researcher, Children's Rights Division	Amanda Klasing Researcher, Women's Rights Division
Leslie Lefkow Deputy Director, Africa Division	Izza Leghtas Researcher, Western Europe	Lotte Leicht Advocacy Director, European Union	Diederik Lohman Senior Researcher, Health and Human Rights
Tanya Lokshina Senior Researcher, Moscow office	Tom Malinowski Washington Director	David Scott Mathieson Senior Researcher, Asia Division	Géraldine Mattioli-Zeltner Advocacy Director, International Justice Program
Maria McFarland Sánchez-Moreno Deputy Director, US Program	Megan McLemore Senior Researcher, Health and Human Rights	Grace Meng Researcher, US Program	David Mepham UK Director
Wenzel Michalski Director, Germany	Alba Morales Researcher, US Program	Heba Morayef Egypt Director, Middle East and North Africa Division	Priyanka Motaparthy Researcher, Children's Rights Division
Samer Muscati Researcher, Women's Rights Divison	Anna Neistat Associate Director, Program/Emergencies	Stephen Northfield Digital Director	Agnes Odhiambo Researcher, Women's Rights Division
Babatunde Olugboji Deputy Program Director	Richard Pearshouse Senior Researcher, Health and Human Rights	Elaine Pearson Deputy Director, Asia Division	Rona Peligal Deputy Director, Africa Division
Sunai Phasuk Senior Researcher, Asia Division	Laura Pitter Counterterrorism Advisor, US Program	Tom Porteous Deputy Program Director	Andrea Prasow Senior Counterterrorism Counsel and Advocate, US Program
Aisling Reidy Senior Legal Advisor	Meghan Rhoad Researcher, Women’s Rights Division	Sophie Richardson China Director	Mihra Rittmann Central Asia Researcher
Phil Robertson Deputy Director, Asia Division	James Ross Legal and Policy Director	Hanan Salah Libya Researcher, Middle East and North Africa Division	Ricardo Sandoval Palos Researcher, US Program
Faraz Sanei Researcher, Middle East and North Africa Division	Joseph Saunders Deputy Program Director	Ida Sawyer Democratic Republic of Congo Researcher and Advocate	Rebecca Schleifer Advocacy Director, Health and Human Rights Division
Bede Sheppard Senior Researcher, Children's Rights Division	John Sifton Asia Advocacy Director	Gerry Simpson Senior Researcher and Advocate, Refugee Program	Emma Sinclair-Webb Senior Researcher, Turkey
Param-Preet Singh Senior Counsel, International Justice Program	Ole Solvang Emergencies researcher	Nik Steinberg Senior Researcher, Americas Division	Joe Stork Deputy Director, Middle East and North Africa Division
Andrew Stroehlein European Media Director	Judith Sunderland Senior Researcher, Western Europe	Steve Swerdlow Central Asia Researcher	Veronika Szente Goldston Advocacy Director, Europe and Central Asia Division
Monica Tabengwa Researcher, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program	Letta Tayler Senior Researcher, Terrorism/Counterterrorism	Tejshree Thapa Researcher, Asia Division	Gauri van Gulik Global Advocate, Women's Rights Division
Anneke Van Woudenberg Senior Researcher, Africa Division	Nisha Varia Senior Researcher, Women’s Rights Division	Janet Walsh Deputy Director, Women’s Rights Division	Mary Wareham Advocacy Director, Arms Division
Benjamin Ward Deputy Director, Europe and Central Asia Division	Matt Wells Researcher, Africa Division	Daniel Wilkinson Managing Director, Americas Division	Cynthia M. Wong Senior Researcher, Internet and Human Rights
Minky Worden Director of Global Initiatives