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	Peter Bouckaert Director, Emergencies	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	Daniel Bekele Executive Director, Africa Division	Brad Adams Asia Director	Hugh Williamson Director, Europe and Central Asia
Sarah Leah Whitson Executive Director, Middle East and North Africa Division	Alison Parker Director, US Program	Stephen Goose Director, Arms Division	Arvind Ganesan Director, Business and Human Rights
Zama Coursen-Neff Director, Children’s Rights Division	Joseph Amon Director, Health and Human Rights	Richard Dicker Director, International Justice Program	Graeme Reid Director, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program
Bill Frelick Director, Refugee Program	Liesl Gerntholtz Director, Women's Rights Division	Fred Abrahams Special Advisor, Program	Christopher Albin-Lackey Senior Researcher, Business and Human Rights
Pierre Bairin Director, Media	Jayshree Bajoria Researcher, Asia Division	Clive Baldwin Senior Legal Adviser	Heather Barr Researcher, Asia Division
Shantha Rau Barriga Senior Disability Rights Researcher and Advocate	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, Hissène Habré Project	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	Cameron Jacobs South Africa Director	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	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	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
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	Nik Steinberg Senior Researcher, Americas Division	Joe Stork Deputy Director, Middle East and North Africa Division
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 Division	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