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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

Reed Brody Counsel and Spokesperson @ReedBrody	José Miguel Vivanco Director, Americas Division	Daniel Bekele Executive Director, Africa Division @DanielBekele	Brad Adams Asia Director @BradAdamsHRW
Hugh Williamson Director, Europe and Central Asia Germany, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan @HughAWilliamson	Sarah Leah Whitson Executive Director, Middle East and North Africa Division @sarahleah1	Alison Parker Director, US Program Immigrants' rights, juvenile life without parole	Stephen Goose Director, Arms Division
Arvind Ganesan Director, Business and Human Rights	Zama Coursen-Neff Director, Children’s Rights Division @ZamaHRW	Joseph Amon Director, Health and Human Rights @joeamon	Richard Dicker Director, International Justice Program
Graeme Reid Director, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program @Graemecreid	Bill Frelick Director, Refugee Program	Liesl Gerntholtz Director, Women's Rights Division @LieslHRW	Peter Bouckaert Director, Emergencies @bouckap
Fred Abrahams Special Advisor, Program Libya, Syria @fredabrahams	Christopher Albin-Lackey Senior Researcher, Business and Human Rights	Pierre Bairin Director, Media @PIERREbairin	Jayshree Bajoria Researcher, Asia Division @jayshreebajoria
Clive Baldwin Senior Legal Adviser @cliveabaldwin	Heather Barr Researcher, Asia Division @heatherbarr1	Shantha Rau Barriga Disability Rights Researcher and Advocate	Jo Becker Advocacy Director, Children's Rights Division @jobeckerhrw
Philippe Bolopion United Nations Director United Nations @Bolopion	Jane Buchanan Senior Researcher @JaneMBuchanan	Maria Burnett Senior Researcher, Africa Division	Carlos H. Conde Researcher, Asia Division @carloshconde
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	Elizabeth Evenson Senior Counsel, International Justice Program @liz_evenson	Jean-Marie Fardeau Director, France France Advocacy	Alice Farmer Researcher, Children's Rights Division
Jamie Fellner Senior Advisor, US Program Criminal Justice System	Lydia Gall Researcher, Europe and Central Asia Division Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Meenakshi Ganguly South Asia Director	Neela Ghoshal Researcher, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program Sub-Saharan Africa @NeelaGhoshal
Allison Gill Advisor, Europe and Central Asia Division	Antonio Ginatta Advocacy Director, US Program @amginatta	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 United Nations, Global Advocacy	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
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 EU Advocacy	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	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 @AlbaRMorales
Heba Morayef Egypt Director, Middle East and North Africa Division Egypt @hebamorayef	Rasha Moumneh Researcher, Middle East and North Africa Division	Samer Muscati Researcher, Women's Rights Divison @SamerHRW	Anna Neistat Associate Director, Program/Emergencies @AnnaNeistat
Agnes Odhiambo Researcher, Women's Rights Division	Babatunde Olugboji Deputy Program Director	Richard Pearshouse Senior Researcher, Health and Human Rights Environmental health; drug policy	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	Sophie Richardson China Director @SophieHRW
Mihra Rittmann Central Asia Researcher	Phil Robertson Deputy Director, Asia Division @Reaproy	James Ross Legal and Policy Director	Ricardo Sandoval Palos Researcher, US Program Immigrants' rights @Ricsand
Faraz Sanei Researcher, Middle East and North Africa Division Iran	Joseph Saunders Deputy Program Director	Rebecca Schleifer Advocacy Director, Health and Human Rights Division Drug policy	Anna Sevortian Russia Office Director
Bede Sheppard Senior Researcher, Children's Rights Division @BedeOnKidRights	John Sifton Asia Advocacy Director @johnsifton	Emma Sinclair-Webb Senior Researcher, Turkey Turkey	Param-Preet Singh Senior Counsel, International Justice Program
Nik Steinberg Researcher, Americas Division	Joe Stork Deputy Director, Middle East and North Africa Division	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 Division	Tejshree Thapa Researcher, Asia Division
Gauri van Gulik Global Advocate, Women's Rights Division @gaurivangulik	Anneke Van Woudenberg Senior Researcher, Africa Division	Nisha Varia Senior Researcher, Women’s Rights Division @Nisha_Varia	Janet Walsh Deputy Director, Women’s Rights Division @JanetHRW
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	Minky Worden Director of Global Initiatives @MinkysHighjinks