Ilaria Allegrozzi
Ilaria Allegrozzi is the Senior Sahel Researcher at Human Rights Watch.
Before joining Human Rights Watch, she worked as Senior Researcher for Amnesty International, investigating conflict-related abuses in Cameroon, Chad, and the Central African Republic. She focused on issues of counterterrorism and torture of detainees in the Lake Chad basin, including through the use of open source investigation techniques.
Ilaria lived and worked in various African countries for over 15 years, and is currently based in London. She also worked as Protection and Advocacy manager for Oxfam and the Norwegian Refugee Council.
She holds an LLM in Human Rights Law from Queen’s University, Belfast, United Kingdom. She speaks English, French, and Italian.
Articles Authored
Reports Authored
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Mali: Mounting Islamist Armed Group Killings, Rape
UN Peacekeepers’ Departure Complicates Efforts for Security; Provide Aid
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Burkina Faso: Upsurge in Atrocities by Islamist Armed Groups
Summary Killings, Looting, Arson Committed with Impunity
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“They Are Destroying Our Future”
Armed Separatist Attacks on Students, Teachers, and Schools in Cameroon’s Anglophone Regions
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“They Let People Kill Each Other”
Violence in Nzérékoré During Guinea’s Constitutional Referendum and Legislative Elections
