Lydia Gall
Lydia Gall is a human rights lawyer by training and comes with a background in Roma rights and the Middle East. She has previously worked on documenting violations of humanitarian law and human rights in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory followed by extensive work protecting and promoting the rights of the Romani minority in Europe.
Before joining Human Rights Watch, Gall worked as a staff attorney involved in strategic litigation on behalf of Romani victims of human rights abuses, particularly in the fields of housing and education. As a freelance journalist, she wrote extensively on human rights abuses of Roma and on political developments with potential human rights implications in Central and Eastern Europe.
Articles Authored
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December 11, 2017
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September 29, 2017
Hungary Begins a New Official Hate Campaign
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July 24, 2017
Poland’s President Pulls Country Back from Brink
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June 23, 2017
Hungary is Taking European Values for a Ride
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May 16, 2017
Poland Trapping Asylum Seekers in Unsafe Belarus
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April 27, 2017
EU Finally Steps Up on Hungary’s Rights Crisis