Asser Khattab
Asser Khattab is a Senior Communications Manager at the Clooney Foundation for Justice. A former journalist, he covered the Middle East from 2016 to 2020 for various international media outlets, including The Washington Post and the Financial Times. In 2021, Asser started working for human rights organizations. He was a Research and Communications Officer at…
Marry Tran
Marry Tran is the Foundation’s Program Operations Manager for TrialWatch, supporting the logistics and program operations of the initiative. She previously taught English in rural Japan through the JET Programme, where she received a grant to promote grassroots, cross-cultural exchange. Before that, she worked as a paralegal at a boutique law firm in New York,…
Manel Chibane
Manel Chibane is a Legal Program Manager for Clooney Foundation for Justice. She is a qualified lawyer in France with a background in corporate accountability and international human rights law. Manel previously worked with international law firms in Paris and London and NGOs in the Middle East. She advised government institutions (e.g., Graduate consultant to…
Ignacio Jovtis
Ignacio Jovtis is a Senior Program Manager with CFJ’s TrialWatch initiative. He formerly worked with The Docket, dealing mainly with investigations and legal strategies to promote litigations on international crimes. Previously, he served as Research and Policy Manager of Amnesty International Spain; Programmes and Campaigns Director of the National Office of Amnesty International Brazil, Lecturer…
Kathleen Davis
Kathleen Davis is the Director of Strategic Engagement. Prior to joining CFJ, Kathleen served as the Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, where her work included promoting human rights and gender equality through the development and implementation of Canada’s feminist foreign and international assistance policies. She previously served as an advisor…
Yasmine Chubin
Yasmine Chubin is the Legal Director at the Clooney Foundation for Justice (CFJ). She previously served as Co-Lead and Legal Advocacy Director of The Docket, CFJ’s initiative advancing accountability for international crimes through universal jurisdiction and strategic litigation. Ms. Chubin was formerly a Trial Lawyer in the Office of the Prosecutor of both the International Criminal Court and the International…
Stephen Townley
Stephen Townley is Legal Director of the TrialWatch initiative at the Foundation. Previously, he served as Deputy Legal Adviser to the U.S. Mission to the UN in New York, Deputy Legal Adviser to the U.S. Mission to the UN in Geneva, and Special Assistant to the Legal Adviser at the U.S. Department of State, among…
Anya Neistat
Anya Neistat is Legal Director of The Docket initiative at the Foundation. Anya has been involved in international human rights work for more than two decades and has conducted over 60 investigations in conflict areas around the world. Before joining CFJ, she was Amnesty International’s Senior Director for Research, responsible for leading the organization’s global…
Alex Bailin KC
Alex Bailin KC is a fair trial specialist with an international practice. His work centers on criminal justice and human rights in a variety of settings. He has worked on numerous death row appeals from Caribbean jurisdictions. He has submitted Amicus briefs in the US Supreme Court on Guantanamo Bay litigation. He has taken cases…
Helena Kennedy KC
She has championed law reform for women, especially relating to sexual and domestic violence and developed the defense of Battered Women’s syndrome in the British courts. She has chaired the British Council and the UK Human Genetics Commission. She has been a member of the House of Lords for over 20 years, where she chairs…