Sangeetha is an award-winning human rights barrister, international development consultant, TEDx speaker and advocate dedicated to improving access to rights for the most vulnerable members of our global community.
About
Sangeetha specialises in asylum, immigration and international human rights law. In her domestic practice she has particular experience of working with vulnerable clients – from representing unaccompanied children to victims of torture and trafficking and those suffering from complex mental health problems. Sangeetha also has an extensive international practice providing legal advice to the Global Survivors Fund and international associates of Al Jazeera, the British Red Cross, Marie Colvin Journalists’ Network and The Circle NGO.
Sangeetha spent several years ‘on the frontline’ advising governments of fragile states and parties transitioning from conflict. This has involved advising on access to justice mechanisms for vulnerable communities, proposing structural improvements to formal criminal justice systems, working on capital punishment cases, and implementing community-based justice solutions.
About
Sangeetha is an award-winning human rights barrister, international development consultant, TEDx speaker and advocate dedicated to improving access to rights for the most vulnerable members of our global community.
Sangeetha specialises in asylum, immigration and international human rights law. In her domestic practice she has particular experience of working with vulnerable clients – from representing unaccompanied children to victims of torture and trafficking and those suffering from complex mental health problems. Sangeetha also has an extensive international practice providing legal advice to the Global Survivors Fund and international associates of Al Jazeera, the British Red Cross, Marie Colvin Journalists’ Network and The Circle NGO.
Sangeetha spent several years ‘on the frontline’ advising governments of fragile states and parties transitioning from conflict. This has involved advising on access to justice mechanisms for vulnerable communities, proposing structural improvements to formal criminal justice systems, working on capital punishment cases, and implementing community-based justice solutions.
Sangeetha spent two years in Brussels leading a European Commission project to improve access to fundamental rights for undocumented children and families across Europe. In this role Sangeetha published a book which was instrumental in broadening the discourse on irregular migration within the European institutions.
Sangeetha now spends much of her time helping asylum seekers arriving at the ‘first shores’ of Europe. She sits as Director of the Board of Fenix Humanitarian Legal Aid, a legal NGO in Lesvos. She also sits on the Global Advisory Board of SAHR, a feminist legal NGO seeking to end impunity for crimes of sexual and gender based. As an Associate of the Border Criminologies Department of the Faculty of Law at the University of Oxford, Sangeetha remains at the forefront of academic thought on the effect of border control.
Sangeetha is a published writer, having written on a broad range of human rights, rule of law and migration issues. A seasoned public speaker, she regularly gives keynote speeches, participates in expert panel discussions and gives trainings and lectures on a variety of human rights issues. She also regularly appears on the television, radio and in print media as a human rights expert.
She is currently writing about practical ways in which European governments and their citizens can more humanely and efficiently manage the in-flow of persecuted people into Europe. She believes that we need to validate the many reasons behind increased global mobility and in doing so, ensure that this movement benefits all parties.
Sangeetha was educated at Oxford and Harvard Universities, she is a Diplock Scholar of Middle Temple and lives between London, Malta and Mumbai.