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 and dealing with urgent applications, be that representing unaccompanied children, victims of torture or those suffering from complex mental health problems. Sangeetha also has an extensive international practice providing legal advice to international associates of Al Jazeera, the British Red Cross, members of the Marie Colvin Journalists’ Network and The Circle NGO.
She has spent several years ‘on the ground’ dedicated to advising governments of fragile states and parties transitioning from conflict. This has involved advising Governments on improving access to justice for vulnerable communities, proposing structural improvements to formal criminal justice systems, advising 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 and dealing with urgent applications, be that representing unaccompanied children, victims of torture or those suffering from complex mental health problems. Sangeetha also has an extensive international practice providing legal advice to international associates of Al Jazeera, the British Red Cross, members of the Marie Colvin Journalists’ Network and The Circle NGO.
She has spent several years ‘on the ground’ dedicated to advising governments of fragile states and parties transitioning from conflict. This has involved advising Governments on improving access to justice for vulnerable communities, proposing structural improvements to formal criminal justice systems, advising on capital punishment cases, and implementing community-based justice solutions regionally.
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 is a volunteer lawyer for Refugee Legal Support in Athens and 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 has published policy papers and reports 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 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 has an MA from Oxford University, is a Diplock Scholar of Middle Temple and currently lives in London – though is known for hopping on planes at short notice.