Initiative

Global Strategic Litigation Council for Refugee Rights

Team & Members of the Council

Steering Committee

Our Secretariat team is based across the world and collectively responsible for the running of the Council and its regional networks. In 2024 we have appointed three new regional litigators to lead our Africa, Central America & Mexico and South Asia South Asia regional networks. We intend to grow this team to ensure we have regional litigators supporting the Council’s networks in every region of the world. Check out our organisational chart for more details on each member of our team. If you want to get in touch with any of us, please do reach out to secretariat@global-council.org.

Members of the GSLC

* denotes founding member

~ denotes member of the Steering Committee

+ denotes current Working Group co-chair

~ denotes member of the Secretariat

Organizational Members

  • ABA ROLI
  • ACLU National Prison Project
  • ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project
  • African Center of Excellence for Access to Justice
  • AFSC
  • Alma Migrante, A. C.
  • Al Otro Lado
  • ALEF – Act for Human Rights
  • AMERA International
  • Amnesty International
  • Aso. REdmujeresNicaraguensesen Costa Rica
  • Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos de España (APDHE)
  • Asociación Rumiñahui
  • Association des Femmes Juristes du Burundi
  • Association for Legal Intervention (SIP)
  • AsyLex
  • Asylum Access
  • Asylum Access Thailand (AAT)
  • Asylum Aid
  • Bangladesh Institute of Human Rights
  • Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust*
  • Berkeley Law, Center on Comparative Equality & Anti-Discrimination Law, Immigrant Justice & Climate Refugees
  • Cardozo School of Law Immigration Justice Clinic
  • Caribbean Centre for Human Rights
  • Casa Monarca
  • Center for Constitutional Rights
  • Center for Gender & Refugee Studies
  • Center for the Human Rights of Children, Loyola University Chicago School of Law
  • Center for International Human Rights, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
  • Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)
  • Center for Legal Aid Voice in Bulgaria
  • Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria
  • Centro de Derechos Humanos, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello
  • Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales*
  • Centro de Justicia Interamericana en Derechos Humanos
  • Centro Latinoamericano de Estudios Ambientales
  • Clinica del Diritto dell’Immigrazione e della Cittadinanza – Università degli studi Roma Tre
  • Clínica Jurídica de Refugiados “Alaíde Foppa,” Universidad Iberoamericana
  • Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative
  • Consejo Noruego para Refugiados (NRC)
  • Coop-Cameroon
  • Cornell Law School Migration & Human Rights Program*~^
  • Cristosal*
  • Cubalex
  • Danish Refugee Council
  • Defense des Enfants International
  • Dejusticia*
  • Detention Action
  • DIGNITY Kwanza
  • DLA Piper
  • Dongcheon Foundation
  • DRC Danish Refugee Council
  • Duroo Public Interest Lawyers*
  • Earth Refuge
  • East African Centre for Forced Migration and Displacement
  • Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Asia
  • Environmental Defender Law Center
  • Equilibrium CenDE
  • FIDA Uganda
  • FONAMIH
  • Fountain of Justice South Africa
  • Forcibly Discplaced People Network
  • Fortify Rights
  • Front-LEX*
  • Fundacion etnica integral
  • Fundación Munasim Kullakita
  • Fundación Puentes para el Desarrollo de Centroamérica
  • Fundación Refugiados Unidos
  • Georgetown Law
  • Global Legal Action Network*
  • Global Refugee Led Network
  • Global Rights Advocacy
  • GMIES
  • Greater Love Sustainable Initiative
  • Grupo de Monitoreo Independiente de El Salvador
  • Grupo de Acciones Públicas Icesi (GAPI) 
  • Haitian Bridge Alliance
  • Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program
  • Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights
  • Hexayurt Project
  • HIAS*+~
  • Hong Kong Dignity Institute
  • Human Constanta International
  • Human Rights Law Centre
  • Human Rights Legal Project
  • Human Rights Research League
  • Hungarian Helsinki Committee
  • Instituto de Abogados para la Protección del Medio Ambiente, INSAPROMA
  • Instituto para el desarrollo sostenible de la mujer lenca de Honduras IDESMULH
  • Instituto para las Mujeres en la Migración*
  • International Commission of Jurists
  • International Detention Coalition*+
  • International Institute for Human Rights, Environment and Development
  • International Refugee Assistance Project*
  • IRAP
  • J.K. Bosek & Company Advocates
  • Justice Center Hong Kong*
  • Justice Makers Bangladesh in France (JMBF)
  • Justice Project Pakistan
  • Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law
  • Katiba Institute
  • Kids in Need of Defense (KIND)
  • Kituo Cha Sheria*+~
  • Kumpay ONG
  • Las hijas de Pandora
  • Lebanese Center for Human Rights*+
  • Legal Action Worldwide
  • Legal Clinic for Migrants at University of the Andes
  • Legal Services NYC
  • Liga haitiana internacional – lihaiti
  • MAP Foundation
  • Menstruacion Digna en Escenarios de Movilidad
  • Migrant Center for Human Rights
  • Migrants & Refugee Committee, Bar Council of Malaysia
  • Migrasia Global Solutions
  • Migration & Asylum Project*+~
  • Move coalition
  • NANSEN – The Belgian Refugee Council
  • NAV Consultores
  • Neighbors Link
  • New Women Connectors
  • NoPhotoZone Organization
  • Open Society Initiative for West Africa*
  • Open Society Justice Initiative*
  • Out & Proud Disability Support Association
  • Panamerican and Caribbean Union for Human Rights
  • PICUM – Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants
  • Pilgrim Center for Reconciliation Uganda
  • PILNet
  • Profesional Venezolanos en Argentina PROVEAR
  • Progetto Diritti Onlus
  • Project Demokratie Cafe Reutlingen
  • Refugee Consortium of Kenya*
  • Refugee Council of Australia*
  • Refugee Innovation Centre
  • Refugee Legal Network
  • Refugee Legal Support
  • Refugee Rights Litigation Project*
  • Refugee Solidarity Network
  • Refugiados Unidos*~
  • Refugee Welfare Association Cameroon (REWAC)
  • Research Centre for Climate Law (ClimLaw), University of Graz
  • Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights
  • Save My Identity
  • Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town
  • Selendy and Gay
  • Servicio Jesuita para Migrantes Costa Rica
  • Shaheed Benazir Bhutto women university
  • Sin Fronteras IAP
  • Sonoiya and co advocates
  • South African Bar Association
  • South Africa Refugee Led Network
  • St. Andrew’s Refugee Services
  • Study and Research Centre on Environmentally Displaced Persons (NEPDA), Paraiba State University
  • SUAKA
  • The Asia Foundation
  • The International Institute on Race, Equality and Human Rights
  • The Law Office of Elias Shebar
  • The National Justice Project
  • The Rule of Law institute
  • The Strategic Legal Fund
  • The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy — Legal Unit
  • Togolaw & Co., advocates
  • UNHCR
  • Universidad Alberto Hurtado
  • University Network for Human Rights
  • University of Cape Town, Refugee Rights Unit
  • University of San Francisco Immigration & Deportation Defense Clinic
  • USC Law International Human Rights Clinic
  • Wayne State Asylum & Immigration Law Clinic
  • Youth Association for Development (YAD) Pakistan
  • Zambian Civil Liberties Union (ZCLU)
  • Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility*~^

Individual Members

  • Abiy Ashenafi
  • Abu Sayed Mostafa Siraj 
  • Adaeze Anah
  • Adeodata Kanyamihanda
  • Afreen Begum
  • Alex Tarzikhan
  • Alexandra Sideri
  • Alfredo Sánchez
  • Ali Al-Karim 
  • Amanda Camargo
  • Amanda Weston K.C.
  • Amber Chandio 
  • Amelia McGowan
  • Ana Karolina Medeiros Fernandes
  • Ana Maria Raietparvar
  • Ana Sofía Flores Gómez
  • Ana Pilar Amador Borrero
  • Andrea Pacheco Pacifico
  • Andrew Boyle
  • Anna Lodeserto
  • Anna Shea
  • Anthony Mulekyo
  • Antonina Cherevko
  • Anurag Devkota
  • Aparajita Rana
  • Aparimita Pratap
  • Aphrodite Papachristodoulou
  • Arlene Amarante
  • Arnold Ochieng Oginga
  • Ashwin Nair
  • Ataul Mustafa
  • Atta ul Haq
  • Atul Alexander
  • Barun Ghimire
  • Bastien Charaudeau Santomauro
  • Beatriz Felipe Perez 
  • Brayan Alexis Garcia Galeano
  • Bronwen Manby
  • Burhan Uddin Barbhuiya
  • Camelia Metwally
  • Camila Robalino
  • Camilla Cockerill
  • Carlos Armando Coria Garcia
  • Carlos Palomino Paredes
  • Carmen E. Atkins
  • Carole Simone Dahan
  • Carolene Kituku
  • Caterina Franchi
  • Cathy Sakumalefo Hite
  • Cavidan Soykan
  • Chelsea Bell
  • Cheryl Dsouza
  • Chomwa Mbewe
  • Christel Querton
  • Christopher Boom
  • Cindy Galway Buys
  • Claire Raissian
  • Coline Schupfer
  • Conrad Kimbugwe
  • Constanza Castillo Muñoz
  • Constanza Jáuregui
  • Cristina Garcia
  • Christina Khouri
  • Christine Savino
  • Dana Schmalz
  • Danai Angeli
  • Daniyal Khan
  • Daniel Naujoks
  • Daniel Toda Castán
  • Daniel Van Lehman
  • Daria Sartori
  • David Ngira
  • David Omondi
  • David Thronson
  • Denise Bell
  • Denise Gilman
  • Derya Ozkul
  • Diana Romina Puerto Michaut
  • Dilwar Hussain Barlaskar
  • Dorothy Omboto
  • Dr. Kepha Natolooka
  • Edmund Bon
  • Eileen Ma
  • Eliana Martínez
  • Emellin De Oliveira
  • Emily Rowe
  • Eric Kuria
  • Esperance Timothy Ogola
  • Esteban Hernández
  • Esther Montesinos Calvo-Fernández
  • Evin Ekaete Umanah
  • Fabian Oriri
  • Fabi Fugazza
  • Fatima Khan*
  • Fazal Abdali
  • Felisah Kilembe Mitambo
  • Fikire Birhane
  • Fiona McKinnon
  • Francesca Romana Partipilo
  • Gaudence Akinyi Were
  • Giulia Raimondo
  • Gloria Wangui Kimani
  • Grazyna Baranowska
  • Grecia Guzman
  • Grecia Pillaca Burga
  • Hailu Ambaye
  • Helen Leung
  • Helen Kerwin
  • Helen Zein Eddine
  • Hillary Kipnis
  • Ibrahim Khalif
  • Irene Shiundu
  • Isaac Mwanza
  • Isaac Taylor
  • Itamar Mann*
  • Ivonne Garza
  • Jackson Chin
  • Jacob van Garderen
  • James Chapman
  • Janine Prantl
  • Javier Contreras Arreaga
  • Javier Ignacio Moreno Gómez
  • Janet Manguti 
  • Jennifer Moore
  • Jill Alpes
  • Jinan Bastaki
  • Jittawadee Chotinukul
  • Joan Zhu
  • Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum
  • Jonathan Klaaren
  • Jose Arlindo Muiange
  • Jose-Booz Paul
  • Josephine Fathers
  • Jose Serrano Salgado
  • Jose Sieber
  • Joy Reyes
  • Juan Manuel Zarama
  • Julie Kemunto Matoke
  • Julie Kornfeld
  • Justin Antonides
  • Justine Stefanelli
  • Kamran Sheikhi
  • Kate Ogg
  • Katie Lowe
  • Keri Pflieger
  • Kif Augustine
  • Kirsteen Lau*
  • Klotildi Prountzou
  • KMS Tareq
  • Kosuke Oie
  • Kyunghee Kang
  • Leah Kanyangi
  • Leila Asadi
  • Linet Opiyo
  • Lou-Salomé Sorlin
  • Lupe Alberto Flores
  • Mafruza Sultana
  • Magdalena Nazimek-Rakoczy
  • Margaret Boyce-Furey
  • Margaux Bia
  • Maria Giovanna Mariani
  • Maria Jose Peña Ospina
  • Maria Osullivan
  • Mariam Jamal
  • Marian Sandoval
  • Mariana Olaizola Rosenblat
  • Marie Demetriou K.C.
  • Marilyn Dayana Oviedo Villarreal
  • Martha Balaguera
  • Mary Hansel
  • Mary Nalwoga
  • Mathari Manyisa
  • Matthew Boaz
  • Max B.
  • Mbonisi Malinga Ndhlovu
  • Megan Hauptman
  • Mekonnen Ayano
  • Melissa Chandler Bermudez
  • Melissa Stewart
  • Michael Nyarko
  • Miriam Achaloi
  • Miriam Syrjänen
  • Mirjam Twigt
  • Mohamed Farahat
  • Mojan Farshchi
  • Moshood Olanrewaju
  • Muhammad Samir Khan
  • Muhammad Saad
  • Munsifah Choudhary
  • Muriel Volz
  • Nabeelah Mia
  • Nancy Kupfer
  • Naomi Hart
  • Nery Santaella
  • Ngoe Thomas Itoe
  • Niaone Moumini
  • Nik Tan
  • Nora Markard
  • Nuria Ferre Trad
  • Pablo Sajcabún
  • Palesa Maloisane
  • Paloma Griffin
  • Paola Guerrero
  • Paras Zafar Samo
  • Patience Kiara
  • Pat Nawi
  • Paul Clark
  • Paulina Macias Ortega
  • Peace Adebola Okeshola
  • Peace Ikiring
  • Pedro Tiago Goncalves Martinho
  • Penelope Mathew
  • Peter Habib
  • Philip Collins
  • Philippe De Bruycker
  • Poulomi Nag
  • Prakhya CV
  • Priyanka Prasanth
  • Rakesh Singh Meihoubam
  • Raissa Mattana
  • Rana Refahi
  • Randel Johnson
  • Ranit Mishori
  • Rashmi Bothra
  • Raza Husain
  • Rebeca Williams
  • Rebecca Mahabir
  • Regine Lotlikar
  • Renato Sebastiani Leon Mazza
  • Reni Biswas Axelrod
  • Richard Kalu
  • Richard Towle
  • Ricardo Diaz Sanabria
  • Roksanna Keyvan
  • Rosalynn L Hmar Babie
  • Rosanna Eugenio
  • Sabrina Kenis
  • Samar Abbas
  • Samundra Acharay
  • SangYeob Kim
  • Sanjula Weerasinghe
  • Sarah Dobbie
  • Sarah O’Keeffe
  • Sarah Paoletti
  • Sarah Singer
  • Sara Moreno
  • Selen Vargün Alıtkan
  • Senu Nizar
  • Shaishir Divatia
  • Shashira Douglas
  • Shana Tabak*
  • Sharon Giardina
  • Sheila Nambooze
  • Sheldon Novick
  • Shikha Garg
  • Shreya Gautam
  • Shterna Isseroff
  • Shu Min Kee
  • Siân McGibbon
  • Silvia Talavera
  • Simona Capisani
  • Sirawon Rimai
  • Sishir Dey
  • Srija Basu
  • Stacy Caplow
  • Sugey Carrasco Mendoza
  • Sumayyah Jarso Mokku
  • Tania Agosti
  • Taniya Lasker
  • Tanya Kullar
  • Tapan Kumar Paul
  • Thandeka Chauke
  • Tien Wei Yang Chen
  • Toyosi Odusola
  • Trevor Rice
  • Umer Gilani
  • Vaibhav Tiwari
  • Veronica Serrano Tama
  • Vicente Rodriguez
  • Victor Del Vecchio
  • Victoria Miranda Portillo
  • Vinayak Chawla
  • Waritsara Rungthong
  • Vivek Bhagat
  • Whyrlin Rhygual Zamora Gil
  • Ximena Suarez
  • Yash S Vijay
  • Yenny Guzman Moyano
  • Yonas Nebiyeloul-Kifle
  • Yukari Ando
  • Yumna Kamel
  • Yuriria Salvador Hernández
  • Zohal Khan