Appointed King’s Counsel in March 2022, Sultana is a highly experienced human rights, international law and criminal justice barrister, advising States, NGOs and individuals. She also advises large multi-national corporations on Diversity & Equality. She is Chair of the Bar Standard Board’s Taskforce on Religious & Belief. Sultana's unique expertise in high profile counter terrorism & national security cases spans across the Criminal Courts, Coronial Courts, Administrative and Family Divisions of the High Court and the Appellate Courts. She is part of the Organisation of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Roster of Criminal Justice Sector Experts dealing with Counter-Terrorism. She advises on international human rights, international criminal law and humanitarian law issues. She is currently on the Advisory Board, Influencing Corridors of Power (ICOP), School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London; Member of Legal Expert Advisory Panel for Fair Trials International (LEAP); Special Advisor on Human Rights for the Oxford Initiative for Global Ethics and Human Rights; and on the Advisory Council for JUSTICE. Sultana is an award-winning barrister, winning Barrister of the Year 2022 at the Inspirational Women in Law Awards; appearing in the HERoes Top 100 Women Future Leaders, 2021; Winner of the Professions Category, Asian Women of Achievement, 2021; Finalist in BSN Lawyer of the Year (Chambers), UK Legal Diversity Awards; and Finalist, in Outstanding Woman in Professional category sponsored by Baker McKenzie, Precious Awards 2021. She is also the Founder & Director of Modest Fashion Festival which attracted a global audience of 1.56 billion.

Safiyah is 13  years old and the Co-Founder of GHRH. Safiyah has always been driven by the desire to become a human rights lawyer. She came up with the idea of creating a Hub where girls could learn more about their rights and how to claim them.  She loves representing and advocating on behalf of her peers. She has represented her year group on the School Council for two years. She has been a Form Captain and was voted vice House Captain this year. She is a Digital Ambassador at her school and has recently taken on the role of Inclusivity Ambassador. She loves debating and is a Lamda scholar.

Deputy President of the Supreme Court, The Right Hon Lord Sales

Philip James Sales, Lord Sales became a Justice of the Supreme Court in January 2019, and took up appointment as Deputy President of the Court in January 2026.

Lord Sales was educated at the Royal Grammar School in Guildford, before reading law at both Churchill College, Cambridge, and Worcester College, Oxford.

He was called to the Bar of England and Wales at Lincoln's Inn in 1985 and was appointed First Treasury Junior Counsel in 1997. He was an Assistant Recorder from 1999 to 2001, Recorder from 2001 and 2008, and Deputy High Court Judge from 2004 and 2008.

Lord Sales became a Queen's Counsel in 2006 and continued to act in the re-named post of First Treasury Counsel Common Law until his appointment to the High Court, Chancery Division in 2008. He was a member of the Competition Appeal Tribunal between 2008 and 2015, and Vice-President of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal between 2014 and 2015.

Between 2009 and 2014 Lord Sales served as Deputy Chair of the Boundary Commission for England. He was appointed as a Lord Justice of Appeal in 2014.

British High Court judge

The Honourable Mrs Justice Jennifer Eady sat as a fee-paid Employment Judge from 2001-2008, and as Recorder from 2004-2013.  She was appointed Senior Circuit Judge at the Employment Appeal Tribunal in 2013, and became a High Court Judge, assigned to (what is now) the King’s Bench Division, in 2019.  Between 2022-2025, she was President of the Employment Appeal Tribunal, and Chair of the Judicial HR Committee.  Since the beginning of 2025, Mrs Justice Eady has been the Chair of the International Training Committee of the Judicial College of England and Wales

A senior corporate lawyer with over 24 years of experience in national and international business environments, specializing in commercial litigation and debt recovery. Currently a Counselor at WFaria Advogados, she provides strategic legal support to multinational giants and maintains a strong institutional presence within the National Congress and the Ministry of Justice.

Beyond her corporate practice, she is a dedicated Board Advisor for international organizations such as The Caring Family Foundation (UK) and Casa Patris (Netherlands). A landmark achievement in her career is her role as co-author of the law that established the International Day of the Girl Child in Brazil, reflecting her profound commitment to gender equity and the legal protection of girls and women.

Soraya Santos is a lawyer and third-term Federal Deputy for Rio de Janeiro. A trailblazer in the National Congress, she was the first woman to serve as First Secretary of the Chamber of Deputies and Secretary of International Relations.

Currently, she serves on key committees including Constitution and Justice (CCJC), Education, and Artificial Intelligence. As the former Women’s Rights Ombudsman for the Chamber, she is a leading national voice for gender equality, education, and women's rights legislation.

Vanessa Cavalieri is a Judge at the Child and Youth Court of Rio de Janeiro. A specialist in her field, she is a Professor of Child and Adolescent Rights at both EMERJ (Rio de Janeiro State School of the Judiciary) and ENFAM (National School for the Formation and Improvement of Judges).

She serves as the Coordinator of the Restorative Justice Center (CEJUSC) at the Rio de Janeiro Court of Justice (TJRJ) and is a member of the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitors Leadership Program (Protecting Women and Children). She is also the author of the "Eu Te Vejo" (I See You) Protocol, a prominent initiative focused on preventing school violence.

Ann is Chair of the Executive Committee of the law firm McAllister Olivarius. She has achieved landmark settlements for survivors of abuse and advised high-profile clients including Margaret Thatcher, Demi Moore, and Nelson Mandela, who described her a “lawyer who has courageously advanced the cause of justice.” Before establishing McAllister Olivarius, Ann worked in the financial sector, advising Bill Gates on attracting investment after Microsoft’s initial public offering in 1986. As a negotiator for Mexico in the drafting of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) she introduced the concept of a feminist foreign policy at the trade negotiations, later adopted by countries across the world.

Yasmine Ahmed is UK Director of Human Rights Watch. She has two decades of experience as a public international lawyer, and human rights advocate. In her current role, she advocates for the United Kingdom’s foreign and domestic policies to be consistent with human rights. Yasmine is a well-known human rights commentator and regularly appears on the BBC, Sky, Times Radio, Al Jazeera and other broadcasters, and her comments have featured in the Guardian, the Independent, the Times, and the Washington Post.

Prior to Human Rights Watch, Yasmine was Executive Director of the multi award winning human rights organization, Rights and Security International. She also worked as a public international lawyer for the UK and Australian Governments and the UN at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the Serious Crimes Unit in Timor-Leste. She started her career supporting asylum seekers and refugees in Australia. She is a Chevening Scholar, has an LLM in Public International Law from the University of London, and has taught public international law at the School of Oriental and African Studies and the University of Adelaide, South Australia. She also worked as an Associate to a Judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia and qualified as a solicitor (former solicitor) of England and Wales and a barrister and solicitor in Australia.

Aoife Nolan is Professor of International Human Rights Law and Director of the Human Rights Law Centre at the University of Nottingham. Since 2023, she has been President of the Council of Europe's European Committee of Social Rights, Europe’s leading economic and social rights monitoring body, to which she was elected in in 2017, having served as Vice-President from 2021-22. Aoife’s professional experience in human rights and constitutional law straddles the legal, policy, practitioner and academic fields. She has acted as an expert advisor to several governments as well as a wide range of international and national organisations and bodies working on human rights issues, including numerous UN Special Procedures, UN treaty bodies, the Council of Europe, the World Bank multiple NHRIs and NGOs. She has held visiting positions at academic institutions in Europe, Africa, the US and Australia. In addition to her academic role at Nottingham, she is currently a Visiting Professor at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, LSE, and at Ulster University. She is an Academic Expert member at Doughty Street Chambers where she co-leads the Children’s Rights Group and is a member of the Doughty Street International Steering Group. In 2025, she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts on the basis of her "world-leading expertise and practice on the rights of children, especially in relation to the socio-economic impacts of poverty and cost of living".

Maria Auxiliadora Seabra Rezende, known as Professora Dorinha, is a lifelong educator and specialist in literacy. After a distinguished career as a university professor and serving as the Secretary of Education and Culture of Tocantins for nine years—where she led a statewide educational transformation—she served two terms as President of the National Council of Education Secretaries (CONSED).

Following three terms as a Federal Deputy, where she chaired the Education Commission and led the Women’s Caucus, she was elected to the Federal Senate in 2022 with a record-breaking vote. Currently, she serves as the President of the Regional Development and Tourism Commission and continues her leadership as the Head of the Senate’s Women’s Caucus.

With over 22 years of legal experience, Gabriela Lusquiños has dedicated the last 15 years to defending the rights of children, adolescents, and women. She holds advanced legal training from EMERJ, specializing in Civil Liability, Children’s Rights, Juvenile Justice, Mediation, and Restorative Justice.

She created and implemented the "Bem-Me-Quer" Program, a benchmark for humane care and the prevention of revictimization for sexual violence survivors. Currently, she serves in the 7th Children and Youth Prosecutor's Office of the Capital, where she coordinates protection networks and public policies for child advocacy. She is also a member of the DEGASE/MPRJ Task Force, investigating and addressing institutional violence.

Juliana Nogueira Galvão Martins has been a member of the Judiciary since 2009. She is currently the Presiding Judge of the 2nd Special Court for Domestic and Family Violence against Women in Aracaju and serves as the Coordinator for Women’s Affairs at TJSE (2025-2027). Throughout her career, she has received official recognition for judicial efficiency and the reduction of case backlogs.

At the national level, she holds leadership positions as the 2nd Secretary of the Executive Commission of COCEVID and 1st Secretary of the National Forum for Protective Justice (FONAJUP) for the 2024-2026 term. Additionally, she is the Vice President of the State Forum for Children and Youth (FOEJI-SE). She is a prominent advocate for gender equity and professional training within the judicial system.

Matilda is in her third year reading English at Cambridge University. As president of the Cambridge GHRH mini-hub for 25/26 she has facilitated collaboration between the university's feminist societies to create spaces for educational development opportunities and engagement with girls and women's human rights issues both in Cambridge and beyond.

International Pro Bono Partner: Litigation, Arbitration, and Employment

Yasmin Waljee OBE, is responsible for shaping the International Pro bono Practice at Hogan Lovells. Her appointment in 1997 was the first of its kind in Europe and her appointment to the partnership was the first such appointment in the UK.

Yasmin Waljee is an expert in the field of human rights with a focus on victims and reparations work.  She has practiced in this area at Hogan Lovells for 27 years, starting on Privy Council appeals against the death penalty and working on many ground breaking and law changing matters.  She has expertise in human trafficking and sexual violence, including formerly sitting on the Advisory Panel to the UK's Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner. She is also a Council of Europe member of the network of lawyers on anti-human trafficking (GRETA),  Trustee of the IBA Human Rights Institute, Director of the Global Board of Equality Now and Trustee of the Chancery Lane Project and Advisory Board member to the Patchwork Foundation.

Queen's College London Mini Hub Representative

As part of the mini hub within Queen's College London, I help to plan and lead activities that raise awareness and encourage young women to think critically about their human rights, whilst advocating for those whose voices are too often unheard, for example by running talks on intersectionality, current affairs, and past inspirational women.