OUR TEAM

We are international lawyers, investigators, and human rights practitioners who hold state and corporate actors to account for their complicity in systematic and widespread human rights abuses under Israel’s occupation.

EXPERTISE AREAS

Legal

Investigations

International Advocacy

Community Engagement

OUR EXPERTS



BOARD OF
DIRECTORS


INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL

Global Echo’s International Advisory Council is composed of ad-hoc, external experts in Palestinian human rights, international law, and corporate accountability.

  • Michael Lynk

    Canadian lawyer, legal academic, and former United Nations Special Rapporteur for the human rights situation in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967

  • Michael Sfard

    Israeli lawyer specializing in international human rights law and the laws of armed conflict.

  • Omar Shakir

    Executive Director at DAWN; former Israel and Palestine Director at Human Rights Watch

  • Omar Shehabi

    US- and UK-qualified lawyer and academic specializing in public international law and data protection law; former legal officer with the United Nations in New York and the Middle East.

  • Sari Bashi

    Executive Director of the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel; co-founder and former Executive Director of Gisha; former Israel/Palestine Advocacy Director at Human Rights Watch