saudi bio
Elham Saudi is Director of Lawyers for Justice in Libya.
In her role as Director of LFJL, Elham has worked on fact finding in connection with current investigations into alleged human rights violations in Libya in the period since 15 February 2011. She has also provided advice to a number of European governments and international bodies. In addition, Elham has advised the National Transitional Council in Libya on a number of matters of international law, including the drafting of its guidelines for opposition fighters. Most recently, Elham has headed LFJL’s workshop to train 30 Libyan lawyers on issues of international law and was a keynote speaker at Chatham House’s ‘Milestones in International Criminal Justice’ event and at an event at the last UN Human Rights Council Session in Geneva addressing crimes against humanity in Libya. Elham’s recent media appearances include Channel 4 News, BBC News and Al Jazeera.
After finishing her degree in Arabic and Modern Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Oxford, Elham studied law at Nottingham Law School. Elham practised commercial law at Slaughter and May, a leading corporate law firm in the City of London, from 2003 to 2010. In that period, she had a finance practice and her clients included Arsenal Football Club, Cadbury plc, Whitbread plc, COLT, and the World Bank.
She recently completed an LLM in International Law at the School of Oriental and African Studies, obtaining a Distinction. Her focus was on international human rights law and international humanitarian law, with her dissertation entitled “The ‘Protected Revolution’: The Libyan Uprising and the Responsibility to Protect.”