Muna Baig is a Commonwealth, Chevening and Fulbright scholar with an academic and professional background in public international law, human rights and advocacy. As the Director of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, she led one of the oldest membership-based NGOs in Pakistan in the areas of human rights and democratic development, which was co-founded by the late Asma Jahangir in 1986. Prior to this, she worked with the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute on strengthening the role and independence of the legal profession and the judiciary as well as focusing on rule of law and justice sector reform issues across the MENA region. Muna previously worked in the Middle East to document and refer to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) the most vulnerable Syrian and lraqi refugees in need of third-country resettlement. She gained experience in international law-making and humanitarian diplomacy at the UN Security Council and the Sixth Committee in New York as a member of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Delegation to the UN.

Participant in: February/March 2021 Fellowship: Peacebuilding and Women’s Meaningful Participation in Peacebuilding Processes