Sema Nassar is a human rights defender with a focus on detainees and forcibly disappeared persons. Since the early stages of the Syrian conflict, she worked on documenting human rights violations and sexual violence in detention centers. Sema contributed to numerous reports and policy papers on documentation, gender-sensitive accountability, and legislation concerning missing persons, including work with the Conflict and Civicness Research Group at LSE IDEAS. She is a co-founder of multiple initiatives, such as the ‘We’ Network for WHRD in the MENA region and Urnammu for Justice and Human Rights, and and the Lattakia Coordination. Sema continues to share her expertise with civic actors and support feminist initiatives in the diaspora, and serves as an investigator with Dar Justice and as a research consultant at the LSE Middle East Centre.

Participant in: June 2017 Fellowship: Peacebuilding and Women’s Meaningful Participation in Peacebuilding Processes