Raha Bahreini is an Iranian-Canadian human rights lawyer and advocate. She obtained her LLM in International Human Rights Law from the University of Essex, her JD from Osgoode Hall Law School, and her HBA in Women and Gender Studies from the University of Toronto. Ms. Bahreini has worked as a public interest law fellow at Amnesty International Canada and more recently as a senior research associate at the University of Essex Human Rights in Iran Unit where she contributed to the work of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran. Over the years, she has also conducted relevant research and advocacy work with Parkdale Community Legal Services (refugee and immigration division), Justice For Iran, and Iran Human Rights Documentation Centre, amongst others.

international human rights law, transitional justice, refugee and migrants rights, gender equality and sexual diversity

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