author:

Carla Ferstman

Professor, Essex Law School, University of Essex

Carla has worked in the human rights field for the bulk of her career to date. After a brief period in private practice in Canada as a criminal defence lawyer, she began working internationally, first for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Rwanda and thereafter, at the International Secretariat of Amnesty International in London.

Headshot of Carla Ferstman