Osama Risheq is a PhD candidate in international law and transitional justice in Vrije University in the Netherlands, and holds an L.L.M in International Law with International Relations from Kent University. Osama has held the position of Legal Supervisor at Al-Quds Human Rights Clinic in Al-Quds University since 2009, and possesses extensive research and fieldwork experience in international law, transitional justice, forcible displacement, prisoners’ rights and the right to education. Osama has published extensively in peer reviewed journals and edited collections.

Tamara Tamimi is a PhD researcher in Law at Queen’s University Belfast and scholar of the Economic and Social Research Council Northern Ireland and North East Doctoral Training Partnership Consortium. Tamara holds an MA in Human Rights Law from SOAS, University of London, where her MA dissertation, which focused on destruction of property and forcible transfer in Jerusalem, received the Sarah Spells Prize for the best dissertation of the 2015-2016 academic year. Tamara’s research activity focuses on settler colonialism, gender equality, transformative justice, forcible displacement, and aid effectiveness of overseas development assistance. Tamara has also published extensively in peer reviewed journals and edited collections.

Raghad Adwan holds a dual MA degree in Global Studies and International Affairs from Bard College, and has completed her undergraduate degree in human rights and international law from Al-Quds Bard College, Al-Quds University. Raghad has extensive experience in the civil society sector in Palestine, having worked with several civil society organisations, and previously held the position of field researcher at Al-Quds Human Rights Clinic for two years. Raghad is a member of the board of directors for the Alternative Information Center Palestine, and is one of the founding members for Lejan, a platform for Palestinian youth wherever they reside. Raghad is currently working as a Coordinator at the Community-Based Rehabilitation programme, Bethlehem Arab Society for Rehabilitation.