Partners and people
Our partners include:
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Partners and People
Ceasefire is proud to work with established partners who are global leaders in their field
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Staff:
Rami Maarawi (MENA Programmes Coordinator) has a decade of professional experience in the non-profit sector in the Middle East, holding key roles with prominent INGOs and development agencies to support the implementation of aid programmes funded by leading donors. He has an academic background in business and holds an MSc in NGO Management from City, University of London and St. George’s.
Mae Thompson (Advocacy Officer) is a dedicated human rights advocate and has worked with numerous NGOs to promote accountability and justice for international law violations. Before joining Ceasefire, she served as the Senior Advocacy Officer at Lawyers for Justice in Libya. Mae holds an MA in Conflict, Displacement and Human Security from the University of East London.
Maggie Murphy (Board member) is Senior Global Advocacy Manager at Transparency International, the anti-corruption organisation. She leads Transparency International’s advocacy efforts targeting international bodies such as the G20, G8 and OECD with a focus on closing loopholes in the international financial system to stem the flow of criminal and corrupt money. Formerly, she worked in human rights advocacy roles for Minority Rights Group International, Amnesty International and HelpAge International.
Ziyad Marar (Board member) is Executive Vice President / Global Publishing at Sage Publications, one of the world’s leading academic publishers. Marar joined SAGE in the 1980s where he has been an editorial director and Deputy Managing Director. He has a BSc in psychology from Exeter University and an MA in the philosophy and psychology of language, and has written three books in the field of philosophy and psychology.
Piers Feltham (Board member) is a barrister at Radcliffe Chambers, the leading Chambers in Charity law, and also has over 25 years hands on experience as a charitable trustee of charities as diverse as Alone in London, The Mausolea and Monuments Society, Fitzrovia Community Centre and All Cultures United FC, also receiving an honorary scientific fellowship of the Zoological Society of London for pro bono charitable work.
Clara Sandoval (Board member) is Professor at the School of Law and Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex, and the founding and current Director of the Essex Transitional Justice Network. She has been a consultant on reparations and transitional justice for the International Criminal Court, UN Women, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the International Center for Transitional Justice. She also advised the Colombian Ministry of Justice during the peace process in Colombia. She is currently working on a co-authored book on reparations for victims of armed conflicts to be published by Cambridge University Press in 2021.
Lucy Freeman is Chief Executive Officer of Media Legal Defence Initiative, which provides legal defence to journalists, bloggers and independent media across the world. She joined MLDI from Amnesty International, where she worked in various roles.
Sareta Ashraph is a barrister specialized in international criminal law, with expertise in the gendered commission and impact of international crimes. Over the last ten years, her work has largely focused on case-building for crimes committed in Syria and Iraq, both with the United Nations and with civil society.
