Nizar Saghieh نزار صاغية

 Nizar Saghieh is a leading lawyer, legal researcher and a human rights activist. His primary focus includes the independence of the judiciary in Lebanon and, within other Arab countries,  the penal code, memory of war and victims' rights, as well as women rights,  drug addiction, sex work and homosexuality. As lawyer, Saghieh aims to use  srategic litigation as a tool for social change and reform, especially on cases concerning migration, legally marginalized identities, and the disappeared. 

He is currently a legal consultant for the International Labor Organization, with an emphasis on labor law reform including women migrant domestic workers. 

Saghieh is currently working on a series of socio-legal publications related to human rights and the judiciary, namely drug addiction and prostitution. He is also preparing a study on the implementation of the law 220/2000 on the rights of persons with disabilities.

In addition to  his wide legal consulting portfolio, Saghieh is one of the founders of the Legal Agenda, a platform that monitors and analyzes law and public policy in Lebanon and the Arab Region.