- Ben Emmerson is a British human rights lawyer.
- He was appointed as UN Special Rapporteur on Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights in 2011.
- Emmerson has represented clients at the International Criminal Court and the European Court of Human Rights.
- He co-founded Matrix Chambers, a leading UK law firm specializing in human rights cases.
- In 2018, he resigned from his role as counsel to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA).
- Emmerson has been involved in high-profile cases such as representing Julian Assange and victims of CIA rendition.
- He was awarded a CBE for services to human rights law in 2013.
- Emmerson has authored several publications on international criminal law and human rights issues.
- He studied at Oxford University and Harvard Law School.
- In addition to his legal work, he serves as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington D.C.
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In 2016, Emmerson was appointed to the legal team representing Mohamed Nasheed – the first democratically elected President of the Maldives, who was deposed and then imprisoned by the regime of President Yameen Abdul Gayoom. Following a successful claim to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, Nasheed took refuge in the UK. Emmerson was subsequently appointed as international envoy for the Maldives opposition in an unsuccessful attempt to seek dialogue through the UN. In 2018, however, the opposition led by former President Nasheed won democratic elections in the Maldives and returned to power.
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