Staff
Sanaea Suntok
Chief Operating Officer
Advocacy Director
Legal Team
Sanaea Suntok is an incoming JD Candidate at the University of Toronto, and a recent Politics and Global Development graduate of Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada. She has previously served as the Podcast Outreach Director at Genocide Watch, as well as the Co-Chair and Editor-in-Chief of the Perspectives on Gender Equity in Politics Journal.
Her research interests focus on the legitimacy and efficacy of international criminal law and its existing mechanisms, as well as the colonial undergirdings of international law, methods of transitional justice, and the politics of remembrance.
As the Advocacy and Alliance Director, Sanaea restructured the division's operations to create a contingent of regional and state-focused Advocacy Task Forces, which she now leads in the development and implementation of a range of legal, academic, and political anti-genocide advocacy projects.
As the newly appointed Chief Operating Officer, she further oversees the day-to-day operations at Genocide Watch and works to improve the organization’s efficiency, reach, and influence. She is also a member of the Genocide Watch Legal Team, and acted as the Coordinator for the development of the Genocide Watch/Pan African Lawyers Union Training Manual on Genocide and Genocide Prevention.
Sanaea now intends to pursue a career in international criminal law, so as to continue her profound commitment to the advancement of human rights and the rule of law. In particular, she seeks to contribute to the prevention and prosecution of atrocity crimes, strengthening of accountability mechanisms, and effective implementation of transitional justice.
Gurisha Sahni
Chief Administrative Officer
Business Director
Iran Advocacy Task Force Leader
Gurisha Sahni is a Politics, Philosophy, and Economics student at Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada. She formerly served as Chair of the Alma Mater Society Board of Directors, overseeing corporate governance and managing a $20 million annual budget. She has previously worked as a Legal Intern at Meridian Credit Union, contributing to ESG strategies and risk mitigation, and as a Business Analytics Associate at HSBC Bank Canada, where she focused on client engagement and corporate research. Outside of her professional endeavours, Gurisha holds a Bachelor of Performing Arts in Kathak, and has performed and taught dance across Canada and internationally.
As Chief Administrative Officer and Business Director at Genocide Watch, Gurisha utilises her corporate training and analytical skills to contribute to the development of effective strategies for genocide prevention and the promotion of human rights. She aims to support research on international criminal law and its role in addressing atrocity crimes, while gaining practical experience in advocacy and policy development within the context of global justice.
With a strong commitment to justice and human rights, Gurisha plans to attend law school to further explore the intersection of legal systems, accountability, and conflict resolution.
Frankie Condon
Lead Editor
Frankie Condon is an Associate Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Waterloo and the Associate Chair of the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC). Frankie’s recent co-edited collection, CounterStories from the Writing Center (with Wonderful Faison) is the winner of the International Writing Center Association’s 2023 Outstanding Book Award. Among her other books are her monograph, I Hope I Join the Band: Narrative, Affiliation, and Antiracist Rhetoric; Performing Anti-Racist Pedagogy in Rhetoric, Writing and Communication, co-edited with Vershawn Ashanti Young; and The Everyday Writing Center: A Community of Practice (co-authored with Geller et al). Her current projects include new monographs: The Road to Hell: Radical Precedents of Post-Racial Rhetoric in the 21st Century, a genealogical history of the metaphor of colourblindness for racial justice, and Encounters with Bean: Contending with White Supremacy in the Antiracist Classroom.
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Jennifer Mitchell
Co-Senior Editor
Jen Mitchell is an Associate Professor in the English Department and director of the writing center at SUNY Potsdam, a public university in northern New York. She has over 25 years' experience teaching courses in first-year composition and professional writing, including courses for incarcerated students. As a community volunteer, she has written grant proposals and standard operating procedures for local nonprofits. Jen earned a BA in sociology at Bryn Mawr College and a PhD in English at the University at Albany.
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Grace Condon
Research Director
Gaza Advocacy Task Force Leader
Grace Condon is a graduate of the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada where she majored in History with a minor in Peace and Conflict Studies. Her research interests include global histories of human rights abuses and advocacy, social and political dissent, decolonization, historiography, and narrative history. As Research Director for Genocide Watch, she leads the Research Team. She oversees Genocide Watch Blogs and special research. She presented her study of "Femicide in Mexico" at the IAGS meeting in Barcelona in July 2023. She monitors Israel and Palestine. Passionately committed to building a future in which genocide, extrajudicial violence, and widespread social inequality are unthinkable, Grace hopes to deepen her understanding of genocide prevention and acquire knowledge and skill in international human rights law and advocacy.
In Fall 2025, Grace will enroll in the School of Law of Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario.
Grace Harris
Alliance Director
African Great Lakes Advocacy Task Force Leader
Grace is a graduate student at Columbia pursuing a Master's of International Affairs degree. She recently graduated with a B.A. in International Development Studies and a Geography minor from UCLA. Originally from Tampa, Florida, she has fostered an interest in human rights issues and genocide and atrocity prevention since high school. She first got involved in this field when she joined her school's chapter of STAND: The Student-Led Movement to End Mass Atrocities, eventually becoming a member of its Managing Committee. In her studies at UCLA, she focused on the intersections between international development work and genocide, pursuing a departmental honors thesis exploring the developmental implications of genocide and how genocide prevention could be implemented in development plans. Grace has been with Genocide Watch for one year now, and is the new Director of the Alliance Against Genocide. She also runs the African Great Lakes Task Force and is an active member of the Sudan, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Gaza Task Forces as well. She is excited to continue her work monitoring countries, writing reports, and organizing actions this year and is motivated by a true passion for justice and human rights.
Beth Paul
Podcast Director
Beth Paul is an honors graduate of Western Washington University with a B.A. in Political Science & Government, and a concentration on International Relations and Religious Studies. Beth has a background in local grassroots campaigns and has managed four successful bids for local and legislative office, including the most competitive Washington US House seat. She has worked two sessions with the Washington State Senate and now works at a social impact nonprofit.
Colin Stiles
Communications Director
Myanmar Advocacy Task Force Leader
Colin Stiles is a graduate of Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey. While there he studied the history of mass atrocity and genocide, earning a Masters of Arts in History and a certificate of Graduate Education in Genocide & Holocaust Education. His background includes studying alongside fellow scholars at the University of Toronto in The Zoryan Institute’s GHRUP program, presenting at Rowan University’s first annual Post Graduate poster session for his work in Gender Matters, a presentation examining the genocides of Rwanda, China and Myanmar through the lens of gender and a publication in the Nobel Prize’s digital museum on the difference between the town of Oswiecim and the site of Auschwitz by accounts from those who live there.
As the Communications Director, Colin oversees the creation and distribution of both long and short form media to genocide watch’s social media accounts, he has over 14 years of experience in graphic design and 16 years in content creation ranging from educational to recreational to freelance. As the leader of the Myanmar Taskforce, Colin manages the projects that the team is currently working on while establishing connections with officials that can help further the goals of the team.
Colin lives in Pennsville, New Jersey with his cat Roo and works within a law firm in Wilmington, Delaware. In his free time, he enjoys exercise, camping, painting, practicing the lute, researching the history of food, playing card games and writing fiction. His future plans are to enroll in law school to become an attorney for international human rights and join the ICC as one of their members.
Areeka Khan
Sudan Advocacy Task Force Leader
IRF Roundtable Coordinator
Legal Division
Areeka holds a bachelor's degree in Philosophy from Sophia College for Women in Mumbai, India, where she conducted extensive research on topics such as abortion, LGBTQIA+ rights, and women's rights. Her academic background is complemented by practical experience in human rights advocacy.
In her previous role as an International Justice Intern at the Advocates for Human Rights, Areeka prepared reports for submission to various United Nations treaty bodies, gathering comprehensive and reliable data on human rights issues, including gender-based violence, the death penalty, and discrimination against the LGBTQIA+ community in countries such as Eritrea, Oman, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Guyana, Egypt, Albania, Somalia, and Qatar.
At Genocide Watch, Areeka serves as the Sudan Task Force Leader and is a member of the India Team, where she has spearheaded initiatives to raise awareness about the genocide and humanitarian crisis in Sudan, as well as the rising anti-minority sentiments in India. Her efforts include producing a variety of advocacy materials on both Sudan and India, in addition to managing the IRF Roundtable and the Alliance Genocide Working Group.
Areeka aspires to pursue a degree in international law to deepen her understanding of the field and to develop effective mechanisms for addressing its limitations, ultimately aiming to strengthen its implementation.
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Ani Tonoyan
Staff
Artsakh Advocacy Task Force Leader
Ani is a recent graduate from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She graduated with Bachelors' in Arts for Psychology and Legal Studies with a minor in Literature. She was the President of the Armenian Students' Association and taught a course on genocides in the SWANA region, bringing her interest in postcolonial approaches to genocide studies into the classroom. This summer, she will be in Armenia, conducting research on Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) and starvation as a genocidal tactic. At Genocide Watch, she is heading the Armenia Task Force, which monitors the South Caucasus and global Armenian diaspora.
Mara Katavić
Kurdistan Advocacy Task Force Leader
Mara Katavić is a master’s student at Sciences Po Paris, where she is developing expertise in international law, human rights, and the intersection of legal frameworks with social justice. Her academic journey has been shaped by her experiences growing up in the Western Balkans, a region deeply influenced by political conflict, fueling her passion for justice and reconciliation. Mara has a foundation in public international law and conflict resolution, which she gained through coursework on peacebuilding and post-conflict justice. Beyond academia, she co-founded the Papillon Academy, a global initiative providing free civics and debate education to girls in over 30 countries. As a member of the Genocide Watch, Mara aims to leverage her legal research and analytical skills to contribute to initiatives combating genocide and advancing international justice. She is eager to engage in projects addressing accountability for mass atrocities, inspired by her commitment to promoting human dignity and the rule of law.
Emily Mullin
Ukraine Advocacy Task Force Leader
Legal Division
Emily Mullin is a law student at the Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto, Canada. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies from Glendon College, York University. Emily is an editor for the Osgoode Hall Law Journal and a member of Canadian Lawyers for International Human Rights-Osgoode.
Emily has previously interned for two global non-governmental organizations, the NATO Association of Canada and the Organization for World Peace, where she published over twenty writing pieces on international peace and security, as well as a freelance article in The Globe and Mail. After Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, she began a volunteer communications position with the Canada Ukraine Surgical Aid Program and has since been on four humanitarian missions in Poland to support medical assistance for injured Ukrainian soldiers and civilians.
In the summer of 2023, Emily participated in the Genocide and Human Rights University Program graduate-level seminar hosted by the Zoryan Institute. Her academic interests include genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. Emily aims to have a legal career in international human rights and international criminal law to contribute to atrocity prevention and punishment, particularly in Ukraine.
Kolby Phillip
Balkans Advocacy Task Force Leader
Kolby Phillip is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin in Austin, TX. He double majored in History and Government with a minor in Holocaust & Genocide Studies. Kolby has previously interned at the Texas Law Human Rights Clinic, where he formed a database of countries’ human rights provisions in their governing sports association’s documents. In the Fall of 2024, Kolby volunteered at the Million Lives Genocide Relief Fund, helping to locate and reference Austin-area psychiatrists to help serve survivors of the Rwandan genocide who suffer from PTSD. At the University of Texas at Austin, Kolby has been a writer and editor for the Texas Undergraduate Law Journal, where he has written works that analyze the role of international law in humanitarian interventions. His honors thesis in History examines the role of gender within the Auschwitz concentration camp in the context of Primo Levi’s “Gray Zone” theory. As an intern for Genocide Watch, he is Leader of the Balkans task force and a member of the Research team. He monitors Kosovo, Serbia, Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Hungary.
Trinity Huynh
East/Southeast Asia Advocacy Task Force Leader
Trinity Huynh recently graduated from Chapman University with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a minor in Peace and Justice Studies. As an undergraduate researcher, she investigated numerous themes in international law, such as nuclear disarmament and nuclear deterrence evolution, while studying at Soka University's 2023 nuclear politics program and conducting research for her thesis. As a research assistant, she also produced a book review for H-Genocide entitled The Figure of the Witness in International Criminal Tribunals: Memory, Atrocities, and Transitional Justice. She has also conducted research on disability justice and the disability rights movement, as well as helped to create a database for future legal scholars about the Russian-Ukrainian war. For her independent research, she investigated the impacts and implications of Agent Orange on collective and legal memory. She is enthusiastic about international peacebuilding and the study of conflict resolution. As an intern for Genocide Watch, she works with the China task force with accountability efforts, as well as write alerts and monitor several countries in Asia. In the future, she intends to get a J.D. and work in international humanitarian, human rights, and criminal law.
Olivia Cash
India Advocacy Task Force Leader
Olivia Cash is a recent graduate in Politics and French (BA) from the University of Bristol, UK. After working for eight months at a local women's association in Senegal, Olivia's international outlook and commitment to women and minorities' rights inspired her to channel her undergraduate degree towards issues of global and social justice. Olivia's academic academic focuses included global health inequality, climate change, the legacies of colonialism, and genocide.
Olivia is interning at Genocide Watch because she fundamentally believe in the organisation's view that human susceptibility towards discrimination, division, and genocide is preventable, rather than inevitable. Recognising the importance of unbiased and well-researched reporting on issues of human rights and mass atrocity, Olivia am keen to help Genocide Watch achieve its mission of awareness raising, advocacy, and genocide deterrence.
Jack Budlow
Intern
Nigeria Task Force Leader
Legal Division
Podcast Division
Jack Budlow is a third-year law student at the University of Maryland Carey School of Law. He has previously interned for judges in state-level and federal-level courts in the state of Maryland. Jack received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Maryland in Government and Politics with a concentration in International Relations. He plans to take part in the new Racial Justice and the Law clinic at Maryland Law which focuses, among other things, on providing legal services to death row inmates. As an intern for Genocide Watch, Jack is part of the legal team, monitoring and reporting on five countries, as well as being on the Advocacy Task Force team for four countries. During his internship, Jack hopes to learn how he can pursue a career which has tangible effects on the human rights of oppressed people on a global and individual scale.
Brenda Salazar Lamar
Staff
Legal Division
Brenda is an International Relations graduate and Law student from Madrid, Spain. As an undergraduate, she contributed to humanitarian aid and international cooperation projects aimed at addressing the needs of women and children in Syria. She has also played an active role in Amnesty International Spain, where she helped organize national and international events promoting human rights.
Currently, Brenda is a dedicated member of the International Peace and Security Research Group at the Center for Strategic Studies of International Relations (Centro de Estudios Estratégicos in Spanish). In this capacity, she contributes to weekly reports on the situation in the Middle East and monitors developments in other international conflicts. At Genocide Watch, Brenda is part of the Legal Team, Ukraine and Sudan Advocacy Task Forces. She monitors China, Mongolia, Poland, Ukraine, and Russia.
With a strong interest in international criminal law and transitional justice, she plans to pursue an LL.M. in Public International Law upon completing her law degree. She is committed to advocating for justice for victims of international crimes.
Omar Kausar
Staff
Legal Division
Omar holds an LL.M. in Public International Law from Leiden University in the Netherlands, where he received training in various fields of international law. He also holds a BA in International Law and Legal Studies from Leiden University College. Throughout his studies, Omar focused on International Criminal Law, Humanitarian Law, and International Human Rights Law.
For his Bachelor's thesis, he examined legal avenues for prosecuting the crime of aggression committed against Ukraine in February 2022. His LL.M. thesis explored how to prosecute environmental harm committed during a Non-International Armed Conflict at the International Criminal Court—addressing a significant gap in the Rome Statute.
At Leiden Law, Omar served as Defense Co-Counsel for his team in the ICC Moot Court Competition. He has worked with Global Human Rights Defence, an international NGO based in The Hague, where he contributed to monitoring and reporting human rights violations in conflict zones. Additionally, he worked with victims of sexual and gender-based crimes at Stairway Foundation in the Philippines. Most recently, he completed an internship at the United Nations in Rome.
Omar is also part of the Myanmar Task Force at Genocide Watch, where he monitors the situations in Syria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Lebanon, Sudan, and Afghanistan.
His academic and professional work reflect his commitment to international law, accountability, and the prevention and prosecution of human rights abuses. He strongly believes that no one is above the law and aspires to pursue a career in International Criminal Law, Humanitarian Law, Human Rights, or Humanitarian Aid.
Sandrine Irankunda
Staff
Advocacy Division
Sandrine Mugenga Irankunda is a PhD candidate in African Studies at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Her research is centered on genocide and other forms of large-scale violence within the African context, exploring the historical, political, social, economic, and cultural factors that drive these atrocities, and shedding light on overlooked narratives. Sandrine’s written work contributes to the discourse on genocide and memory by examining how societies remember and interpret past traumas, which affects social cohesion, reconciliation, and collective identity.
Beyond her academic pursuits, Sandrine is actively involved with the Rwandan community in the U.S. She initiated the annual commemoration of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Atlanta, Georgia. She has led workshops and panel discussions on genocide education and prevention. She is also a fellow at the International Policy Scholars Consortium and Network, which supports research focused on historically-informed statecraft and policy design.
As a research intern for Genocide Watch, Sandrine monitors and writes alerts on the African Great Lakes Region. She is conducting a research project on genocides on the African continent, aiming to increase understanding, raise awareness, and inform contemporary policy and preventive measures.
Bhaswati Bhattacharjee
Staff
Advocacy Division
Bhaswati Bhattacharjee is working on her PhD thesis as a Senior Research Fellow at the department of English of Dr. Harisingh Gour Central University at Madhya Pradesh, India. The areas of her research interest include peace and conflict studies, war memoirs, biopolitics, intersectionality, and genocide studies. The thrust area of her research is marginalized women’s war memoirs. She has one national and two international journal publications so far. As of now, she has presented papers at one national seminar and at one national and four international conferences, with the latest being the 6th “Migration, Adaptation and Memory” International Interdisciplinary Conference held in Gdańsk, Poland on 15-16 June 2023. She has contributed one chapter in the book titled Fourth Wave of Feminism: Reconstructing Gender Studies in Media, Law and Literature-An Insightful Interpretation and Analysis and one chapter in the book titled Identity Explorations: Dimensions and Discourses (vol 1). She is now working on two more chapters on genocide, memory, trauma studies, and liminality for two upcoming volumes to be published by Routledge and Vernon Press respectively. She is currently a member of the Sudan Task Force of Genocide Watch.
Finia Hilmes
Staff
Legal Division
Finia is a recent graduate with an LL.M. in Public International Law, specialising in Conflict and Security, from Utrecht University. She also holds an LL.B. in International and European Law from The Hague University of Applied Sciences. During her studies, Finia conducted an applied research project for the law firm Global Rights Compliance, where she assessed the potential legal basis for inferring genocidal intent behind the crimes committed by Russia and its forces against the Ukrainian population. In addition, she worked as an editor for the law journal of the International Law Student Association (The Hague Chapter). Finia also interned with the human rights NGO Global Human Rights Defence in The Hague, where she contributed to the Pakistan Team’s monitoring and reporting efforts, including research on alleged human rights violations against the Baloch population. Her academic and professional work reflect her commitment to addressing the intersections of international justice, accountability, and the prevention of human rights abuses and atrocity crimes. She aims to pursue a career in the areas of International Criminal Law, International Humanitarian Law, International Human Rights Law and diplomacy.
Shannon McMahon
Staff
Advocacy Division
Shannon McMahon is a current Master’s student in Political Science, concentrating in International Relations at Northeastern University. With nearly four years of experience in genocide studies, Shannon has developed and taught curricula in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Egypt, and Turkey, where she engages students in critical discussions about the long-term effects of genocide and the importance of remembrance. Her research focuses on the international implications of genocide denial, exploring how the distortion or erasure of historical atrocities impacts contemporary global politics. Regionally, she concentrates in the Middle East and post-Yugoslavia.
Shannon is committed to using education as a tool for combating denial and fostering awareness. She plans to pursue a PhD in Political Science, concentrating on genocide studies, with aspirations to continue her work in educational development, creating curricula that address both the history and ongoing consequences of genocide to ensure future generations are equipped to prevent such atrocities.
Edvards Vonsovics
Intern
Legal Division
Edvards Karlis Vonsovics is an LLB student at the Riga Graduate School of Law (RGSL) in Riga, Latvia. His academic interests span human rights, privacy and surveillance, international law, as well as AI governance.
Since a young age, Edvards has been involved in activism and politics. This involvement includes starting a campaign to lower the voting age of Latvia to 16, campaigning and policy development in the political party "The Progressives," and participating in various protests. More recently, Edvards' has shifted his focus to exploring legal ways of promoting human rights and justice.
As an intern at Genocide Watch, Edvards hopes to develop his legal and research skills, especially in the area of international criminal law. He is a member of the Legal Division and serves on the East/Southeast Asia, Myanmar, and African Great Lakes task forces. He monitors Russia, Belarus, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia.
Michał Jagielski
Intern
Alliance Division
Research Division
Michał Jagielski is a recent graduate of Lund University in Sweden, where he majored in Middle Eastern Studies, defending his master’s thesis on the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood’s framing strategies in exile. Previously he received his bachelor's degree in Iranian Studies from the University of Warsaw, Poland. Michał has experience working for NGOs and INGOs where he participated in projects focusing on humanitarian aid, advocacy and human rights protection.
At Genocide Watch he is a member of the research team, the Sudan, Kurdistan, African Great Lakes and Iran Task Forces in the capacity of a research intern.
His current research interests include the remnants of colonial mentality in international law and geo-politics, political persecution, state building and resolving generational traumas and prejudices.
Madelyn Smith
Intern
Alliance Division
Research Division
Communications Divison
Madelyn Smith is an undergraduate student at Leiden University College in Netherlands pursuing a degree in Global Challenges focusing on World Politics and International Justice. She has previously interned at two U.S. Embassies, including for U.S.A.I.D. where she created more efficient office webpages that generated inter-office awareness and coordination. She has fostered her passion for human rights, refugee work, and education as a board member and student coordinator of IncLUsion, by connecting asylum seekers with university education opportunities. She was responsible for the application process of over 150 prospective students, as well as the communication and organization of the social and academic wellbeing of active students. At Genocide Watch, Madelyn continues to put her passion for human rights issues to use as a member of the Myanmar, East/Southeast Asia, and Iran Taskforce teams. In the future, Madelyn plans to pursue a graduate level degree at the intersection of law and international relations in the field of human rights.
Nadia Granato
Intern
Alliance Division
Nadia Granato is an Italian undergraduate student pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations at the University of British Columbia Okanagan, with a concentration in political science and a strong focus on human rights and global security. Her academic and advocacy interests lie at the intersection of genocide prevention, international justice, and the protection of vulnerable communities. She brings experience from volunteer organizations such as Angels Without Boundaries. As a team member at Angels Without Boundaries, she helped raise over $2,000 in the past year to provide educational resources for children in underdeveloped countries. Her current research interests center on gendercide and the structural conditions that enable gender-based mass violence. Motivated by a deep interest in understanding the early warning signs and structural roots of mass violence, she joined Genocide Watch to contribute to its mission of preventing genocide through research, education, and advocacy. She sees this internship as an opportunity to expand her knowledge of atrocity prevention and to engage directly with the tools and strategies used to respond to threats of mass atrocity in real time. She aims to pursue a career in human rights and plans to complete a master’s degree in International Security and Human Rights to deepen her expertise in the global response to mass atrocities.
Franzie Schatzl
Intern
Alliance Division
Podcast Division
Shaped by hands-on experience in post-conflict settings across Rwanda, Cuba, Ukraine, Türkiye, and Southeast Europe, Franzie Schatzl is dedicated to memory justice, advocacy, and peacebuilding through education and public engagement.
She is currently completing her Bachelor’s degree in History at the University of Vienna, with a focus on genocide prevention, transitional justice, and international diplomacy. In 2021–22, she completed her Austrian Peace Service at the Kigali Genocide Memorial, contributing to survivor interviews, educational programmes, and historical research.
As COO of Ronja – Association for the Promotion of Human Rights – she leads initiatives at the intersection of urban activism and political education. She also works as a Junior Project Manager for Fix in Art (Thessaloniki) and other civil society organisations in Ankara and Vienna, coordinating EU-funded projects on displacement, discrimination, and gender-based violence.
In 2024, she co-developed a cultural empowerment initiative in Kyiv, Ukraine, using music and public art to support local resilience. She has served on the Advisory Board of the Hil-Foundation, selecting projects that address gender-based violence, and regularly participates in international youth-led initiatives promoting anti-discriminatory frameworks.
Driven by a belief in memory as resistance, Franzie is committed to building cross-border solidarities that centre memory, justice, and lived experience.
Jaspreet Singh
Intern
Alliance Division
Communications Division
Research Division
Podcast Division
Jaspreet Singh is an international student from Punjab, India, who recently defended his PhD thesis titled "Explorations of the Narratives of the Lived Experiences of Sikhs in the West Midlands Area of the UK." His research delved deeply into themes of prejudice and discrimination, exploring how they manifest in contemporary societies.
Currently, Jaspreet is pursuing an MA in History with a specialization in Holocaust and Genocide Studies at the University of Leicester. He is the member of the Stanley Burton Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies. He feels privileged to be part of Genocide Watch, where he hopes to use his research and advocacy skills to contribute meaningfully to the prevention of genocide and the protection of human rights.
Jaspreet has a strong record of student leadership and civic engagement. He previously served as President of the Birmingham City University Students’ Union and as a Student Director of the National Union of Students (NUS) UK. He played a pivotal role in organizing the West Midlands Mayor’s Faith and Belief Conference in 2023 and chaired the West Midlands Against Hate Conference, in collaboration with Members of the European Parliament.
His work has been featured on platforms such as the BBC and Sikh Channel, helping to raise awareness about human rights issues. In recognition of his outstanding contributions to the community, he was honoured with the Lord Mayor’s Award for services to the city of Birmingham.
Jaspreet is currently a member of Genocide Watch’s India and Nigeria Task Forces and looks forward to furthering the organization’s mission through his scholarship and activism.
Maggy Torres
Intern
Research Division
Maggy Torres is a fourth-year undergraduate at George Mason University in Washington DC, USA. She is majoring in Global Affairs, with a concentration in Media, Communications, and Culture and minoring in Conflict Analysis & Resolution. Maggy is planning to begin an Accelerated Master's program in Global Affairs, starting in Fall 2025, and she hopes to complete a specialization in global conflict and security. Maggy has worked with grassroots NGOs in Central America, which support community development, and also has prior work experience as a project manager and operations analyst in the private sector.
Maggy is interning at Genocide Watch because she believes in just societies based on empathy and respect for all. She deeply believes that violence and genocide are parts of the human story that can be prevented and eliminated. She is interested in researching how cultural eradication and destruction is connected to genocide, and how the power of narrative and storytelling can elevate the voices of those who are silenced in times of war and violence.
Samantha Wang
Intern
Research Division
Samantha Wang is an undergraduate student at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., majoring in International Politics and minoring in Cognitive Science. Her academic interests lie in the study of mass atrocities with an emphasis on post-genocide reconciliation and a regional focus on Latin America. Previously, she has worked at the Guatemala Human Rights Commission and the U.S. Senate, primarily on issues related to ethnic conflict and humanitarian intervention. At Genocide Watch, she is a member of the research team and the South East and East Asia Task Force. In the future, she hopes to pursue a career in international human rights law.
Jenni Tervo
Intern
Research Division
Jenni Tervo is a Sociology graduate from the University of Amsterdam and is currently pursuing Master's degrees in International Relations and Criminology in the Netherlands. Combining her interests in politics and conflict studies, she is passionate about raising awareness of ongoing conflicts and human rights violations. During her studies, her main research focus has been Europe and the Middle East, as well as post-conflict justice and the role of gender in conflicts. Through her internship at Genocide Watch, Jenni hopes to make a concrete impact by contributing to projects focused on countries such as Ukraine, Armenia, and Azerbaijan.
Yeva Yeghyan
Intern
Research Division
Yeva Yeghyan is a rising senior at the University of Maryland, College Park, studying Public Policy with a minor in International Development and Conflict Management. As an Armenian immigrant, Yeva’s personal background and academic focus have fueled her deep interest in human rights, peacebuilding, and international justice. She was inspired to join Genocide Watch after years of studying conflict-related policy and witnessing the real-world consequences of ethnic violence in Armenia and surrounding regions. Yeva is fluent in Russian, Armenian, and English, with working proficiency in Spanish. As an intern with Genocide Watch, she serves on the Eastern Europe Task Force and the Research team, monitoring developments in Armenia, Georgia, Ukraine, and Russia. Through this role, she hopes to contribute to early warning efforts and strengthen global accountability for atrocities.
Sophia Birman
Intern
Research Division
Sophia Birman is an incoming fourth-year student at the Bronx High School of Science in New York City. Her research interests lie at the intersection of gender, foreign policy, and genocide, with a particular focus on the post-Soviet sphere and the war in Ukraine. She currently serves on Genocide Watch’s Ukraine Taskforce.
Sophia concurrently conducts interdisciplinary research in applied mathematics and international relations as an intern at Duke University.
Sophia has experience as a Managing and Advisory Editor of The Science Survey, a publication with over 500,000 annual readers, where she leads reporting on global affairs, historical memory, and the systems that enable mass atrocities. She also captains the top-ranked debate team in the United States, where she researches conflict and diplomacy in preparation for national competitions.
Sophia has pursued her passion for gender equity as the Director of the Bronx Science Gender Equity Board, where she advocates for institutional reforms in STEM education, presents at nearby high schools and universities, and participates in state-wide conferences.
In the future, Sophia hopes to pursue a career in international public policy and genocide prevention, bringing both analytical rigor and a deep sense of justice to the fight against genocide.
Anna Danieluk
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Anna Danieluk is a rising senior in the International Baccalaureate Programme at the 33rd Bilingual High School in Warsaw, Poland. Her academic and extracurricular pursuits reflect a deep commitment to global politics, international law, and justice. She spent a year as an exchange student at Stuart Hall School in Staunton, Virginia, where she expanded her international perspective and sharpened her interest in diplomacy and democratic institutions. Anna has worked with the American Bar Association in support of the National Unity Government of Myanmar, contributing to international legal efforts aimed at defending human rights and restoring democratic governance. She was part of the Research team that contributed to writing a report on the situation in Myanmar for the UNHRC.
She currently serves as the Secretary General of Poland’s largest Model United Nations conference, where she oversees every stage of planning, development, and policy formulation. In parallel, she has participated in competitive moot courts with successes which earned her an internship at one of Warsaw’s top law firms. Anna also served as Vice President of a party in the Youth Parliament of the Republic of Poland, where she engaged in creating complex legislative recommendations for the Polish government as a result of youth-driven political discourse. As finalist of the Polish Philosophy Olympiad, she combines analytical rigor with a strong ethical framework in all of her work. She was drawn to Genocide Watch by a commitment to understanding how early warning, accountability, and international cooperation can prevent mass atrocities and protect vulnerable communities across the globe.
Jeffrey Sinclair
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Jeffrey Sinclair is a senior at John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio studying International Business, with minors in Spanish & Hispanic Studies, Law & Society, and Peace, Justice, & Human Rights. He was motivated to join Genocide Watch after participating in a university seminar on genocide and war crimes, where he was extensively engaged with the material regarding theoretical approaches to understanding genocide and practical measures to prevent it. Another motivating factor was his time spent studying in Madrid, Spain, which compelled him to continue working in the international space. After completing his undergraduate degree, Jeffrey plans to pursue a J.D. and work within the nexus of international and criminal law.
Jeanné Mace
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Podcast Division
Jeanne Macé is a Master's student in the Human Rights program at Sciences Po Paris, after having graduated with a Bachelor's degree in International Relations. Her interest in genocide prevention stems from a meeting with Félicité Lyamukuru, a survivor of the Tutsi genocide, with whom she has collaborated on a number of projects, including a commemorative trip to Rwanda, the organization of a commemorative musical event, etc. Among a variety of other topics in genocide studies, she is currently particularly interested in the challenges surrounding the use of the word “genocide” in national and international affairs. Within Genocide Watch, she hopes to develop solid experience in advocacy work.