A prominent figure in the human rights world, Dr Agnès Callamard joined Amnesty International as Secretary General in 2021, leading its human rights work and setting the strategic direction for the organisation. In 2016, she was the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extra-judicial, summary or arbitrary killings. She was also the Director of Global Freedom of Expression at Columbia University in New York. Previously she was Executive Director of the freedom of expression organization Article 19.