It is our great pleasure to introduce our new IntLawGrrls contributor Lina Biscaia! Lina is the former Acting Chief Analyst of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria. She worked as an Analyst in the Investigations Divisions of the International Criminal Court and the UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. A qualified barrister, early in her career Lina worked as a lawyer at the European Court of Human Rights and as a legal officer for the Special Panels for Serious Crimes in Timor-Leste. Lina has also worked in the field of rule of law and human rights with the International Commission of Jurists, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the UN Mission in Afghanistan. Currently she is the Coordinator of the Human Rights Reporting Unit of the UN Mission in Haiti.

Heartfelt welcome!