Gauri van Gulik is the Deputy Director for Amnesty International’s Europe and Central Asia team, managing all work in European Union states and the Balkans. Previously, Ms. van Gulik was the global women’s rights advocate for Human Rights watch, where her work focused on violence against women, child marriage and reproductive health. She also worked for Marie Stopes International (where she was the European Advocacy Officer), the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims and the Civil Liberties Committee in the European Parliament. Ms. van Gulik holds a BA and MA in European and Comparative Law and an MA in human rights from the European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation in Venice.