Widney Brown

Widney Brown is the Senior Director of International Law and Policy at the International Secretariat of Amnesty International. She is responsible for overseeing development of law and policy. She participates in legal standard-setting negotiations at regional and international level and designs the strategic framework for Amnesty International's global campaigns. She is also responsible for overseeing Amnesty International's work on global thematic issues.

Widney has extensive experience documenting human rights violations across the world and has contributed written work to numerous publications. Prior to joining Amnesty International, Widney worked for nine years at Human Rights Watch. She was a lecturer at the Yale University School of Epidemiology and Public Health where she taught a course in Health and Human Rights. She is a graduate of the New York University School of Law where she was a Root Tilden Scholar.