H.E. Ajith Sunghay

Head of the OHCHR Office in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. He has 22 years of UN experience. Prior to taking on this role, he spent three and a half years as Team Leader for Peace and Security in Africa and Asia in OHCHR’s New York Office, having a number of years previously been Team Leader of the Israel/Palestine cluster in the Middle East and North Africa section at headquarters in Geneva. From 2016 to 2019, he led Human Rights Due Diligence work in New York. Mr. Sunghay has also worked in the Asia Pacific section in Geneva, covering a number of countries in the region. He served in Palestine as a Human Rights Officer in OHCHR Ramallah Office from 2008-2010 and from 2001-2007 he held various field positions with the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) in Sudan, Eritrea, Sierra Leone and Ghana. He is an international lawyer by profession, and holds a Masters in Law from the University of Oxford, UK and a Master of Arts in International Relations and Contemporary War from King’s College, University of London, UK.”