Ahila Sornarajah
Ahila is a Deputy Director in the Legal Directorate of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, and is the UK Agent to the European Court of Human Rights and the UK representative on the Steering Committee on Human Rights of the Council of Europe.
Ahila switched from an initial career in the City of London, to that of a government lawyer in 2005. She has been advising on foreign policy matters as a FCDO lawyer for the past 15 years. During her time at the FCDO she has been posted to the UK’s Mission to the United Nations in New York, advised in the Attorney General’s Office on national security issues, and led FCDO legal teams advising on sanctions, human rights, and a range of geographical matters. She holds law degrees from the University of Cambridge and Georgetown University.