Ingrid Roestenburg-Morgan

Dr. Ingrid Morgan is a South African living in the Netherlands. Her expertise lies in international law, particularly the interplay between international criminal law and human rights and the intersections between mass violence, peace and security processes, transitional justice, including the role of international criminal courts and international organisations, international prosecutions, and traditional justice within the African context.

She is overall interested in culturally sensitive approaches to human rights as well as international criminal justice, including the political dimensions of both. Prior to undertaking her Ph.D. she was employed as a Legal Officer at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (UN-ICTY). Part of her educational background included completing a Ph.D. at the Netherlands Institute for Human Rights (SIM), Utrecht University, and a Master of Laws (LL.M) at Utrecht University, where she specialised in International Criminal Law and Human Rights Law; a Bachelor of Laws degree (LL.B) at the University of South Africa, specialising in Criminal Law and a Bachelor of Arts degree (B.A.) specialising in Sociology and Politics at the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS) in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Ingrid’s deep passion and commitment to Africa and human rights has motivated her in using her talents for the benefit of those without a voice and agency to which she credits her role at ActionAid. Her wish is to see a world free of poverty and discrimination wherein each person can realise his or her full potential.