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About SAR

Leadership and Governance

How the alliance is governed, and who is accountable for what.

A board elected by member organisations sets strategy and holds the secretariat to account. The secretariat runs day-to-day operations. An independent advisory group reviews our safeguarding and documentation practice.

Financial statements are reviewed annually by an external auditor and shared with members.

Leadership and Governance

Board

  • Initials standing in for a photograph of Nasreddin Elhaj

    Nasreddin Elhaj

    Chair

    A lawyer by training, with two decades of work on detention and fair trial rights.

  • Initials standing in for a photograph of Sara Abdelrahman

    Sara Abdelrahman

    Vice Chair

    Founder of a community documentation group; leads the alliance’s work on women’s rights.

Secretariat

  • Initials standing in for a photograph of Mohamed Bakri

    Mohamed Bakri

    Executive Director

    Responsible for day-to-day operations and for the security of the network’s information.

  • Initials standing in for a photograph of Rania Tahir

    Rania Tahir

    Head of Documentation

    Oversees evidentiary standards, verification and the alliance’s archive.

Advisory

  • Initials standing in for a photograph of Prof. Ibtisam Karrar

    Prof. Ibtisam Karrar

    Safeguarding Adviser

    Reviews the alliance’s consent and safeguarding practice independently of the secretariat.