ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Margaret Satterthwaite

Margaret Satterthwaite is an academic and human rights professional with decades of international experience in the field. As of October 2022, she serves as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, appointed by the Human Rights Council. She is a professor at New York University School of Law, where she directs the Legal Empowerment and Judicial Independence Clinic and is academic director of the Robert and Helen Bernstein Institute for Human Rights and the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice.