Cherine Maher

Chairman, Arab Council for Supporting Fair Trials (ACSFT)
Egypt
Cherine is a lawyer, and is currently a Chairman of the Arab Council Supporting Fair Trial (ACSFT), and the main legal consultant of UNHCR for legal aid. Her work involves providing free legal assistance to refugees, immigrants and the poor in Egypt. She also conducts research and writes concept notes for project proposals. Cherine considers the lack of awareness of official authorities and migrant workers themselves of the human rights and migrant workers’ rights as a considerable challenge for protecting migrant workers’ rights in Egypt. She consequently believes this course will be extremely beneficial for her through exchanging experiences with the other participants and developing ideas for projects aimed at protecting refugees, migrants and the poor.

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