About Reprieve

Reprieve uses the law to enforce the human rights of prisoners, from death row to Guantánamo Bay.

We investigate, we litigate and we educate, working on the frontline, providing legal support to prisoners unable to pay for it themselves. We promote the rule of law around the world, and secure each person’s right to a fair trial. And in doing so, we save lives.

Reprieve prioritises the cases of prisoners accused of the most extreme crimes, such as acts of murder or terrorism, as it is in such cases that human rights are most likely to be jettisoned or eroded. Reprieve focuses on cases involving the world’s most powerful governments, especially those that should be upholding the highest standards when it comes to fair trials.

Reprieve has 15 full-time staff in London, five Fellows in the USA, one Fellow in Pakistan and countless volunteers around the world. You can look at our organisational structure here, read more about individuals by following the links below.  

Watch this film for a glimpse behind the scenes at our London office. Recently we were shortlisted for a 2010 Charity Award, achieving a Highly Commended certificate.

London staff:

• Clive Stafford Smith, Director
• Clare Algar, Executive Director (on maternity leave until 2011)
• Colin Nee, Interim Executive Director
• Julian Knowles, Legal Director, Death Penalty
• Tineke Harris, Deputy Director, Death Penalty
• Marc Callcutt, Casework Lawyer, Death Penalty
• Caroline Morten, Investigator, Death Penalty
• Emily Bolton, Programmes Advisor, Death Penalty
• David Sellwood, EC Project Coordinator 
• Sophie Walker, Investigator, Death Penalty
• Chris Chang, Investigator, Death Penalty
• Cori Crider, Legal Director, Secret Prisons and Renditions
• Chloe Davies, Rehabilitation Coordinator, 'Life After Guantanamo'
• Clara Gutteridge, Deputy Director, Secret Prisons and Renditions
• Cortney Busch, Caseworker, Secret Prisons and Renditions
• Polly Rossdale, Project Coordinator, 'Life after Guantanamo'
• Tara Murray, Staff Attorney, Secret Prisons and Renditions
• Tim Cooke-Hurle, Investigator, Secret Prisons and Renditions
• Crofton Black, Investigator, Secret Prisons and Renditions
• Jane Pickering, Operations Director (on maternity leave until 2011)
• Katherine O'Shea, Communications Manager
• Laura Stebbing, Resource Development Manager
• Matthew Leidecker, Resource Development Officer
• Alex Grace, Events Producer
• Fatou Kane, Bookkeeper

Fellows:

• Richard Bourke, Senior Fellow, USA
• Frances Bourliot, Fellow 2007-2009, USA
• Kate Black, Fellow 2008-2009, USA
• Patrick Mulvaney, Fellow 2008-2009, USA
• Sultana Noon, Fellow, Pakistan
• Lucy Larkins, Senior Research Fellow, EC Project (USA)
• Clemency Wells, Junior Research Fellow, EC Project (USA)
• Elinor Fry, Junior Research Fellow, EC Project (USA)
• Nao Terai, Junior Research Fellow, EC Project (USA)
• Hannah Gorman, Junior Research Fellow, EC Project (USA)
• Anna Chadwick, Junior Fellow, EC Project (London)
• Charlotte Hillyard, Junior Fellow, EC Project (London)

Board:

• Jo Martin, Secretary and Trustee
• Paul Hamann, Trustee
• Stephen Solley QC, Trustee
• Peter Gibbs, Trustee
• William Sieghart, Trustee
• Martha Lane Fox, Patron

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