The ARTICLE 19
Team

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Our people

ARTICLE 19 delivers change through local as well as international influence. That’s why our people are based in major cities and regions around the world. We have teams leading advocacy in cities such as New York and Dhaka, and thematic experts driving policy change in places as diverse as Nairobi and Tunis.

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International People and Culture Partner
International People and Culture Partner People and Culture Team

Marta Clave

Marta Clave

Marta joined ARTICLE 19 in September 2021, as the International People and Culture Partner, part of the People and Culture team at the International Office. Marta has a Masters of Human Resources from the University of Barcelona and a BA in Liberal Arts from Hunter University. She has worked in a variety of generalist HR roles with a focus on recruitment within the not for profit and international development sector since 2016. Prior to joining ARTICLE19, she worked for one of the world’s leading peacebuilding organisations and Freedom from Torture, a human rights organisation providing therapy and support to torture survivors. During the early phase of the COVID crisis in the UK, she worked leading the International Nursing recruitment programme for one of the NHS Trusts in West Yorkshire. Marta also worked in Egypt during the Arab Spring for Africa and Middle East Refugee Assistance focusing on advocacy and psychosocial support to refugees and asylum seekers.

Fundraising and Development Officer
Fundraising and Development Officer Fundraising Team

Etienne Koeppel

Etienne Koeppel

Etienne joined ARTICLE 19 early 2020 as the Fundraising and Programme Development Officer at the International office based in London. In this capacity, he is responsible for the financial sustainability of the organisation. He dedicates his time researching funding opportunities, communicating with donors, and supporting teams by coordinating, co-designing, and writing project proposals.

Hailing from Washington DC, he previously worked in freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) in Freedom House’s Emergency Assistance Programme and in programme development at Search for Common Ground.

Etienne holds a B.A. in Political Science from McGill University (Montreal, Canada) and a M.Sc. in Conflict Studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science, where he specialised in the study of terrorism, social exclusion, and ethno-religious conflict.
International People and Culture Partner
International People and Culture Partner People and Culture Team

Rumana Ali

Rumana Ali

Rumana joined ARTICLE 19’s International office in London from August 2018, as part of the Human Resources team, now known as the People and Culture team, developing and maintaining the HR function and its practices and processes across the organisation. She has a Masters degree in Human Rights at UCL, and is HR CIPD qualified. She is currently the International People and Culture Partner at ARTICLE 19, covering the following areas: recruitment, resourcing and talent planning; the full employee life cycle; HR policies and practices across A19; contracting procedures; monthly payroll; employee relations; employee well-being; coaching; talent management; organisation performance and development; HR systems and HR intranet; HR data analytics; and other ad hoc generalist projects.

International People and Culture Partner
International People and Culture Partner People and Culture Team

Taiwo Azumara

Taiwo Azumara

Taiwo joined ARTICLE 19 in May 2021 as part of the People and Culture team. She is CIPD qualified with a diploma in International HR and a BA in Human Resource Management, and with over 15 years working within the HR field and the INGO sector, Taiwo comes with a wealth of experience in areas such as strategic HR, employment relations, employment law, performance and talent management, change management, coaching and training. Taiwo has supported teams from all over the world, from Latin America through to the Middle East and Africa and is passionate about capacity building managers, diversity and equity, cross cultural working and how these can all be harnessed to meet organisational objectives.

Senior Director for Law and Policy
Senior Director for Law and Policy Law and Policy Team

JUDr Barbora Bukovská

JUDr Barbora Bukovská

Barbora Bukovská has been ARTICLE 19’s Senior Director for Law and Policy since 2009. She leads on the development of all ARTICLE 19 policies and provides legal oversight and support to legal work across the organization.
Barbora has an extensive experience working with various organisations on a range of human rights issues, including protection from discrimination, access to justice, deprivation of liberty, reproductive rights and community development. She also initiated about 50 cases at the European Court of Human Rights on these issues and has published a number of reports and articles on a broad range of human rights.  From 2006 to 2008, she was the Legal Director at the Mental Disability Advocacy Centre, an international organisation working on the rights of people with disabilities in Europe and Central Asia.  She graduated from the Law School of Charles University in Prague and has earned a doctorate degree in law in Slovakia and an LLM degree from Harvard Law School. In 1998 and 1999, she was a visiting scholar at the Columbia University Law School in New York.
Law and Policy Programme Assistant
Law and Policy Programme Assistant Law and Policy Team

Brigitte Andersen

Brigitte Andersen

Brigitte joined ARTICLE 19 in 2023 as the Law and Policy Programme Assistant. She supports the Law and Policy team on legal work, research, and financial and project administration.

Before joining ARTICLE 19, Brigitte interned at PEN America, supporting the Free Expression at Risk team with the research and publication of their inaugural Freedom to Write Index; and Index on Censorship, where she worked with the advocacy and events teams. She holds a bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Wellesley College.

Legal Officer
Legal Officer Law and Policy Team

Chantal Joris

Chantal Joris

Chantal joined ARTICLE 19 in 2022. Her work focuses on platforms regulation (content aspects) and freedom of expression issues relating to national security and privacy. Prior to joining ARTICLE 19, Chantal was an Associate at public international law firm Volterra Fietta, where she represented States and private entities before international and domestic courts and tribunals, including the International Court of Justice, and advised on a wide range of public international law matters, including international trade law, international criminal law, international human rights law, State immunity and the protection of foreign investments.

Before that, Chantal practiced domestic and international litigation and advised clients on corporate matters, including, insolvency and white collar crime, at two leading Swiss law firms. In addition to her experience in private practice, Chantal worked as a judicial clerk in a Swiss district court. She also worked for several human rights organisations, where she focused on issues related to business and human rights, international refugee law and human rights in the digital age.

Chantal holds a law degree from the University of Zurich and an LLM from King’s College London, where she focused on public international law and international human rights law. She was admitted to the Swiss bar (Zurich) in 2018.

Head of Law and Policy, with focus on Digital Markets
Head of Law and Policy, with focus on Digital Markets Law and Policy Team

Maria Luisa Stasi

Maria Luisa Stasi

Maria Luisa joined ARTICLE 19 in 2018. Based in the London office, she contributes to the development of the organisation’s policies on infrastructure, competition, and regulatory framework for telecoms, internet providers and online service providers. She also provides legal support to the organisation’s regional offices on digital rights and media policy issues.

Prior to joining ARTICLE 19, Maria Luisa coordinated various projects at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies of the European University Institute, where she conducted research, policy and capacity building activities in the telecoms and media sector. Before that, she worked as associate lawyer at Bonelli Erede, an international law firm, where she advised clients on competition rules and represented them in proceedings before competition authorities and courts from various jurisdictions. Maria Luisa holds a law degree (distinction) from the University of Perugia, a Master’s degree on international relations from LUMSA University and an LLM on European Legal Studies from the College of Europe. She was admitted at the Italian Bar in 2008.

Senior Legal Officer
Senior Legal Officer Law and Policy Team

Paige Morrow

Paige Morrow

Paige is a Senior Legal Officer joining ARTICLE 19 in early 2019, focusing on the media and freedom of expression issues relating to elections. Previously, she led the Brussels office of a public interest law firm, practiced corporate litigation at a leading Canadian law firm, and held various positions relating to human rights and business. She also served on the faculty of the Masters of Law programme at the University of Kent Brussels School of International Studies.
She holds an LLM from the London School of Economics (Chevening Scholar), as well as degrees from the University of British Columbia School of Law and McGill University. She has submitted interventions in human rights cases before a number of national courts, and published widely on responsible business conduct, corporate governance and sustainable investment.
She has also served as an adviser or member of the board of directors of a range of human rights organizations.