Sarah Saadoun

Sarah Saadoun is the Senior Advisor on Poverty and Inequality at Human Rights Watch, where she leads work on how economic policy and global economic systems shape governments’ ability to fulfill their human rights obligations. Her research examines how issues such as taxation, austerity, and elite capture affect people’s access to education, health care, social security, and other rights. Previously, she investigated business and human rights issues, including corruption; corporate accountability, particularly in situations of conflict and occupation; and environmental harm. She holds a J.D. from Columbia Law School, an M.A. in Comparative Literature from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a B.A. in English from Queens College, City University of New York.