Lotte Leicht, the European Union director and director of Human Rights Watch's Brussels Office from 1994 to 2021, has specialized expertise in European advocacy. Leicht, a lawyer by training who specialized in international human rights and humanitarian law, frequently testifies before international intergovernmental organizations, has conducted human rights and humanitarian law investigations in various conflict zones and written extensively on human rights issues for major publications.

Before joining HRW, Leicht was program director of the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights in Vienna and a staff member at the Danish Center for Human Rights. A law graduate from Copenhagen University, Leicht speaks English, Swedish, French, German, and Danish.

Working focus:
International humanitarian law, human rights law, refugee law. Human rights research, advocacy and policy making. Working on documenting abuses, response strategies, and international advocacy with governments, Parliamentarians, International and regional Organisations.