Eva Nudd

Ms. Nudd is an American trained human rights attorney with vast experience in human rights and women’s rights in the United States, Europe, and Africa.

Ms. Nudd is an expert on crimes of enforced disappearances and torture. She advises the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights as well as UN treaty bodies and special procedure mechanisms about human rights on the African continent. Ms. Nudd led the process of the drafting and the adoption the African Commission’ Guidelines on the Protection from Enforced Disappearances in Africa in May 2022, the first comprehensive document addressing the phenomena of enforced disappearances in Africa outlining the states’ obligations to end this scrouge and platforms for victims to seek justice. She also was part of the technical group advising the Committee on the Prevention of Torture in Africa at the African Commission on the creation of a new reporting mechanism to address ongoing or prevent instances of torture on the continent.

Ms. Nudd has trained human rights defenders and lawyers on the documentation of human rights violation in various African countries. She was part of a team litigating cases against the Kenyan government on behalf of victims of SGBV in the post-election 2007-2008 period. Ms. Nudd was a legal advisor in REDRESS working on raising awareness on the crime of enforced disappearances and bringing justice to victims in Zimbabwe, Sudan, Libya and Algeria. In this role, Ms. Nudd worked with the victims to set up opportunities to speak about their experience, trained lawyers and civil society organizations on the documentation of enforced disappearances and advocated for the adoption of the Convention on the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearances in Sudan.

Ms. Nudd has worked with various organizations, including ABA Justice Defenders Program in Africa, REDRESS, Dignity and OSJI providing technical advice on the documentation of torture and enforced disappearances, strengthening the capacities of civil society organization in the advocacy efforts as well as drafting policies and guidelines.

Prior to moving to Kenya, Ms. Nudd worked as an immigration attorney in New York City advising asylum seekers, including victims of female genital mutilation, forced marriage, and domestic abuse and sexual violence and political persecution. She represented clients from Africa and Middle East at different levels of immigration proceeding, including at the Immigration Board and US federal courts.

She obtained her law degree from Fordham University School of Law and has a master’s in international relations from Seton Hall University and is licensed to practice in New York, United States.