Hadley Rose

Hadley Rose Staley, J.D./LL.M., is the Director of Programs at Lawyers Without Borders (LWOB). Hadley has 15 years of professional experience in rule of law programming in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Hadley worked as an embedded advisor in legislative drafting unit at the Rwandan Ministry of Justice, assisting in drafting and revising over 50 laws and orders arising from Constitutional mandates, organic laws, and ordinary laws, including legislation related to national security. She also developed a 6-month diploma course in legislative drafting, and supported the launch of the Rwanda Law Reform Commission. More recently, Hadley was the Executive Director of Friends of the Public-Private Partnership for Justice Reform in Afghanistan for 8 years, focused on teaching, training, and supporting Afghan lawyers, and an Assistant Professor and Chair of the Law Department at the American University of Afghanistan in 2013-2014 teaching international law, comparative law, and traditional dispute resolution. She also served on a team of victim’s lawyers at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal in Cambodia, and represented victims of land rights violations in Rwanda. 

Hadley also has extensive experience in legislative reform, legislative drafting, and law and policy reform. She has worked on improving the effectiveness of national laws and policies and conducting reviews of national legislation in the Asia-Pacific using empirical data to highlight best practices in legislative design and implementation. Hadley has also worked with lawmakers, human rights activists, and lawyers to ensure accountability for national security instruments in respect of the freedom of expression, and has developed guidance for parliamentarians on incorporating human and civil rights into national legislation and improving government transparency.