Sara Hossain is a barrister practising at the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. She was the Legal Officer for South Asia at the International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights (INTERIGHTS), London (1997-2003).

Lynn Welchman is a Senior Lecturer in Islamic Law at the Law Department of the School of Oriental and African Studies. She has worked with the Palestinian NGO human rights movement and for other international human rights organistions.

Both Sara and Lynn are Directors of CIMEL/INTERIGHTS ‘Crimes of Honour’ Project.