Khaled Emam

Khaled Emam is a human rights lawyer from Egypt with extensive experience in global governance, international criminal justice, and peacebuilding. Khaled is the founder and Executive Director of Justice Call, a nonprofit dedicated to empowering young people in the MENA region to lead peacebuilding & Justice efforts. In this role, he spearheaded several key initiatives, including the MENA Coalition on Youth, Peace, and Security (MCYPS) and the Regional Network on Prevention (WRNP)—both of which created vital platforms for leadership development and collaboration among civil society actors in the region. He is currently a visiting fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard. At Harvard, Khaled also served as a Teaching Fellow for the courses “The Politics of War and Peace in the Middle East” and “Justice by Means of Democracy” in the Government Department. He also served as a Course Coach for the Kennedy School’s flagship class “Exercising Leadership: The Politics of Change.”

Earlier in his career, Khaled became the first Arab to serve as Co-Chair of the United Nations Inter-Agency Network on Youth Development (UN IANYD), where he led global youth engagement in international policy-making platforms. His work is grounded in the principle of ‘Making Justice Work’ by building democratic and effective institutions that are designed to improve people’s lives and ensure that all individuals can enjoy dignity and the freedom to exercise their political rights. Khaled holds a Master’s degree in International Law from Cairo University and a Master’s in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.