Chanu Peiris

Special Assistant to the Global Director for Advocacy, Open Society Foundations

Chanu Peiris is the Special Assistant to the Global Director for Advocacy at Open Society Foundations. Prior to joining Open Society, Chanu was Assistant Director of the International Law Programme at Chatham House where she played a critical role in establishing and growing the department. She also lead several cross-departmental and multidisciplinary initiatives on the future of human rights and global governance.

Articles by Chanu Peiris

1. The SDGs need a strong and loud civil society

   Kizito Byenkya, Chanu Peiris

   Global governance — Global

   The Global Goals represent a quest to achieve human rights for all. In the face of democratic backsliding and a global trend to restrict free speech, we must ensure that civil society remains an active force for their progress

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   Article

   11 July 2023

   SDGs: 10 16 17