Christina Abdel Ahad

Holds two master’s degrees in law — International Human Rights Law from Indiana University and International Business Law from the Lebanese American University — and an LL.B. from the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik. Her specialisation in international human rights law covered international criminal law and the protection of fundamental rights, which is the ground most red notice applications are argued on.

What she handles

• Human rights groundsWhere the risk on return, rather than the charge itself, is what the application turns on.
• Applications to the CommissionRequests for access to a person’s own data and for its deletion.
• Extradition proceedingsThe international data side, run alongside counsel admitted where the person is held.
• Preventive workEstablishing the position before a border or a bank forces the question.
• Corporate and commercial mattersShare purchase agreements, arbitration agreements and related instruments.

Languages

Arabic is her mother tongue; she also works in English and French. On matters out of the Middle East and francophone Africa that removes a translation layer between the client’s account and the file that is actually submitted.

Where this fits

The human rights ground is one of four on which data is deleted, and each needs its own evidence — human rights grounds for deleting a red notice.