Letta Tayler

Letta Tayler (@lettatayler) is an associate director and the terrorism/counterterrorism lead in the Crisis and Conflict Division of Human Rights Watch. Her focus includes the Islamic State and al-Qaeda, counterterrorism policy at the United Nations, drone strikes and other targeted killings, and foreign ISIS suspects and their family members.

Letta has worked in more than three dozen countries as a human rights defender and in her previous career as a journalist. She holds a Bachelor’s degree from Barnard College and a Master’s in International Human Rights Law from the University of Oxford.