Andra is an international human rights lawyer with experience in the fields of civil and political rights, torture prevention, criminal justice and law enforcement, and transitional justice. Her legal, policy, and advocacy work features an extensive focus on gender-based violence, children’s rights, sexual and reproductive rights, human rights and health, and non-discrimination. She is the former Assistant Director of the Anti-Torture Initiative at the American University Washington College of Law, in which capacity she supported the mandate of former UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Juan E. Méndez, and she has held positions across various organizations, including the International Commission of Jurists, the Association for the Prevention of Torture, the European Commission, the US House of Representatives, and INTERIGHTS.
Andra has conducted or participated in dozens of fact-finding, documentation, training, and advocacy missions around the world, and served as a member of the Drafting and Coordination groups for the development of the Méndez Principles on Effective Interviewing for Investigations and Information-Gathering, and as a contributor to the International Law Working Group for the revision process of the Istanbul Protocol.