Conor Foley is a permanent resident in Brazil.  He has previously worked in over a dozen conflict and post-conflict zones.  His particular areas of expertise are: legal aid, land and property rights, mediation and community justice, advocacy, human rights, transitional justice, refugee law and the laws of armed conflict.  He is a Research Fellow at the Human Rights Law Centre, University of Nottingham and a Visiting Fellow at the University of Essex. He is author of numerous publications including guides to Property Law in Afghanistan and Northern Uganda, a manual for judges and prosecutors on combating torture and many reports on human rights and humanitarian issues.  He also works occasionally contributes to the Guardian on-line comment page.