Deputy Program Director, Global Transitional Justice Initiative
Sarah Case
Sarah Case is the Deputy Program Director for ICSC’s Global Initiative for Justice, Truth and Reconciliation (GIJTR), through which she has managed a range of projects, including a Transitional Justice Academy for activists in the MENA region; a multi-year collaboration with
Guinean civil society organizations to advance community memorialization, psychosocial support, and violence prevention; the development of a manual and resource center on digital archiving for civil society organizations; and a research and exchange project aimed at highlighting the unique needs of survivors of conflict-related sexual violence and their children within transitional justice processes.
Sarah joined ICSC following eight years of work with the Global Arts Corps, where she served as managing director and played a key role in the development of innovative theatre and film projects dedicated to advancing reconciliation in post-conflict societies. Sarah is an Associate Producer on the award-winning documentary A Snake Gives Birth to a Snake and a Producer on the forthcoming documentary, The Journey Back to Now. Sarah received her master’s degree in Human Rights Studies from Columbia University, where her research focused on the arts and storytelling as tools for truth-telling and social change. She also holds a B.A. in Art History from Columbia University.
Based in:New York, New York