Harriet Macey

Harriet Macey is a British Red Cross Research Fellow on the joint British Red Cross/International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) project on customary international humanitarian law. Prior to joining the project, Harriet worked in both Legal and Protection roles at the ICRC's Regional Delegation to the UK and Ireland. She also previously worked at peacebuilding organisation Saferworld, and at charities providing support to asylum seekers and refugees.

Harriet has also published in the International Review of the Red Cross on so-called 'safe zones' in armed conflict under international law - with a focus on the obligations on refugee-receiving states. She holds an LLB from the University of Edinburgh and an LLM in International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights from the Geneva Academy.