Sonia Vohito is a global expert in human rights and comparative constitutional law, with over twenty years of experience working with international NGOs and United Nations agencies. She has extensive expertise in legal advocacy, policy analysis, research, and programme management, particularly across Africa and Europe. Sonia previously led the Africa Programme at the Global Initiative to End Corporal Punishment of Children, where she represented the organization as amicus curiae in strategic litigation, including before the Constitutional Court of South Africa. She later served as a Legal Policy Specialist with a UN-hosted child protection partnership, conducting legal analyses of international commitments to end violence against children, advancing law reform, and supporting national advocacy campaigns and research to eliminate corporal punishment. Earlier in her career, she managed grassroots women’s rights organizations in the United Kingdom, leading programmes focused on gender equality, advocacy, and organizational development.

Sonia holds a PhD (LLD) in Comparative Constitutional Law from the University of Pretoria, South Africa, a Master’s degree in Non-Profit and Voluntary Sector Management from the London South Bank University, United Kingdom, and a Master’s degree in International Law from the University of Paris Sud, France.