Professor Philippa Webb KC has represented two human rights activists in a landmark Supreme Court case concerning the alleged use of spyware by a foreign state.

Alfredo Ortega (MPP, 2018) has been elected to the United Nations Human Rights Committee – the first Guatemalan to do so in its 50 years of existence.

Mariama Cire Sylla (MPP 2013) has been appointed Minister of Economy, Finance and Budget of Guinea. She previously served as Minister of Agriculture.