Our team

The team is driven by a set of values, which are:

  • Excellence in all we do, delivering to high standards, only taking work where we can deliver to those standards, improving our own effectiveness so we can more smoothly deliver to those standards.
  • Trust and support, with the team feeling empowered to deliver and to take initiative, learning from mistakes in a positive way.
  • Accountability for delivering to high standards, always seeking to ensure substantive delivery and real-world impact, facing up to challenges honestly.
  • Openness, always seeking to reach out to colleagues and partner organisations to develop and share knowledge collaboratively.

Biljana Braithwaite

Western Balkans Programme Director

Biljana leads the AIRE Centre’s Western Balkans Rule of Law Programme. She has over twenty years’ experience developing, funding and delivering more than fifty rule of law projects, ranging from strengthening national judiciaries and other forms of technical assistance, human rights training, legislative reform, and the fight against corruption, often in partnership with local civil society. A lawyer by training with degrees from Belgrade University and Lund University’s Raoul Wallenberg Institute, Biljana began her career at the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights and has been associated with the AIRE Centre since 1998. She founded and co-edits the professional legal bulletin, Human Rights in Europe, now over 150 editions. She has also co-edited a series of guides for judges, decision makers and practitioners in South East Europe on freedom of expression, international child protection, and European asylum law. She is a member of the boards of the AIRE Centre USA and International Bridges to Justice. She is a founding partner Sustineri Partners, a consultancy working with companies and other organisations to put sustainability at the heart of their business.

Project Managers

Sabina Đapo

Programme Manager
Western Balkans Rule of Law Programme

Đina Popović

Project Manager, Montenegro Rule of Law Project
Western Balkans Rule of Law Programme

Martina Raguž

Project Manager, BiH Rule of Law Project
Western Balkans Rule of Law Programme

Legal experts

Catharina Harby
Senior Legal Consultant
Western Balkans Rule of Law Programme
Nevena Kostić

Senior Legal Adviser
Western Balkans Rule of Law Programme

Vanja Radević
Senior Legal Adviser
Western Balkans Rule of Law Programme
Florence Powell
Legal Project Manager and Solicitor
Western Balkans Rule of Law Programme

Researcher

Sanja Dakić Petrović
Researcher
Western Balkans Rule of Law Programme

Press and communications

Amina Hujdur
Outreach and Communications Manager
Western Balkans Rule of Law Programme

Office management and project support

Azra Bećirović
Office Manager
Western Balkans Rule of Law Programme
Minja Trnka
Office Manager Assistant
Western Balkans Rule of Law Programme
Andrew Jackson
Organisation consultant
Western Balkans Rule of Law Programme

Expert and Associates

Elma Veledar Arifagić
Senior Legal Adviser
Western Balkans Rule of Law Programme
Tijana Badnjar
Young Judges Network Co-ordinator
Western Balkans Rule of Law Programme
Vesna Mijić
Associate
Western Balkans Rule of Law Programme
Selma Učanbarlić
Media Expert
Western Balkans Rule of Law Programme
Jelena Rašović
Senior Legal Adviser
Western Balkans Rule of Law Programme