Strategic Litigation & Justice Reform
Using Law to Transform Systems and Deliver Justice
Sultana Tafadar KC’s justice reform work is rooted in the belief that law is a tool for systemic change. She interrogates legal systems that exclude the vulnerable, challenges laws and policies that overreach, and helps rebuild frameworks grounded in fairness, dignity, and accountability.
Her work spans strategic litigation, policy engagement, and training and capacity building. She acts in landmark cases, advises institutions and governments, and delivers training for lawyers, academics, and NGOs worldwide — creating ripple effects of reform that outlast any single case.
Strategic Litigation, Justice Reform & Legal Empowerment
Sultana combines courtroom advocacy with structural justice reform, working across jurisdictions to align domestic legal frameworks with international human rights standards and to address systemic barriers to justice, particularly affecting women, girls and marginalised communities. Her reform work is grounded in litigation and advisory practice, and is directed towards achieving durable institutional change rather than isolated outcomes.
She is directly involved in law reform initiatives, including the development of model laws, legal provisions and policy frameworksdesigned to address inequality, strengthen accountability and improve access to justice. Through her international advisory work, she provides strategic guidance on human rights compliance, counter-terrorism and national security frameworks, transitional justice and discriminatory law reform, advising States, institutions and organisations on aligning domestic systems with international legal obligations.
A significant strand of this work is her role in establishing and leading the Girls Human Rights Hub – Legal Empowerment Network (GHRH-LEN), a specialist initiative focused on addressing structural justice gaps affecting girls and young women through strategic litigation, legal empowerment and systemic reform. Through GHRH-LEN, she works with lawyers, civil society actors and institutions across multiple jurisdictions to develop legally rigorous, context-specific reform tools capable of operating within domestic justice systems.
Sultana also undertakes public interest litigation and strategic appeals intended to clarify legal standards, expose structural deficiencies and catalyse institutional reform. In parallel, she contributes to capacity-building initiatives, training lawyers, activists and organisations to embed reform strategies that are contextually grounded, legally robust and operationally sustainable, ensuring that reform extends beyond individual cases.
Early Advocacy Foundations
Sultana began her career at the Amnesty International International Secretariat, where she worked on urgent action campaigns, international justice, and post-conflict reform programmes in Darfur, Iraq, and other conflict zones.
This formative work gave her first-hand experience in linking law to lived reality — an approach she continues to carry into all aspects of her justice reform portfolio.
Why This Matters
Strategic litigation can set legal precedents, but on its own it cannot transform systems. Justice reform requires a holistic approach:
Litigation that holds institutions to account.
Policy engagement that changes how laws are written and enforced.
Training and capacity building that equips lawyers, academics, and NGOs to continue the work globally.
Systems change ensures that the tools are present for lasting change.
By combining all four, Sultana Tafadar KC delivers impact that is measurable, lasting, and systemic.
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Whether through litigation, policy reform, or training, Sultana’s justice reform work drives systemic change in the UK and across the world.