Sally Holt received her MA in Understanding and Securing Human Rights from the University of London’s School of Advanced Studies in 1998. She has since held a variety of positions in intergovernmental organisations, NGOs and UK universities working at the intersection of human rights, international diplomacy, conflict, and development. Before joining the CHRC in January 2013, she was an Adviser to the Initiative on Quiet Diplomacy based at the University of Essex Human Rights Centre. Previously, she managed a research programme for the Aga Khan Foundation (UK) on the social inclusion of Muslim populations in Europe. From 2004-2008 she was a Research Fellow in the Department of Peace Studies at the University of Bradford carrying out policy-oriented research for governments and IGOs on peacebuilding and long-term security and reintegration challenges. She has also served as a Legal Officer for the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM).  Sally has undertaken consultancies for international organisations and networks including the OSCE HCNM, UN OHCHR, UN FAO and Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict.  

Member of Minority Research Network

• International human rights law
• Minority rights
• Cultural rights
• Governance and management of diversity
• Integration and inclusion
• Conflict prevention, management, and resolution
• Land rights and conflict

Sally’s research and publications relate primarily to human rights, including minority rights, diversity management, social integration, and conflict prevention with a focus on select issues that commonly underlie violent conflict. Resources and publications include handbooks for policy-makers and practitioners in addition to more academic contributions:

Handbooks/Policy Papers

• "Managing Diversity: Culture", Conflict Prevention Handbook Series, No. 5, Initiative on Quiet Diplomacy, forthcoming 2012.
• "Land and Conflict Prevention" (co-author with John Bruce), Conflict Prevention Handbook Series, No. 6, Initiative on Quiet Diplomacy, 2011. Available at: www.iqdiplomacy.org.
• "Impact of the Public Expression of Identity on Social Cohesion" (co-author with John Packer), in C. McCartney (ed.) Background Papers: Responding to Social Cohesion Challenges, Club of Madrid Shared Societies Project, 2008. Available at: http://www.clubmadrid.org/img/secciones/SSP_Background_papers_interior.pdf

Book Chapters

• "Cultural Expression" (co-author with Zdenka Machnyikova), in: Mari Fitzduff (ed.), Public Policies in Shared Societies: A Comparative Approach, Palgrave, forthcoming.
• "Land and Conflict in Shared Societies" (co-author with John Bruce), in: Mari Fitzduff (ed.), Public Policies in Shared Societies: A Comparative Approach, Palgrave, forthcoming.
• "Protecting Linguistic Minorities - the Role of the OSCE " (co-author with John Packer), in: Matthias Koenig & Paul de Guchteneire (eds.), Democracy and Human Rights in Multicultural Societies, Ashgate/UNESCO, 2007, pp. 107-132.
• "Family, Private Life and Cultural Rights", in: Marc Weller (ed.), Universal Minority Rights: A Commentary on the Jurisprudence of International Courts and Treaty Bodies, Oxford University Press, 2007, pp. 203-252.
• "Commentary on Article 9", (co-author with John Packer), in: Marc Weller (ed.), The Rights of Minorities: A Commentary on the European Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, Oxford Commentaries on International Law, Oxford University Press, 2005, pp. 263-300.
• "The Activities of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, June 2003–May 2004", in: ECMI & European Academy Bolzano (eds.), European Yearbook of Minority Issues, Volume 3, 2003/4, Netherlands: Koninklijke Brill, 2004, pp. 429–456.
• "The Activities of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, January 2001–May 2002", in:  European Yearbook of Minority Issues, Volume 1, 2001/2, London: Kluwer Law International, 2003, pp. 563-589.

Journals

• "The Lund Recommendations in the Activities of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities", in: Krzysztof Drzewicki (ed.), International Journal of Minority and Group Rights,  Vol. 12, No. 2-3, 2005, pp. 169-188.
• "Proceedings of the Conference on the Use of Minority Languages in the Broadcast Media, Baden bei Wein, 24-25 October 2003", (contributor and guest editor with John Packer), Special Issue of Mercator Media Forum, University of Wales Press, 2004.
• "The Use of Minority Languages in the Broadcast Media: Introducing New Guidelines", (co-author with John Packer), in: Helsinki Monitor, 2004, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 103-126.

Web articles

• "Romani Women - A Priority for European Public Health Policy" (co-author with Anna Pomykala), in: Open Society Institute EU Accession Monitoring Program, Feature on Roma Access to Public Health, September 2002. Available at: http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/sites/default/files/roma-women-healthcare-20020901.pdf

Sally’s research and publications relate primarily to human rights, including minority rights, diversity management, social integration, and conflict prevention with a focus on select issues that commonly underlie violent conflict. Resources and publications include handbooks for policy-makers and practitioners in addition to more academic contributions: