Christy Fujio
JD, Executive Director
Synergy for Justice
cfujio@synergyforjustice.org
Wake Forest, North Carolina, USA

Area of expertise: legal aspects of forensic medical evaluation

Christy Fujio is a human rights lawyer with more than 15 years of experience building and supporting global programs in diverse settings to improve access to justice and protection services, including medical, mental health, shelter, and livelihoods. She is a founding member of Synergy for Justice, and has been working with Syrian doctors and lawyers to document torture and sexual violence since 2013. Ms. Fujio has extensive experience training judicial actors, law enforcement, and other government officials to strengthen their capacity to uphold rule of law, human rights, and international treaty commitments.

Ms. Fujio is a founding member of the Global Protection Cluster (GPC) Task Team on Anti-Trafficking in Humanitarian Action, liaising regularly with UN agencies, INGOs, and donors and stakeholders. Ms. Fujio’s substantive areas of expertise include juvenile justice, trafficking, asylum and refugee law, torture, forensic medical documentation, sexual and gender-based violence, and women, peace, and security agenda.