Tor Hodenfield Policy and Research Officer, CIVICUS

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Tor Hodenfield is a Policy and Research Officer at CIVICUS, an international alliance dedicated to strengthening citizen action and civil society throughout the world. Hodenfield helps coordinate CIVICUS’ strategic and international advocacy on civic space, including at the UN Human Rights Council, and conducts research on freedom of assembly and the right to protest. Prior to joining CIVICUS, Hodenfield worked as an advisor to a human rights monitoring group in the Horn of Africa. Hodenfield also worked for the Legal Resource Center, a Ghana-based human rights organization and as a research assistant to a U.K. Parliamentarian. He holds degrees in human rights from American University and University College London.