Osamah Alfakih is a human rights researcher and practitioner with more than a decade of experience in investigating violations of international human rights law (IHRL) and international humanitarian law (IHL), human rights advocacy and communication, and capacity development in conflict settings, particularly in Yemen. He has worked with national and international human rights organisations, including Human Rights Watch. In 2018, Osamah was awarded the Global Advocate Award by Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute in recognition of his human rights work in Yemen. In 2025, he completed a specialised course in the investigation of international crimes at the Institute for International Criminal Investigations (IICI). Osamah holds an MA in Human Rights from the School of Advanced Study (SAS) at the University of London.