Lauren Homer

Lauren Homer is an attorney specializing in international human rights and religious freedom advocacy. Her 46 years of experience in the private practice of law began at major Washington, DC and New York law firms representing large corporations. Since 1990, her practice has focused on representing faith based NGO’s and religious organizations internationally. She also founded Law and Liberty Trust, a nonprofit, in 1990 to advocate for international religious freedom, democracy, and the rule of law in countries emerging from totalitarian governance. Lauren is the author of numerous articles and publications on religious freedom and regularly participates in international conferences on laws affecting religious and civil society organizations. She serves on the Steering Committee of the IRF Roundtable and as co-Chair of its Middle East Working Group and has chaired its Afghan Emergency Task Force and its Ukraine Emergency Task Force. Her recent IRF focus has been on Russia, Ukraine, other former Soviet republics, China, the Middle East (Syria and Iraq), and Afghanistan.