MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS

Thanushiya Balan

Thanushiya Balan studied Cultural Studies and Asian and African Studies at Humboldt University of Berlin and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Social Anthropology at Leipzig University. Her academic interests focus on transitional justice, memory politics and critical human rights research. She gained experience in journalism at DIE ZEIT, where she worked in community management for several years, as well as at Missy Magazine, MDR and the political talk show maischberger. die woche. During a research stay at the Adayaalam Centre for Policy Research (ACPR) in northern Sri Lanka, she explored how local perspectives are translated into international human rights discourses. Since November 2026, she has been a trainee in the Communications Department at ECCHR.

About us

Persons

Team

Consultants

Council

Advisory Board

In Memoriam