Mona Sadek is deputy head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) mission in the United Kingdom and Ireland. She engages with political, military and non-government contacts on a range of issues related to the ICRC ’s humanitarian work in armed conflict and other situations of violence. In 2011 Mona was deployed to Libya to lead the ICRC ’s protection operations there. Previously she was responsible for all programmes in Afghanistan involving protection of the civilian population, detention visits and the restoration of family links. She has also worked with the ICRC in Gaza, Liberia, Serbia, Montenegro and Jordan. She joined the ICRC in 2002 after completing an MA in human rights in London, having worked in the field of human rights in Cairo.