Jonah Mendelsohn

Jonah is a Legal Officer at Privacy International. He works on our legal advocacy and litigation challenging surveillance, other invasive uses of technology, and discrimination arising from algorithmic management by both governments and corporations.

Jonah has a particular interest in European human rights law and international public law issues, having completed an LL.M. in European Union law at Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas. Prior to joining Privacy International, he was admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales in August 2022 after training as a lawyer in the public law department of a legal aid firm where his casework focused on challenges to the use of novel surveillance technology in immigration control.

He holds a BA in History from the University of Cambridge and an LLB from Queen Mary, University of London.