Sarah Markey

Sarah Markey is the Community Human Rights Fellow at the Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights and Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic. Sarah graduated from Yale College with a B.A. in Global Affairs and an Intensive Certificate in Human Rights in 2026. While completing her undergraduate degree, Sarah served as a Peacebuilding Fellow for the Jackson School of Global Affairs, a research fellow for the Mass Atrocities in the Digital Area (MADE) initiative, and worked for the MacMillan Center's Program on Refugees, Forced Displacement, and Humanitarian Response. Sarah has interned with the International Rescue Committee's Education and Learning Department and the Permanent Mission of Uruguay to the United Nations, where she covered the agenda of the UN Peacebuilding Commission. She also worked at the Committee on the Administration of Justice in Belfast, researching the human rights implications of Northern Ireland's post-conflict legislation. She is particularly interested in international human rights in the contexts of peace processes, counterterrorism, and emerging technologies.