Shehzad Charania is Legal Counsellor at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. He is currently seconded to the Attorney General’s Office as Head of International and EU Law, and International Lawyer to the Prime Minister’s Office. Prior to that, he was the Legal Adviser and Head of International Law at the British Embassy in The Hague, with conduct and oversight over implementation of the UK’s international justice policy. He was also the UK’s Deputy Agent to the International Court of Justice.