Ms Mona Koehler-Schindler

Associate Human Rights Officer on Anti-Terrorism Issues, ODIHR

Mona Koehler-Schindler currently works as Associate Human Rights Officer on Anti-Terrorism Issues at the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR). Prior to joining ODIHR, she served as a member of NATO’s International Staff in Afghanistan and Belgium. From 2017 to 2019, she worked as Political Advisor to the NATO Senior Civilian Representative to Afghanistan, providing political assessments and supporting civil-military cooperation in the country. Before that she served in different capacities at NATO HQ in Brussels, including in the Counter-Terrorism Section, the Science for Peace and Security Programme and the Strategic Analysis Capability Centre. Previously, she worked amongst others for the German Federal Enterprise for International Cooperation (GIZ) in the Police Programme Africa (components Cameroon and Chad) focusing on security sector reform in the counter-terrorism context. She holds a Master’s Degree in International Relations from the University of Aberdeen and is currently enrolled in an Executive Master on the International Law of Armed Conflict at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights and the Graduate Institute Geneva.