Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC is an Irish-born barrister at Doughty Street Chambers in London, specialising in human rights and civil liberties.

[6] Gallagher led the lawyers working for the release of Ibrahim Halawa,[7] an Irish citizen from Firhouse in South Dublin who was imprisoned in Egypt between 2013 and 2017.

[8] Halawa was adopted by Amnesty International as a prisoner of conscience[9] and Lynn Boylan led a vote in the European parliament of 500 to 11.

[7] Gallagher also served as a judge that year at the Freedom of Expression Awards with actor Noma Dumezweni, Tina Brown, Anab Jain and Stephen Budd.

She had personally received death threats and Amnesty International supported her view that politicians should be more cautious in their accusations against lawyers and judges.