Saul Lehrfreund, Baron Lehrfreund
British human rights expert
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Saul Anthony Lehrfreund, Baron Lehrfreund MBE is a British law expert in the field of constitutional and international human rights law. He is the co-founder and the co-executive director of The Death Penalty Project.[1]
The Lord Lehrfreund | |
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| Member of the House of Lords | |
| Life peerage 14 September 2026 | |
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| Party | Labour |
The Death Penalty Project was founded in 1992 and Lehrfreund has represented prisoners facing death sentences in Commonwealth of Nations countries and at international tribunals.[1] He has also served on expert delegations to Japan, Taiwan, China and India regarding the death penalty and assisted lawyers in constitutional cases where the death penalty is present.[1] He is a founder member of the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office Pro Bono Panel that represents British citizens who face the death penalty.[1] He is a visiting professor at the University of Reading.[1]
He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2000 Birthday Honours for services to international human rights law.[1][2] In the July 2026 political peerages, it was announced that he was to be made a life peer and will sit in the House of Lords for the Labour Party.[3]