Which international human-rights organization employed J.K. Rowling as a researcher?

J.K. Rowling worked as a researcher for Amnesty International after graduating from university. Her job involved researching human-rights abuses for the organization’s London office.

Rowling studied French and Classics at the University of Exeter and then moved to London. Her work at Amnesty International exposed her to reports about people affected by political repression and other abuses. She has said that this experience influenced her understanding of the moral choices and injustices explored in her writing.

Amnesty International is an independent international human-rights organization founded in London in 1961. It campaigns against abuses including torture and unlawful detention. Rowling’s role was as a researcher, not as the organization’s founder or director. The experience came before her move to Portugal and before the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.