Hadi Marifat is an Afghan human rights activist. He co-founded and worked as director of the Afghanistan Human Rights and Democracy Organization. He has also worked as a country analyst with the Center for Civilians in Conflict, a researcher with Human Rights Watch, and a human rights officer with the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan. He studied politics and international relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He earned his master’s degree in peace and conflict studies at the International Institute of Social Studies at Erasmus University Rotterdam, in the Netherlands.