Malika Saada Saar is a highly accomplished human rights lawyer with extensive experience in civil and human rights law, tech policy development, multi-stakeholder engagement, and the responsible governance and use of AI. As Google’s Global Head of Human Rights at YouTube, she led a team responsible for integrating human rights principles across Trust & Safety, Government Affairs and Public Policy, Legal, and Product teams. 

Prior to joining YouTube, Malika served as Google's Senior Counsel on Civil and Human Rights, developing civil and human rights frameworks to guide multi stakeholder engagements and operationalizing safeguards to ensure supply chains were not complicit with modern day slavery. In this position, she also convened state and federal lawmakers on Google initiatives to promote democracy, human rights, and protect vulnerable communities, and architected partnerships with UN Women and the UN High Commission on Refugees, and other key global partners. 

Earlier in her career, Malika was founder and Executive Director of the Human Rights Project for Girls (Rights4Girls), a legal and advocacy organization dedicated to combating child sex trafficking, child detention, and gender-based violence. As a human rights lawyer and advocate, Malika led efforts to shut down online sex ads that served as the leading sites for child sex trafficking, ended the federal practice of shackling pregnant mothers behind bars in U.S. prisons, and successfully advocated for millions in federal funding for treatment services for at-risk families.

Newsweek and the Daily Beast have named Malika as one of “150 Women Who Shake the World.” The Obama White House selected Malika to serve on the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, and she is presently on the Board of Directors for Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs and the Peabody's Board of Directors. She has also been honored by Spelman College’s National Service Award, Brown University's highest alumni honor, the Roger Williams Award, and the Georgetown Law Center's esteemed Robert F. Drinan Award for Public Service.

Malika holds a B.A. from Brown University, M.A. in Education from Stanford University, and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.