Annette Fath-Lihic is an expert in electoral issues, policy work in post-crisis areas, sustainable development governance and international humanitarian law, human rights and international  relations. 

Prior to  joining International IDEA,  she was  a  policy  adviser  to  the  EU  Special Representative (seconded by the German Foreign Ministry) in Kosovo.  She has worked in many conflict zones such as the Balkans, Sudan, Liberia and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, since 1994 for IOM, EU, OSCE, and the UN among others.