Jago Russell

Jago Russell is a partner at Boutique Law LLP, a law firm based in London, UK. He deals with a range of criminal and regulatory matters, including extradition and INTERPOL. Jago has worked on many high-profile extradition and INTERPOL matters, involving prosecutions in a wide range of countries. Many of these cases have involved underlying prosecutions that are politically or commercial motivated, and a range of human rights abuses, including reliance on evidence obtained by torture and flagrant violations of the right to a fair trial. Prior to joining Boutique Law, Jago was the Chief Executive of Fair Trials, an international non-profit, where he led successful campaigns for reform of extradition laws, and improved oversight and redress mechanisms within INTERPOL. Jago has been interviewed and quoted frequently in mainstream media outlets, has lectured at numerous high-profile events and has given expert evidence to UK Parliament Select Committees, the European Parliament, the United Nations Committee Against Torture, and the Council of Europe.