Prof. Alliya has previously worked as a Research Associate with Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and College of Law. She has been Senior Program Officer at the Working Group of Human Rights in India and the UN (WGHR), where she coordinated UN level advocacy for 14 leading Indian human rights organizations, largely focusing on India’s second Universal Periodic Review (UPR). Alliya has also taught at the University of Kashmir and worked with the Kashmir chapter of Human Rights Law Network.