Nicole Fritz has led several prominent organisations dedicated to upholding human rights and the rule of law in South Africa and the wider region: having established the Southern Africa Litigation Centre in 2005, then serving as executive director of Freedom Under Law (FUL) and subsequently the Helen Suzman Foundation. Currently, she serves on the national working committee of Defend Our Democracy, an umbrella movement of various civil society structures in South Africa coordinating efforts to strengthen South Africa’s constitutional democracy. She has participated in several global initiatives relating to the protection of international human rights law, humanitarian law and public interest litigation. She has also taught courses relating to these topics in South Africa and the United States and contributes public comment to these topics.