Daniel Machover is a preeminent British human rights solicitor, international law expert, and leading activist. A long-time partner and Head of Public Law and Human Rights at the renowned firm Hickman & Rose, he has spent decades using the power of litigation to hold state actors accountable for gross violations of human rights and international humanitarian law.
Machover is widely regarded as a legal pioneer in attempting to enforce accountability for war crimes and torture globally, utilizing domestic and international avenues to ensure there are no safe havens for perpetrators. At Hickman & Rose, his domestic practice focuses on high-stakes public law, successfully holding UK police, prison systems, and corporate entities legally responsible for negligence and systemic failures resulting in the loss of life. Repeatedly ranked as a star individual by the Chambers UK and Legal 500 directories, he is recognized by his peers as a meticulously brilliant litigator who translates complex human rights principles into systemic legal victories.
He is also the co-founder of Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights. In a historic 2005 case, Machover successfully secured a UK arrest warrant for former Israeli general Doron Almog over alleged war crimes in Gaza. This shattered the presumption of diplomatic immunity for Israeli commanders, forcing Almog to flee back to Israel without setting foot on British soil and permanently altering the travel calculations of Israeli state actors.