Lina Biscaia is an international lawyer, and an expert on sexual and gender-based violence. She currently serves as the head of the Gender and Children Unit of UNITAD. Previously, she was the lead for the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria, coordinating investigations on and analysing evidence of sexual and gender-based violence in the Syrian conflict. After leaving the Syria Commission of Inquiry, she went to the Syria IIIM before moving to working with OPCW on chemical weapons attacks. While SBGV has been a focus of her work, she has worked on crimes against children, both in the Syrian conflict and notably with regard to child soldiers in the DRC leading to the Lubanga case at the ICC.