Jani Leino has served as the international humanitarian law (IHL) legal advisor of the Finnish Red Cross since 2005. Before working for the Red Cross, Jani Leino assisted Professor Martin Scheinin, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms while Countering Terrorism, worked at the legal department of the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, and did research on terrorism and human rights at Erik Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights of Helsinki University. He holds a Master of Laws from Columbia Law School (2004) and a Master of Political Sciences from Åbo Akademi University (2002).