Sydney Kagetsu is a third-year Politics, Philosophy, and Law student at King’s College London with a strong passion for public international law and international arbitration.

Her interests lie at the intersection of Indigenous rights, women’s rights, migrant rights, and environmental law. She has contributed to public international law research through the King’s Undergraduate Research Fellowship, focusing on inter-State communications before UN human rights treaty bodies. Additionally, she has worked with the King’s Human Rights and Environment Clinic, researching methane flaring and its legal implications.

Sydney also served as a Research Intern for Justice for Girls, a Canadian non-profit organisation dedicated to advancing social, economic, and environmental justice while advocating for an end to violence, poverty, and racism in the lives of teenage girls experiencing poverty.

Sydney was a participant in the 2024 Jessup Moot as a researcher and an oralist, representing King’s College London in one of the world’s most prestigious international law competitions.