Adele Matheson Mestad is a Norwegian lawyer and partner at the law firm BAHR. She was the director of the Norwegian National Human Rights Institution from 2019 to 2025, a position that the Storting appointed her. Previously, Matheson Mestad worked for ten years as a lawyer for the Government Attorney. She was a member of the Freedom of Speech Commission, and is a substitute member to The European Commission for Democracy through Law ( the Venice Commission).
