Peter Jacob is a human rights expert, researcher, and a freelance journalist based in Pakistan. He has been associated with human rights organizations since 1988 including Amnesty International Pakistan, Forum Asia and Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. He was the Executive Director of the National Commission for Justice and Peace (1995-2013) in different capacities. 

Jacob works closely with an Implementation Commission, constituted by the Supreme Court of Pakistan for the implementation of the judgment of 19 June 2014 on the protection of minorities. He served as a member of the National Curriculum Council of the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training of Pakistan. 

Jacob focuses on the rights of minorities, women and labour. Jacob has published research work and articles in newspapers, magazines and other publications in Pakistan and abroad. 

Jacob studied Political Science, Rural Development and Law in Pakistan. He earned an LLM degree in International Human Rights Law (2014) from the University of Notre Dame (USA).