Neve practiced law in
Ottawa with a focus in the areas of
refugee and
immigration law. He has been a member of Amnesty International since the mid-1980s and has worked for the organization nationally and internationally in a number of different roles, including missions to Tanzania, Guinea, Mexico, Burundi, Chad, Colombia, Honduras, Zimbabwe, Côte d'Ivoire, South Africa, South Sudan, Bangladesh, and Ghana. He has authored and contributed to reports and studies for Amnesty International, as well as legal submissions to parliamentary committees and
United Nations human rights bodies, including the
Maher Arar Commission. Prior to becoming secretary general, Neve served as a member of the
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. He regularly posts on a range of human rights topics on his blog, Moving Rights Along. Neve frequently lectures, participates in conferences, and speaks and writes in the national media on a range of human rights topics. Neve was the 2025 lecturer for the
Massey Lectures, a lecture series cohosted by
CBC Radio,
House of Anansi Press, and
Massey College at the
University of Toronto, and author of the accompanying book,
Universal: Renewing Human Rights in a Fractured World. In December 2025, Neve was appointed as one of three expert members of the
United Nations Human Rights Council's Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela. ==Awards==