Summer Faculty

Summer Faculty

LearnÌýand interact with judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC), the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Special Rapporteurs and Committee members of United Nations, members of the Inter-Â鶹´«Ã½ Commission on Human Rights, experts from prominent NGOs, and professors from all over the world.

English Courses

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Flavia Piovesan

Former Commissioner and Rapporteur on the Rights of LGBTI Persons, Inter-Â鶹´«Ã½ Commission on Human RightsÌý

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David Crane

Founding Chief Prosecutor, Special Court for Sierra Leone & Former Under Secretary General, United Nations

Rochus Pronk

Rochus J.P. Pronk

Head of the Mashreq and Maghreb divisions, Department for Middle East and North Africa, Ministry Foreign Affairs of the Netherlandsrategic Advisor to the Netherlands

Gerald Staberock

Gerald Staberock

General Secretary, World Organization against Torture, Geneva, Switzerland

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Helen Duffy

Founder, Human Rights in Practice, The Hague, The Netherlands, and Professor of human rights and humanitarian law, Leiden University

Claude Heller

Claude Heller

Chair, Committee Against Torture (CAT), United Nations, Eminent Ambassador of Mexico

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Johanna Gusman

Regional Adviser, Human Rights and Social Development Division of Human Rights and Social Development Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)/Fiji

Jamie Williamson

Jamie Williamson

Executive Director, International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers' Association (ICoCa), Geneva, Switzerland

Viviana Waisman

Viviana WaismanÌý

Founder GenEq Institute (GenEq). Waisman is a renowned expert in women's rights, international human rights law, and the application of an intersectional gender lens to legal issues. For over two decades, she founded and led the transnational feminist organization Women’s Link.ÌýShe is currently working with groups in the United States to increase access to reproductive health and rights services in abortion hostile states.

Tracey Begley

Tracey Begley

Legal Advisor for the Washington Delegation of the International Committee of the Red CrossÌý

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Eduardo Bertoni

Director, Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Washington College of Law, Â鶹´«Ã½

Spanish Courses

Diego Rodríguez-Pinzón

Diego Rodríguez-Pinzón

Former Member, Committee Against Torture (CAT), United Nations, Co-director and Professorial Lecturer in residence, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

Claudia Martin

Claudia Martin

Co-director and Professorial Lecturer in residence, Academy of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Â鶹´«Ã½ Washington College of Law

Viviana Krsticevic

Viviana Krsticevic

Executive Director of the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)

Carlos

Carlos Ayala

Vice-president, Executive Committee, International Commission of Jurists

Eduardo

Felipe Gómez Isa

Professor of Public International Law at the University of Deusto, Director of the Programa de Formación en Derechos Humanos para Líderes Indígenas

Juan Méndez

Juan Méndez

Commissioner, International Commission of Jurists and Professor, Â鶹´«Ã½ Washington College of Law

Fausto Pocar

Fausto Pocar

Professor emeritus, University of Milan, Ad hoc Judge, International Court of Justice, and Former President, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

Viviana Krsticevic

Katya Salazar

Executive Director, Due Process of Law FoundationÌý(DPLF)

Claudio Grossman

Macarena Saez

Executive director of the Women's Rights Division of Human Rights Watch.

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Daniela Kravetz

Daniela Kravetz

Former Special Rapporteur on the State of Affairs of Human Rights in Eritrea, United Nations

Maria

Maria Clara Galvis

Former Vice-chair, Committee on Enforced Disappearances, United Nations

Claudio Grossman

Claudio Grossman

Member, International Law Commission, United Nations, and Dean Emeritus, Â鶹´«Ã½ Washington College of Law

Pablo Saavedra

Pablo Saavedra

Secretary, Inter-Â鶹´«Ã½ Court of Human Rights, Organization of Â鶹´«Ã½ States, San José, Costa Rica

Rodrigo Uprimny

Rodrigo Uprimny

Former Vice-Chair, Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, United Nations

Pablo Saavedra

Ezequiel Heffes

Director of Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict, PhD in International Law

Rodrigo Uprimny

Victor Abramovich

Deputy Solicitor General, Supreme Court of Justice, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Rodrigo Uprimny

Catalina BoteroÌý

Director of the UNESCO Chair on Freedom of Expression at Universidad de Los Andes, co-chair of the Oversight Board of Facebook and Instagram

Pablo Saavedra

Jorge Meza Flores

Deputy Executive Secretary for the System of Petitions, Cases and Friendly Solutions of the Inter-Â鶹´«Ã½ Commission on Human Rights

Rodrigo Uprimny

Pedro Vaca Villareal

Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-Â鶹´«Ã½ Commission on Human RightsÌý

Pablo Saavedra

Santiago A. Canton

Secretary-General of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)Ìý

Rodrigo Uprimny

Ciro Colombara

President Fundation Kamanau and partner Estudio Colombra.