International Human

STEPHANIE FARRIOR

Professor of Law

Director of International and Comparative Law Programs

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EDUCATION

Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA

LL.M. 1990

LL.M thesis: Denial of Refugee Status for Prior Persecutors

Researcher and Editor for Prof. Charles Ogletree - Right to counsel in South Africa

Researcher and Editor for Prof. Morton J. Horwitz - Chapters on Legal Realism, the Bureaucratic State,

and the Rule of Law and Post-War Legal Thought, 1945-1960 in THE TRANSFORMATION OF

AMERICAN LAW 1870-1960 (Oxford Univ. Press 1992)

The American University Washington College of Law, Washington, DC

J.D. 1982

Research Assistant to the Dean, Thomas Buergenthal - International Human Rights

Research Assistant to Prof. Ira Robbins - Prisoners Rights

Editorial Staff, The American University Law Review

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

M.A., American Civilization, 1976

Macalester College, St. Paul, MN

B.A. Cum laude, 1974, History and French

1973: Coll ge Litt raire Universitaire, Avignon, France

1974: Study-in-Greece Program, Athens; ancient Greek art, modern Greek history, Greek language

Honorary Doctorate (LDH, honoris causa) awarded for international human rights advocacy, 2001

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Vermont Law School (2008 present) South Royalton, Vermont

Professor of Law and Director of International and Comparative Law Programs

Faculty Fellow, US-China Partnership for Environmental Law

Teach courses in international law and human rights; includes clinic course in Applied Human Rights in which

students gain exposure to real-world issues of human rights theory and practice by working on cutting edge

projects for NGOs and IGOs and interacting directly with grassroots rights advocates.

Serve as director of international and comparative law programs; includes international dual degree programs

with universities abroad, LLM in US legal studies for foreign-trained lawyers, faculty and student exchanges,

and curriculum development. Significant collaboration with law school s Environmental Law Center, Institute

for Energy and the Environment, and Environmental and Natural Resources Clinic.

Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson School of Law (1991-2008) Carlisle, Pennsylvania

Professor of Law (Asst Prof. 1991-95; Assoc. Prof. 1995-97; Prof. 1997-2008)

Taught international law, human rights, international organizations, gender & human rights, and torts.

Recipient, Minority Law Students Association 2006 Outstanding Faculty Award

Chair of the Faculty 2002-2004; chaired numerous faculty committees

Faculty advisor to Asian Pacific American Law Student Association, Amnesty International law

student chapter, and Penn State International Law Review

Founder and Director, Penn State Center for Applied Human Rights Research

On leave 1999-2000 to serve as Legal Director of Amnesty International at its International Secretariat, London.

University of Oxford Oxford, England

Faculty, Summer Programme in International Human Rights (Summer 2000)

Taught course in joint Oxford/George Washington program: Fundamentals of International Human Rights Law

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Georgetown University Law Center Washington, DC

Visiting Scholar (1997-98)

Research focus: State responsibility for human rights abuses committed by non-state actors.

George Washington University Law School Washington, DC

Adjunct faculty (1998, while on leave from Penn State)

Taught course: Human Rights Lawyering (course on basic skills of international human rights law practice).

Topics included theories and methods of investigation and fact-finding; standard-setting; interpretation and

application of law; choice of remedies and strategies for case development; and aspects of human rights law

practice on behalf of governments, international organizations and non-governmental organizations. Students

participated in role-playing exercises and worked on applied research projects for the United Nations, the Inter-

American Commission on Human Rights and various non-governmental organizations.

American University, Washington College of Law Washington, DC

Adjunct faculty (1998 and 2001, while on leave from Penn State)

Taught seminar: Gender, Cultural Difference and International Human Rights

Harvard Law School Cambridge, Massachusetts

Visiting Researcher (1990-1991)

Researched issues in international human rights law and comparative criminal procedure; developed course

on Human Rights and Islam (with Prof. Frank Vogel) taught at Harvard Law School.

New York University School of Law New York, NY

Lawyering Program Instructor (1986-88); Senior Instructor and Coordinator (1988-89)

Taught course on basic skills of legal practice, including client interviewing and counseling,

negotiation, and aspects of trial and pretrial advocacy; utilized simulation method.

Received the highest student evaluations among the 11 instructors teaching the course

(1987-88 and 1988-89)

LEGAL ADVOCACY AND OTHER LAW-RELATED EXPERIENCE

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL (active in Amnesty International since 1977)

International Secretariat London

General Counsel and Director, Legal Office (1999-2000)

Principal advisor on legal matters for Amnesty International. Coordinated legal strategy of AI; provided advice

on law, policy and international organizations. Represented Amnesty International at the United Nations and

other intergovernmental organizations as well as in high-level government meetings. Had responsibility for

Legal Office management, planning, priorities and budget; oversaw the legal work of Amnesty s staff and

volunteers in London and in AI s United Nations offices in Geneva and New York. A few examples of work

during this time:

Met with UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan regarding UN role in Sierra Leone, East Timor and

Kosovo;

Oversaw AI legal work during Pinochet extradition hearings;

Met with members of UN Human Rights Committee (HRC), Committee on the Elimination of Racial

Discrimination (CERD), Committee against Torture (CAT), and Committee on the Elimination of

Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), as well as the UN Special Rapporteurs on violence against

women, torture, and extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions;

Headed AI delegation to Beijing Plus Five, the UN General Assembly Special Session reviewing

developments in the five years since the Fourth UN World Conference on Women held in Beijing

1995;

Represented AI at the UN Commission on Human Rights, Geneva;

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Represented AI at OSCE Human Rights Conference held in Pristina, Kosovo, in

December 1999, six months after the bombing ended;

Testified as expert witness before German Bundestag, Berlin, in hearing on refugee status of

women fleeing private violence;

Represented AI in international strategy group on handling post-Pinochet universal

jurisdiction cases in meetings in Paris, Amsterdam, London and New York.

Volunteer lawyer for Amnesty International (since the early 1980s):

Mission delegate; served as legal expert on the following Amnesty International visits:

Research visit to Pakistan, March 1999 ( honor killings of women; tribal justice system)

Met with human rights lawyers and other activists and their clients and potential clients; prisoners,

prison administrators and prison doctor; and sardars (heads of jirgas, the tribal courts).

Wrote the sections on international law in the resulting AI report, Pakistan: Violence against

women in the name of honour (AI Index ASA 33/017/1999)

High-level visit to Malawi, July 1997 (death penalty)

Met with the President of Malawi, and with the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Solicitor General,

deputy police commissioners and other officials, traditional chiefs, and with former prisoners of

conscience and other members of civil society. At the close of our meeting with the President, he

declared a moratorium on executions and commuted all existing death sentences.

High-level visit to Yemen, June 1996 (primary objective: to secure commitments from the highest

authorities to protect against human rights violations including unfair trials, arbitrary detention, torture)

Met with the Prime Minister, Minister of Justice, Attorney General, Minister of the Interior, members

of the Human Rights Committee of Parliament, other officials, and with members of civil society,

including the founder of the Women s Studies Department at the University of Sana a, a group of

women lawyers who had established their own law firm, and members of an NGO working to protect

the rights of children.

Research visit to India, June 1996 (full range of AI concerns, with focus on women s human rights)

In Delhi and Rajasthan, met with members of NGOs working on civil liberties and on women s human

rights, and with members of institutions including the National Human Rights Commission and the

National Commission for Women. Goal was to build contacts with national, regional and local non-

governmental organizations, in particular those working on women s rights, to see first-hand the

situation on the ground and to research patterns of human rights violations.

Amnesty International-USA Legal Support Network

Co-founder (early 1980s); Chair (1991-95); Member, Advisory Board (1995-99)

Co-founded network of US lawyers and law students to conduct pro bono legal work for Amnesty

International. As co-founder, coordinator for Washington DC area, and then national Chair, supervised

research in international human rights and foreign law. As Advisory Board member, served as consultant on

international law, foreign law, and federal legislative matters concerning international human rights.

AI Representative at Parliamentarians for Global Action s LATIN AMERICAN/CARIBBEAN WORKSHOP ON

MECHANISMS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE, Trinidad & Tobago, May 1998

Spoke on numerous aspects of the then draft statute of the International Criminal Court.

AI International Council Meeting (ICM) (AI s highest policy-making body)

Chair, US Delegation, 1997 ICM, Cape Town, South Africa Vice-

chair, US Delegation, 1995 ICM, Ljubljana, Slovenia Member, US

Delegation, 1991 ICM, Yokohama, Japan

AI International Lawyers Meeting

AI-USA Delegate, Oslo (1995), London (1994), Boston (1993), Yokohama (1991)

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NCARL (founded as National Committee to Abolish the House Un-American Activities Committee)

Director and Lobbyist, Washington Office (1983-85) Washington, DC

Directed lobby efforts of national civil liberties organization; analyzed legislation, regulations and executive

orders; drafted testimony; wrote national newsletter and issue briefs; served as spokesperson to Congress,

media, and other organizations; lectured locally and in the field; supervised Washington staff and interns.

Focus was on freedom of expression, surveillance of peaceful political dissent, FOIA, criminal code reform.

MEXICAN-AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND (MALDEF) Washington, DC

Legal Intern (1981-82)

Wrote legal memoranda and testimony, analyzed legislation, attended and reported on Congressional hearings;

focused on immigration and employment discrimination issues.

DC BAR LAWYER REFERRAL AND INFORMATION SERVICE Washington, DC

Legal Assistant (Summer 1981)

Provided legal information and assistance primarily to low income and indigent clients on wide array of civil

and criminal matters, including employment discrimination, landlord-tenant and family law.

HISPANIC LAW DIVISION, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Washington, DC

Editor (Summer 1980)

Edited reports on laws of Spanish-speaking jurisdictions written in response to Congressional inquiries;

researched issues in Cuban and Mexican law.

DR. PANAYIOTIS ROUMELIOTIS, Economic Advisor, Greek Parliament (later Minister of the National

Economy and then Member of the European Parliament)

Editor (1977-78) Athens and New York

Edited reports by Dr. Roumeliotis prepared for UNCTAD and UN Centre on Transnational Corporations

concerning the power of transnational enterprises in Greece, and transfer-pricing control mechanisms.

PUBLICATIONS

Books

Works in progress: Editor of five-volume series, LIBRARY OF ESSAYS IN INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW, under

contract with Ashgate Publishing:

VOLUME I: DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW (Ashgate, forthcoming 2013)

VOLUME II: EQUALITY AND NON-DISCRIMINATION UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW (Ashgate, forthcoming 2013)

VOLUME III: CHALLENGES TO HUMAN RIGHTS LAW (Ashgate, forthcoming 2013)

VOLUME IV: THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM FOR PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS (Ashgate, forthcoming 2013)

VOLUME V: REGIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS SYSTEMS (Ashgate, forthcoming 2013)

Book chapters and monographs

Equality and Non-Discrimination under International Law, in Stephanie Farrior, ed., EQUALITY AND NON-

DISCRIMINATION UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW (VOL. II, LIBRARY OF ESSAYS IN INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS

LAW) (work in progress; Ashgate Publishing, forthcoming 2013)

United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, in David P. Forsythe, ed., ENCYCLOPEDIA OF

HUMAN RIGHTS, pp. 142-149 (Oxford Univ. Press, 2009)

International Human Rights Treaties and the Rights of Female Refugees and Asylum Seekers, Chapter 14 in

Anne Bayefsky, ed., HUMAN RIGHTS AND REFUGEES, INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS, AND MIGRANT

WORKERS: ESSAYS IN HONOUR OF JOAN FITZPATRICK AND ARTHUR HELTON, pp. 283-320 (Martinus Nijhoff

2006)

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International Reporting Procedures, Chapter 10 in Hurst Hannum, ed., GUIDE TO INTERNATIONAL HUMAN

RIGHTS PRACTICE, pp. 189-215 (revised and updated previous edition s chapter by Coliver & Miller) (4th ed.;

Transnational Publishers, 2004)

Hate Propaganda and International Human Rights Law, Chapter 2 in Monroe E. Price and Mark Thompson,

eds., FORGING PEACE: INTERVENTION, HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE MANAGEMENT OF MEDIA SPACE, pp. 69-103

(Univ. of Edinburgh Press, 2002)

Protection of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons Under the UN Treaty Bodies, (co-author with Anne

Bayefsky), Chapter 2 in Joan Fitzpatrick, ed., HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION FOR REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS,

AND INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS: A GUIDE TO INTERNATIONAL MECHANISMS, pp. 23-135 (Transnational

Publishers 2001)

USING THE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS SYSTEM TO COMBAT RACIAL DISCRIMINATION: A HANDBOOK.

103 pp. (AI Index: IOR 80/001/2001) (Amnesty International, London, 2001)

Articles and published presentations

Human Trafficking Violates Anti-Slavery Provision: Introductory Note to Rantsev v. Cyprus and

Russia, European Court of Human Rights, 49 INTERNATIONAL LEGAL MATERIALS 415 (2010)

Human Rights Advocacy on Gender Issues: Challenges and Opportunities, 1 JOURNAL OF HUMAN

RIGHTS PRACTICE 83 (Oxford University Press, 2009) (invited contribution to inaugural issue)

The House of Lords Decision in R (Al-Jedda) v. Secretary of Defence: Introductory Note, 47

INTERNATIONAL LEGAL MATERIALS 607 (2008)

The European Court of Human Rights Decision in Behrami and Behrami v. France: Introductory

Note, 46 INTERNATIONAL LEGAL MATERIALS 743 (2007)

The Due Diligence Standard and Violence against Women, 14 INTERIGHTS BULLETIN 150 (2004) (invited

contribution to special issue, Women's Rights in the 21st Century, Christine Chinkin, ed.)

The Rights of Women in International Human Rights Law Textbooks: Segregation, Integration or

Omission? 12 COLUMBIA J. OF GENDER AND LAW 587 (2003) (invited symposium paper)

Tackling the Roots of Racism, 3 NEWSLETTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS WORLD CONFERENCE

AGAINST RACISM SECRETARIAT (UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, April 2001)

Protection from Non-State Persecution, in ASYLUM AS A HUMAN RIGHT (European Ass n of Lawyers for

Democracy and World Human Rights - EALDH, D sseldorf, 2001) (invited symposium paper)

The Need for Universal Jurisdiction: Challenges and Recommendations, AFRICA LEGAL AID QUARTERLY 10

(April-June 2000) (University of Maastricht symposium presentation)

The Neglected Pillar: The Teaching Tolerance Provision of the International Convention on the Elimination

of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 5 ILSA JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL & COMPARATIVE LAW 291

(1999)

Human Rights Abuses by Non-State Actors and the International Law Commission s Draft Articles on State

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Responsibility, 92 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 93 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF INTERNATIONAL

LAW 209 (1998)

The International Law on Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution: Making It Live Up to Its

Potential, 10 HARVARD HUMAN RIGHTS JOURNAL 213 (1997)

US Strategies for Eliminating Sexual Violence against Women, 6 TEXAS JOURNAL OF WOMEN AND THE LAW

273 (1997) (symposium issue)

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Molding the Matrix: The Theoretical and Historical Foundations of International Law and Practice

Concerning Hate Speech, 14 BERKELEY JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 1 (1996)

Landmark Hate Speech Case Decided by European Court of Human Rights, 1995 ACLU

INTERNATIONAL CIVIL LIBERTIES REPORT 1

AMICUS CURIAE BRIEFS

US Supreme Court

Town of Castle Rock v. Gonzalez

Participated in writing amicus brief filed by Legal Momentum (formerly NOW Legal Defense and Education

Fund), in which we explained the international legal principles on state responsibility to provide protection

from and remedies for domestic violence (2005)

European Court of Human Rights

Jersild v. Denmark

Authored amicus brief for Human Rights Watch in landmark hate speech/freedom of the press case (1994)

Bureau of Immigration Appeals

In re Hernandez-Bonilla

Authored amicus brief for Amnesty International-USA in political asylum case of Salvadoran labor rights

activist (1988)

TESTIMONY, LEGISLATION, BRIEFINGS AND OTHER LEGAL ANALYSES

US Department of State. Briefing on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination

against Women (CEDAW). Co-organizer and co-moderator of half-day briefing by CEDAW Committee

members for staff from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; the Departments of State, Justice,

Education, Defense, and Labor; the EEOC; other agencies. Washington DC (2009)

German Bundestag. Expert witness on State Responsibility for Human Rights Abuses Committed by Non-

State Actors. Hearing to examine refugee status of women fleeing private violence. Berlin, Germany (1999)

Rapporteur and author of report for The Economics of Racism, two-day workshop convened by the UN High

Commissioner for Human Rights and the International Council for Human Rights Policy, Geneva, January

2001. Report served as basis for the subsequent publication by the International Council: RACIAL AND

ECONOMIC EXCLUSION: POLICY IMPLICATIONS (2001)

Drafted legislation for Rep. Pat Schroeder (D-CO), Provision of Information regarding Female Genital

Mutilation, enacted into law as Section 644 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act (1996)

Memorandum of law: United Nations procedures for obtaining Category II consultative status with ECOSOC

(for Equality Now, the international women s rights NGO, 1994)

Memorandum of law: Evaluation of the available international human rights mechanisms to end impunity

for the death of M. (a Filipina woman trafficked into Japan) (for Equality Now, 1994)

Over a dozen memoranda of law for Amnesty International (in addition to those written while Legal

Director of AI) on a range of issues, including:

the prohibited bases of discrimination in international law

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the international law against impunity

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the domestic effect of treaty provisions

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analysis of reservations to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

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US ratification of ICCPR and CERD

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international law on incitement to racial or religious hatred

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SELECTED PRESENTATIONS

American Association of Law Schools (AALS) Annual Meeting. Pedagogy for International Law Practice.

Washington DC, January 2012

Vermont Law School. From Then to Now: The Early Years in International Advocacy for LGBTI Rights and

the Evolution to Today, at conference GLOBAL ACTIVISM ON LGBTI ISSUES. South Royalton, VT, April 2012

Roger S. Aaron '64 Endowed Lecture, Dartmouth College, Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and

the Social Sciences. The Role of Law in International Human Rights Advocacy. Hanover, November 2011

American Association of Law Schools (AALS) Annual Meeting. Developments in International Law relating

to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. San Francisco, January 2011

Chatham House. Monitoring and Enforcing Human Rights Law, at TRANSATLANTIC DIALOGUES ON

INTERNATIONAL LAW: HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL LAW, co-sponsored by Chatham House and the

Atlantic Council. London, November 2010

University of Michigan. Accountability Beyond States, at conference HUMAN RIGHTS: FROM PRACTICE TO POLICY.

Ann Arbor, October 2010

Institute for International Relations, Panteion University. New Challenges to the International System An

International Law Perspective, at conference THE WORLD AND GREECE IN 2030. Athens, Greece, May 2010

Dartmouth College. The US and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of

Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). Hanover, NH, May 2010

Public Radio International's Living on Earth: Human Rights in Cancer Alley. Interviewed about the first

environmental justice case to be brought against the United States before the OAS Inter-American Commission

on Human Rights. April 2010

University of Virginia School of Law. Internationalizing Concerns about Human Rights Abuses in the US:

Developments at the UN and the OAS, at conference 50 YEARS AFTER THE SIT-INS: REFLECTING ON THE ROLE

OF PROTEST IN SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND LAW REFORM. Charlottesville, January 2010

Case Western Reserve University School of Law. Accountability for the Torture Memos, at conference AFTER

GUANTANAMO: THE WAY FORWARD -- FOUR ROUNDTABLES ON RECONCILING NATIONAL SECURITY AND THE

RULE OF LAW. Cleveland, September 2009

American Society of International Law (ASIL) and New England Law School. Challenges to the Implementation

of CEDAW, at conference on CEDAW AND ITS OPTIONAL PROTOCOL. Boston, March 2009

Vermont Law School. Women and Genocide: Perpetrators, Victims, Prosecutors and Judges, on panel on

Gender and Genocide at national conference of the International Law Students Association (ILSA),

UNDERSTANDING GENOCIDE: PREVENTION, PROSECUTION AND PROGRESS. South Royalton, Vermont, October

2008

Harvard Law School. International Human Rights Law on Economic and Social Rights in US State Court

Decisions, at conference on THE UNITED STATES AND HUMAN RIGHTS: BRINGING RIGHTS HOME. Cambridge,

MA, March 2008

Pennsylvania State University. Torture and International Law. March 2008

AALS Workshop on CLINICAL LEGAL EDUCATION CHALLENGING ASSUMPTIONS. Challenging Assumptions

through International Human Rights Law. New Orleans, May 2007

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26 Annual Frank Church Symposium on International Affairs, speaker on two panels: The Reality of International

Human Rights Law and The Lives and Rights of Women and Children in the Middle East. Idaho State University,

March 2007

New York University School of Law, EXPERTS MEETING ON TERRORISM AS A HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE. Lead

speaker on session: Should We Call Terrorism a Human Rights Violation? New York City, February 2007

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UN Commission on the Status of Women, 50 session. Eliminating Violence against Women: Where

Does Due Diligence Fit In? United Nations, New York, March 2006

Asia-Pacific NGO Consultation with the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women. Presentation

and workshop on The Due Diligence Standard in Holding States Accountable for Violence against Women

in the Private Sphere. Bangkok, Thailand, October 2005

New York University School of Law. The Economic and Social Rights of Non-Citizens under International

Human Rights Law. New York City, March 2005

NAACP Annual Convention. International Human Rights Law and US Civil Rights. Philadelphia, July 2004

ACLU and Amnesty International event, HUMAN RIGHTS AFTER SEPTEMBER 11. Human Rights Violations in

the Name of the War on Terrorism. Washington DC, September 11, 2003

Columbia Law School. The Rights of Women in International Human Rights Law Textbooks: Segregation,

Integration, or Omission?, at conference WHY A FEMINIST LAW JOURNAL? New York City, April 2003

Current Issues Forum, Pennsylvania State University. The US and Iraq: Humanitarian Intervention, Self-

Defense, or Aggression? Carlisle, February 2003

Institute for Advanced Legal Study, University of London. Protecting against Discrimination, at

conference on HUMAN RIGHTS -- DYNAMIC DIMENSIONS. London, April 2002

Carnegie Council on Ethics in International Affairs and the Clarke Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of

Contemporary Issues, symposium on the Death Penalty. International Perspectives on the Death Penalty in the

United States. Dickinson College, February 2002.

Mid-Atlantic People of Color Conference, Georgetown University Law Center. International Law on Racial

Discrimination for US Civil Rights Advocates. Washington DC, January 2002

Ryukoku University, Kyoto. The International Law on Racial Discrimination and its Application in Japan and

the United States. Kyoto, Japan, November 2001

Fourth Annual Owen M. Kupferschmid Lecture, Boston College Law School. International Human Rights

Mechanisms to Combat Racial Discrimination: An Assessment. Boston, November 2001

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United Nations, 2 Prep. Comm. for the World Conference against Racism. Workshop for NGOs: How to Use

UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies to Address Racial Discrimination. Geneva, May 2001

Commencement Address, Macalester College, May 2001

European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights (EALDH) international conference

on ASYLUM AS A HUMAN RIGHT. Protection against Non-State Persecution. Frankfurt am Main, Germany,

November 2000

Maastricht University. Universal Jurisdiction for Crimes against Humanity, at conference on UNIVERSAL

JURISDICTION. Maastricht, Netherlands, April 2000

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OSCE Conference on Human Rights. The Obligations of States to Protect Women s Human Rights. Pristina,

Kosovo, December 1999

DEMOCRACY NOW (Pacifica Radio) with Amy Goodman. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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Interviewed on the 50 anniversary of the UDHR, December 10, 1998

American Society of International Law (ASIL) Annual Meeting. The International Law Commission s Draft

Articles on State Responsibility and Their Application to Human Rights Abuses by Non-State Actors.

Washington DC, April 1998

International Law Association (American Branch) International Law Weekend. Implementing the International

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. New York City, November 1998

Japan Federation of Bar Associations. The Death Penalty in the United States and in International Law, at

conference on THE DEATH PENALTY EAST AND WEST. Tokyo, July 1998

Osaka Bar Association, UDHR 50 lecture series. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Death

Penalty. Osaka, July 1998

International Law Association (American Branch) International Law Weekend. Trafficking in Human Beings.

New York City, November 1997

International Conference on Government Inaction, convened by Amnesty International. State Responsibility

for Human Rights Abuses by Non-State Actors in International Law. Berne, Switzerland, October 1997

American Political Science Association annual meeting. International Law in the Undergraduate Classroom:

Back Door, Front Door or Locked Door? Washington DC, August 1997

New York Women s Bar Association. International Human Rights Law and Women s Reproductive Freedom,

at symposium on THE STATUS OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF WOMEN WORLDWIDE. New York City, March

1997

University of Texas School of Law. Using International Human Rights Law to Combat Violence against

Women in the United States, at conference on NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIES TO END VIOLENCE

AGAINST WOMEN. Austin, February 1997

International Law Association (American Branch) International Law Weekend. Cross-cultural Perspectives

on Hate Speech Regulation, on panel on CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE PROGRESSIVE

DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS. New York City, November 1996

Harvard University. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, at CONFERENCE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN

RIGHTS, panel on HIV/AIDS, Child Health and the Rights of the Child. Cambridge, MA, October 1996

Harvard University, CONFERENCE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS, chair of panel on The Legacy of the

Doctors Trial at Nuremberg: Health Workers and Human Rights. Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 1996

Association of the Bar of the City of New York. The International Law on Trafficking in Women and Children

for Prostitution. New York, June 1996

Clarke Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Contemporary Issues. The Need for a Permanent International

Criminal Court, at symposium on THE LEGACY OF THE NUREMBERG TRIALS, panel on Contemporary War Crimes

Tribunals. Dickinson College, March 1996

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Dickinson College. Human Rights: Facing New Realities, at Symposium on THE 50 ANNIVERSARY OF THE

UNITED NATIONS. Carlisle, February 1995

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International Meeting of Amnesty International Lawyers Network. Issues in the International Law on Hate Speech.

Boston, August 1993

International Meeting of Amnesty International Lawyers Network. The International Law on the Death Penalty.

Yokohama, September 1991

PUBLIC SERVICE

Boards

International Law Student Association (ILSA)

Member, Board of Directors (2010-present)

Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA)

Member, founding Board of Directors (1997-99)

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

Member, Board of Directors, South Central Pennsylvania Chapter (1992-94)

Professional Societies

American Society of International Law (ASIL)

Counsellor (2012-present) and Executive Council (2007-2010)

Co-Chair, Human Rights Interest Group (2009-2012)

Annual Meeting Program Committee (2011-2012)

Honors Committee (2007-2008)

Corresponding Editor, INTERNATIONAL LEGAL MATERIALS (ILM) (since 2007)

American Association of Law Schools (AALS)

Chair-Elect, Section on International Law

Society of American Law Teachers (SALT)

Bar Membership

District of Columbia

Past Consultancies

Global Rights (formerly International Human Rights Law Group)

Women s Rights Program; US Racial Discrimination Program; and LGBTI Initiative

US Human Rights Network

Shadow Report Group for Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) review of USA

Equality Now

Consultant on women s human rights under international law and on relevant US federal legislation

Peer Reviewer

Cambridge University Press; Oxford University Press; Transnational Publishers; Aspen Publishers; Health and Human

Rights Journal (Harvard School of Public Health)

LANGUAGES

French: Working proficiency

Greek: Conversational spoken and written

Japanese: Basic spoken and written (formerly proficient)

Basic spoken and written

Spanish:

PERSONAL

Born in Bangkok, Thailand; raised in Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Washington, DC; lived a year

or more in Athens, Avignon and London.

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