• Human rights research and field missions in Africa, Eastern Europe, and Asia
• Human rights pedagogy in the United States

Education

A.B., Columbia, 1982; J.D., Northwestern, 1986; LL.M., Columbia, 1992; D.E.A. with distinction, University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne), 1992.

Detailed Biography

Associate in international trade, Baker & McKenzie, 1985-88. Adjunct professor, Fordham University Department of Social Sciences, 1989. Staff attorney, Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, 1989-91. In-country human rights advisor, based in Romania, International Human Rights Law Group, 1992-93. Consultant, Human Rights Watch/Africa Watch, 1992-93. Program director, International Human Rights Law Group. Human Rights Officer, United Nations Human Rights Center, Switzerland, 1995-96. Joined the Human Rights Program at Harvard in the fall of 1996 and served as associate director until 2002, when he became clinical director. Held an academic appointment as lecturer at Harvard Law School and oversaw voluntary and for-credit human rights projects with students. Member, International Advisory Council, Swedish NGO Foundation for Human Rights; UN Secretary General's Resource Group on the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Harvard University Committee on African Studies; advisory board of Buffalo Human Rights Law Review. He has engaged in human rights research and field missions in Africa, Eastern Europe, and Asia. His recent writing addresses human rights topics affecting Africa and human rights pedagogy in the United States.