Rule of Law Defenders

<p>Sasha Filippova serves as Senior Staff Attorney at the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti (IJDH), where she focuses primarily on accountability for human rights violations; gender justice, including sexual...

<p>Shibani Shah is a lawyer and international development professional with more than a decade of experience advancing rule of law and anti-corruption reform in conflict-affected and transitional areas. She has led...

<p>Andrew Solomon is a seasoned justice innovator and rule of law influencer with a passion for disrupting bureaucracy and dismantling barriers to change. For three decades, he has led in designing cutting-edge...

<p>Ginna Anderson has more than a decade of experience as an international human rights lawyer defending fundamental freedoms and fair trial rights, with specific expertise in health and human rights, human rights...

<p>Marc Hawk is a dedicated public servant, advocate, and community leader. A J.D. candidate at the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law (Class of 2027), he was recently elected the Law...

<p>Barrett Holmes Pitner is a philosopher, author, educator, journalist, and founder of The Sustainable Culture Lab. In 2021, he published the celebrated book, The Crime Without a Name: Ethnocide and the Erasure of...

<p>Bennett Freeman has worked for more than four decades at the intersection of governments, international institutions, multinational corporations, responsible investors, and NGOs to promote human rights and...

<p>Dr. Beth Van Schaack served as Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice in the U.S. State Department office, where she once served as Deputy Ambassador. GCJ advised the Secretary of State and the Under...

<p>Jasmine D. Cameron is an international human rights lawyer and visiting scholar at American University’s Washington College of Law. She most recently served as Senior Legal Advisor for Europe and Eurasia with the...

<p>Melissa Hooper is an accomplished lawyer and policy expert with more than 20 years’ experience in accountability law, high-impact litigation, and global human rights advocacy. </p><p>Recognized for her leadership in...

<p>Paul Smith is a Visiting Professor from Practice at the Georgetown University Law Center and formerly Senior Vice President at the Campaign Legal Center, of which he remains a board member and advisor. Until 2017 he...

<p>Elisa Massimino is Visiting Professor of Law and Executive Director of the Human Rights Institute at Georgetown University Law Center. She also serves as a non-resident senior fellow in national security and...

<p> </p><p>Hadar Harris is an award-winning international human rights attorney who has worked for more than two decades on a broad range of human rights issues in more than 25 countries. Prior to joining PEN America...

<p>David Scheffer is a genuine legend of international criminal justice and the defense of a just rule of law. A senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, during the Clinton Administration he was the first-ever...

<p>With the shuttering of USAID and massive layoffs at the State Department, generations of institutional memory and expertise are being lost to the American people and to the people they have helped around the world...