Experts

Program Experts

Learn and 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-American Commission on Human Rights, experts from prominent NGOs, and experts from all over the world.

English Seminars

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Eduardo Bertoni

Director, Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Washington College of Law, American University

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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 Human Rights Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in The Hague, 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

Jamie Williamson

Jamie Williamson

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

Spanish Seminars

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, American University Washington College of Law

Viviana Krsticevic

Viviana Krsticevic

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

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Carlos Ayala

Vice-president, Executive Committee, International Commission of Jurists

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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, American University 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 Foundation (DPLF)

Daniela Kravetz

Daniela Kravetz

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

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Maria Clara Galvis

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

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Jorge Meza Flores

Deputy Executive Secretary for the System of Petitions, Cases and Friendly Solutions of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

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Claudio Grossman

Member, International Law Commission, United Nations, and Dean Emeritus, American University Washington College of Law

Pablo Saavedra

Pablo Saavedra

Secretary, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Organization of American States, San José, Costa Rica