2024

The Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law is pleased to announce the distinguished members of the Honor Jury for the 2024 Human Rights Essay Award!

Nighat Dad,  Pakistani attorney. Founder and Executive Director of the Digital Rights Foundation (ENG)
Agustina del Campo, Argentinian attorney. Director of the Center for Studies on Freedom of Expression (CELE) (ENG)
Ina Jost, Brazilian Attorney. Head of research of freedom of expression in InternetLab, a Brazilian think tank that researches law and technology.(ENG)
Sandra Coliver, US international human rights lawyer, led the freedom of expression, information, assembly and association team of the Open Society Justice Initiative for more than a dozen years (ENG)
Kathryn Kleiman, US Attorney. Co-Founder, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers' Noncommercial Users Constituency and Senior Policy Fellow, American University Washington College of Law Programs for Information Justice & Intellectual Property and Tech, Law & Security. (ENG)
Eduardo Bertoni, Argentinian attorney - Director of the Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law, AUWCL. Former Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (ENG)
Claudia Martin, Co-Director, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, American University Washington College of Law (ENG)
Edison Lanza, Uruguayan lawyer and former Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (SPA)
Carolina Botero, Colombian lawyer and director of the Karisma Foundation in Colombia (SPA)
Damián Loreti, Argentine lawyer and academic specializing in freedom of expression (SPA)
Pedro Vaca Villarreal, Colombian lawyer and Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (SPA)
Catalina Botero, Colombian lawyer and former co-chair of the Facebook Oversight Board, as well as former Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression (SPA)
Mariela Antoniazzi Morales, Venezuelan lawyer and Principal Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (SPA)
Diego Rodríguez-Pinzón, Co-Director of the Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at American University Washington College of Law (SPA)

2023

Margarette May Macaulay, President and Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons of African Descent and on the Rights of Elderly Persons of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Former Judge of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (ENG)
Elvira Dominguez Redondo, Associate Professor of International Law, Middlesex University (ENG)
Carmen A. Mestizo-Castillo, Research Professional for the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program, University of Arizona James E Rogers College of Law (ENG)
Anton Burkov, Director and Principal Attorney of the Human Rights NGO Strategic Litigation Center (ENG)
Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, Professorial Lecturer in-Residence & Co-Director of the Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, American University Washington College of Law  (ENG)
Laura Clerico, Independent Researcher of the CONICET. Professor, Buenos Aires University and Erlangen-Nürnberg University (SPA)
Julio José Rojas-Báez,  Lawyer, Member of the Inter-American Juridical Committee, Organization of American States (SPA)
Roberto Rojas Davila, Chief of Inclusion of Vulnerable Groups Section, Organization of American States (SPA)
Joaquín A. Mejía R, Researcher at Reflection, Research and Communication Team (SPA)
Clara Burbano-Herrera, Professor of Human Rights Law and Director of the Program for Studies on Human Rights in Context, Ghent University, Belgium (SPA)
Claudia Martin, Professorial Lecturer in-Residence & Co-Director of the Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, American University Washington College of Law (SPA)

2022

The Academy is pleased to announce the Honor Jury for the 2022 Human Rights Essay Awards.

Sumudu Atapattu, Director of Research Centers and Senior Lecturer, University of Wisconsin Law School (ENG)
Patrícia Galvão Teles, Member, United Nations International Law Commission (UN ILC). Professor, Autonomous University of Lisbon. Co-Director, Singapore CIL Academy International (ENG)
David Hunter, Professor of International and Comparative Environmental Law, American University Washington College of Law (ENG)
Felix Kirchmeier, Executive Director of the Geneva Human Rights Platform (ENG)
Claudia Martin, Co-Director & Professorial Lecturer-in-Residence, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, American University Washington College of Law (ENG)
Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh, Assistant Professor of Public International Law, Grotius Center for International Legal Studies, Leiden University (ENG)
Mariela Antoniazzi Morales, Principal Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (SPA)
Erika Guevara, Americas Director of Amnesty International (SPA)
Viviana Krsticevic, Executive Director, Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL) (SPA)
Marcos A. Orellana, Special Reporter on Toxic Substances and Human Rights, United Nations (SPA)
Astrid Puentes Riaño, Lawyer expert in climate change and Human Rights (SPA)
Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, Co-Director & Professorial Lecturer-in-Residence, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, American University Washington College of Law (SPA)

2021

Kwadwo Appiagyei-Atua, Associate Professor, School of Law University of Ghana (ENG)
Freya Baetens, Professor of Public International Law, PluriCourts Centre, Oslo University (ENG)
Christian M. De Vos, Senior Advocacy Officer, Open Society Justice Initiative, Open Society Foundations New York (ENG)
Par Engstrom, Senior Lecturer, Human Rights Institute of the Americas, University College London (ENG)
Carla Ferstman, Senior Lecturer, School of Law, University of Essex (ENG)
Robert Goldman, Professor of Law and Louis C. James Scholar at American University Washington College of Law, Co-Director of WCL’s Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (ENG)
Sarah Joseph, Professor of Human Rights Law and commenced, Griffith University, Queensland (ENG)
Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, Member, Committee Against Torture (CAT), United Nations, Co-Director & Professorial Lecturer-in-Residence, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, American University Washington College of Law (ENG)
Ben Saul, Challis Chair of International Law, University of Sydney (ENG)
Santiago Canton, Ex Secretary of Human Rights Province of Buenos Aires. Ex Executive Secretary Inter American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) (SPA)
Claudia Martin, Co-Director & Professorial Lecturer-in-Residence, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, American University Washington College of Law (SPA)
Ariela Peralta, Executive Secretary, Institute of Public Policies on Human Rights (IPPDH) Mercosur (SPA)
Graciela Rodríguez Manzo, Executive Director, Mexican Commission for the Defense and Promotion of Human Rights (SPA)
Daniela Salazar, Vice President and Judge, Constitutional Court of Ecuador (SPA)
Martín Sigal, Director of the Human Rights Center of the Faculty of Law of the University of Buenos Aires (SPA)
Carmen Rosa Villa Quintana, Committee on Enforced Disappearances, United Nations (SPA)

2020

Leo Zwaak, Senior Lecturer in International Protection of Human Rights, Utrecht University (ENG)
Marie Laure Basilien-Gainche, Professor in Law, University Jean Moulin Lyon, Lyon, France (ENG)
Larry Garber, Independent Consultant, Adjunct Faculty, George Washington University and Carnegie Mellon University (ENG)
Doug Cassel, Notre Dame Presidential Fellow, Professor Emeritus of Law (ENG)
Claudia Martin, Co-Director & Professorial Lecturer-in-Residence, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, American University Washington College of Law (ENG)
Michael Camilleri, Director, Peter D. Bell Rule of Law Program, Inter-American Dialogue (ENG) Carlos Ayala, Vice President, International Commission of Jurists (SPA)
María Clara Galvis, Vice President, United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances (SPA)
Claudia Paz y Paz, Director, Central American and Mexico Program, CEJIL (SPA)
Joel Hernández, Member, Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (SPA)
Felipe Gómez, Professor of Public International Law, Institute of Human Rights, Deusto School of Law, Bilbao, Spain (SPA)
Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, Member, Committee Against Torture (CAT), United Nations, Co-Director & Professorial Lecturer-in-Residence, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, American University Washington College of Law (SPA)

2019

Gudmundur Alfredsson, Professor, China University of Political Science and Law (ENG)
Massimo Frigo, Senior Legal Advisor, International Commission of Jurists (ENG)
Claudia Martin, Co-Director & Professorial Lecturer-in-Residence, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, American University Washington College of Law (SPA)
Siobhán Mullally, Professor of Law and Director, Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights at University College Cork, Ireland (ENG)
Marcia V. J. Kran, Member, Human Rights Committee, United Nations (ENG)
Pia Oberoi, Advisor on Migration and Human Rights , United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (ENG)
Sandra Ratjen, International Advocacy Director, Franciscans International (ENG)
Laura Van Waas, Co-Director, Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (ENG)
Nerea Aparicio, Director, Latin America and Caribbean Division, American Bar Association (SPA)
Alvaro Botero, Relatoría sobre Derechos de los Migrantes, Comisión Interamericana de los Derechos Humanos (CIDH) (SPA)
Pablo Ceriani Cernadas, Director, Specialization in Migration and Asylum from a Human Rights Perspective, University of Lanús (SPA)
Ana Lorena Delgadillo, Executive Director, Foundation for Justice and the Democratic State of Law (SPA)
Felipe González, Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants, United Nations, Director and Professor, Master in International Human Rights Law, Diego Portales University, (SPA)
Francisco Quintana, Program Director, Andean Region, North America, and the Caribbean, Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL) (SPA)
Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, Member, Committee Against Torture (CAT), United Nations, Co-Director & Professorial Lecturer-in-Residence, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, American University Washington College of Law (ENG)

2018

Margarette May Macaulay, Commissioner, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Organization of American States (ENG)
Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, Co-Director & Professorial Lecturer-in-Residence, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, American University Washington College of Law (ENG)
Marcia V. J. Kran, Member, Human Rights Committee, United Nations (ENG)
Daniela Kraiem, Associate Director, Women & the Law Program, American University Washington College of Law (ENG)
Osai Ojigho, Director, Amnesty International Nigeria (ENG)
Dubravka Šimonovic, Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, its causes and consequences, United Nations (ENG)
Claudia Martin, Co-Director & Professorial Lecturer-in-Residence, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, American University Washington College of Law (SPA)
Teresa Fernández Paredes, Senior Attorney, Women’s Link Worldwide (SPA)
Mariela Labozzetta, Chief Prosecutor, Specialized Unit for Violence Against Women (UFEM), Public Prosecutor's Office of Argentina (SPA)
Monica Roa, Independent Consultant (SPA)
Carlos Rivera, Director, Legal Defense Institute (SPA)
Alejandra Negrete Morayta, Commissioner, National Commission for the Prevention and Eradication of Violence against Women, Secretaría de Gobernación (SPA)

2017

Robert Goldman, Professor & Louis C. James Scholar, American University Washington College of Law (ENG)
Claudia Martin, Co-Director and Professorial Lecturer-in-Residence, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, American University Washington College of Law (ENG)
Diane Marie Amann, Special Adviser on Children in and affected by Armed Conflict, Office of the Prosecutor, International Criminal Court (ENG)
Jean-Marie Henckaerts, Head, Commentaries Unit, Legal Division, International Committee of the Red Cross (ENG)
Larissa van den Herik, Vice-Dean and Professor of public international law, Leiden Law School, Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, Leiden University (ENG)
Christie Edwards, Director, International Humanitarian Law, American Red Cross (ENG)
Fausto Pocar, Judge, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ENG)
Claudio Grossman, Dean Emeritus, American University Washington College of Law (SPA)
Diego Rodríguez-Pinzón, Co-Director and Professorial Lecturer-in-Residence, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, American University Washington College of Law (SPA)
Alejandro Valencia Villa, Independent Consultant on Human Rights, Humanitarian Law and Transitional Justice (SPA)
Felipe Gomez Isa, Professor of International Public Law, Pedro Arrupe Institute of Human Rights, University of Deusto (SPA)
Elizabeth Salmón Gárate, Director, Institute for Democracy and Human Rights, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (SPA)
Consuelo Ramón Chornet, Director and Professor of International Public Law and International Relations, Institute of Human Rights, University of Valencia (SPA)
Sylvain Vité, Legal Advisor, International Committee of the Red Cross (SPA)

2016

Diego Rodríguez-Pinzón, Co-Director and Professorial Lecturer-in-Residence, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, American University Washington College of Law (ENG)
Julian Burger, Visiting Professor, Human Rights Centre, University of Essex, Essex, UK (ENG)
Pacifique Manirakiza, Professor of Law, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada (ENG)
Siobhan McInerney-Lankford, Senior Counsel, Legal Vice Presidency, The World Bank, Washington, D.C. (ENG)
Peter Rosenblum, Professor of International Law and Human Rights, Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY (ENG)
Claudio Grossman, Chair, Committee Against Torture, United Nations and Dean, American University Washington College of Law (SPA)
Claudia Martin, Co-Director and Professorial Lecturer-in-Residence, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, American University Washington College of Law (SPA)
Katya Salazar, Executive Director, Due Process of Law Foundation, Washington, D.C. (SPA)
Astrid Puentes, Executive Co-Director, Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA), Mexico (SPA)
Marcos Orellana, Director, Human Rights and Environment Program, Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), Washington, D.C. (SPA)
Aldo Caliari, Director, Rethinking Bretton Woods Project, Center of Concern, Washington, D.C. (SPA)

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