LL.M. Degree

Both residential and online components of this program will allow you to connect with an exceptional array of established individuals in the field of human rights and humanitarian law. Our faculty includes more than 40 world-renowned experts who teach every year in the Program of Advanced Studies on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law.  This is a great opportunity to interact with notable faculty members composed of international NGO members, international tribunal judges, members of regional international organizations, UN special rapporteurs, distinguished WCL faculty and international faculty and members of UN treaty bodies.

In addition to the substantive knowledge they transmit to our students, they are essential professional contacts for future work-related opportunities for the graduates of our program. The time spent in close contact with such experts, during the residential part of the program will most certainly guarantee success for future networking.

 
 
 
 

AUWCL Faculty

Juan Mendez

Robert Goldman

Professor of Law and Louis C. James Scholar at American University Washington College of Law, Faculty Director, War Crimes Research Office and Co-Director of WCL’s Center For Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

Grossman

Claudio Grossman

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

Robert Goldman

Claudia Martin

Co-director and Professorial Lecturer in residence, Academy of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, American University Washington College of Law, Washington D.C.

Juan Mendez

Juan Méndez

Commissioner, International Commission of Jurists and Professor, American University Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C.

Juan Mendez

Fernanda Nicola

Professor of Law

Director, International Organizations, Law and Development

Saez

Jayesh Rathod

Professor of Law

Associate Dean for Experiential Education

Director, Immigrant Justice Clinic

Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon

Diego Rodríguez-Pinzón

Member, Committee Against Torture (CAT), United Nations, and Co-director and Professorial Lecturer in residence, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Washington, D.C.

Macarena Saez

Susana SáCouto

Professorial Lecturer-In-Residence

Director, War Crimes Research Office

Macarena Saez

Macarena Saez

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

Macarena Saez

Anita Sinha

Assistant Professor of Law

Director, International Human Rights Law Clinic

Macarena Saez

Paul Williams

Rebecca I. Grazier Professor of Law & International Relations

Director of The JD/MA Dual Degree Program

 
 

Visiting Faculty - English Courses

John Cerone

John Cerone

Visiting Professor of International Law, Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University & University of Windsor

David Crane

David Crane

Founding Chief Prosecutor, Special Court for Sierra Leone & Former Under Secretary General, United Nations

 
Duffy

Helen Duffy

Founder, Human Rights in Practice, The Hague, The Netherlands, and Professor of human rights and humanitarian law, Leiden University

Siobhan

Siobhan McInerney-Lankford

Senior Counsel, World Bank, Legal Vice-Presidency,  Washington, D.C.

Melish

Tara Melish

Director and Professor of Law, Buffalo Human Rights Center, SUNY Buffalo Law School, State University of New York

Modvig

Jens Modvig

Chairperson, Committee Against Torture, United Nations

Piccone

Ted Piccone

Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Project on International Order and Strategy, Latin America Initiative, Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.

Piovesan

Flavia Piovesan

Commissioner, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Organization of American States, Washington, D.C.

Pronk

Rochus J.P. Pronk

Counselor / Head of Human Rights Team, Permanent Representation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Geneva, Switzerland.     Guest lecturer

Roggensack

Margaret Roggensack

Interim Executive Director, International Corporate Accountability Roundtable (ICAR), Washington, D.C.

Rosenthal

Eric Rosenthal

Founder and Executive Director, Disability Rights International, Washington, D.C. 

Staberock

Gerald Staberock

General Secretary, World Organization against Torture, Geneva, Switzerland

Upreti

Melissa Upreti

Member, Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice, United Nations Guest lecturer

Waisman

Viviana Waisman 

Founder, President, and Executive Director, Women's Link Worldwide, Spain

Williamson

Jamie Williamson

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

 
 

Visiting Faculty - Spanish Courses

Victor Abramovich

Victor Abramovich

Deputy Solicitor General, Supreme Court of Justice, Buenos Aires Argentina

 

Carlos

Carlos Ayala

Vice-president, Executive Committee, International Commission of Jurists

Catalina

Catalina Botero

Former Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Organization of American States (OAS) and Dean of Law, University of Los Andes, Colombia

Laurence Burgorgue-Larson

Laurence Burgorgue-Larson

Judge Constitutional Court of Andorra and Professor at the Université Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne, Paris, France

 
Eduardo

Eduardo Ferrer Mac-Gregor Poisot

President, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Organization of American States (OAS), San José, Costa Rica

Maria

Maria Clara Galvis

Vice-chair, Committee on Enforced Disappearances, United Nations

Felipe

Felipe Gómez Isa

Professor of Public International Law, Pedro Arrupe Institute of Human Rights, University of Deusto, (Bilbao), Spain

Gonzalez

Felipe González

Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Migrants, United Nations

Daniela Kravetz

Daniela Kravetz

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

Victor Abramovich

Viviana Krsticevic

Executive Director, Center for Justice and International Law, Washington, D.C.

Edison

Edison Lanza

Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Organization of American States, Washington, D.C.

JULISSA

Julissa Mantilla

Professor of Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, and International Consultant on Justice from Gender Perspective, Perú

Fausto Pocar

Fausto Pocar

Ad hoc Judge, International Court of Justice, Appeals Judge, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and Former President, Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

Pablo

Pablo Saavedra

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

 
 
Jose

José Miguel Vivanco

Executive Director, Americas Division, Human Rights Watch, Washington, D.C.

 

Online Faculty

 

Jorge Araya

Jorge Araya

Secretary of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and an official of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).

Álvaro Botero

Álvaro Botero

Human rights specialist with the Office of the Rapporteur on the Rights of Migrants, Inter-american Commission on Human Rights.

Mikel Mancisidor

Mikel Mancisidor

Vice-president of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of the United Nations Organization. 

Hélène Tigroudja

Alexander Morawa

International legal scholar who specializes in international human rights law, public international law, (comparative) constitutional law, and related areas.

Margaret Wachenfeld

Margaret Wachenfeld

Senior research fellow at the Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB).