Both听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. 听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听Faculty
![Juan Mendez](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/images/goldman_4_6577103.jpg)
Professor of Law and Louis C. James Scholar at American 青瓜视频 Washington College of Law,听Faculty Director,听War Crimes Research Office and Co-Director of WCL鈥檚 Center For Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
![Grossman](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/images/grossman_5_6577103.jpg)
Member, International Law Commission, United Nations, and Dean Emeritus, American 青瓜视频 Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C.
![Robert Goldman](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/images/martin_2_6577103.jpg)
Co-director and Professorial Lecturer in residence, Academy of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, American 青瓜视频 Washington College of Law, Washington D.C.
![Juan Mendez](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/expertise/images/juan_mendez_resized_IMGRESIZED_6577103.jpg)
Commissioner, International Commission of Jurists and Professor, American 青瓜视频 Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C.
![Saez](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/images/rathod_6577103.jpg)
Professor of Law
Associate Dean for Experiential Education
Director, Immigrant Justice Clinic
![Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/images/rodriguez_6577103.jpg)
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](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/expertise/images/macarena_saez_resized_IMGRESIZED_6577103.jpg)
Director, Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, American 青瓜视频 Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C.
![Macarena Saez](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/images/pwilliams_1_6577103.jpg)
Rebecca I. Grazier Professor of Law & International Relations
Director of The JD/MA Dual Degree Program
Visiting听Faculty - English Courses
![John Cerone](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/images/john-cerone_6577103.jpg)
John Cerone
Visiting Professor of International Law, Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts 青瓜视频 & 青瓜视频 of Windsor
![David Crane](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/expertise/images/david-crane_6577103.jpg)
David Crane
Founding Chief Prosecutor, Special Court for Sierra Leone & Former Under Secretary General, United Nations
![Duffy](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/expertise/images/helen-duffy_6577103.jpg)
Helen Duffy
Founder, Human Rights in Practice, The Hague, The Netherlands, and Professor of human rights and humanitarian law, Leiden 青瓜视频
![Siobhan](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/images/updated_siobhan_2021_6577103.jpg)
Siobhan McInerney-Lankford
Senior Counsel,听World Bank, Legal Vice-Presidency,听 Washington, D.C.
![Melish](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/academia/avanzados/profesores/categorias/images/tara_melish_resized_IMGRESIZED_6577103.jpg)
Tara Melish
Director and Professor of Law, Buffalo Human Rights Center,听SUNY Buffalo Law School, State 青瓜视频 of New York
![Modvig](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/expertise/images/jens_modvig_resized_IMGRESIZED_6577103.jpg)
Jens Modvig
Chairperson, Committee Against Torture, United Nations
![Piccone](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/expertise/images/ted-piccone_6577103.jpg)
Ted Piccone
Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Project on International Order and Strategy, Latin America Initiative, Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.
![Piovesan](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/images/flavia-piovesan_6577103.jpg)
Flavia Piovesan
Commissioner, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Organization of American States, Washington, D.C.
![Pronk](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/llm/faculty/images/rochus_pronk_resized_IMGRESIZED_6577103.jpg)
Rochus J.P. Pronk
Counselor / Head of Human Rights Team, Permanent Representation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Geneva, Switzerland.听听听听 Guest lecturer
![Roggensack](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/llm/faculty/images/margaret_roggensack_1_6577103.jpg)
Margaret Roggensack
Interim Executive Director,听International Corporate Accountability Roundtable (ICAR), Washington, D.C.
![Rosenthal](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/images/eric_rosenthal-headshot-2013-resized-jpg_IMGRESIZED_1_6577103.jpg)
Eric Rosenthal
Founder and Executive Director, Disability Rights International, Washington, D.C.听
![Staberock](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/expertise/images/gerald_staberock_resized_1-jpg_IMGRESIZED_6577103.jpg)
Gerald Staberock
General Secretary, World Organization against Torture, Geneva, Switzerland
![Upreti](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/llm/faculty/images/melissa_upretti_resized_IMGRESIZED_6577103.jpg)
Melissa Upreti
Member,听Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice, United Nations Guest lecturer
![Waisman](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/expertise/images/viviana_waisman_resized_6577103.jpg)
Viviana Waisman听
Founder, President, and Executive Director, Women's Link Worldwide, Spain
![Williamson](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/expertise/images/Jamie-Williamson-Resized-jpg_IMGRESIZED_6577103.jpg)
Jamie Williamson
Executive Director, International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers' Association (ICoCa), Geneva, Switzerland
Visiting Faculty - Spanish Courses
![Victor Abramovich](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/images/victor-abramovich_6577103.jpg)
Victor Abramovich
Deputy Solicitor General, Supreme Court of Justice, Buenos Aires Argentina
听
![Carlos](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/llm/faculty/images/carlos-ayala_6577103.jpg)
Carlos Ayala
Vice-president, Executive Committee, International Commission of Jurists
![Catalina](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/images/catalina-botero_6577103.jpg)
Catalina Botero
Former Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Organization of American States (OAS) and Dean of Law, 青瓜视频 of Los Andes, Colombia
![Laurence Burgorgue-Larson](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/images/laurence-burgorgue-larsen_6577103.jpg)
Laurence Burgorgue-Larson
Judge Constitutional Court of Andorra and Professor at the Universit茅 Paris I Panth茅on Sorbonne, Paris, France
![Eduardo](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/images/eduardo-ferrer_6577103.jpg)
Eduardo Ferrer Mac-Gregor Poisot
President, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Organization of American States (OAS), San Jos茅, Costa Rica
![Maria](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/images/maria-clara-galvis_6577103.jpg)
Maria Clara Galvis
Vice-chair, Committee on Enforced Disappearances, United Nations
![Felipe](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/images/felipe-gomez-isa_6577103.jpg)
Felipe G贸mez Isa
Professor of Public International Law, Pedro Arrupe Institute of Human Rights, 青瓜视频 of Deusto, (Bilbao), Spain
![Gonzalez](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/images/felipe-gonzalez_6577103.jpg)
Felipe Gonz谩lez
Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Migrants, United Nations
![Daniela Kravetz](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/images/kravetz_6577103.jpg)
Daniela Kravetz
Special Rapporteur on the State of Affairs of Human Rights in Eritrea, United Nations
![Victor Abramovich](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/images/viviana-krsticevic_6577103.jpg)
Viviana Krsticevic
Executive Director, Center for Justice and International Law, Washington, D.C.
![Edison](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/images/edison-lanza_6577103.jpg)
Edison Lanza
Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Organization of American States, Washington, D.C.
![JULISSA](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/images/julissa-faculty_6577103.jpg)
Julissa Mantilla
Professor of Law, Pontificia Universidad Cat贸lica del Per煤, and International Consultant on Justice from Gender Perspective, Per煤
![Fausto Pocar](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/images/fausto-pocar_6577103.jpg)
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](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/images/pablo-saavedra_6577103.jpg)
Pablo Saavedra
Secretary, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Organization of American States, San Jos茅, Costa Rica
![Jose](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/llm/faculty/images/jose-miguel-vivanco_6577103.jpg)
Jos茅 Miguel Vivanco
Executive Director, Americas Division, Human Rights Watch, Washington, D.C.
Online Faculty
![Jorge Araya](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/llm/faculty/online-faculty/images/jorge_araya_resized_6577103.jpg)
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).
![脕lvaro Botero](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/images/abotero_413x423-1-_6577103.jpg)
脕lvaro Botero
Human rights specialist with the听Office of the Rapporteur on the Rights of Migrants, Inter-american Commission on听Human Rights.
![Dree Collopy2](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/llm/faculty/images/Dree-Collopy2_6577103.jpg)
Dree Collopy
Experienced attorney and expert in refugee and asylum law; Author of the American Immigration Lawyer Association (AILA)'s Asylum Primer Textbook; Professor of Law
![Mikel Mancisidor](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/images/mancisidor_resized_2019_6577103.jpg)
Mikel Mancisidor
Vice-president of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of the United Nations Organization.听
![H茅l猫ne Tigroudja](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/images/morawa_1_6577103.jpg)
Alexander Morawa
International legal scholar who specializes in international human rights law, public international law, (comparative) constitutional law, and related areas.
![Margaret Wachenfeld](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/images/wachenfeld_resized_6577103.jpg)
Margaret Wachenfeld
Senior research fellow at the Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB).