Civil Society
Organizations advocating for Justice and Human Rights. Working to strengthen democracy by empowering and protecting those in need.
![Carlos Ayala](https://www.wcl.american.edu/wcl-american-edu/assets/Image/initiatives_and_programs/academy_for_human_rights/2017-professors/carlos-ayala-corao_1.jpg)
Carlos Ayala
Vice-president, Executive Committee, International Commission of Jurists
![Santiago](https://www.wcl.american.edu/wcl-american-edu/assets/Image/initiatives_and_programs/academy_for_human_rights/2017-professors/helen-duffy.jpg)
Hellen Duffy
Founder, Human Rights in Practice and Professor of International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at the University of Leiden
![John Cerone](https://www.wcl.american.edu/wcl-american-edu/assets/Image/initiatives_and_programs/academy_for_human_rights/2017-professors/viviana_krsticevic2.jpg.png)
Viviana Kristicevic
Executive Director, Center for Justice and International Law, Washington, D.C.
![Carlos Ayala](https://www.wcl.american.edu/wcl-american-edu/assets/Image/initiatives_and_programs/academy_for_human_rights/2017-professors/jens_modvig_resized.png)
Jens Modvig
Chairperson, Committee Against Torture, United Nations
![Santiago](https://www.wcl.american.edu/wcl-american-edu/assets/Image/initiatives_and_programs/academy_for_human_rights/2017-professors/ted-piccone.jpg)
Ted Piccone
Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Project on International Order and Strategy, Latin America Initiative, Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.
![John Cerone](https://www.wcl.american.edu/wcl-american-edu/assets/Image/initiatives_and_programs/academy_for_human_rights/2017-professors/margaret_roggensack_resized.jpg)
Margaret Ellen Roggensack
Interim Executive Director, International Corporate Accountability Roundtable (ICAR)
![Carlos Ayala](https://www.wcl.american.edu/wcl-american-edu/assets/Image/eric_rosenthal-headshot-2013-resized.jpg.png)
Eric Rosenthal
Founder and Executive Director of Disability Rights International, Washington, D.C.
![Santiago](https://www.wcl.american.edu/wcl-american-edu/assets/Image/initiatives_and_programs/academy_for_human_rights/2017-professors/gerald_staberock_resized_1.jpg.png)
Gerald Staberock
General Secretary, World Organization Against Torture, Geneva, Switzerland
![John Cerone](https://www.wcl.american.edu/wcl-american-edu/assets/Image/initiatives_and_programs/academy_for_human_rights/2017-professors/rodrigo-uprimny_final_resized.jpg.png)
Rodrigo Uprimny
Member, Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, United Nations
Derechos Economicos, Sociales y Culturales
![Carlos Ayala](https://www.wcl.american.edu/wcl-american-edu/assets/Image/initiatives_and_programs/academy_for_human_rights/2017-professors/viviana_waisman_resized.jpg)
Viviana Waisman
Founder, President and CEO of Women's Link Worldwide, Spain
![Santiago](https://www.wcl.american.edu/wcl-american-edu/assets/Image/ezequiel_heffes_2024_photo_edite.jpg)
Ezequiel Heffes
Director de Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict, PhD In International Law
![John Cerone](https://www.wcl.american.edu/wcl-american-edu/assets/Image/initiatives_and_programs/academy_for_human_rights/2017-professors/Jamie-Williamson-Resized.jpg.png)
Jamie Williamson
Head of Unit, Relations with Arms Carriers, International Committee for the Red Cross, Geneva, Switzerland