Our Faculty
The Academys Faculty are agents of change that through effort and dedication have strengthen avenues of protection for the advancement of human rights. Through our Faculty, the Academy offers relevant, empowering training for scholars, practitioners, and students interested in the international human rights system and laws.
51勛圖WCL Faculty
![Juan Mendez](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/images/goldman_4_6577103.jpg)
Professor of Law and Louis C. James Scholar at 51勛圖 Washington College of Law,泭Faculty Director,泭War Crimes Research Office and Co-Director of WCLs 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, 51勛圖 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, 51勛圖 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, 51勛圖 Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C.
![Jayesh Rathod](/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)
Rapporteur and 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, 51勛圖 Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C.
![Paul Williams](/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泭Faculty - English Courses
![John Cerone](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/images/john-cerone_6577103.jpg)
Visiting Professor of International Law, Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University & University of Windsor
![David Crane](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/expertise/images/david-crane_6577103.jpg)
Founding Chief Prosecutor, Special Court for Sierra Leone & Former Under Secretary General, United Nations
![Duffy](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/images/duffy_-2-_6577103.jpg)
Founder, Human Rights in Practice, The Hague, The Netherlands, and Professor of human rights and humanitarian law, Leiden University
![Melish](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/academia/avanzados/profesores/categorias/images/tara_melish_resized_IMGRESIZED_6577103.jpg)
Director and Professor of Law, Buffalo Human Rights Center,泭SUNY Buffalo Law School, State University of New York
![Piovesan](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/images/flavia-piovesan_6577103.jpg)
Commissioner, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Organization of American States, Washington, D.C.
![Pronk](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/images/rochus_pronk_square_-1-_6577103.jpg)
Deputy Ambassador, Charg矇 dAffaires at the Netherlands Embassy, Baghdad, Iraq, International Lawyer and Human Rights Defender Diplomat
![Roggensack](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/expertise/images/margaret_roggensack_resized_6577103.jpg)
Interim Executive Director,泭International Corporate Accountability Roundtable (ICAR), Washington, D.C.
![Williamson](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/expertise/images/Jamie-Williamson-Resized-jpg_IMGRESIZED_6577103.jpg)
Executive Director, International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers' Association (ICoCa), Geneva, Switzerland
Visiting泭Faculty - Spanish Courses
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![Catalina](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/images/catalina-botero_6577103.jpg)
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](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/images/laurence-burgorgue-larsen_6577103.jpg)
Judge Constitutional Court of Andorra and Professor at the Universit矇 Paris I Panth矇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矇, Costa Rica
![Felipe](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/images/felipe-gomez-isa_6577103.jpg)
Professor of Public International Law, Pedro Arrupe Institute of Human Rights, University of Deusto, (Bilbao), Spain
![Daniela Kravetz](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/images/kravetz_6577103.jpg)
Special Rapporteur on the State of Affairs of Human Rights in Eritrea, United Nations
![Edison](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/images/edison-lanza_6577103.jpg)
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)
Professor of Law, Pontificia Universidad Cat籀lica del Per繳, and International Consultant on Justice from Gender Perspective, Per繳
![Fausto Pocar](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/images/fausto-pocar_6577103.jpg)
Ad hoc Judge, International Court of Justice, Appeals Judge, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and Former President, Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
![Pablo Saavedra](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/images/pablo-saavedra_6577103.jpg)
Secretary, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Organization of American States, San Jos矇, Costa Rica
Online Faculty
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![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).
![lvaro Botero](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/images/abotero_413x423-1-_6577103.jpg)
lvaro Botero
Human rights specialist with the泭Office of the Rapporteur on the Rights of Migrants, Inter-american Commission on泭Human Rights.
![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.泭
![H矇l癡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).
Academy Fellows
![Carlos Ayala](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/images/ayala_final_6577103.jpg)
Carlos Ayala
Vice-president, Executive Committee, International Commission of Jurists,泭Geneva, Switzerland
Currently conducting research on the Implementation of Judgements of the Inter-American Human Rights Court at the Domestic Level under the supervision of Professor Robert K. Goldman.
![Andr矇s Gonz獺lez](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/images/Andr_s_Gonz_lez_D_az_6577103.jpg)
Andr矇s Gonz獺lez
Former Ambassador to the OAS, Colombia泭
Currently conducting research on a special project dedicated to portrait violence and mortality indicators in Latin America and the Caribbean to create prevention strategies.
![Viancy Ortiz](/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/faculty/images/viancy_ortiz_2_6577103.jpg)
Viancy Ortiz 泭
51勛圖WCL Alumni '18, LL.M. in International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Washington, D.C.
Currently conducting research on multiple Human Rights violations in the massive Trial in Equatorial Guinea, published website of the Center for Human Rights of the ABA.