Activists in International Courts

Network Leaders

Rachel Cichowski

Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Political Science and the Law, Societies and Justice Program, University of Washington

Research Area: Impact and Authority of International Courts

Lisa Conant

Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science, University of Denver

Research Area: Impact and Authority of International Courts

Courtney Hillebrecht

Samuel Clark Waugh Professor of International Relations and Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Nebraska

Research Area: Repression, Funding and other External Influences on Mobilization

Filiz Kahraman

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto

Affiliated Faculty, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy

Research Area: Mobilizing Human Rights Strategies

Vanessa Kogan

Director, Justice Initiative, Moscow, Russia

Research Area: Mobilizing Human Rights Strategies

Viviana Krsticevic

Executive Director of the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)

Mobilizing Human Rights Strategies

Dilek Kurban

Marie Curie Fellow, Hertie School of Governance in Berlin

Research Area: Mobilizing Human Rights Strategies

Lisa McIntosh Sundstrom

Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia

Faculty Affiliate, Liu Institute for Global Issues, University of British Columbia

Research Area: Repression, Funding and other External Influences on Mobilization

Heidi Nichols Haddad

Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations, Pomona College

Research Area: Repression, Funding and other External Influences on Mobilization

Mikael Rask Madsen

Director of Center of Excellence for International Courts (iCourts), Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen

Founder and Director of iCourts, Danish National Research Foundation’s Centre of Excellence for International Courts

Research Area: Impact and Authority

Freek Van der Vet

University Researcher, Erik Castrén Institute of International law and Human Rights, University of Helsinki

Research Area: Mobilizing Human Rights Strategies

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