Corinne Dufka
Corinne Dufka was the West Africa Director at Human Rights Watch and in charge of the organization’s work on West Africa with expertise in Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Mali, Burkina Faso and Côte d’Ivoire. From 1999-2003, she was based in Freetown, Sierra Leone, both as a researcher for Human Rights Watch and, in 2002 during a year’s sabbatical, as a criminal investigator for the U.N.-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone. She ran HRW’s field office in Dakar, Senegal from 2005-2011. Prior to joining Human Rights Watch, Dufka worked as a photojournalist for the Reuters News Agency and from 1987-1999 covered conflicts in El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama, Bosnia, Rwanda, Somalia, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Before becoming a photojournalist, Dufka worked as a psychiatric social worker in San Francisco. Ms. Dufka holds a Masters in Social Work degree from the University of California at Berkeley.
Articles Authored
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May 19, 2017
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May 11, 2016
Confronting Mali’s New Jihadist Threat
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September 26, 2013
Dispatches: Justice for Victims of Charles Taylor’s Crimes, At Last
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September 5, 2013
Mali’s new president brings hope of renewal, but old problems remain
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March 25, 2011
The Case for Intervention in the Ivory Coast
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September 30, 2009
Guinea's depressingly familiar strongman
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April 10, 2006
Charles Taylor's trail of carnage
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November 16, 2004
Now, protect Ivoirian civilians
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February 6, 2004
Liberia: Do not forget the crimes