Akshaya Kumar
Akshaya Kumar is the Director of Crisis Advocacy at Human Rights Watch. She oversees the organization’s advocacy response to emergencies and develops innovative strategies to respond to evolving crises. Kumar joined HRW as Deputy United Nations Director in 2015 and represented the organization at UN headquarters in New York for four years. She previously worked at the Enough Project where she helped launch The Sentry, an initiative that seeks to freeze war criminals out of the international financial system. She is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Akshaya holds a JD from Columbia University and an LLM in human rights, conflict and justice from the School of Oriental and African Studies. She speaks Tamil, Hindi, Spanish, Arabic and English.
Articles Authored
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November 15, 2018
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October 1, 2018
New US Policy Tears LGBT UN Staff From Partners
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April 17, 2018
Syrian City’s Devastation Forgotten
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January 17, 2018
Trump Blackmail at UN Won’t Work if Others Step Up
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December 19, 2017
It’s Time for the UN to Sanction Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince
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November 23, 2017
Not the Time to Look Away on Burundi
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November 8, 2017
UN Should Consider Sanctions for Yemen Aid Obstruction
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September 6, 2017
Burma’s Rohingya Need the World’s Attention
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March 10, 2017
UN Plan to Stop Peacekeeper Abuse Puts Victims First