Esti Tambay

Esti Tambay is currently a senior counsel in the International Justice Program at Human Rights Watch, focusing on institutional issues related to the International Criminal Court (ICC) and U.S. policy toward the court, as well as accountability in several African countries. She previously worked at the Coalition for the ICC, conducted research for the International Center for Transitional Justice in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and worked on several U.S. litigations seeking corporate accountability pursuant to the Alien Tort Statute. For almost a decade at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, she specialized in international arbitration and complex cross-border litigation. She has also advised the United Nations’ Office of Legal Affairs on legal claims raised against the UN. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School.