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Laura Pitter

Laura Pitter

Senior National Security Counsel, US Program Follow @Laurapitter

Laura Pitter, senior national security counsel in Human Rights Watch's US Program, monitors US national security policy and advocates for human rights compliant practices. Prior to joining Human Rights Watch, Laura was a journalist, human rights advocate, and attorney who practiced in both the public and private sectors. She was a reporter during the war in Bosnia where she wrote for Time Magazine and Reuters News Agency among other media outlets. Following the war she worked for the United Nations in both Bosnia and post Sept. 11-Afghanistan as a protection and political affairs officer. After Afghanistan, Laura practiced law for eight years, first as a public defender and later with a product liability law firm, both in New York. Laura holds a bachelor's degree from the University of California at Santa Barbara, a master's in international affairs from Columbia University, and a law degree from the University of San Francisco. 

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From HRW

  • December 1, 2015 Video

    US: No Excuse for Failure to Investigate CIA Torture

Articles Authored

  • April 11, 2018 Commentary

    ‘I Won’t Torture’ is Not Enough: Question Pompeo on US Rendition Policy

    Published in Just Security
  • March 25, 2018 News Release

    Gina Haspel is the wrong choice to head the CIA

    Published in The Hill
  • January 10, 2018 Commentary

    After 16 Years, End Injustice at Guantanamo

    Published in Huffington Post
  • November 28, 2017 Dispatches

    North Carolina Citizens’ Commission Examines US Torture

  • June 29, 2017 Commentary

    Another Blow for Justice in the Guantanamo Bay Military Commissions

    Published in Huffington Post
  • June 22, 2017 Dispatches

    US Ignores Allies’ Torture in Yemen

  • May 11, 2017 Dispatches

    Hate Crimes Against Muslims in US Continue to Rise in 2016

  • April 6, 2017 Dispatches

    US Senators Press Supreme Court Nominee on Torture

  • February 3, 2017 Dispatches

    CIA Leaders Should Denounce Use of Torture

  • January 4, 2017 Dispatches

    Trump’s Guantanamo Tweet was Uninformed and Ill-Advised

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Reports Authored

  • US: Ex-Detainees Describe Unreported CIA Torture
    October 3, 2016

    US: Ex-Detainees Describe Unreported CIA Torture

    Electric Chair Threats, Baton Beatings, Various Water Tortures

  • December 1, 2015

    No More Excuses

    A Roadmap to Justice for CIA Torture

  • September 5, 2012

    Delivered Into Enemy Hands

    US-Led Abuse and Rendition of Opponents to Gaddafi’s Libya

  • October 1, 1995

    The Fall of Srebrenica and the Failure of U.N. Peacekeeping

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