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Param-Preet Singh

Param-Preet Singh

Associate Director, International Justice Program Follow @singhp_p

Param-Preet Singh is associate director in the International Justice Program. She focuses on creating paths to credible national and international justice for victims of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. She has conducted on-the-ground fact-finding missions and authored reports and briefing papers on accountability efforts in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Côte d’Ivoire. In addition, Singh has worked on advocacy campaigns to address the mass human rights violations in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and in Myanmar. She is also chair of Human Rights Watch's Fellowship Program.

Before joining Human Rights Watch, Singh worked as a lawyer with the United Nations Mission in Kosovo and the Federal Department of Justice in Toronto, Canada. She was also a Wasserstein Public Interest Fellow at Harvard Law School and a Schell Center Senior Visiting Human Rights Fellow at Yale Law School. She is a graduate of the University of Alberta and McGill Law School.

 

Articles Authored

  • November 19, 2019 Commentary

    The West Wouldn’t Hold Myanmar Accountable for Ethnic Cleansing. Now a Small African Nation is Stepping in

    Published in Newsweek
  • June 26, 2019 Dispatches

    ICC Prosecutor Seeking to Investigate Crimes Against Rohingya

  • April 23, 2019 Commentary

    In Afghanistan, the ICC Abandons the Field

    Published in OpenGlobalRights
  • March 18, 2019 Dispatches

    Philippines Pullout From ICC Won’t Block Justice for ‘Drug War’

  • December 9, 2018 Dispatches

    Giving North Korea Abuses a Free Pass

  • June 22, 2018 Commentary

    How To Make A North Korea Deal Work

    Published in Huffington Post
  • June 3, 2018 Dispatches

    Myanmar’s Proposed Rakhine Commission Latest Sham

  • April 10, 2018 Dispatches

    ICC Prosecutor’s Unprecedented Bid to Bring Justice to Rohingya

  • March 14, 2018 Dispatches

    Philippines’ Duterte Tries to Run from Justice

  • February 8, 2018 Dispatches

    Philippines Murderous ‘Drug War’ in ICC Crosshairs

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Reports Authored

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    March 22, 2016

    “Justice Reestablishes Balance”

    Delivering Credible Accountability for Serious Abuses in Côte d’Ivoire

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    April 3, 2013

    Turning Rhetoric into Reality

    Accountability for Serious International Crimes in Côte d’Ivoire

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    March 12, 2012

    Justice for Atrocity Crimes

    Lessons of International Support for Trials before the State Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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    May 10, 2010

    Making Kampala Count

    Advancing the Global Fight against Impunity at the ICC Review Conference

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    July 11, 2008

    Courting History

    The Landmark International Criminal Court’s First Years

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