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Introduction





Asia

Europe and Central Asia

Middle East and North Africa

Special Issues and Campaigns

United States

Arms

Children’s Rights

Women’s Human Rights

Appendix




Staff And Committees

Human Rights Watch Staff
Executive: Kenneth Roth, executive director; Susan Osnos, associate director; Anne Hughes-Hinnen, executive assistant; Jennifer Gaboury, executive assistant.

Advocacy: Reed Brody, advocacy director; Lotte Leicht, Brussels director; Joanna Weschler, United Nations representative; Sam David, associate; Justine Hanson, associate; Robby Peckerar, associate; Christina Portillo, associate; Mayke Huijbregts, associate, Brussels.

Communications: Carroll Bogert, communications director; Jean-Paul Marthoz, Brussels press director; Patrick Minges, publications director; Minky Worden, electronic media director; Sobeira Genao, publications manager; Lemual Thomas, production manager; Fitzroy Hepkins, mail manager; Jagdish Parikh, on-line researcher; Urmi Shah, London manager; Skye Donald, associate; Doris Joe, associate; Liz Reynoso, associate.

Development: Michele Alexander, development director; Rachel Weintraub, deputy development director and director of special events; Michele Demers, major gifts officer; Eileen Kelly, foundation relations director; Pam Bruns, California director; Susan Bradforth, associate California director; Marianne Law, coordinator; Heather Cooper, associate; Veronica Matushaj, associate; Robert Peterson, associate; Amy Poueymirou, associate; Ray Happy, consultant; David Alan Harris, consultant; Julie Rousseau, consultant; Esther Scott, consultant;

Finance and Administration: Barbara Guglielmo, finance and administration director; Maria Pignataro Nielsen, administration and human resources director; Walid Ayoub, systems manager; Anderson Allen, Washington manager; Isabelle Tin-Aung, Brussels office manager; Iris Yang, accountant; Christian Peña, associate; Andrea Rodriguez, associate; Mia Roman, associate; Josh Sherwin, associate; Bessie Skoures, associate; Ernest Ulrich, consultant.

General Counsel: Wilder Tayler, general counsel; Dinah PoKempner, deputy general counsel; Rachael Reilly, refugee policy director; Clare Mumford, coordinator.

Program: Cynthia Brown, director; Michael McClintock, deputy director; Jeri Laber, senior advisor; Allyson Collins, senior researcher and Washington associate director; Richard Dicker, associate counsel; Jamie Fellner, associate counsel; Joanne Mariner, associate counsel; Jemera Rone, associate counsel, Joseph Saunders, associate counsel; Helen Duffy, research associate; Arvind Ganesan, research associate, Phyllis Hwang, research associate; Jagdish Parikh, research associate; Matthew McGowan, associate; Sahr MuhammedAlly, associate; Christina Portillo, associate; Gail Yamauchi, associate; Marcia Allina, consultant; Alison Parker, consultant.

International Film Festival: Bruni Burres, director; Heather Harding, associate director; John Anderson, Festival coordinator.

1998 fellowship recipients: Michelle Caldera, Leonard H. Sandler fellow; Kinsey Dinan, Orville Schell fellow; Lisa Misol, Sophie Silberberg fellow; Sara Rakita, New York University Law School fellow.

Board of Directors
Jonathan F. Fanton, chair; Robert L. Bernstein, founding chair; Lisa Anderson, William D. Carmichael, Dorothy Cullman, Gina Despres, Adrian W. DeWind, Irene Diamond, Fiona Druckenmiller, Edith Everett, Vartan Gregorian, Alice H. Henkin, James F. Hoge, Stephen L. Kass, Marina Pinto Kaufman, Bruce J. Klatsky, Harold Hongju Koh, Joshua Mailman, Yolanda T. Moses, Samuel K. Murumba, Andrew Nathan, Jane Olson, Peter Osnos, Kathleen Peratis, Bruce Rabb, Sigrid Rausing, Anita Roddick, Orville Schell, Sid Sheinberg, Gary G. Sick, Malcolm B. Smith, Domna Stanton, Maya Wiley, Roland Algrant ( board member emeritus ).

Members of Board Committees and Sub-Committees
Helen Bernstein (special events); Martin Blumenthal (policy); David Brown (budget); Lori Damrosch (policy); Henry Everett (investment); Mike Farrell (policy); Michael Gellert (investment); Robert Menschel (investment); Minna Schrag (policy); Florence Teicher (policy); Arthur Zankel (observer, investment).

Africa Division

Staff
Peter Takirambudde, executive director; Janet Fleischman, Washington director; Jemera Rone, counsel; Suliman Ali Baldo, senior researcher; Binaifer Nowrojee, counsel; Alex Vines, research associate; Bronwen Manby, research associate; Peter Bouckaert, Orville Schell fellow; Ariana Pearlroth, associate; Juliet Wilson, associate; Alison L. DesForges, consultant; Molly Bingham, consultant, Scott Campbell, consultant, Melissa Crow, consultant; Trish Hiddleston, consultant; Jonathan Klaaren, consultant; Tim Longman, consultant; Jane Lowicki, consultant; Jennifer Pogrun, consultant; Peter Rosenblum, consultant.

Advisory Committee
William Carmichael, chair; Roland Algrant; Robert L. Bernstein, Julius L. Chambers, Michael Chege, Michael Clough, Roberta Cohen, Carol Corillon, Cheryl “Imani” Countess, Alison L. DesForges, Adrian W. DeWind, R. Harcourt Dodds, Steve Ellman, Aaron Etra, Thomas M. Franck, Gail M. Gerhart, Jack Greenberg, Arthur C. Helton, Alice H. Henkin, Robert Joffe, Jeh Johnson, Richard A. Joseph, E. Kannyo, Thomas Karis, Stephen L. Kass, Vincent A. Mai, John A. Marcum, Gay McDougall, Toni Morrison, Samuel K. Murumba, Muna Ndulo, Carole Nichols, James C. N. Paul, Robert Preiskel, Norman Redlich, Randall Robinson, Sidney S. Rosdeitcher, Dorothy Thomas, Dirk van Zyl Smit, Howard P. Venable, R. Keith Walton, Claude E. Welch, Jr., Maureen White, Aristide R. Zolberg.

Americas Division

Staff
José Miguel Vivanco, executive director; Anne Manuel, deputy director; Joel Solomon, research director; James Cavallaro, Brazil director; Jennifer Bailey, research associate; Sebastian Brett, research associate; Sarah DeCosse, research associate; Robin Kirk,research associate; Jessica Galeria, associate; Megan Himan, associate; Jill Hedges, consultant; Andy Kaufman, consultant.

Advisory Committee
Stephen L. Kass, chair; Marina Pinto Kaufman, vice chair; David E. Nachman, vice chair; Roland Algrant, Michael D. Barnes, Peter D. Bell, Robert L. Bernstein, Albert Bildner, Rabbi Marcelo Bronstein, Paul Chevigny, Roberto Cuéllar, Dorothy Cullman, Adrian W. DeWind, Tom J. Farer, Tricia Feeney, Dr. Alejandro Garro, Wendy Gimbel, John Gitlitz, James Goldston, Peter Hakim, Ronald G. Hellman, Wade Henderson, Bianca Jagger, Mark Kaplan, Margaret Lang, Dr. Robert Lawrence, Kenneth Maxwell, Jocelyn McCalla, Theodor Meron, Charles Millard, John B. Oakes, Victor Penchaszadeh, Clara A. Pope, Bruce Rabb, Jean-Marie Simon, George Soros, Eric Stover, Julien J. Studley, Rose Styron, Javier Timerman, Jorge Valls, Horacio Verbitsky, José Zalaquett.

Asia Division

Staff
Sidney Jones, executive director; Mike Jendrzejczyk, Washington director; Robin Munro, Hong Kong director; Patricia Gossman, senior researcher; Smita Narula,research associate Zunetta Liddell, research associate; Sara Colm, research associate; Mickey Spiegel, research associate; Jeannine Guthrie, NGO Liaison; Tom Kellogg, associate; Olga Nousias, associate; Sarah Cooke, consultant; Jennifer Ganem, consultant; Frances House, consultant; Bernardine Huang, consultant; Gerry Van Klinken, consultant.

Advisory Committee
Andrew Nathan, chair; Orville Schell, vice chair; Ko-Yung Tung, vice chair; Maureen Aung-Thwin, Edward J. Baker, Harry Barnes, Robert L. Bernstein, Jagdish Bhagwati, Julie Brill, Jerome Cohen, Clarence Dias, Dolores A. Donovan, Frances Fitzgerald, Adrienne Germain, Merle Goldman, James C. Goodale, Deborah Greenberg, Jack Greenberg, Paul Hoffman, Sharon Hom, Rounaq Jahan, Virginia Leary, Daniel Lev, Perry Link, Rt. Bishop Paul Moore Jr., Yuri Orlov, Victoria Riskin, Sheila Rothman, Barnett Rubin, James Scott, Steve Shapiro, Dr. Eric Stover, Maya Wiley.

Europe and Central Asia Division

Staff
Holly Cartner, executive director; Rachel Denber, deputy director; Elizabeth Andersen, advocacy director; Pamela Gomez, director, Caucausus office; Diederik Lohman, director, Moscow office; Sasha (Alexander) Petrov, deputy director, Moscow ; Fred Abrahams, research associate; Cassandra Cavanaugh, research associate; Erika Dailey; research associate; Julia A. Hall, research associate; Malcolm Hawkes, research associate, Moscow ; André Lommen, research associate; I. Maxine Marcus, research associate; Chris Panico, research associate; Diane Paul, research associate; Marie Struthers, Tajikistan director; Acacia Shields, Central Asia/Caucasus coordinator; Liudmilla Belova, associate, Moscow; Alexander Frangos, associate; Alexandra Perina, associate; Emily Shaw, associate; Josh Sherwin, associate; Peter Bouckaert, consultant; Mark Johnson, consultant; Scott Long, consultant; Alex Lupis, consultant; Benjamin Ward, consultant; Shin Yasui, consultant.

Steering Committee
Peter Osnos, chair; Alice Henkin, vice chair; Mort Abramowitz, Barbara Finberg, Frederica Friedman, Felice Gaer, Michael E. Gellert, Paul Goble, Bill Green, Mark van Hagen, Stanley Hoffman, Kati Marton, Prema Mathai-Davis, Jack Matlock, Karl Meyer, Joel Motley, Herbert Okun, Jane Olson, Barnett Rubin, Leon Sigal, Donald Sutherland, Adele Sweet, Ruti Teitel, Mark Walton, William Zabel, Warren Zimmermann.

Middle East and North Africa Division

Staff
Hanny Megally, executive director; Eric Goldstein, deputy director; Joe Stork, advocacy director; Virginia N. Sherry, associate director; Clary Bencomo, research associate; Elahé Sharifpour-Hicks, research associate; Nejla Sammakia, research associate; Awali Samara, associate; Georgina Copty, associate; Elizabeth Mirarchi, associate; Baher al-Alashhab, consultant; Avner Gidron, consultant; Deena Hurwitz, consultant; Layla Moustafa, consultant; Houeida Saad, consultant.

Advisory Committee
Gary L. Sick, chair; Lisa Anderson, vice chair; Bruce Rabb, vice chair; Shaul Bakhash, Cherif Bassiouni, Martin Blumenthal, Deborah Bodlander, Paul Chevigny, Helena Cobban, Edith Everett, Khaled Abou el Fadl, Mansour Farhang, Christopher George, Rita E. Hauser, Ulric Haynes, Jr., Rev. J. Bryan Hehir, Dr. Edy Kaufman, Samir Khalaf, Judith Kipper, Ann Lesch, Stephen P. Marks, Philip Mattar, Jean-François Seznec, Charles Shamas, David K. Shipler, Sanford Solender, Mary Ann Stein, Shibley Telhami, Napoleon B. Williams, Jr., Andrew Whitley, Dr. James Zogby.

Arms Division

Staff
Joost R. Hiltermann, executive director; Stephen D. Goose, program director; Loretta Bondì, advocacy coordinator; Mary Wareham, senior Advocate for Landmines Ban; Ernst Jan Hogendoorn, research associate; Alex Vines, research associate, London ; Andrew Cooper, research associate; Zahabia Adamaly, research associate; Rebecca Bell, associate; Sharda Sekaran, associate; William M. Arkin, consultant; Kathi Austin, consultant; Dan Connell, consultant; Monica Schurtman, consultant; Frank Smyth, consultant.

Advisory Committee
Dr. Torsten N. Wiesel, chair; Nicole Ball, vice chair; Vincent McGee, vice chair; Ahmedou Ould Abdallah, Ken Anderson, Frank Blackaby, David Brown, Dr. Ahmed H. Esa, Dr. Alastair Hay, Dr. Lao Mong Hay, Dr. Michael Klare, Frederick J. Knecht, Dr. Edward Laurance, Graça Machel, Laurie Nathan, Dr. Janne E. Nolan, Josephine Odera, Dr. Andrew J. Pierre, Dr. Julian Perry Robinson, Eugénia Piza-Lopez, David Rieff, Kumar Rupesinghe, John Ryle, Mohamed M. Sahnoun (on leave), Gary Sick, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, Keith Walton, Jody Williams, Thomas Winship.

Children’s Rights Division

Staff
Lois Whitman, executive director; Jo Becker, advocacy coordinator; Yodon Thonden, counsel; Michael Bochenek, research associate; Vikram Parekh, research associate; Shalu Rozario, associate; Linda Shipley, associate; Rosa Ehrenreich, consultant; Clovene Hanchard, consultant; Kate Hunt, consultant; Glenn McGrory, consultant; Ramani Muttetuwegama, consultant; Rob Sloane, consultant; Kumru Toktamis, consultant; Lee Tucker, consultant; Sara Rakita, New York University Law School fellow.

Advisory Committee
Dr. Jane Green Schaller, chair; Roland Algrant, vice chair; Goldie Alfasi-Siffert, Michelle India Baird, Phyllis W. Beck, James Bell, Rachel Brett, Nicole Burrowes, Bernadine Dohrn, Robert Drinan, S.J., Albina duBoisrouvray, Rosa Ehrenreich, Barbara Finberg, Sanford J. Fox, Gail Furman, Lisa Hedley, Anita Howe-Waxman, Eugene M. Isenberg, Sheila B. Kamerman, Kela Leon, Alan Levine, Dr. Hadassah Brooks Morgan, Prexy Nesbitt, Dr. Elena Nightingale, Martha J. Olson, Marta Santos Pais, Susan Rappaport, Jack Rendler, Robert G. Schwartz, Mark I. Soler, Lisa Sullivan, William Taggart, William L. Taylor, Geraldine Van Bueren, Peter Volmink, James D. Weill, Derrick Wong.

Women’s Rights Division

Staff
Regan E. Ralph, executive director; LaShawn Jefferson, deputy director; Samya Burney, research associate; Chirumbidzo Mabuwa, research associate; Martina Vandenberg, research associate; Kerry McArthur, associate, Laura Rusu, associate; Roya Boroumand, consultant; Widney Brown, consultant; Dorothy Q. Thomas, consultant.

Advisory Committee
Kathleen Peratis, chair; Nahid Toubia, vice chair; Mahnaz Afkhami, Roland Algrant, Abdullahi An-Na’im, Helen Bernstein, Charlotte Bunch, Holly Burkhalter, Rhonda Copelon, Lisa Crooms, Gina Despres, Joan Dunlop, Claire Flom, Adrienne Germain, Zhu Hong, Marina Pinto Kaufman, Gara LaMarche, Marysa Navarro-Aranguren, Donna Nevel, Susan J. Petersen, Cathy Powell, Celina Romany, Margaret Schuler, Domna C. Stanton.

Human Rights Watch California

Advisory Committee
Mike Farrell, co-chair; Jane Olson, co-chair; Stanley K. Sheinbaum, honorary chair; Vicki Riskin, vice co-chair; Clara A. “Zazi” Pope, vice co-chair; Aileen Adams, Elaine Attias, Joan Willens Beerman, Rabbi Leonard Beerman, Emma Cherniavsky, Justin Connolly, Geoffrey Cowan, Nancy Cushing-Jones, Peggy Davis, Stephen Davis, Chiara Di Geronimo, Danny Glover, Thomas Higgins, Paul Hoffman, Barry Kemp, Maggie Kemp, Roberto Lovato, Steven A. Mansfield, Kristin Olson McKissick, Thomas R. Parker, Alison Dundes Renteln, Tracy Rice, David W. Rintels, Pippa Scott, Perry Simpson, William D. Temko, Andrea Van de Kamp, Dianne O. Wittenberg, Stanley Wolpert.





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