Legal Empowerment Leadership Course 4–8 December 2017 l Budapest, Hungary Participants’ Booklet

CEUSchool ofPublic Policy, Global PolicyAcademy 62 NYUSchool ofLaw ...... Robert L.BernsteinInstituteforHumanRights, 61 OpenSociety JusticeInitiative ...... Namati 61 55 ORGANIZERS ...... CEUstudent participants ...... Course Participants staff Faculty 26 Course ...... BIOGRAPHIES ...... 57 30 UsefulHungarianphrases 23 director Metroandsuburbanrailwaylines Course 22 ...... ANoteonHungary ...... 20 Q&AonCentralEuropeanUniversity (CEU)inthenews coordinators . Personalsafetyandsecurity 18 Weather andclothing ...... 25 18 Internet,WiFiandsocialmedia ...... Medical Smoking care Eating Meals ...... Course out 16 18 18 15 LOGISTICAL INFORMATION ...... Vivek’s publiclecture ...... venue Farewell ...... 16 Welcome reception 16 13 Arrival PROGRAM ...... reception ...... 15 Reading ...... Participants’ 14 ...... Schedule list 4 13 Methodology profi THE COURSE ...... 2 ...... 8 ...... 11 4 Welcome ...... 61 ...... 27 ...... 17 ...... 26 ...... l ...... 10 ...... le ...... 24 ...... 19 ...... 62 ....

1 Table of Contents 2 Welcome a sentimentthatledtotheintegrationofjusticeinUNSustainable powerment arecrucialtoensuringequitableandinclusivedevelopment, World leadersincreasinglyagreethataccesstojusticeandlegalem- other essentialservicestotheircommunities. town residentsarepursuinglegalremediestobringcleanwaterand farmers totakepartinnationwideagrarianreforms.InArgentina,shanty- ment. Today, grassrootslegaladvocatesinthePhilippinesarehelping and resistapartheid,legalempowermenthasgrownintoaglobalmove- community paralegalsinSouthAfricabeganhelpingpeopletonavigate to understand,use,andshapethelaw. Fromatleastthe1950s,when Legal empowermentisaboutturningthattide.It’s aboutenablingpeople essential services,excludedfromsociety, andintimidatedbyviolence. protection ofthelaw. Theyareunfairlydrivenfromtheirland,denied Around theworld,morethanfourbillionpeoplearelivingoutside Dear participants, Zz Vvk enad Sukti Bernhard Vivek Zaza AT THECEUSCHOOLOFPUBLICPOLICY! WE WISHYOUANEXCITINGTIMEINBUDAPEST Bernstein InstituteforHumanRightsatNewYork UniversitySchoolofLaw. (SPP), theOpenSocietyJusticeInitiative,Namati,andRobertL. The courseisacollaborationbetweentheCEU’s SchoolofPublicPolicy This year’s course,thethirdannual,hasathemeof“LawandOrganizing.” through smallgroupwork. participatory coursedesignwillalsoemphasizepeer-to-peer learning realizing systemicchangeorensuringeffectiveservicedelivery. The community organizing,andtheroleofgrassrootslegaladvocatesin for legalempowerment,theintersectionofempowermentand exploration ofkeythemes,includingthehistoryglobalmovement practitioners andacademicswillleadcourseparticipantsinanin-depth including history, methodology, andevidence. A facultyofrespected legal empowerment,andwhoshareacommonunderstandingofthefi Its aimistocultivateaglobalcadreofleaderswhoarecommitted opportunity totakestockofourcollectiveknowledgeandbuilduponit. The LegalEmpowermentLeadershipCourseinBudapestisaunique programs. ty, thereisanurgentneedtostrengthenandexpandlegalempowerment moment inhistory, withtheriseofauthoritarianismandincomeinequali- more robust,withgreaterevidenceofwhatworks.Atthisparticular Development Goals.Everyyearthelegalempowermentfi ed becomes eld eld,

3 Welcome 4 The Course . aproposalforresearchoractionthattheywish toworkshop b. aproblemstatement,describingchallengeareaorinquiry a. 1 . PREPARATORY WORK the effectivenessoftheirefforts.Majorelementscourseinclude: latest research,participantswillcomeawaywithnewideasforimproving Drawing fromthecomparativeexperiencesofothers,aswell series ofinteractivediscussions,refl pants attheoutsetwillbeworkshoppedwithpeersandfacultyduringa concrete challengesthatariseintheirwork.Problemsidentifi ed bypartici- The courseisdesignedtohelpparticipantsexplorepracticalsolutions METHODOLOGY . IN-PERSONPARTICIPATION 2. University overfi The courserequiresin-personattendanceatCentralEuropean (see below).Theywillalsoprepareandsubmitoneofthefollowing: Participants willreviewselectedreadingsinadvanceofthecourse throughout thecourse. facing themintheirwork,or ve days,from4to8December2017. ective exercises,andbreakoutsessions.

SessionI:Introduction tolegalempowerment. 5 Cross-cuttingsessionswilladdressspecialchallenges facedby December 2017 Ensuringeffectivedeliveryofessentialservices Institutionalizingcommunity-based justiceservices. TheparalegalmovementinthePhilippines Thecoursewillfeatureacomparativeexplorationofcommon PARTICIPATORY CURRICULUM 3. cutting sessions,andsmallworkinggroupdiscussions. Each daywillincludethreetypesofsessions:casestudies,cross-

throughout the course. offer avocabularyandset ofquestionsthatwewillreturnto address basicconcepts,history andphilosophy. Thesessionwill session willexplorewhatwe meanbylegalempowerment.Itwill case studyfromOntario,Canada. institutionalized, andpubliclyfi focuses onhowthecommunityjusticeservicescanberecognized, 8 December2017 7 December2017 6 December2017 the movementforlegalempowerment. food, andhousingtomarginalizedcommunitiesinIndia. enhancing accountabilityandadvancingtherights of health, led movementofgrassrootsadvocates,lawyers,andactivists is the decades,tobringaboutlarge-scalechangeinPhilippines. community-based paralegalshaveadaptedandinnovatedover gender; andpathwaystoscale.Casestudytopicsinclude: frontline staff;learningandevaluation;fi empowerment methods;training,support,andsupervisionof course themeoflawandorganizing.Themesincludelegal themes acrossthreecasestudies,inadditiontotheoverall Cross-cutting sessions Case studies

nanced by governments through a nancedbygovernmentsthrougha . Howthemovementof nancial sustainability; nancial Thisintroductory . Howawomen- This session Thissession

5 The Course 6 The Course 7 December 2017 SessionIII:Translating grassrootsexperienceintosystemicchange 6 December SessionII:Theintersectionoflawandorganizing. 2017 5 December 2017 . CLINICS 4. Eachafternoon,participantsandfacultywillcometogetherin SessionIV: Learningfromprogramdata. available onthe dayonwhichtheclinictakes place.Participantsare offered onafi you face.Clinicslotsareof 10–15minutesinlengtheachandare and howtheexperts’inputs couldhelpyoutoaddressthechallenges approach couldbetothink about whatyouareworkingonatpresent prepared withdiscussionpoints fora10–15minutesession.Auseful participant-led and,ideally, problem-focused:youshouldcome are workingoninyourcountriesmoredepth.Clinics shouldbe You willhavededicatedtimeinwhichtointerrogatetheissuesyou you theopportunitytomeetexpertsessionleaders inperson. “clinics” withsessionleaders.Thepurposeoftheseclinics istogive We offerparticipantstheopportunitytosignupforoptionalevening

litigation andlegalserviceswithcommunityorganizing. explore howlegalempowermentgroupshavecombinedstrategic efforts. applying evaluationdatatoimproveprogrammingandresearch monitoring andevaluationtechniquesinnovativewaysof long termsystemicchange. experience fromlegalempowermentworktowardsadvocacyand and backagain. to encouragemeaningfulpeer-to-peer learningandnetworking. focus, andmore.Theywillengageininteractiveexercisesdesigned gather ingroupsbychallengearea,geographicregion,thematic or researchinquiries.Dependingonthesession,participantswill small groupstoapplytheday’s lessonstotheirchallengeareas Small groupworkandindependentrefl ection rtcm, fi rst-come, Thissessionwillinvestigatetheuseofgrassroots rst-served basis.Sign-upsheets willbe Thissessionwilllookinto Thissessionwill

. POST-COURSE 5. future. with theiractionplanssoourcohortoflearnersstayengaged inthe forum. There,youcanposequestionsandseektosupport others we willremainincontactthroughouronlinecommunity discussion the GlobalLegalEmpowermentNetworkinadvanceof the courseand over thelastfewdays.Allparticipantswillalsobecome membersof of actionforactingon,orexploringfurther, whathasbeenlearned research proposal.Ineithercase,candidatesshoulddetail acourse refl After thecourse,eachparticipantwilleithersubmit theirfi by arrivingontime,beingpreparedandadheringtotheirtimeslot. asked torespectthetimeofexpertandtheirfellowparticipants ections ontheirproblemstatement,orarevisedversionof nal

7 The Course 8 The Course SCHEDULE

Monday, 4 December Tuesday, 5 December Wednesday, 6 December Thursday, 7 December Friday, 8 December 09:00 Welcome Review & Day 2 Aims Review & Day 3 Aims Review & Day 4 Aims Zaza Namoradze Vivek Maru Vivek Maru Vivek Maru 09:15 Ice breaker 09:30 Course overview Ice breaker Ice breaker Ice breaker Vivek Maru 09:45 Session I Case study I: Case study II: Case study III: 10:00 Introduction to legal The paralegal movement in Institutionalizing community- Ensuring effective delivery empowerment the Philippines based justice services of essential services 10:15 (9:45–10:45) (9:45–10:45) (9:45–10:45) (9:45–10:45) 10:30 Vivek Maru Marlon J. Manuel Michele Leering Sukti Dhital 10:45 Coffee Break Coffee Break Coffee Break Coffee Break 11:00 Introduction to legal Case study I Case study II Case study III 11:15 empowerment (continued) (continued) (continued) (continued) (11:00–11:45) 11:30 (11:00–12:00) (11:00–12:00) (11:00–12:00) 11:45 12:00 Lunch 12:15 (11:45–12:45) Lunch Lunch Lunch 12:30 (12:00–13:00) (12:00–13:00) (12:00–13:00) 12:45 Session II 13:00 The intersection of law Session III Session IV Intro to the Global Legal and organizing 13:15 Translating grassroots Learning from program data Empowerment Network (12:45–14:30) experience into systemic (13:00–14:30) (13:00–13:45) 13:30 Purvi Shah change and back again Meg Satterthwaite (13:00–14:30) 13:45 Vivek Maru Monday, 4 December Tuesday, 5 December Wednesday, 6 December Thursday, 7 December Friday, 8 December 14:00 14:15 Presentations 14:30 Coffee Break Coffee Break Coffee Break (13:45–14:45) (14:30–14:45) (14:30–14:45) (14:30–14:45) 14:45 Coffee Break (14:45–15:00) 15:00 15:15 Closing and evaluation 15:30 Working groups Working groups Working groups (14:45–16:45) (14:45–16:45) (14:45–16:45) (15:00–16:15) 15:45 16:00 16:15 16:30 16:45 Farewell drinks Wrap up Wrap up Wrap up 17:00 at Aurum Bistro 17:15 17:30 Clinics (voluntary) Clinics (voluntary) 17:45 18:00 18:15 Know Law, Use Law, 18:30 Shape Law: Legal Empowerment and 18:45 a Deeper Version 19:00 of Democracy 19:15 (18:15–20:00) 19:30 Welcome reception on boat Public talk by Vivek Maru 19:45 in CEU’s N15 Auditorium B 20:00 9 The Course 10 The Course parliamentaryleadersandgovernmentoffi • exceptionalparalegals andleadersofcivilsocietyorganizationswho • This includes: related tolegalempowerment.Participants. The courseisintendedforpeoplewhoseworkandinterestsaredirectly PARTICIPANTS’ PROFILE academicsandresearchersinterestedinworkingwithlegalempower- • developmentagencyrepresentativesworkingonlegalempowerment • are running,orwishtorun,legalempowermentprograms; ment programs at aninternationalorcountrylevel; to supportorregulatelegalempowermentefforts; or development,centralizedplanningunits,NHRIs)withthepower cials (ministriesofjustice

• Meg SATTERTHWAITE • Marlon MANUEL • • referencing themduringthecourse. course readings.Theywillgiveusacommonfoundation;webe You havebeengivenaccesstoane-learning sitethatcontainsallpre- READING LIST

• Introduction toLegalEmpowerment Learning fromprogramdata The paralegalmovementinthePhilippines The intersectionoflawandorganizing Purvi SHAH Vivek MARU anessayin Thecomparativechapterofaforthcomingbook, Anarticle on“LearningaboutWomen’s Empowerment inthe Theupdated chapter“Community-BasedParalegalisminthe “AVolatile Alliance:TheMarriageofLawyersandDemonstrators, context ofdevelopment projects. in women’s lives.Learningaboutwomen’s empowermentinthe how developmentpractitioners cancaptureimportantchanges results challengeproject management indifferentwaysand how donorrequirements for demonstratingevidence-based Context ofDevelopmentProjects” (J.Carteretal.)thatexamines book (CambridgeUniversityPress). J. Franco,H.SolimanandM.RodaCisnerofromaforthcoming Philip-pines: FromSocialMovementstoDemocratization,” by Long HistoryoftheCivilRightsMovement 1961–1964,” fromthebook challenge ofdeliveringlegalempowermentatscale. by VivekMaru),proposingfourprinciplesforovercomingthe ments insixcountries; Paralegals andthePursuitofJustice Foreign Policy

(“OnlytheLawCanRestrainTrump,” Courage toDissent:Atlantaandthe , aboutparalegalmove- , byT. Brown-Nagin. Community 11 The Course 12 The Course

• Michele LEERING • • Sukti DHITAL • •

• Ensuring effectivedeliveryofessentialhealthservices Institutionalizing community-basedjusticeservices • anarticleontheriskofchildbirthinIndia(byN.Kumar)about anarticletitled“Accountability inthedeliveryofmaternaland Thearticle“InIndia,Women AreUsingTheirPhonesTo Tackle acasestudybyJ.E.Mosherforthe anarticle titled‘TheCriticalCharacteristicsofCommunityLegal “DeliveringCommunityJusticeServicesatScale:Ontario,Canada” Thearticle“AccesstoJustice:EvaluatingtheLaw, Health and Assam, whichhasthehighestmaternalmortalityrate inIndia. and infantmortality,’” byF. Feruglio; infant healthservices:Nazdeek’s approach tofi led SMSproject; nutrition inBhimNagar, NewDelhithroughanewDalitwomen- Pooja, whohasbeenworkingtoimproveaccesshealth and to becomeparalegals.Itprofi Inequality” (byS.Sahariah)ontrainingwomenwholiveinslums Law andSocialPolicy Aid ClinicsinOntario’(byL.Abramowicz),fromthe implementing itsownlegalaidscheme(mandatoryreading); (by OSF),whereeachprovinceisresponsiblefordesigningand and addressunderlyingdeterminantsofhealth. appears tobeaneffectivestrategyempowervulnerablegroups where integratinglegalliteracyandservicesintohealthcare Human RightsProgrammesinKenya”(byS.Gruskinetal.) titled “PovertyLaw”(highlysuggestedreading). (highlysuggestedreading); les oneofNazdeek’s paralegals, Ontario LegalAidReview ghting maternal ghting Journal on

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The course will be launched on Monday, 4 December, with a dinner reception on Millenium 2 boat. The reception will start at 19:30.

DINNER VENUE: Vigadó tér, 1052 Hungary Program The boat will leave from Kossuth Hajó/Vénhajó dock from Vigadó tér.

Our staff will pick you up in front of the course venue (below) at 19:00 sharp.

MEETING POINT 7 PM: CEU School of Public Policy Október 6 utca 7, 1051 Budapest

From the CEU School of Public Policy to Kossuth Hajó/Vénhajó

14 VIVEK’S PUBLIC LECTURE

The President and Rector cordially invites you to Know Law, Use Law, Shape Law: Legal Empowerment and a Deeper Version of Democracy Program A talk by Vivek Maru, CEO of Namati and World Economic Forum Social Entrepreneur of the Year

DATE l Tuesday l December 5, 2017 TIME l 6:15–8 pm PLACE l Nádor utca 15 l Auditorium B

WELCOME REMARKS l Michael Ignatieff, President and Rector, CEU

ABSTRACT l Through stories from India, Kenya, and the United States, Vivek will describe how barefoot lawyers and communities are securing environmental justice, citizenship, housing, and, ultimately, a voice in the decisions that affect them.

FAREWELL RECEPTION

Following the end of the course you are invited to join us for drinks and snacks at Aurum Bistro on Friday, 8 December, starting at 16:30. Aurum is located just two minutes walking distance from SPP.

VENUE: Aurum Bistro Zrínyi utca 5 1051 Budapest Tel: (+36) 30 491 6264 15 16 Logistical Information where thecoursetakesplace. Coffee breaksandluncheswillbeservedonthefi Október6utca7,H–1051Budapest in School ofPublicPolicy on thegroundfl The coursewilltakeplace COURSE VENUE MEALS VENUE: at School ofPublicPolicy please arriveattheCEU Sessions willbeginat 8:45am Október Hall

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SHARE TWEET Zaza Namoradze Zaza Namoradze, director of the Open Society Justice Initiative’s Budapest office, oversees programs on legal capacity development, legal empowerment, legal aid reform, and access to justice.

REPORT Strengthening from Within: Law and Practice in the Selection On the second Tuesday of every month, in a store-front office in the small town of Bancroft, of Human Rights 24 oie +36209454291 Mobile: The 2016LegalEmpowermentLeadershipCourseparticipants Email: Ilona +36306291807 Mobile: [email protected] Email: PUSKÁS Livia +36309430332 Mobile: [email protected] Email: MARSCHALL Tanja [email protected] COURSE COORDINATORS MANNERS 25 Logistical Information 26 Biographies COURSE DIRECTOR capoeira angolawithDaleMarcelin atUniversalCapoeiraAngolaCenter of Namati–SierraLeone,two itsSocialEntrepreneursoftheYear. Vivekstudies 2016. In2017,theSchwabFoundation namedVivekandSonkitaConteh,director Legal EmpowermentNetworkreceivedtheSkollAward forSocialEntrepreneurshipin “legal rebel”bytheAmericanBarAssociationin2015.He,Namati, andtheGlobal Asian BarAssociationin2008.HewasnamedanAshokaFellow in2014anda Foreign Relations.VivekreceivedthePioneerAward fromtheNorthAmericanSouth the UNCommissiononLegalEmpowermentandisatermmember oftheCouncilon Center andtheInternationalSeniorLawyersProject.Hewasan affi of theevaluationfi advisory counciloftheCommonwealthHumanRightsInitiative, theadvisoryboard on theboardoftrusteesglobaladvocacyorganizationAvaaz, the international Law School.Hewritesregularlyinacademicjournalsand the press.Heserves Sanghathan. VivekgraduatedfromHarvardCollege,magnacum laude,andYale with twograssrootsdevelopmentorganizations–SahjeevanandKutchMahilaVikas in Kutch,hisnativeplace,workingonwatershedmanagementandgirls’education Africa andSouthAsia.In1997–1998helivedinahutofdungsticksvillage World Bank.Hisworkfocusedonruleoflawreformandgovernance,primarilyinWest From 2008to2011,heservedasseniorcounselintheJusticeReformGroupof delivering justiceservicesinthecontextofaweakstateandplurallegalsystem. Transparency International,andPresidentJimmy Carterasapioneeringmodelfor Timap forJustice,whichhasbeenrecognized bytheInternationalCrisisGroup, 2003 to2007,Vivekco-foundedandco-directedtheSierraLeoneanorganization the inclusionofaccesstojusticein2030SustainableDevelopmentGoals.From collaborating oncommonchallenges.Thiscommunitysuccessfullyadvocatedfor more than1,000groupsfrom150countrieswhoarelearningoneanotherand healthcare andcitizenship.NamaticonvenestheGlobalLegalEmpowermentNetwork, rm IDInsight,andtheboardsofConstitutionalAccountability lands, enforceenvironmentallaw, andsecurebasicrightsto have workedwithover65,000peopletoprotectcommunity known as“barefootlawyers”–intencountries.Theadvocates have builtcadresofcommunitylegalworkers–sometimes legal empowermentaroundtheworld.Namatianditspartners Vivek foundedNamatiin2011togrowthemovementfor Vivek MARU liate expertwith (Ontario). Shehas publishedherresearchonlegal educationreformandengaging initiatives. Sheisalsoadoctoral studentintheFacultyofLawatQueen’s University improve knowledgemanagement acrossthesystem;andimplementingruraljustice clinic managers,andalegalaid servicecoordinationnetwork;leadingaprojectto assurance, andoutcomemeasurement systems;creatingacommunityofpracticefor with Ontario’s clinicsystemhasincludeddevelopingperformanceevaluation, quality member oftheAssociationCommunityLegalClinicsOntario. Herleadershipwork & Health(medical-legal)andLibrariesJusticepartnerships. Shewasafounding research tobuildthelegalcapabilityof“trustedintermediaries,with afocusonJustice advocacy, andlawreformprojects.Currentinitiativesusecommunity-basedaction lawyering, shehasledawiderangeoflegalliteracy, communitydevelopment,systemic paralegals andOntario’s communitylegal clinic system.Inadditiontotraditional FACULTY Bingham McCutchenLLP. the AmericanCivilLibertiesUnion’s ReproductiveFreedomProjectandthefi recognize maternalmortalityasahumanrightsviolation.Suktihasalsoworkedat Hospital &ORS,W.P.(C) 8853/2008,thefi and economicrightsjudgmentsincludingLaxmiMandalv. DeenDayalHarinagar Human RightsLawNetwork,Indiawheresheassistedinsecuringlandmarksocial India. PriortoNazdeek,shewastheDirectorofReproductiveRightsUnitat committed tobringingaccessjusticeclosermarginalizedcommunitiesin Renaissance Foundationtoadviseonlegalempowerment, with theOpenSocietyJusticeInitiativeandInternational a memberoftheInternationalLegalAidGroupandhasworked small urbanandruralcommunitiesinOntario,Canada.Sheis Advocacy &LegalCentre,anon-profi Michele istheExecutiveDirector/LawyerofCommunity Michele M.LEERING Nazdeek, anaward-winninglegalempowermentorganization Previously, SuktiwastheExecutiveDirectorandCoFounderof law experienceinthefi Law andahumanrightslawyerwithextensiveinternational Institute forHumanRightsatNewYork UniversitySchoolof Sukti istheDeputyDirectorofRobertL.Bernstein Sukti DHITAL rst decisionbyanationalcourtto elds ofeconomicandsocialrights. t legalclinicserving rm of rm 27 Biographies 28 Biographies Fellow atAustralianNationalUniversityandBond(Australia). Community LeadershipinJusticeFellowatOsgoodeHallLawSchoolandaVisiting the legalprofessioninaccesstojustice.ShehasbeenaLawFoundationofOntario from theUniversityofChicagoLaw School. Constitutionalism Programofthe CentralEuropeanUniversity, andearnedanLLM graduated fromtheLawFaculty of TbilisiStateUniversity, studiedintheComparative of Georgia,andwasamember theStateConstitutionalCommissionofGeorgia.He the StudyofConstitutionalismin EasternEurope,theCentralElectoralCommission in CentralandEasternEuropeAsia.Zazahasworked fortheCenter judicial reformsandstudentlawclinicshumanrightslitigation capacitybuilding to justicebythepoor. and humanrightslegislation,injusticesystemreformworkonimprovingaccess vulnerable groups.Heisalsoactivelyinvolvedinpolicyreformworkonsocialjustice of educationforpeopleempowermentasheworkwithfarmers,workers,andother grassroots communityeducator, continuouslypracticingandadvocatingtheprinciples education, notonlyasalawschoolprofessor, butalso,andmoreextensively, asa with hiseducationactivities.Hehasdeepinvolvementinjusticeandhumanrights his involvementinstrategiclitigationonhumanrightsandpublicinterestissues decades ofexperienceinsocialjusticeandhumanrightslawyering.Hehascombined human rights,andpromotionofsocialjustice.From1996,hehasgainedtwo where hedesignedandoversawprojectsinconstitutional Society Institute’s ConstitutionalandLegal PolicyInstitute, served asstaffattorneyand,later, deputydirectoroftheOpen rights andlegalempowermentcapacity. Hepreviously offi As thedirectorofOpenSocietyJusticeInitiative’s Budapest Zaza NAMORADZE concerned withthepursuitofpublicinterest,respectfor have distinctprogramsforlegalassistancethatisprimarily social development-orientedlawpractice.Theseorganizations that adheretotheprinciplesandvaluesofalternativeor Groups (ALG),acoalitionofmorethan20PhilippineNGOs Marlon istheNationalCoordinatorofAlternativeLaw Marlon J.MANUEL ce, Zazaoverseesactivitiesonlegalaidanddefendants’ of California. graduate ofNorthwesternUniversity andtheBerkeleySchoolofLawatUniversity the CommunityLawyeringClinic attheUniversityofMiami’s SchoolofLaw. Purvi isa residents, andimmigrants.Shealsowasalawprofessor, servingastheCo-Directorof where shelitigatedforsixyearsonbehalfoftaxidrivers,tenants, publichousing organizer, andco-foundedtheCommunityJusticeProjectatFloridaLegalServices advancing movementlawyering.Shehasalsoworkedasalitigator andcommunity the BerthaJusticeInstitute,UnitedStates’fi Before that,PurviworkedattheCenterforConstitutionalRights whereshedirected Lives, whichwasfoundedintheaftermathofFergusonand Baltimoreuprisings. national networkof3000lawyersdedicatedtosupportingthe Movement ForBlack Society FoundationEqualityFellow. Previously, sheco-foundedLaw4BlackLives,a vators whoarecommittedtoacceleratingjustice.Purviis also acurrentOpen rapporteurs andhasservedontheboardsofseveralhumanrightsorganizations. inequality. MargarethasworkedasaconsultanttonumerousUNagenciesandspecial movements toprevent,challenge,andredressrightsviolationsinsituationsofglobal Director oftheGlobalJusticeClinic,shepartnerswithgrassrootsorganizationsand Rights First,andtheCommissionNationaledeVerité etdeJusticeinHaiti.As for anumberofhumanrightsorganizations,includingAmnestyInternational,Human rious traumaamonghumanrightsworkers.Beforejoiningtheacademy, sheworked experiments, theMovementLawLabinvestsinlegalinno- for strategiccollaboration,interventions,disruptions,and some ofAmerica’s toughestracialjusticeproblems.Aplace other change-makerstoimplementnovel,boldsolutionsfor action andinnovationhubthatbringslawyerstogetherwith Purvi isthefounderofMovementLawLab,astrategy, Purvi SHAH terrorism, methodologicalinnovationinhumanrights,andvica- include economicandsocialrights,humanrightscounter- at NewYork UniversitySchoolofLaw. Herresearchinterests Chair oftheCenterforHumanRightsandGlobalJustice the RobertL.BernsteinInstituteforHumanRights,andCo- Margaret isaProfessorofClinicalLaw, FacultyDirectorof Margaret L.SATTERTHWAITE rst traininginstitutededicatedto 29 Biographies 30 Biographies PARTICIPANTS implementation toimprovetheirlives. women andchildrenworkstirelesslythroughresearch, program designand adolescents withregardtoaccessjustice.Sheispassionate abouttherightsof IWEI in2010,sheworkedasabiologyteacherandmentor, raisingawarenessamong launched a campaign to advance the political representation of persons with disabilities. launched acampaigntoadvancethepoliticalrepresentationofpersonswithdisabilities. ties, hasprovidedaplatformformarginalizedgroupsandcommunity-basedDPOs tator innumeroustrainingstopromotetherightsanddignityofpersonswithdisabili- aims tomainstreamdisabilityinthedevelopmentagenda.Hehasactedaskeyfacili- being. Bypromotingaccesstojusticeandthroughactivitiesofsensitization,Devidatta that aimstoempowerpersonswithdisabilitiesandimprovetheirsocioeconomicwell- Communication Center(DECN),anon-governmental,community-basedorganization transparency and accountabilityinthejustice sector. Sheis in Kampala,whereshecoordinates pilotinitiativestoenhance management offi Violah iscurrentlyworkingas aresearchandknowledge Legal AidServiceProviders’ Network Violah BalsonAJOK in confl Technology andsubsequentlyobtainedapostgraduatedegree She majoredinbiologyattheKanoUniversityofScienceand at theIsaWali Empowerment Initiative(IWEI)inKano,Nigeria. Fatima isacommunity-basedparalegalandprogrammanager Isa Wali EmpowermentInitiative Fatima ADAMU nity of Banke. He later founded the Disabled Empowerment and nity ofBanke.HelaterfoundedtheDisabledEmpowermentand a self-helpgroupforpersonswithdisabilitiesinthelocalcommu- he becameinterestedinhumanrightsandruleoflawformed disability afterhavingcontractedpolioattheageof5.Asastudent, Devidatta wasborninaremotevillageNepal.Heacquired Disabled EmpowermentandCommunicationCenter Devidatta ACHARYA ict, peaceandstrategicstudies.Priortojoiningthe cer at the Legal Aid Service Providers’ Network cerattheLegalAidServiceProviders’ Network l Nigeria l Uganda l Nepal the sameuniversity. researcher attheDepartmentofLegalHistory, PhilosophyandComparativeLawat Pretoria, SouthAfrica.Previously, shetaughtintroductorycoursesonlawandwasa as amaster’s degreeininternationaltradeandinvestmentlawfromtheUniversity of management atbothsubnationalandnationallevels.SheholdsanLLBdegreeaswell has experienceinpolicy, lawreform,communitylegaleducationandstakeholder well-versed onissuesoflegalaid,accesstojusticeandprojectmanagement School ofLaw, residesinVirginia. public. Katherine,agraduateofNorthwesternUniversityandtheSeattle approaches usedbytheprivatebar, legalaidandcourtstafftobetterservethe that prioritizejudicialengagement.Herultimategoalistore-evaluateservicesand vulnerable populationsandcreatingcommunity-basedlegalassistanceenvironments Katherine isparticularlyinterestedinbuildingdeliverysystemsforruraland Self-Represented LitigationNetwork,shehasledtheSRLNsinceAugust2013. entities. Inaddition, shecreatedaMappingJustice project,tointegrateGISmapping, to economicempowerment,anti-poverty, socialservice, academic,andadvocacy of theEconomicJusticeWork Groupwhichconnects legal serviceorganizations pedagogical strategiesandpopular educationframeworks.Sheisalsothefounder She hasexpertiseincommunity legaleducation,deliberatelyincorporatingcreative countries, low-incomeworkers, andcommunitiesexperiencinghealthdisparities. diverse populationsincludingminorities,immigrantsandrefugees fromover70 legal information,advice,representation,andoutreachto Massachusetts. Kulsumhasextensiveexperienceproviding She isanhonorsgraduateofSmithCollegeinNorthampton, Engagement UnitattheLegalAssistanceFoundationofChicago. Kulsum currentlyservesasaseniorattorneyintheCommunity Legal AssistanceFoundationofChicago Kulsum AMEJI learning, innovatingandsharing.Anearlymemberofthe build commonsenseandconsumer-oriented solutionsby Katherine’s philosophythroughouthercareerhasbeento justice initiativesforlegalaid,courtsandprivatepractice, With abackgroundindesigningandimplementingaccessto Self-Represented LitigationNetwork Katherine ALTENEDER l UnitedStates l UnitedStates 31 Biographies 32 Biographies Social Justice. University teachingcoursesinLegalCultureandProcess,CurrentIssuesLaw, and agriculture projectservingrefugees.SheisalsoanadjunctprofessoratNorthwestern issues. KulsumservesontheBoardofDirectorsforGlobalGardensFarm,anurban the ReEntryCoLablinkinglawandtechnologytoaddressdeeplyentrenchedsocial collaboration combininglaw, art,technology, anddesign.Sheisaco-founderof the FounderandDirectorofProjectProspera,aninterdisciplinarysocialinnovation data analysis,andotheremergenttechnologiesintolegalserviceswork.Sheisalso the GazaStrip:AMeanstoTenure SecurityandEconomicEmpowerment.’ Property LawintheGazaStrip’ and ‘Women’s Housing,LandandPropertyRightsin the co-authorofanumberpublications including‘AGuidetoHousing,Landand Médecins SansFrontièresandthe PalestinianCentreforHumanRights.Jehadisalso with differenthumanitarianandhumanrightsorganizationswithin Gaza,suchas he hasreceivedformaltraininginfacilitationskills. attended postgraduatecoursesinM&Eandstatisticaldatamanagement.Inaddition, Kampala, in2009withabachelor’s degreeinindustrialchemistry, wherehealso Community LandProtectionProgram.DavidgraduatedfromMakerereUniversity, worked withtheLandandEquityMovementinUganda(LEMU)toimplementtheir ability toprotect,documentanddefendtheirlandrights.BeforejoiningNamati,David and productivelanduseaimstostrengthencommunities’ advocates securityoftenureasakeyelementinsustainable East Africaprogramoffi with NamatiastheCommunityLandProtectionProgram’s Currently basedinNairobi,Kenya,Davidhasbeenworking Namati David ARACH with aspecializationininternationaljusticeandhasworked human rightsfromCentralEuropeanUniversityinHungary Program inGaza,Palestine.HereceivedhisLLMdegree Council’s Information,Counsellingand Legal Assistance Jehad istheprojectcoordinatorofNorwegianRefugee Norwegian RefugeeCouncil Jehad ARAFAT l Uganda cersince2016.Aspartofhiswork,he l Palestine rights andaccesstojustice. Development Bank.Shehasauthoredseveralbooks,papersand op-edsaboutsocial researcher withtheCenterforEconomicandSocialRights theInter-American human rightsandconstitutionallawinArgentina,shehasworked asaconsultant grassroots organizationsandsocialmovements.Lucianawasauniversity professorof in litigationactivitiesrelatedtosocialjustice,accountability, accesstojustice, Justice andamemberoftheNetworkGuidanceCommittee.Sheisprimarilyinvolved urban confl from King’s College,London,andiscurrentlystudyingforaPhDintransforming a BA(Hons)inhistoryfromtheUniversityofBristol,anMAwarstudies and justiceinterventions,inequalitypower, andwesternforeignpolicy. Willholds including UNICEFandAmnestyInternational.Hisworkfocusesonpeace,security icts at Birkbeck. she wasco-directoroftheCivilAssociationforEqualityand Empowerment NetworkeffortsinLatinAmerica.Previously, than tenyears.Currently, sheiscoordinatingtheGlobalLegal been workingonaccesstojusticeandsocialrightsformore Luciana isahumanrightsattorneyfromArgentinaandhas Namati Luciana BERCOVICH Legal empowermenthasbeenone ofherprioritiessinceshe well asanMAineconomicsfrom theUniversityofBologna. University, anLLMfromErasmusUniversityRotterdam, as (ERA). SheholdsanLLM degree fromMoldovaState Sabina isanassociateattorney atEfrimRosca&Associates Efrim Rosca&Associates Sabina CERBU Law. Previously, heworkedforinternationalorganizations Foreign Affairs’KnowledgePlatformonSecurity&Ruleof He isalsocurrentlysenioradviserattheDutchMinistryof leads policyworkonsecurityandjusticeacross20countries. Will isaconfl Saferworld William BENNETT l Argentina l ict andsecurityadviserat Saferworldwherehe UnitedKingdom l Moldova 33 Biographies 34 Biographies holds amaster’s degree ininternationalstudiesfromNewcastleUniversity, UK. St. Andrew’s RefugeeServicesandasaninternontheRSDteamwithUNHCR.He and services.BeforejoiningAsylumAccess,Tom workedasalegaloffi improve theirconnectionwithrefugeecommunitiesanddelivergreater accesstorights organization hasalsorecentlybeguntoestablishrefugee-staffed paralegal programsto Foundation inMoldovaonstrengtheningthenetworkofcommunity-basedparalegals. is activelyparticipatinginimplementingajointprogrambetweenERAandtheSoros Justice. Currently, sheisinchargeofdevelopingpro-bonopolicieswithinERA,and to stateaidandcommunityparalegalswhenshewasworkingattheMinistryof State University. Shelaterparticipatedinpromotinganddevelopingpoliciesrelated was astudent,havingvolunteeredearlyonwithintheLegalClinicofMoldova to addresskeychallenges.Outsideofwork,Davidisamusicenthusiast. Village HealthCommitteeandconductingadvocacyworkwithgovernmentleadership related humanrightsviolations.Heisalsoresponsibleforbuildingthecapacityof legal services,communityempowermentandpolicyadvocacy. His laysia, Tanzania, EcuadorandMexico.Theprogramsconsistof development andmanagementofprogramsinThailand,Ma- Access inBangkok,Thailand.Aspartofthisrole,hesupportsthe Tom isthegloballegalservices&empowermentleadforAsylum Asylum Access Thomas DIXON patients todocumentcomplaintsandrespondhealth- patients andtheirbroadercommunities.Heworksalongside raising awarenessabouthealthpoliciesandprotocolsamong legal empowermentandrighttohealthisresponsiblefor David joinedNamatiin2016asaparalegal.Hefocuseson Namati David daCONCEICAOSAUTE l Mozambique l UnitedKingdom cer in Cairo with cerinCairowith the country. workshops andintroductorylegalcoursestoempowervulnerable communitiesacross out bytheCentersforAccess.Additionally, sheandherteamareputtingtogether with universities,barassociationsandNGOstoassistreinforce theworkcarried free legalrepresentation.Forsuchpurposes,sheiscurrently developingalliances Argentina wheresheisresponsibleforthedevelopmentofa nationalnetworkof the NationalDirectorforPromotionandStrengtheningof AccesstoJusticein measures. SheiscurrentlycoordinatingaUNDP-fi American CommissiononHumanRights(IACHR)analyzingrequests forpreliminary Scholarship topursueherstudies.Shehaspreviouslyworkedas alawyerattheInter- degree inliteratureandcivilizationoftheAnglophoneworldfromsameuniversity. movement dynamicsinsub-SaharanAfricandemocracies.Healsoholdsamaster’s from GastonBergerUniversityinSenegalandisaPhDcandidateworkingoncivic and publicservicedelivery. Malickholdsamaster’s degreeinpoliticalscience empowerment, prisonreform,electionmanagement,civicengagement,transparency and hasmonitoredtheimplementationofprojectsonvariousissuessuchaswomen of climatechangeandcriminalsanctions.Malickjoinedthefoundationin2012 on legalempowerment,accesstojustice,minorityrights,foodsecurityinthecontext Scholarship (2014–2015)andaP.E.O. InternationalPeace Washington CollegeofLaw (2015),havingreceivedaFulbright in internationallegalstudiesfromtheAmericanUniversity Universidad deBuenosAiresin2012.ShehasanLLMdegree Victoria isanArgentinianlawyerwhograduatedfrom Open SocietyInitiativeforWest Africa Malick MbengueFALL Ministry ofJusticeandHumanRights Maria Victoria GAMA of lawandhumanrights.Morespecifi foundation’s interventionpillarsofdemocracy, governance,rule He ispartoftheSenegalcountryoffi Initiative forWest Africa (OSIWA) basedinDakar, Senegal. Malick worksasaprogramassociateattheOpenSociety nanced projectattheOffi

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Argentina ce teamworkingonthe cally, hisworkfocuses l Senegal c of ce 35 Biographies Oudom HAM EarthRights International l Cambodia

Since 2014, Oudom has worked for EarthRights International (ERI) to provide capacity building and human rights training to communities whose livelihoods have been challenged by large infrastructure developments in Cambodia. More specifi cally, Oudom is helping communities affected by the construction of the Lower Sesan 2 and Don Sahong dams to take action against companies that are connected with the project. With the help of ERI, local communities are starting to

Biographies mobilize themselves in order to protect their rights as well as their natural resources. In addition, Oudom is facilitating the establishment of a grassroots organization that empowers its members to self-regulate and dynamically and fully advocate for their rights and common interests.

Manzoor HASAN BRAC University l Bangladesh

Manzoor is the Executive Director of the Centre for Peace & Justice of BRAC University. He was the Director of BRAC’s Institute of Governance & Development (2006–2012) and the deputy Executive Director of BRAC (2004–2006). He was also the founding Executive Director of Transparency International Bangladesh (1996–2003) and subsequently the Regional Director (Asia Pacifi c) of Transparency International, Berlin. In 2003 he was awarded the Honour of the Offi cer of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II for his service to Transparency International. Manzoor graduated from the London School of Economics and is a member of the English Bar.

Oleksandr HRYB Coordination Center for Legal Aid Provision l Ukraine

Oleksandr graduated from the Faculty of Biology of Chernivtsi National University in 2007 and subsequently obtained a master’s degree in public administration from the National Academy of Public Administration under the President of Ukraine. Since July 2012, he has been working at the Coordination Center for Legal Aid Provision in Kyiv where he is responsible for coordinating and monitoring the centers for free secondary legal aid provision. He is 36 also involved in building a network of paralegals and encouraging cooperation with non-governmental legal aid providers.

Chernor Mamoud Benedict JALLOH Access to Justice Law Center l Sierra Leone

Chernor is a barrister-at-law and solicitor of the High Court of Sierra Leone. He is the founding director of the Access to Justice Law Center (AJLC), a public law organization working

to provide access to justice for the poor living in rural Sierra Biographies Leone. As the director of AJLC, Chernor has initiated and implemented several community justice projects that engage paralegals to provide legal information and empowerment to rural communities. He has advocated and lobbied for the amendment of the Legal Practitioner’s Act that in turn led to the decentralization of legal education in Sierra Leone. Chernor is also the founding head of the law department at the University of Makeni.

Mohamed Bobor JALLOH Lady Ellen Women’s Aid Foundation l Sierra Leone

Mohamed holds a master’s degree in economics from Swansea University in Wales with a specialization in social development policy and management. He has over two decades of hands- on program management experience and has dedicated his professional life to women’s protection and empowerment. He has designed, implemented and monitored various socio-economic development projects for women and girls and has worked mostly in rural communities in Sierra Leone. Mohamed is the founder and executive director of the Lady Ellen Women’s Aid Foundation (LEWAF–SL) – a national program that works towards tackling violence against women and girls. Over the past three years, LEWAF–SL has made considerable improvements in the lives of vulnerable and disadvantaged women and girls through its prevention, protection, response and advocacy intervention approaches. Mohamed is also an experienced paralegal and coordinator of the Western Area Network on Community Justice Coalition (WAN–CJ).

37 Bariashirsuren JARGALSAIKHAN Legal Aid Center l Mongolia

Bariashirsuren recently started her work as a head of the administrative division of the Legal Aid Center (LAC) of Mongolia. Prior to joining LAC, she served as a researcher with the National Legal Institute and as a judicial training specialist at the Judicial Council of Mongolia. In 2008, Bariashirsuren received her jurist degree from the Faculty of Law and Political Science, Eötvös Loránd University (Budapest). Biographies

Nishma JETHWA Strategic Advocacy for Human Rights l United Kingdom

Nishma is a human rights lawyer and gender rights advocate. She is director of strategy at the Strategic Advocacy for Human Rights (SAHR) and heads its India team, working to improve access to formal and community-based systems of justice for survivors of gender-based violence. She is also the strategy lead at the Shiva Foundation, which supports systemic change to tackle human traffi cking in the UK and in India. She has experience working on issues surrounding gender and race, including working at the European Human Rights Advocacy Centre, the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, the South Asian Human Rights Documentation Centre and Aman Biradari. She is currently based between London and Mumbai.

Mabera KAMBERI Ministry of Labour and Social Policy l Macedonia

Mabera is the head of sector for coordination and technical assistant to the minister at the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy in Skopje. She is responsible for coordinating the activities of her sector, including organizing conferences, participating in non-formal educational programs and imple- menting projects related to the Decade of Roma Inclusion. In addition, Mabera has served as a member of the executive board of the Roma Education Fund in Budapest as well as a member of the executive board of OSI in Skopje. Most recently, she was a member of the MG-S-ROM – Council of Europe Group of Specialists on Roma, Gypsies and Travellers between 2006 and 2011. 38 Emmanuel Sibomana KAMONYO Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa l Rwanda

Emmanuel is a health and human rights activist who has been focusing on advancing the health and wellbeing of marginalized and socially excluded groups through rights-based approaches. He has previously worked with the Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa (OSIEA) as a health and rights program offi cer based in Nairobi, Kenya. Prior to joining OSIEA, he worked at the Rwanda Ministry of Health as a legal adviser in charge of drafting public health legislation. He has also worked with various national and international human rights NGOs and as rule Biographies of law offi cer with UNDP Sudan. Emmanuel is a lawyer by profession and holds an LLM degree in human rights and democratization from the European Inter-University Centre in Venice, Italy. He is also an MPH candidate at Maseno University in Kenya. He currently lives in Montreal, Canada.

Nuriana KARTANBAEVA Soros Foundation l Kyrgyzstan

Nuriana is the deputy executive director and director of the Law Program of the Soros Foundation-Kyrgyzstan. Her responsibilities include supporting judicial reform and the institutional development of the National Bar Association, advancing the legal aid system, preventing torture and ill- treatment and promoting civil society and human rights education. Before joining OSF, Nuriana worked for fi ve years as the national program coordinator at the Regional Offi ce of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR ROCA) based in Bishkek. She holds an MA degree in international studies from the University of Denver (DU) where she studied as an Edmund Muskie fellow.

Daniel KASS JustFix.nyc l United States

Dan is a technologist, community organizer and tenant advocate working at the intersection of legal innovation and technology. He is a co-founder at JustFix.nyc, a nonprofi t startup that serves low-income tenants facing landlord harassment and displacement as a result of gentrifi cation. They have served

39 over 1,000 households across the city and garnered widespread acclaim from tenants and policymakers alike. Prior to JustFix.nyc, Dan was a 2015 fellow at Blue Ridge Labs, an intensive research and design program focused on addressing barriers faced by underserved populations. With a background in computer science, he has led large-scale projects for Spotify, Time Inc and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He has also served as an undergraduate researcher on digital inclusion measures at the Tufts Fletcher School as well as a support worker for the federally incarcerated through the Focus Forward Project. In his spare time, he enjoys science fi ction, wilderness backpacking and proper New York-style pizza. Biographies Zoryana KHRYSTYNA Legal Development Network l Ukraine

Zoryana graduated from the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv with a master’s degree in law, specializing in the consti- tutional and legal aspects of local government activities. Since 2011, she has been working with international institutions in the fi eld of legal empowerment. She is a board member of the Legal Development Network, a coalition of non-governmental organizations that provide free legal aid services to local communities and ensure legal awareness and the protection of public interest.

Patricia KIMERA Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum l Uganda

Patricia is an advocate of the High Court and all subordinate courts in Uganda. She holds an LLB degree from Makerere University and is currently pursuing her LLM degree at the same university. In addition, she was awarded a postgraduate diploma in legal practice by the Law Development Center in 2010. Patricia is a human rights advocate who currently heads the Access to Justice Program at the Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum and has been coordinating its community paralegal project from 2011. She is also a member of the steering and legal committees of the Civil Society Coalition on Human Rights and Constitutional Law in Uganda and a member of the Baylor-Uganda Key Population Priority Populations Community Advisory Board.

40 Magdelene Wanza KIOKO Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa l Kenya

Wanza is the program manager for the Democratic Governance and Rule of Law program of the Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa (OSIEA). She has a wealth of experience in human rights, governance, rule of law and justice programming. Wanza joined OSIEA from UNDP Somalia where she was the area project manager responsible for the Puntland State of Somalia for two years. Previously, she worked with UNDP Sierra Leone as a rule of law specialist and served as an institutional development adviser for the Human Rights Commission of Sierra Biographies Leone. She has taught at the Faculty of Law at the University of Nairobi and worked with the Center for Law and Research International (CLARION).

Nadiia KZYZTSKA Coordination Centre for Legal Aid Provision l Ukraine

Nadiia is a communications manager with experience in both the public and business sectors. Since 2014, she has been working at the Coordination Centre for Legal Aid Provision, a state institution responsible for the establishment of a nation- wide legal aid system with more than 550 offi ces throughout Ukraine. As head of communications, she is in charge of informing the public about the organization’s mandate and activities, as well as its community legal empowerment program. Nadiia holds a master’s degree in philology from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.

Ajeng LARASATI LBH Masyarakat l Indonesia

Ajeng is the research and policy coordinator of LBH Masyarakat – a Jakarta-based not-for-profi t organization providing free legal aid services and legal and human rights empowerment for poor and marginalized groups. With a Chevening Scholarship from the UK, she obtained her LLM degree from the University of Essex, majoring in economic, social and cultural rights. She leads LBH Masyarakat’s work on intersecting issues between human rights, HIV and drug policy. Since 2009, she has trained paralegals who work with most-at-risk populations on legal and human rights issues in Indonesia. She has also spoken on national and international fora highlighting the human rights barriers to HIV treatment and has presented initiatives 41 to overcome them. Ajeng also led the development of the human rights module for Indonesia’s proposal to the Global Fund to fi ght AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.

Shadrack LAWRENCE Emtla Koloni Advice and Paralegal Centre l South Africa

Shadrack was born in a small town in South Africa. He joined the Douglas Advice and Development Offi ce, the fi rst advisory offi ce in his district, in 2006. After its closure, he and a friend decided to revive the organization and founded the Emtla Biographies Koloni Advice and Paralegal Centre, where they continue to fi ght for access to justice for poor and marginalized communities in South Africa. He was subsequently elected as a council member of the Association of Community Advice Offi ces of South Africa (ACAOSA) and serves as a provincial secretary.

Ross MACLAREN Charles Stewart Mott Foundation l United Kingdom

Ross is a London-based program offi cer overseeing Mott’s Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) grant-making in Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine. Prior to joining Mott in 2006, he worked for grant-making organizations throughout CEE and Russia. Most recently in this fi eld, he served as director of the Institute for Sustainable Communities’ Russian Far East offi ce in Khabarovsk. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Russian and East European studies from the University of Toronto and a master’s degree in Central/Eastern European and Russian Area studies from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.

Ayesha Alam MALIK AGHS Legal Aid Cell l Pakistan

Having studied law at undergraduate level at Oxford University (Trinity College) and then having obtained a master’s of law specialising in international law at University College, London, Ayesha is an associate with the AGHS Legal Aid Cell in Lahore, Pakistan, where she researches and drafts legal petitions and contracts for High Court and Supreme Court cases. Notable cases on which she worked include a seminal sexual harassment case, a cultural heritage 42 case and a prisoner transfer case from the UK to Pakistan. She also works with renowned human rights lawyer Asma Jahangir on human rights cases. In 2014–15, Ayesha worked in South Sudan managing grants for the NGO Concern Worldwide, with a funding portfolio of over £10 mio and reviewed project contracts against relevant legal criteria and identifi ed legal risks.

Rodica MARCINSCHI Soros Foundation l Moldova

Rodica holds a master’s degree in international law from the Biographies State University of Moldova and has been working at Soros Foundation-Moldova since 2016 as a project assistant at the Justice and Human Rights Department. Prior to OSF, she held various positions at SE SIRC Registru, where she was responsible for managing the company’s information society projects. Her main areas of expertise include access to justice, legal empowerment and community organizations. Being responsible for the implementation of the “Shared Framework of Legal Empowerment” project, she works closely with grassroots organizations and governmental entities in order to ensure access to justice for the most vulnerable groups.

Christopher Abuor MARTIN Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa l Kenya

Chris is the health rights program assistant of the Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa (OSIEA) where he focuses on issues related to harm reduction, sexual reproductive health and LGBTI rights. He is a committed human rights advocate with experience that spans from community organizing in informal settlements of Kenya to working at large international philanthropic organizations as a community mobiliser. Having been brought up in one of the largest slums in Kenya, he co-founded youth-led community groups that focus on right to housing, confl ict resolution and peace-building (a much needed endeavor particularly after the 2007 post-election violence which he personally witnessed). He is also currently pursuing a degree in criminal justice and security management at the Africa Nazarene University in Nairobi.

43 44 Biographies with DevelopingCountries(HIVOS). years, mostrecentlyasaprogramoffi CBOs andadviceoffi HIV/AIDS awarenessprogramsamongadolescentsandsexworkers, andmentoring involving youngpeopleindemocracybuilding,andthentransitioned toconducting communities. Hestartedoutasafacilitatorinyouthprograms thatfocusedon development policyandpracticeforcivilsocietyfromBradfordUniversity. a sociologygraduateoftheUniversityDaresSalaamandholdsmaster’s degreein – KivuliniWomen’s RightsOrganization–whichisbasedinMwanza,Tanzania. Heis towards theprotectionofwomen’s rights,heisalsoamemberofthemostvibrantNGO was pilotedinthreedistrictsofTanzania. Withover12years’experienceinworking with localgovernmentleadersforanincreasedprotectionofwomen’s rights’which ces. Mkhululihasworkedinthedevelopmentsectorfor19 International, TheRightsPractice, TheCairoInstitutefor and internationalhumanrights NGOsincludingAmnesty in China,Afghanistan,Egypt, and Gazaforarangeoflocal for twoandhalfyears.Overthe last15yearsTim hasworked Tim Millarhas been Namati’s CountryDirectorinMyanmar Namati Tim MILLAR Ramadhan hasbeeninvolvedintheproject‘Paralegalsengaging increasing accesstojusticeforall,inparticularwomen. implementation ofLSFprograminitiativesinsupport Facility (LSF)inDaresSalaam,Tanzania. Hecoordinatesthe Ramadhan isaprogrammanagerattheLegalServices Legal ServicesFacility Ramadhan JacobMASELE his professionallifetoworkingforpoorandmarginalized His highschoolyearswouldlaterprompthimtodedicate school inapoverty-strickenvillageduringtheapartheidera. Mkhululi wasborninLanga,SouthAfrica,andwenttohigh Countries Humanist InstituteforCooperationwithDeveloping Mkhululi MAZULA l Myanmar l SouthAfrica cer attheHumanistInstituteforCooperation l Tanzania philosophy fromtheUniversityofLeeds. and mechanisms,warcrimes.Tim holds bachelor’s andmaster’s degreesin and marginalizedgroups,trainingforlawyers,internationalhumanrightsstandards has beenthematicallyfocusedontorture,theprotectionofrightsvulnerable Human RightsStudies,andthePalestinianCentreforRights.Thiswork access tojustice. Her lifelongdreamistoseeall SouthAfricansexercisetheirlegalrightsandhave currently pursuingaseniorparalegal diplomaattheSASchoolofParalegalStudies. cultural issues,andpaintsinherfreetime. French, regularlycontributestotwoleadingEnglishnewspapersonliteraryand School, anannualresidentialtrainingprogram.Besideslaw, Arpeetaalsoteaches human rightsfact-fi organization wheresheco-runstheLawsNetworkVisualizationprojectanddesigns program. Currently, sheisamentoratKolpokoushol,aninterdisciplinaryresearch law attheUniversityofKwazulu-Natal,SouthAfrica,aspartherHarvardLLM government employees.Subsequently, shecompletedaclinicalsemesteronstreet of theprogramandorganizedlegalliteracyworkshopsforstudents,educators Dhaka, whereshejoinedtheStreetLawProgram.Shelaterbecamecoordinator nding simulationworkshopsfortheHumanRightsSummer training courseattheDullahOmarSchoolforParalegalsandis the communitywithlegalissues.Shecompletedaparalegal for theThusangMorwaloAdviceCentreinKagiso,assisting moved backtoSouthAfricaattheageofthree.Sheworks Tumi wasborninZambia,whereherfatherexile,and Thusang MorwaloAdviceCentre Boitumelo MTHOMBENI began duringherundergraduatestudiesattheUniversityof rights, religionandcolonialhistory. Herprofessionaljourney legal analyst,Arpeetaisimmenselypassionateabouthuman her LLMdegreeatHarvardLawSchoolin2015.Asasocio- Arpeeta isalecturerattheUniversityofDhaka.Shecompleted University ofDhaka Arpeeta ShamsMIZAN l Bangladesh l SouthAfrica 45 Biographies Menaal MUNSHEY University of Cambridge l Pakistan

Menaal is a PhD candidate in criminology at the University of Cambridge, where her research focuses on access to justice in Lebanon. She is a lawyer and senior research coordinator at the Legal Aid Offi ce in Karachi, Pakistan. Previously, she was a researcher with the United Nations University Centre for Policy Research in Tokyo where she conducted research on terrorism, organized crime and peacekeeping. She previously read law at the University of Warwick, with an

Biographies Erasmus year at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest. Menaal was a recipient of the Sir Albion Richardson scholarship at Gray’s Inn and was called to the Bar in 2014.

Chimwemwe NDALAHOMA Paralegal Advisory Services Institute l Malawi

Chimwemwe was exposed to Malawi’s justice system at an early age as his father was a senior police offi cer. This childhood experience contributed to his passion for penal reform and commitment to protecting the rights of prisoners. In 2000, Chimwemwe began working on developing a paralegal advisory services program in response to life-threatening conditions in Malawi’s prisons. With the help of the Paralegal Advisory Services Institute (PASI), conditions in Malawi’s prisons have greatly improved over the years. Due to its success, PASI’s model has been adapted and replicated in Benin, Kenya, Uganda, Niger, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Bangladesh. Chimwemwe is currently assisting the national director in running the affairs of PASI and coordinates the work of paralegals. He is studying law, has attended human rights trainings in Denmark and Switzerland and has also presented papers on the role of non-lawyers in the justice system at various legal aid conferences and workshops across the globe. He received a Best Paralegal Award in 2001 and is a 2008 Justice Fellow.

Khanyisa NOMOYI Nadcao l South Africa

Khanyisa is an activist, feminist and researcher dedicated to social change on various levels. She holds a BA (Hons) from Rhodes University and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in African literature at the University of Witwatersrand in 46 initiatives forLGBTQIA+andwomen’s programs. offi management system,whichfunctionsasadata-capturingtoolforcommunityadvice management intern.Partofherdutiesincludecoordinatingthecentralcase and SECTION27.Currently, KhanyisaworksforNadcaoasaresearchandknowledge Action Project,andhasinternedwithlocalNGOssuchasMédecinsSansFrontières initiatives includingtheStudents’HIV/AIDSResistanceCampaignandGender healers whoareex-offenders.DuringheryearsatRhodes,sheledvariousstudent South Africa.Herdissertationfocusesontheunderstandingofwellnessforwomen time, Jidaenjoyssocializing,playing tennisandseekingoutdooradventures. in 2012,butapartofherwillalwaysremainhomecountry, Syria.Inherspare culture, characteristicsofwhichsheaimstopromoteathome. She movedtoJordan Jordanian Universityin2016,Jidawasexposedtoaninclusiveand equalopportunity graduated withabachelor’s degreeinmanagementsciencesfromtheGerman the MinistryofLawandHumanRightsinIndonesia. activities tohelpalleviateIndonesia’s drugproblems.Previously, Masanworkedat ces. Shehasalsobeeninvolvedinlegalempowermentandaccesstojustice and developthenationallegalaidsysteminJordan.Having organization workstoensureequalaccessjusticeforall (JCLA), sheisontherightpathtofulfi and throughherworkattheJusticeCenterforLegalAid Jida hasalwaysdreamedofapeacefulandequitableworld, Justice CenterforLegalAid Jida OJJEH legal counselorandisinvolvedinvariousnon-litigation 2070 legaladvocatesand2130paralegals.Heisacertifi privileged groups,encompasses405legalaidorganizations, nesia. Theorganization,whichspecializesinassistingunder- Masan headsasubdivisionoftheLegalAidPrograminIndo- Ministry ofLawandHumanRights Masan NURPIAN l Jordan l Indonesia lling thisdream.The ed 47 Biographies Anna OLSEN International Labour Organization l Australia

Anna is the technical specialist of TRIANGLE within the ASEAN program at the International Labour Organization. In this role, she works on legal and policy development, assisting with capacity building activities, providing support in drafting of legislation to protect migrants and managing activities for providing direct support to migrant workers in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand and Malaysia. Prior to this role, Anna worked more broadly on issues of

Biographies human traffi cking, labor migration, child protection and women’s rights in Southeast Asia. She was based in Cambodia for fi ve years, working with the Ministry of Women’s Affairs as a technical assistant to the minister. Anna holds a degree in arts and laws from the University of Melbourne and a LLM from the Australian National University.

Bernard OTINEO Himiza Social Justice l Tanzania

Bernard is an advocate of the High Court of Tanzania and a 2016 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders recipient. He is the executive director of Himiza Social Justice, where he focuses on legal and policy advocacy, capacity building, community empowerment and youth engagement in Tanzania. He is also a managing partner at Rafi ki Attorneys & Co. Advocates where he practices law, including civil and criminal litigations, and conducts trainings for associates, volunteers and interns. Bernard is passionate about fi ghting gender-based violence and climate change; his organization is a member of the Gender-Based Violence Network in Africa and he recently attended the fi rst African Conference of Youth on Climate Change and UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Kampala, Uganda.

Shruti PANDEY Ford Foundation l India

Shruti is a program offi cer at the Ford Foundation for India, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Through her work, she has supported grassroots public interest law remedies, reinforced the role of community-based lawyers in ensuring rights for marginalized groups and, more recently, has worked on inclusive urbaniza- 48 their neighborhoods. and moreeffectiveresponsefrompolice,connectingthesewomentoPLPsin creates anetworkofprotectionforwomeninsituationsviolence,offeringfaster girls. Inaddition,LuanacoordinatestheProjectPLP2.0,amobileapplicationthat empowered toactintheircommunitiesthedefenseofrightswomenand health rightsandgenderrights. rights issuesandcontributedtosignifi Systems ResourceCentreinIndia.Shehaspublishedandtrainedonvarioushuman Collective, theHumanRightsLawNetwork,INTERIGHTSandNationalHealth interest cases.Inthoseyears,shealsoworkedinvariouscapacitieswiththeLawyers of IndiaandtheHighCourtDelhi,beingprimarilyinvolvedinlandmarkpublic Lanka andNepal.Previously, Shrutilitigatedfor15yearsintheSupremeCourt tion. Shehasalsoparticipatedinthepost-confl rights, tobecome years, Themishasbeentrainingfemalecommunityleadersinwomen’s human programs. responsible foradvocatingdrug policyreformandsupervisingcommunityparalegal was engagedinresearchandcommunity empowermentactivities.AtPKNI,sheis as apublicinterestlawyerassistant attheJakartaLegalAidInstitute,whereshe public internationallaw. Withapassion forhumanrightsadvocacy, shestartedout Promotoras LegaisPopulares(PLPs) Alfi Persaudaraan KorbanNapza Alfi and popularfeministlegalliteracy. Duringthelast24 violence andgender-based violencethroughlegalempowerment thening thecapacityofwomentofi – Gender, JusticeandHumanRights.Herfocusisonstreng- Luana isalawyerandworksaslegalassistantatThemis Themis –Gender, JusticeandHumanRights Luana PEREIRADACOSTA graduated fromtheUniversityofIndonesia,majoringin human rightsviolationsagainstpeoplewhousedrugs.She that focusesoncombatingstigma,discriminationand Napza Indonesia(PKNI),anationalnetworkoforganizations ana isalegaladvocacyoffi ana QISTHI ana cant legalreformprocessesintheareasof ict constitutionalprocessesofSri , andbelegallypolitically cer atPersaudaraanKorban l Indonesia ght againstdomestic l Brazil 49 Biographies Choky RISDA RAMADHAN Indonesia Judicial Monitoring Society l Indonesia

Choky is the executive director of the Indonesia Judicial Monitoring Society (MaPPI) at the University of Indonesia, where he is also a lecturer at the Faculty of Law. He has been working on issues related to anti-corruption, judicial reform and criminal justice reform since 2010. Choky has published several articles and books regarding these topics. He has a bachelor’s degree in law from the University of Indonesia and master’s degree in Asian and comparative law

Biographies from the University of Washington.

Birendra Raj SHARMA POKHAREL Action on Disability Rights and Development l Nepal

Birendra is a human rights expert with over two decades of experience working as an independent consultant for the inclusion of persons with disabilities. He is currently the chairperson of the Action on Disability Rights and Development (ADRAD) in Nepal, an organization which engages in legal capacity building and promotes access to justice for persons with disabilities and ICT accessibility. Birendra has written extensively on the subject as part of his doctoral studies at Tribhuvan University in Kathmandu.

Jaspreet Kalra SINGH KALRA International Center for Advocates Against Discrimination l United States

Jaspreet is the co-founder of the International Center for Advo- cates Against Discrimination (ICAAD), a nonprofi t organization that uses data-driven solutions to uncover, understand and undo systemic discrimination. ICAAD brings together passionate multidisciplinary teams of lawyers, data scientists, universities and design strategists to improve access to justice for women, girls and vulnerable communities, while strengthening the capacity of local organizations and government. Jaspreet’s experience includes creating evidence-based advocacy campaigns, creating techno- logy for data collection and automated analysis, reporting and consultations with the UN human rights system and strategic federal appellate litigation.

50 Saurabh SOOD Sehgal Foundation l India

Saurabh works as a senior research associate within the Development Research and Policy Initiatives program of the Sehgal Foundation in India. He holds a master’s degree in sustainable development practice from TERI University in New Delhi, and is currently conducting research on the processes of legal empowerment and its linkages with good rural governance. He has extensive fi eld experience working with rural communities across multiple states in India, and has been involved in developing climate adaptation strategies, household water treatment Biographies systems, research methodology and needs assessment. Saurabh is also pursuing a post-graduate degree in public policy and through his research work he aims to assist policymakers in making informed decisions and advocate positive policy change.

Marbre STAHLY-BUTTS Law for Black Lives l United States

Marbre currently serves on the leadership team of the Movement for Black Lives Policy Table. Since graduating from Yale Law School, she has supported local and national organizations from across the country in their policy development and advocacy efforts, and has helped develop the Vision for Black Lives policy platform. She joined the Center for Popular Democracy as a Soros Justice Fellow in 2013, and worked with families affected by aggressive policing and criminal justice policies in New York City in order to develop meaningful bottom-up policy reforms. Previously, Marbre focused on the intersection of criminal justice and civil rights, and gained legal experience interning at the Bronx Defenders, the Equal Justice Initiative and the Prison Policy Initiative. She received her master’s degree in African studies from Oxford University.

Ivona STALEVSKA Foundation Open Society l Macedonia

Ivona is a program coordinator at the Foundation Open Society– Macedonia. She is primarily involved in activities related to strengthening the capacity of Roma to exercise their health rights. In cooperation with OSF’s Public Health Program, her

51 team provides legal and paralegal assistance in eight Roma communities, monitors the quality of delivered services related to immunization and antenatal care and organizes trainings on the use of media in combating negative perceptions of Roma. Ivona is trained in strategic litigation and is experienced in the effective enforcement of international mechanisms for the protection of human rights in health care.

Enkhtsetseg SUKHBAATAR National Legal Institute l Mongolia

Biographies Enkhtsetseg is the director of the National Legal Institute of Mongolia. Prior to her current role, she was head of arbitration at the Ulaanbaatar Chamber of Commerce between 2015 and 2016, head of division at the Financial Regulatory Commission between 2012 and 2015 and senior offi cer at the Legal Policy Department of the Ministry of Justice. She is currently pursuing a PhD in law enforcement at the University of Mongolia. At the National Legal Institute, she is in charge of managing and supporting public legal education programs, organizing legal trainings and raising awareness on human rights.

Marek SZILVASI Open Society Public Health Program l Slovakia

Marek works as a program offi cer at the Health Law and Equality Division of OSF’s Public Health Program. Previously, he worked as head of research and human rights education at the European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) and at the Secretariat of the European Sociological Association (ESA). Marek received his PhD in sociology from the University of Aberdeen in the UK and has an MA in sociology and philosophy from the Palacký University Olomouc in the Czech Republic as well as an MA in European studies (Europe in the Wider World) from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Marek has taught at the Institute of Politics and International Studies at ELTE University in Budapest and has been awarded the Martin Alexandersson Research Scholarship of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute and the CAS-SEE/University of Rijeka Fellowship for 2017. He is also a board member of the PAD Foundation advocating environmental justice in Central Eastern Europe.

52 Cecilia TUCKER Legal Aid Board l Sierra Leone

Cecilia is the legal aid manager of the Legal Aid Board in Sierra Leone. She completed her undergraduate studies at Fourah Bay College in 2004 and went on to study law at the same university. She was called to the Bar in 2010. As a pupil barrister, she was associated with M.S, Turay & Associates as well as Preston Chambers in Freetown. She later joined the Legal Aid Board - Sierra Leone as a legal analyst and defense counsel, and was appointed to her current role on 2010. As a legal aid manager, she exercises a supervisory role over lawyers, Biographies paralegals and other staff members, and is responsible for leading trainings on community justice.

Vidya VISWANATHAN Namati l India

Vidya is originally from Kerala, but was born and raised in Delhi. She holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Delhi and worked as a strategy consultant in the corporate sector for three years. During this period, she spent her weekends volunteering at a homeless shelter and was part of a theater group that created productions on socially relevant issues. It was then that she decided to use her skills in the development sector. Subsequently, she completed a master’s degree in social work at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai. She has worked with communities on land rights, sustainable livelihood programs, labor rights and environmental conservation. Vidya is also a part of a Delhi-based theater group which organizes street plays and stage plays on socially relevant themes.

Haya ZAHID Legal Aid Offi ce l Pakistan

Haya left a promising career as a corporate lawyer to work for the Legal Aid Offi ce (LAO), a quasi-governmental entity which provides legal aid services to underprivileged, pre-trial prisoners in the southern province of Sindh in Pakistan. She introduced the fi rst prison paralegal program in Pakistan which has trained over 800 prisoners to date and has a keen interest in expanding legal literacy inside prisons. In addition to her role as executive director of LAO, Haya 53 is also the director of the Legal Aid Society, an NGO that works to enhance the legal empowerment of marginalized women, children and minorities through raising awareness, facilitation, capacity enhancement and policy work. Haya studied law at University College London and completed the City Law School’s Bar Vocational Course in 2009. She was an Acumen Pakistan fellow in 2015 and is currently an Australia Awards Fellow at the Australian National University. Her research interests include legal needs mapping, confl ict confi guration and countering violent extremism inside prisons.

Biographies Neda ZDRAVEVA Legal Aid Offi ce l Macedonia

Neda is an associate professor and a vice dean for education at the Iustinianus Primus Law Faculty of SS. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Macedonia. She teaches an undergraduate-level course on law of obligations as well as master’s level courses on contract law, tort law, consumer law and intellectual property law. Neda defended her doctoral thesis in the fi eld of tort law in 2012 and carried out post-doctoral research on civil liability for discrimination at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland between 2013 and 2014. She is currently a coordinator at the Legal Clinic for Marginalized and Vulnerable Groups, an organization that provides assistance in particular to socially vulnerable persons, sex workers and the Roma and LGBT community. She is also secretary general of the Centre for South East European Law School Network (SEELS).

54 CEU STUDENTPARTICIPANTS organization, GrameenBank,in Bangladesh.Healsorenderedhisservicesforan University, Delhi.Hehasbeenaresearchinternatthe Nobelpeaceprizewinning Thereafter, hepursuedamaster’s degreeindevelopmentstudies at Ambedkar in industrialrelations,economics andsociologyfromSt.Joseph’s College,Bangalore. research formatterstobediscussed incommittees.Nikhilcompletedhisbachelor’s Law, withaspecializationininternationaljustice,atCEU. its kindinSouthAsia.SheiscurrentlypursuingherLLMdegreeHumanRights Against Women CenterestablishedinPakistanMarch2017,whichisthefi was oneofahandfulpeopleresponsiblefortheimplementationViolence which iscurrentlybeingvettedbyrelevantprovincialgovernmentdepartments.Maha Act, 2017.ShealsoinitiatedworkonthePunjabSeniorCitizen’s RehabilitationBill, Women ProtectionAuthorityAct,2017,andthePunjabShehr-e-Khamoshan Authority Chief MinisterPunjab’s Offi provincial lawsongender-based violence.Later, sheworkedasalegalanalystforthe while conductingresearchandprovidingrecommendationsforclosinglacunaein conferences ongender-based violence,legislation,legalandpolicyadvocacy, consultant. Duringthistime,sherepresentedtheprovincialgovernmentatvarious Rights Commission,GovernmentofSindh,asanadvocacyandcommunications human rightsorganizationsinPakistan.Upongraduation,shejoinedtheSindhHuman prepared questionstobeaskedinthehouseandcompiled policy assistanttoaMemberofParliamentinIndiawherehe Scholarship. PriortohisarrivalinBudapest,heworkedasa Public PolicyandarecipientofCEU’s Master’s Excellence Nikhil isastudentofpublicpolicyattheCEUSchool Central EuropeanUniversity Nikhil DUBEY interned andconductedresearchforanumberoflawfi international justice.Duringherundergraduatedegree,she research interestsliemainlyinhumanrights,genderand University ofManagementSciences(LUMS),Pakistan.Her Maha holdsabachelor’s degreeinlawandpolicyfromLahore Central EuropeanUniversity Maha ALI ce (StrategicReformsUnit)whereshedraftedthePunjab l l Pakistan India rms and rst of rst 55 Biographies impact evaluation project funded by the Global Sanitation Fund in the states of Jharkhand and Bihar in India. Apart from his academic engagements, Nikhil has delivered lectures in over 80 schools in the city of Gwalior in India on the importance of legal education. He has also served as the content analyst at a leading private education enterprise in India preparing pedagogical tools for future lawyers.

Hope LOUDON Central European University l United States

Biographies Hope is an activist and writer who holds a bachelor’s of international affairs from the University of Nevada, Reno. She specializes in the little-known women’s and children’s rights issue of court licensed abuse (children being placed in the custody of domestic abusers by courts). She has a strong interest in trauma-sensitive peace and reconciliation involving transitional and restorative justice. She is presently pursuing her Master of Public Policy at CEU.

Jacob MCGREW Central European University l United States

Jake is currently in the second year of a two-year Master of Public Administration program at CEU’s School of Public Policy. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Oregon, Jake spent three years teaching English and facilitating project design and management in Northwest Ukraine as a Peace Corps volunteer. Last summer, he worked again in Western Ukraine as a Local Economic and Community Development intern with the DOBRE (Decentralization Offering Better Results and Effi ciency) project. After graduation, Jake hopes to work in the fi eld of local economic and community development in Central or Eastern Europe.

56 to improvingmaternalandchildhealthinperi-urbanareas. Erin formerlyservedasExecutiveDirectorofMaliHealth,agrassroots NGOdedicated is completingherPhDinGeographyonpastorallandrightsandconfl World Bank,USAID,andthe SenegaleseAgriculturalResearchInstitute(ISRA).She conducted researchonlandrightsandclimatechangeinSenegal andMaliforthe spent tenyearsworkingonenvironmentalandhealthissuesin West Africa.Shehas capacity touseprogramdataforiterativelearning.Before joining Namati,Erin managing large-scaleactionresearchprojectsandbuildinggrassroots organizations’ COURSE STAFF both locatedinBudapest. European RomaRightsCentreandtheInternationalCenterforNot-for-Profi the American-ArabAnti-DiscriminationCommitteeinUnitedStatesand of theHungariansubsidiaryamultinationalcorporation.Shehasinternedwith University ofExeter. ZsanettpreviouslyworkedasapersonalassistanttotheCEO test innovativemodelsofprogramdelivery. Shehasexperience impact. Erinworkscloselywithprogramteamstodesignand on legalempowermentmethodsandtodocumentevidenceof In thisrole,Erinleadseffortstogeneratecomparativelearning Erin isthemanagerofGlobalLearningandPracticeatNamati. Namati Erin KITCHELL College andhermaster’s degreeinArabGulfstudiesatthe international relationsandhistoryfromWestern Maryland Budapest offi project oftheOpenSocietyJusticeInitiative.BasedinOSF’s Zsanett istheprogramassociateforlegalempowerment Open SocietyJusticeInitiative Zsanett BORSOS l UnitedStates ce, Zsanettreceivedherbachelor’s degreein l Hungary ict management. t Law, t 57 Biographies Bernhard KNOLL-TUDOR CEU School of Public Policy, Global Policy Academy l Austria

Prior to his appointment as director of the CEU School of Public Policy’s Global Policy Academy, Bernhard worked for the OSCE, an international organization devoted to “hard” security as well as to human rights diplomacy. He was involved in policy design and public relations, both at the level of fi eld missions (Sarajevo, 1999– 2000; Prishtina, 2000–2002) and at the OSCE Offi ce for Democratic Institutions

Biographies and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw (special advisor to the director, 2006– 2012). He has held positions at the European Union Monitoring Mission (deputy head, Political and Information Division, Bosnia & Herzegovina, 1998); the United Nations Administration Mission in Kosovo (acting Temporary Media Commissioner, 2003), and with the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Political Directorate, desk offi cer for EU accession countries, 2005–2006). Bernhard earned a master in law at the University of Vienna and an MA in international relations and economics at Johns Hopkins/SAIS with a focus on IR theory (Bologna and Washington, D.C.). He obtained his PhD from the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, and is the author of Legal Status of Territories Subject to Administration of International Organisations (Cambridge University Press, 2008). He teaches SPP’s course in public international law.

Tanja K. MANNERS CEU School of Public Policy, Global Policy Academy l United States/Slovenia

Tanja is the senior program manager at SPP’s Global Policy Academy. She has spent the past decade working in education both in front of the classroom and behind the scenes, teaching mathematics in Micronesia and Austria and working in administration at the Institute of Education, University College London, and King’s College London. She has a degree in applied mathematics from Brown University and a master’s degree in comparative education from the Institute of Education of the University of London. She moved to Hungary in 2015 after spending a year as an education consultant in Shanghai.

58 of London,andisacertifi Confl in legalstudiesfromtheUniversityofMassachusettsAmherst, anMSCinViolence, at-risk youththrougharts,dance,andeducation,since2007. MichaelholdsaBA as afoundingboardmemberofTiny Toones inCambodia,anon-profi also workedwithEqualAccessInternationalinLondonandNepal andhasserved curriculum development,legalrightstraining,andadvocacycampaigns.Michaelhas Legal Awareness Program,supportinggrassrootsadvocatesthroughparticipatory currently workingasacuratoratGallery8—RomaContemporaryArtSpace. community andhasparticipatedinvariousRomaadvocacyprojects.Liviaisalso Budapest. Duringheruniversityyears,sheconductedfi and EnglishlanguageliteraturefromEötvösLorándUniversity(ELTE) in ict andDevelopmentfromtheSchoolofOrientalAfricanStudies, University Cambodia, hemanagedtheCommunityEmpowermentand throughout SoutheastAsiawithBridgesAcrossBorders.In where hebeganbuildinglegalclinicsandparalegalprograms access tojustice,legaleducationanddevelopmentsince2004, Michael isNamati’s globalnetworkoffi Namati Michael OTTO over 10years,Mayahasworked withRomaacrossEuropeto developing andsupportingleadership withincommunities.For implementation ofantidiscrimination norms,particularly Initiative focusingonlegalempowerment ofRomaandthe Ostalinda isapolicyoffi Open SocietyJusticeInitiative Ostalinda MayaOVALLE Academy in2015.SheholdsanMAculturalanthropology role aspart-timeprogramcoordinatoratSPP’s GlobalPolicy Programs Unitin2014.Shewasappointedtoherpresent Livia joinedCEUasaprogramassistantattheRomaAccess CEU SchoolofPublicPolicy, GlobalPolicyAcademy Livia MARSCHALL Hungary ed mediator. ed l UnitedStates cer attheOpenSocietyJustice eldworkinaHungarianRoma l Hungary cer, havingworkedin t workingwith l

59 Biographies challenge discrimination. Previously, she was an advocacy coordinator at the European Roma Rights Centre, where she led projects to tackle the overrepresentation of Roma children in child protection systems, combat human traffi cking, and advocate for the rights of Roma women to education, employment, health care, and protection against violence. She has also been involved in grassroots work on education and health in Mexico and Kosovo. Maya holds a degree in social anthropology and development from the University of Sussex and a postgraduate law diploma from the University of Law, United Kingdom.

Biographies Ilona PUSKAS CEU School of Public Policy, Global Policy Academy l Hungary

Ilona is the events manager at SPP’s Global Policy Academy and has a background in cultural project management. As a devoted communications professional, Ilona liaises with creative practitioners, the business sector, and the media. Involved in contemporary fi ne art, she has been researching the role of the curator in facilitating sustainability and solidarity in curatorial praxis. She earned an MA in art and design management from the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design and a BA in communication and media studies (specialization in journalism) from Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) in Budapest.

Ashley VAN WAES Namati l United States

Ashley is a program associate in Namati’s Global Network Team. Originally from Blair, Nebraska, she has worked on human rights issues across the United States, Africa, and Latin America. She received her bachelor’s degree cum laude at the University of Nebraska with a focus on international business and economics. Previously she worked for the International Association for Feminist Economics, the American Red Cross, and Women’s Micro-fi nance Initiative.

60 a matureglobalfi learning andcollaborationamong thesegroups.Together, wearegrowing 500 organizationsfromevery regionintheworld,andisfosteringgreater advocate forsystemic,large-scalereforms.Namatihosts anetworkof We collectdatarigorouslyoneverycaseandusethatinformationto paralegal effortswithlocalpartnerorganizationsin eightcountries. and takepartinthedecisionsthatgoverntheirlives. Namatihasbuilt are empoweringpeopletoprotecttheirland,access essential services, engage formalandtraditionalinstitutionsalike.Across theworld,they “community paralegals”formadynamic,creativefrontline thatcan and inskillslikemediation,organizing,education, advocacy, these who workwithcommunitiestoadvancejustice.Trained inbasiclaw law, Namatiisbuildingaglobalmovementofgrassrootslegaladvocates In aworldwherebillionsofpeopleliveoutsidetheprotection Namati resource-related corruption. of freedominformationandexpression,combatingnatural abuses relatedtonationalsecurityandcounterterrorism,thepromotion crimes, racialdiscriminationandstatelessness,criminaljusticereform, legal experience.Itseffortsfocusonaccountabilityforinternational engages policy-makers,andoffersassistancethatdrawsonourglobal for all.TheJusticeInitiativedocumentsviolations,proposessolutions, individual claims,buttoestablishandstrengthenthelaw’s protection and internationalcourts,incasesthathavesoughtnotonlytovindicate Initiative lawyershaverepresentedscoresofindividualsbeforedomestic abuses andpromoteeffectiveenforcementoftherulelaw. Justice nical assistance,westrivetosecurelegalremediesforhumanrights Society Foundations.Throughlitigation,advocacy, research,andtech- people aroundtheworld,supportingvaluesandworkofOpen The OpenSocietyJusticeInitiativeuseslawtoprotectandempower Open SocietyJusticeInitiative

eld around legal empowerment. 61 Organizers Robert L. Bernstein Institute for Human Rights, NYU School of Law

Honoring and extending the legacy of Robert L. Bernstein, the Bernstein Institute for Human Rights at NYU School of Law promotes cutting- edge research, education, and advocacy on human rights issues around the world, with a focus on defending dissent and advancing legal empowerment. The Institute embraces a holistic approach to human rights, deepening engagement with key stakeholders in the pursuit of justice: law students, human rights defenders, scholars, judges, Organizers interdisciplinary allies, and affected communities. The Institute also supports other human rights initiatives at the Law School and University and acts as the coordinating hub for existing human rights work at NYU, including the Center for Human Rights & Global Justice, the US–Asia Law Institute, and NYU Stern’s Center for Business and Human Rights.

CEU School of Public Policy, Global Policy Academy

SPP’s Global Policy Academy (GPA) organizes academically rigorous and policy-relevant courses that are designed not as traditional training seminars but as hubs for sectoral dialogue and experience exchange. The Academy leverages the broad and deep expertise of SPP faculty to address the needs of policy professionals who wish to broaden their knowledge as they serve the public good. Participants from the public,

2016 Legal Empowerment Leadership Course

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Open Society Justice Initiative

224 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019, USA Phone: +1 212 548 0600 https://www.justiceinitiative.org

Namati Global

1710 Rhode Island Ave NW, Suite 900 Washington, D.C. 20036, USA Phone: +1 202 888 1086 https://namati.org/

School of Public Policy at Central European University

Nádor utca 9, H–1051 Budapest, Hungary Phone/Fax: +36 1 327 3110 Email: [email protected] http://spp.ceu.edu

Robert L. Bernstein Institute for Human Rights, NYU School of Law

139 MacDougal Street, B22 New York, New York 10012, USA Email: [email protected] http://www.law.nyu.edu

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