Hilary Stauffer: Charlie Hebdo Human Rights Implications

Hilary Stauffer speaking with Future Foreign Policy about the Human Rights implications of the Charlie Hebdo shootings.

Hilary is an international lawyer with extensive experience working on projects in the U.S., Europe, Africa, and Asia. Her specialties include International Law, Rule of Law, Human Rights, Humanitarian Affairs and Diplomacy. She has a B.A. in International Affairs and a J.D. with a concentration in International Law.

Hilary has previously served as a diplomat in Geneva, an aid worker in Monrovia, an NGO executive in Singapore, and a legal officer with the United Nations International Labour Organization. More recently, she was the Deputy Director of Reprieve UK’s human rights and counter-terrorism team, covering issues like Guantanamo Bay and drones. For the past year, she has advised law firms, think tanks and international organizations in London, Geneva, New York, and Brussels on issues relating to IHL, business and human rights, and the promotion of democracy.

She is an experienced public speaker, and regularly writes and blogs on issues of international law and foreign policy for outlets such as the Huffington Post. She is a current affairs op-ed columnist for the Express Tribune (Pakistan), and is authoring a chapter of The War Report for the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights.

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