Harold Koh
Professor Koh is one of the country’s leading experts in public and private international law, national security law, and human rights. He first began teaching at Yale Law School in 1985 and served as its fifteenth Dean from 2004 until 2009. From 2009 to 2013, he took leave as the Martin R. Flug ’55 Professor…
Geoffrey Robertson KC
Geoffrey Robertson KC has had a distinguished career as a trial counsel and human rights advocate. He has been a United Nations war crimes judge, a counsel in many notable Old Bailey trials, has defended hundreds of men facing death sentences in the Caribbean, and has won landmark rulings on civil liberty from the highest…
Françoise Tulkens
Françoise Tulkens has a Doctorate in Law, a Master’s degree in Criminology and a Higher education teaching certificate (agrégation de l’enseignement supérieur) in Law. She was a Professor at the University of Louvain and has taught, in Belgium as well as abroad, as a visiting professor at the Universities of Geneva, Leuven, Ottawa, Paris I,…
Professor Philippa Webb
Professor Philippa Webb is Professor of Public International Law at King’s College London and a barrister at Twenty Essex chambers. She is a specialist in public international law and represents states, companies, organisations and individuals in domestic and international courts, including the International Court of Justice, the European Court of Human Rights and the UK…
Dr Eric Esrailian
Dr. Eric Esrailian is a physician, Emmy-nominated film producer, and entrepreneur. He is also actively involved in philanthropic efforts connecting health, human rights, education, and the arts. Dr. Esrailian is a Health Sciences Clinical Professor of Medicine and the Chief of the Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases at the David Geffen School…
Lindsay Johnson
Lindsay Johnson is a Legal Fellow for the Clooney Foundation for Justice’s Waging Justice for Women Initiative. Prior to starting her fellowship at CFJ, as a Student Attorney for Georgetown Law’s International Women’s Human Rights Clinic, she co-drafted a human rights report on child marriage in Zambia in partnership with Zambian women’s rights organizations. As…
Molly Norburg
Molly Norburg is a Legal Associate at the Clooney Foundation for Justice’s Waging Justice for Women Initiative. Before that, Molly was a legal fellow at CFJ for a year, and she interned at a hybrid tribunal in The Hague, where she catalogued evidence of war crimes, supported a trial team, and researched international criminal trial…
Yuliia Kovalchuk
Yuliia is a Legal Fellow at the Clooney Foundation for Justice’s Docket initiative, focusing on the complex legal issues of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Before that, she she did an internship with TrialWatch while pursuing her LLM degree. Prior to joining CFJ, Yuliia worked with several Ukrainian and international NGOs, focusing on the legal aspects…
Carolina Brandão
Carolina Brandão is a Legal Associate at the Clooney Foundation for Justice’s Docket initiative. Prior to joining CFJ, she was a Human Rights and Potts Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania, where she earned her LL.M. degree. As a legal scholar, she coordinated human rights activities on relevant issues, such the Ukraine War and Gender-Based…
Tara Adiga
Tara Adiga is the Clooney Foundation for Justice’s Program Associate for The Docket, supporting program logistics and operations. Prior to joining CFJ, she worked as a researcher at Sciences Po’s Human Development Research Center, where she researched economic, social and cultural rights issues in the Global South. She also worked at the International Crisis Group…
Hélène Helbig de Balzac
Hélène Helbig de Balzac is a Senior Analyst working for the Foundation’s Docket initiative. She is an investigator on supply chains, trafficking networks and organized crimes specialist in conflict-affected and high-risk areas (CAHRAs). She has more than 15 years of international development experience with a focus on good governance, conflict prevention, and natural resources management…
Asser Khattab
Asser Khattab is a Communications Officer at the Clooney Foundation for Justice. A former journalist, he covered the Middle East from 2016 to 2020 for various international media outlets, including The Washington Post, the Financial Times, and the Spanish News Agency (EFE). In 2021, Asser left journalism and started working for human rights organizations. He…
Marry Tran
Marry Tran is the Foundation’s Program Associate for TrialWatch, supporting the logistics and program operations of the initiative. She previously taught English in rural Japan through the JET Programme, where she received a grant to promote grassroots, cross-cultural exchange. Before that, she worked as a paralegal at a boutique law firm in New York, managing…
Antonia David
Antonia David is a Senior Program Manager at the Foundation’s Docket initiative. Prior to starting her work at CFJ, and while an Associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, she focused on complex civil litigation in the New York office. Her pro bono practice has included international criminal law, human rights law, and U.S.…
Manel Chibane
Manel Chibane is a Legal Program Manager for the Foundation’s Docket initiative. She is a qualified lawyer in France with a background in corporate accountability and international human rights law. Manel previously worked with international law firms in Paris and London and NGOs in the Middle East. She advised government institutions (e.g., Graduate consultant to…