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James Joseph

Alyssa Sperrazza

James Joseph

Managing Director

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Eleanor Smith

Alyssa Sperrazza

James Joseph

Principal Advisor, Genocide and Atrocity Prevention



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Alyssa Sperrazza

Alyssa Sperrazza

Alyssa Sperrazza

Alyssa Sperrazza is a is Senior Policy Advisor and Juris Doctor graduate from The University of Oklahoma College of Law, specialising in International Law. She works The Duty Legacy to work on The International Parliamentary Alliance on Atrocity Crimes

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Giovanna Weinman

Carolina Silvestre

Alyssa Sperrazza

Giovanna Weinman is Senior Policy Advisor from California and recent graduate (MA) International Relations at the University of San Diego, Kroc School of Peace and Justice.

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Carolina Silvestre

Carolina Silvestre

Carolina Silvestre

Senior Researcher to the Director - The Duty Legacy


Carolina Silvestre has a Law degree from NOVA School of Law (2022). She holds an LL.M. in Globalization and Law, specializing in Human Rights, from Maastricht University, Netherlands (2023). She is currently completing her traineeship for admission to the Portuguese Bar Association.

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Emily Ralls

Carolina Silvestre

Carolina Silvestre

Researcher

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Alexis Boddy

Dr Delphin Rukumbuzi Ntanyoma

Alexis Boddy

Alexis joins TDL asa  researcher on the International Parliamentary Alliance Against Atrocity Crimes

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Anis Rezai

Dr Delphin Rukumbuzi Ntanyoma

Alexis Boddy

Anis has recently completed an MPhil in Development Studies at the University of Oxford, England, and joins TDL as a consultant researcher working on Afghanistan and Hazaras.

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Dr Delphin Rukumbuzi Ntanyoma

Dr Delphin Rukumbuzi Ntanyoma

Dr. Juan Pablo Pérez-León Acevedo

Research. consultant at University of  Leeds, UK

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Dr. Juan Pablo Pérez-León Acevedo

Dr. Juan Pablo Pérez-León Acevedo

Dr. Juan Pablo Pérez-León Acevedo

Researcher and lecturer in law at the Institute for Human Rights of Åbo Akademi University (Finland). He is also a PhD Committee Member at the Political Science and Public Policies School of Catholic University of Peru, an Oxford International Law in Domestic Courts Reporter and an NGO Consultant. 

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Judge Jason Ferguson

Dr. Juan Pablo Pérez-León Acevedo

Professor Kahsay Debesu Gebray

Special Advisor on Major Issues of Human Rights, Rule of Law, Investigations, Criminal Law, and Immigration and a Former United States Immigration Judge, now based in The Hague 

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Professor Kahsay Debesu Gebray

Dr. Juan Pablo Pérez-León Acevedo

Professor Kahsay Debesu Gebray

Professor of Law at Mekelle University and Consultant on atrocities committed in Tigray region, Ethiopia

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Wajiha Timori

Wajiha Timori

Wajiha Timori

Human Rights Activist/ Former Legal Advisor to Afghanistan Central Bank

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Noah A. Smith

Wajiha Timori

Wajiha Timori

Noah is a human rights coordinator with the UN Global Compact Network USA. In this role, he helps run programs and initiatives that support over 1000+ American companies doing business responsibly.

Before joining UN Global Compact Network USA, Noah was a Law & Policy Intern with OutRight Action International, a research fellow with The Nat

Noah is a human rights coordinator with the UN Global Compact Network USA. In this role, he helps run programs and initiatives that support over 1000+ American companies doing business responsibly.

Before joining UN Global Compact Network USA, Noah was a Law & Policy Intern with OutRight Action International, a research fellow with The National Union for Democracy in Iran (NUFDI), and co-editor of RightsViews, a Columbia University blog published by the Institute for the Study of Human Rights (ISHR). He also worked as a Faculty Specialist in the Laboratory of Cognition and Emotion and the Laboratory of Motivated Cognition at UMD. In addition, Noah has been published with Amnesty International and has presented his psychological research at the Association for Psychological Sciences Annual Convention.

Noah holds a BA in Psychology focusing on neuroscience from the University of Maryland and an MA in Human Rights Studies from Columbia University.Human Rights Activist/ Former Legal Advisor to Afghanistan Central Bank

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Rahel Helmhart

Rahel Helmhart

Rahel Helmhart

Rahel is currently pursuing an LLM in Public International Law at Leiden University. She joins The Duty Legacy to work with The Alliance for the prevention of Atrocity Crimes as a Legal Research Officer.

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Emaan Gubitra

Rahel Helmhart

Rahel Helmhart

Emaan Rizwan Gubitra is a law student at the University of Greenwich with a strong focus on international law, human rights, and global advocacy. 

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