AFRICA
Burundi
Benita Kaneza
Ligue Iteka
2008 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Democratic Republic of Congo
Jennifer Simmelink
Center for Victims of Torture, Lubumbashi
2010 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Egypt
Swati Deo
Egyptian Center for Women’s Rights, Cairo
2008 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Ashar Usman
Legal Research and Resource Center for Human Rights,
Cairo
1997
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Ghana
Denise Andrews
Minnesota Academy International School, Amponsah Akroase
2005 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Marcia Ashong
Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice, Accra
2006 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Melanie Clatanoff
Center for Public Interest Law, Accra
2008 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Clay Collins
Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE)
2004 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
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Kimberly Ford
Center for Victims of Torture (CVT)
2004 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Angelina Jones
Women in Progress (WIP), Cape Coast
2010 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Taylor Pierce
Center for Public Interest Law (CEPIL), Accra
2009 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Kenya
Kadra Abdi
Friends of Ngong Road, Nairobi
2010 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Abdi Ali
Womankind Kenya
2009 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Heather Beal
WomanKind Kenya, Garissa
2010 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Ramla Bile
Horn Relief, Nairobi
2009 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Coventry Cowens
Womankind Kenya-WOKIKE
2005 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Peter Ehresmann
Chemchemi Ya Ukweli, Nairobi
2003 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow/Musser Fellow
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Kara Hadley
National/Global Association for Thrift and Humanitarian Aid, Nyahururu
2007 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Zainab Hassan
Environmental Justice Advocates of Minnesota, Nairobi
2006 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Elizabeth Kerre
Indigenous Fisher People’s Network (IFP), Kisumu
2010 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Hassan Mahamud
Generation for Change and Growth, Nairobi
2011 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Evangeline Nderu
Womankind Kenya (WOKIKE)
2004 Upper Midwest Human Rights Project
Kiri Okamoto
Minnesota Studies in International Development Program
1992
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Juliette Onyancha
United Nations Children’s Fund, Nairobi
2004 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Nadifa Osman
Generation for Change and Growth, Mandera
2004 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Elizabeth Petheo
UN Integrated Regional Information Network, Nairobi
2002 Upper Midwest Human Rights Project
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Elizabeth Powers
FIDA-Kenya, Nairobi
2006 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Lindsay Smith
Center for Minority Rights Development, Nairobi
2008 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Fordam Otieno Wara
International Leadership Institute and Kids Home International
2005 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Liberia
Andre Heuer
Center for the Victims of Torture
2007 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Eve Alexandra Lotter
American Refugee Committee International, Monrovia
2007 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Malawi
Tyler Simmons
Malawi Human Rights Commission, Lilongwe
2009 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Morocco
Valerie Downing Arnold
Organisation Marocaine des Droits de l'Homme,
Rabat
1995 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
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Robert Jensen
Moroccan Division of Waters & Forests, Ministry of Agriculture
1994 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Nambia
Katie
Knight
Center for Global Education Field Office (CGE),
Windhoek
1998
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Nigeria
Rachel Peterson
United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), Abuja
2008 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Rwanda
Paul Corbit Brown
International Leadership Institute and Kingdom Oil
2005 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Mitchell King
International Leadership Institute, Kigali
2007 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Kelly McDermott
International Leadership Institute, Kigali
2007 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Cari O’Brien
International Leadership Institute, Kigali
2006 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Franklin Reed
Kingdom Oil and the Great Lakes Region Task Force
2005 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Nancy Van Maren
Projet Info – SIDA,
Kigali
1993
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Edward Wilson
Pilgrim Center for Reconciliation
2006 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Alycia Wright
National Service of Gacaca Courts, Kigali
2007 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Senegal
Julie Blaskowski
Senegalese Association for School as an Instrument for Peace (EIP)
2005 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Mory Keita
Actions pour les Droits Humains et l’Amitie (ADHA), Dakar
2009 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Sierra Leone
Kimberly Ford
Center for Victims of Torture (CVT)
2004 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Amanda Grafstorm
Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL)
2007 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
South Africa
Tony Fernandes
South African Council of Churches,
Johannesburg
1992 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
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Alan Goldfarb
Centre for Applied Legal Studies,
Johannesburg
1990
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Lena Jones
Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA),
Cape Town and Pretoria
2004 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
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Nicole Kubista
South African Constitutional Court, Braamfontein
2003 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Paul Marincel
Gamaliel Foundation, Durban
2000 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Ramona Price
Black Sash,
Johannesburg
1992
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Franklin Reed
Constitutional Court of South Africa,
Gauteng and Braamfontein
2004 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Tanzania
Astrid Brouillard
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), Arusha
2010 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Coventry Cowens
Tanzania Gender Networking Programme, Dar es Salaam
2002
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Coventry Cowens
Tanzania Gender Networking Programme (TGNP), Dar es Salaam
2005 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Siira Gunderson
International Legal Resources, Arusha
2000 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
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Calyne Kamua
Tanzania Gender Networking Programme, Dar es Salaam
2002
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Kelsey Kelley
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Arusha
2011 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
January Makamba (Musser Fellow)
UN High Commission for Refugees, Kasulu
2001
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow/Musser Fellow
Jonathan Moler
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), Arusha
2010 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Jessica Munson
International Legal Resources, Arusha
2000
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
George Norris
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Arusha
2008 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Mark Wagner
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Arusha
2007 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Uganda
Benjamin Alsdurf
Community Aid Network Uganda
2008 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Elizabeth Hagmann
International Leadership Institute and Uganda Women's Coalition for Peace
2008 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Ben Kaster
The Uganda Rural Community Support Foundation, Masaka
2006 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
John M. Kelly
Uganda Human Rights Activists,
1992
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Mahmooda Khaliq
MN International Health Volunteers
2003 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow/Medtronic Fellow
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Mark P. Melchert
Human Rights Activists,
Kampala
1991
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Michael Otremba
The Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children, Bumwalukani
2007 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Zambia
Scott Rauser
Law Association of Zambia
1993
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Zimbabwe
Sonia Gill
Law Society of Zimbabwe
2007 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Eissa Villaseñor
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, Harare
2007 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
ASIA
Bangladesh
Kristin Roehl
Grameen Bank, Dhaka
2008 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Farhana Sultana
Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies,
Dhaka
1997 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
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Bhutan
Mona Mody
UNICEF, Thimphu
2000
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Cambodia
Johanna Bond
Human Rights Task Force,
Phnom Penh
1995
Upper
Midwest
Human
Rights
Center
Vanna Chan
End Child Prostitution, Abuse and Trafficking- ECPAT, Phnom Penh
2006 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Vuth Chhunn
Cambodian Centre for Human Rights, Phnom Penh
2007 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Saroeun Earm
Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-CAM), Phnom Penh
2005 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Erin Gleeson
Cambodian Institute of Human Rights
2001
Upper Midwesnt Human Rights Fellow/Musser Fellow
Laura Shattuck
Legal Aid of Cambodia (LOC), Phnom Penh
2005 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
China
Mark Girouard
Human Rights in China, Hong Kong
1998
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Lisa Kois
UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women,
Beijing
1995 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
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India
Elizabeth Braun
South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre, New Delhi
2005 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Adriana Dobrzycka
South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre (SAHRDC), New Dehli
2004 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Anitha Gongalore
M. Venkatarangaiya Foundation, Secunderabad
1997
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Brian Heilman
Loreto Day School Sealdah, Kolkata
2005 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Amitava Kumar
People's Union for Civil Liberties, Bihar
1992
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Frederick Marsh
Indian Social Institute,
New Delhi
1994
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Jessica Paquin
High Range Plantation Workers Development Society, Kerela
2006 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Kristin Paulson
GREMALTES Hospital, Chennai
2010 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Preeti Kaur Rajpal
SAATHII, Punjab
2006 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Preevanda Sapru
Legal Resources for Social Action, Chengalpatlie
1993
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Rolf Stavig
Karve Institute of Social Science, Pune
1994
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Indonesia
Meizani Irmadhiany
Poverty Alleviation Committee, Ministry of People Welfare, Aceh
2005 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Israel
Intesar Elder
MIFTAH, Jerusalem
2002
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Victoria Lichtman
Peace Now, Tell Aviv
2004 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Kazakhstan
Anar B. Shaikenova
Law and Environment Eurasia, Almaty
1998
Upper Midwest Human Rights Project
Mongolia
Sam Olonen
UN Development Project
1993
Upper Midwest Human Rights Project
Nepal
Monte Achenbach
Human Rights Organization of Nepal, Kathmandu
1993
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Nicole Lexvold (Mansfield Fellow)
Hoste Hainse, Kathmandu
2001
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow/Mansfield Fellow
Kristin Paulson
Kalika Community Hospital, Rasuwa
2010 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Babina Tuladhar
Esther Benjamins Trust, Kathmandu
2006 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Pakistan
Mona Khan
Shirkat Gah (Women Living Under Muslim Laws),
Lahore
1994
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Philippines
Michelle Lobo
Amnesty International, Quezon City
2011 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Megan O’Rourke
Balaod Mindanaw, Cagayan de Oro, Mindanao
2008 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Edward Peterson
Families of Victims of Involuntary Disappearance, Quezon City
2003 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
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Anna Veit-Carter
Saligan, Quezon City
2009 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Brian Wilson
Center for Migrant Advocacy, Quezon City
2011 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Singapore
Chie Michihiro
Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE)
2004 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
South Korea
Kimberly Walsh
Citizens' Alliance for North Korean Human Rights (NKHR), Seoul
2002 Upper Midwest Human Rights Center
Sri Lanka
Lisa Kois
UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women,
Colombo
1995 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
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Nevidita Yawanarajah
University of Colombo School of Law Human Rights Center, Colombo
1992 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Taiwan
Kirsten Gullixson
Universal Declaration of Human Rights Campaign,
Taipei
1998
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Haacke, Sarah
Helsinki Citizens Organization,
Istanbul
1999
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Grace Rai
Chinese Association for Human Rights,
Taipei
1994
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Tajikistan
Anne Johnson
International Organization for Migration (IOM) – Tajikistan Mission, Dushanbe
2009 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Thailand
Dan Brutlag
Arakan Oil Watch
2007 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Christina Clusiau
Maryknoll Missions, Chianmai
2003 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow/Musser Fellow
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Greg Mayew
Legal Aid of Cambodia & Asian Forum for Human Rights, Bankok
1997
Upper
Midwest
Human
Rights
Center
Ted Meinhover
FORUM-Asia, Bangkok
2005 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Maisue Xiong
Bridges Across Borders Southeast Asia, Chiang Mai
2009 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Maiyia Yang
International Organization for Migration, Mae Sariang
2010 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Turkey
Ohmer Ahmet Altan
Helsinki Citizens Assembly,
Istanbul
1997
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Fumiko Hirono
UN High Commissioner for Refugees,
Ankara
1997
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Timothy Meyer
Helsinki Citizens Assembly, Refugee and Advocacy Support Program, Istanbul
2010 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Angela Richards
UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Ankara
2001
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Paula Schwartzbauer
UN High Commissioner for Refugees,
Ankara
1995 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
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Jordan Shepherd
Refugee Advocacy and Support Program (RASP), Istanbul
2009 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
EUROPE
Belgium
Brandon Drazich
Pax Christi International, Brussels
2009 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Jay Wilkinson
International Federation for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus, Brussels
2009 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Bosnia
Belma Demirovic
International Organization for Migrations (IOM), Sarajevo
2002
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Stela Osmancevic
International Organization for Migrants, Sarajevo
2007 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Bulgaria
Stephanie
Morgan
Human
Rights
Documentation
Center,
Sofia
1996
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Marianna Chaparova
Balkan Association of the Producers and Traders of Ecological Products, Sofia
2011 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Czech
Republic
Erin Martin
Člověk v Tisní - People in Need, Prague
2006 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Ann Marie Schultz
Bohemia Corps,
Prague
1998
Upper Midwest Human Rights Project
Gwen Willems
Bohemia Corps
2000
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Denmark
Peter
Baatrup
Danish Center for Human Rights
1993
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
England
Maren Fustgaard
Commonwealth Medical Association,
London
1996 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
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Eric Gottwald
Oxfam, Oxford
2003
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Roslyn
Park
Anti-Slavery International, London
2001
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Estonia
Kaisa Syrjanen
Schaal Jaan Tonissoni Instituut and Estonian American National Council
1993
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
France
Amelia Wilson
League of Human Rights, Paris
2003
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Germany
Robert Painter
UN Independent Expert on the Right to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation, Berlin
2011 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Greece
Christina Clusiau
The International Institute of Peace Studies and Global Philosophy, Rhodes
2005 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Martha James
International Institute on Peace Education, Rhodes
2005 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Hungary
Gordon Knoblach
Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Budapest
2011 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Kosovo
Jennifer Kittelson
Partners for Democratic Change, Pristina
2001 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
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Macedonia
Anne Fuchs
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights for the Republic of Macedonia, Skopje
2010 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Lynette Larsen
Helsinki Committee for the Rep. of Macedonia,
Skopje
1995
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Netherlands
Anna Jaquith
A SEED EUROPE - Action for Solidarity Equality Environment and Diversity, Amsterdam
2005 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Joao Medeiros
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, The Hague
2008 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Monica Miller
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, The Hague
2009 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Norway
Thomas Lockney
Norwegian Institute for Human Rights, Oslo
2000
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Northern Ireland
Brock Berglund
Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ), Belfast
2011 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Sara Carpenter
UNESCO Centre at University of Ulster, Ulster
2005 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Robert Hildreth
Peace People,
Belfast
1999
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Martha Malinski
UNESCO Centre at the University of Ulster, Coleraine
2002
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Lynn Wartchow
Relatives for Justice, Belfast
2003
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow/Mansfield Fellow
Willi, Sara
Victims Survivors and Trust, Belfast
2000
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Elizabeth Super
Transitional Justice Institute, Belfast
2009 and 2010 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Natalie Volin
Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ), Belfast
2009 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Poland
Patrick
Plonski
Center for Promotion and Support of Agricultural
Enterprise, Sandomierz
2000
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Slovak
Republic
Asya Varbanova
United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), Regional Office for Central and Eastern Europe, Bratislava
2004 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Switzerland
Amalia Anderson
Working Group on Indigenous Populations & Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, Geneva
2003 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow/Mansfield Fellow
Katherine Anderson
UN Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities,
Geneva
2003
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Chantal Bostok
UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Geneva
2002
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Bridget Coggins
UN Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities,
Geneva
2000
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Maureen Convery
UN Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities,
Geneva
1991
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Shinobu Garrigues
UN Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities,
Geneva
1997
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Gregory Gisvold
UN Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities,
Geneva
1994
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Mayra Gomez
UN Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities,
Geneva
1998
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Eric Gottwald
International Labour Organization's Multinational Enterprises Program (MULTI), Geneva
2004 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellowship
Hitoshi Hasegwa
International Labor Organization,
Geneva
1991
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Alya Husian-Kayal
UN Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities,
Geneva
1993
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Anne Johnson
UN Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities,
Geneva
2001
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Jennifer Johnson
UN Sub-Commission for Human Rights, Geneva
2005 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Kraig Larson
International Service for Human Rights,
Geneva
1991
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Taehohn Lee
International Labour Organization (ILO), Geneva
2011 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Robin M. Maher
UN Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities,
Geneva
1990
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Bridget Marks
UN Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities
2003 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Jennifer Prestholdt link to article
UN Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities,
Geneva
1995 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Karen Reierson
UN Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities,
Geneva
1992
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Sonia Rosen
Minnesota Lawyers International Human Rights Committee,
Geneva
1990
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Sosamma Samuel
UN Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities,
Geneva
1996
Upper
Midwest
Human
Rights
Center
Nadeem Ahmad Siddiq
UN Human Rights Centre,
Geneva
1995
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Andrea Templeton
UN Human Rights Committee, Geneva
2006 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Bret Theile
UN Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities,
Geneva
1999/2000
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Leo Esparza Twiggs
International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), Geneva
2011 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Jeff Vockrodt
International Labour Organization's Freedom of Association Branch, Geneva
2004 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Kathryn Weber
UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Geneva
2002 Upper Midwest Human Rights Project
article
Siu Wong
International Service for Human Rights,
Geneva
1992
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Turkey
Timothy Meyer
Helsinki Citizens Assembly, Refugee and Advocacy Support Program, Istanbul
2010 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Jordan Shepherd
Refugee Advocacy and Support Program (RASP), Istanbul
2009 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Ukraine
Jaquilyn Waddell Boie
Hope International, Zaporozhye
2007 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Nicole Willis-Grimes
NIS-US Women's Consortium
2000
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
United Kingdom
Nicholas Petersen
National Housing Federation, London, England
2006 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
ALABAMA
Anne Fuchs
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Montgomery, AL
2011 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
ARIZONA
Claudia Vincze Turcean
Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project, Phoenix, AZ
2011 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
CALIFORNIA
Angela Bortel
Stand Against Global Exploitation, San Francisco
2002
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Bryan Frantz
Environmental Health Coalition,
San Diego
1998
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Elizabeth Graber
Bay Area Legal Aid, Oakland, CA
2011 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Bridget Marchesi
American Public Media - Women and Girls Initiative, Los Angeles, CA
2011 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Tatewin Means
Tribal Law and Policy Institute, West Hollywood, CA
2010 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Kristen Rau
Center for Justice and Accountability, San Francisco, CA
2010 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Jordan Shepherd
ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Waeiz Syed
Center for Justice and Accountability, San Francisco, CA
2011 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Shelby Vandenberg
The Alliance for Children’s Rights, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
FLORIDA
Kiehl,
Andrea
Florida
Immigrant
Advocacy
Center,
Miami
1999
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
GEORGIA
Mara Michaletz
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Atlanta, Georgia
2005 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
ILLINOIS
Kumneger Emiru
National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC), Chicago, IL
2009 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Rose Farley
Amnesty International (USA),
Chicago
1990
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Jennifer Fischer
Midwest
Center of Justice, Evanston
2003
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow/Mansfield Fellow
Brett Mares
Center on Wrongful Convictions, Northwestern University Law School, Chicago, IL
2010 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
LOUISIANA
Sean Burke
Homeless Advocacy Project/UNITY Homeless Coalition, New Orleans, LA
2009 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Elizabeth Royal
ProBono Project, New Orleans, Louisiana
2006 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Catherine Wyly
Center for Constitutional Rights, New Orleans, LA
2011 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
MASSACHUSETTS
Jordan Harlow
Greater Boston Legal Services - Immigration Unit, Boston, MA
2010 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
MINNESOTA
Birhanemeskel Abebe
Pan Africa Legal Aid (PALA), Minneapolis, MN
2007 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Wendy Adams
The League of
Minnesota Human Rights Commissioners, Minneapolis
2004 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Artemis Ahmadi
Islamic Law and Human Rights Program, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2011 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Bobbi Jo Azzouzi (
Mansfield Fellow)
Center for Victims of Torture (CVT), Minneapolis
2001
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow/Mansfield Fellow
Peter Baatrup
Minnesota Lawyers International Human Rights Committee,
Minneapolis
1993
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Tara Barenok
Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights,
Minneapolis
1995
Upper
Midwest
Human
Rights
Center
Veronica Bean
OutFront Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2009 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Laura Boleen
Western Shoshone Defense Project, Crescent Valley, NV
2010 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Odul
Bozkurt
Center for Victims of Torture (CVT),
Minneapolis
1997
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Jonathan Brandis
Housing Preservation Project, St. Paul, MN
2008 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Mike Brehm
Midwest Coalition for Human Rights, Minneapolis, MN
2009 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
David Campana
Centro de Derechos Laborales at the Resource Center of the Americas, Minneapolis
2003 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Santiago
Carreno
Resource Center for the Americas, Minneapolis
2000
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Andrew Conteh
City of Moorhead
2001 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow/Musser Fellow
article
Jennifer Cornell
Human Rights Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2010 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Julia Corneil
International Institute of Minnesota, St. Paul
2000
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Amelia Cotton Corl
Center for Victims of Torture, Minneapolis, MN
2008 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Vicky
Coyle
Center for Victims of Torture (CVT),
Minneapolis
1992
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Colleen Coyne
Human Rights Program, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2010 Upper Midwest Human Rights Program
Mercy Das
Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights,
Minneapolis
1994
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Bridgette Da Silva
Human Rights Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2010 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Yi Deng
Pangea World Theater and Immigration Law Center of Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN
2007 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Anna Donnelly
Genocide Intervention Network, Twin Cities, MN
2008 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Sarah Drake
The St. Cloud Human Rights Office, St. Cloud, MN
2006 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Michelle
Drea
Center for Victims of Torture (CVT),
Minneapolis
1993
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Lindsay Eastwood
Immigrant Law Center, St. Paul, MN
2006 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Eric
A.
Egli
Center for Victims of Torture (CVT),
Minneapolis
1990
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Jonathon Eoloff
MAHR - Children's Program
article
Sonia Farber
Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights,
Minneapolis
2003
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Jean Farmakes
Women's Human Rights Program/Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights,
Minneapolis
2000
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Laura Flynn
Midwest Coalition for Human Rights, Minnesota
2006 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Joshua T. Gardner
The Centre for Housing Rights and Evictions, Twin Cities, MN
2007 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Debra L. Gordon
American Refugee Committee,
Minneapolis
1992
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Nicole Gurgel
zAmya Theater Project, Minneapolis
2007 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Consuelo Gutierrez-Crosby
Children's Human Rights Alliance, Twin Cities
2000 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
article
Monica Haller
El Colegio, Minneapolis
2004 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Luke Haqq
Center for Victims of Torture, Minneapolis
2008 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Kao Ly Ilean Her
Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights - Asylum and Refugee Project,
Minneapolis
1994
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Amy Herbert
MN Coalition for the Homeless, Minneapolis
2001
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Sarah Herder
Children’s Defense Fund, Minneapolis
2005 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Andre Heuer
Center for the Victims of Torture, Minneapolis, MN
2007 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Angela R. Hoeft
Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights,
Minneapolis
1995
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Matthew Holm
The Advocates for Human Rights, Minneapolis, MN
2010 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Sarah
Hooker
Resource Center of the Americas, Minneapolis
2002
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Sarah Hymowitz
International Indian Treaty Council, Minneapolis
2002
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Teresa Jacobs
Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights,
Minneapolis
2003
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Martha James
Crossroads Elementary, Perpich Center for Arts Education, Minneapolis
2005 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Andrea Jesperson
Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless, Minneapolis
2003
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Clarissa
Jones
Center for Victims of Torture (CVT), Minneapolis
2000
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Mustafa Jumale
American Refugee Committee, Minneapolis, MN
2011 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Katherine Jumbe
Children's Rights
Alliance, Minneapolis
2001
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Mahmooda Khaliq
MN International Health Volunteers
2003 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow/Medtronic Fellow
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Kerri Kleven
Child Survival Project/Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights,
Minneapolis
2000
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Thomas LaJune Lange
International Leader Institute, Minneapolis
2001
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Tai Nicole Leather
Cultural Diversity Resources, Fargo-Moorhead
2004 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Ji Hyong Lee
University of Minnesota Human Rights Center, Minneapolis, MN
2008 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Robyn Linde
Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights, Minneapolis
2004 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
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Josef
Ling
Central American Resource Center,
Minneapolis
1991
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Caitlyn Lothian
Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
2008 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Vanessa Lueck
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy,
Minneapolis
1996
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Willy Madeira
American Refugee Committee, Minneapolis, MN
2010 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Joe Mailander
Pillsbury Communities-Waite House, Minneapolis, MN
2008 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Leah Marks
University of Minnesota Human Rights Center, Minneapolis
2004 Upper Midwest Human Rights Center
Laura Matson
The Advocates for Human Rights, Minneapolis, MN
2009 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Kiel McElveen
Foreclosure Relief Law Project, St. Paul, MN
2011 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Patrick McGroarty
University of Minnesota Human Rights Center, Minneapolis
2004 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Marcie
Anne
Melvin
Center for Victims of Torture (CVT),
Minneapolis
1990
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Outeiba Merhebi
Islamic Law and Human Rights Program, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2011 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Timothy Meyer
Center for Victims of Torture, Minneapolis, MN
2009 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Jessica Nault
Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
2007 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Seyon Nyanwleh
Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights, Minneapolis
2007 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Claudia Ochoa
Human Rights Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2011 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Graham Ojala-Barbour
Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
2009 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Nicole
Palasz
Center for Victims of Torture (CVT), Minneapolis
2002
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Neil Panchmatia
Hands Across the World, St. Cloud, MN
2010 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Anne
Parsons
Human Rights Center,
University of
Minnesota
1999
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Ana Lisa Peña
Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota (ILCM), St. Paul, MN
2005 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Roseanne Pereira
Center for Victims of Torture, Minneapolis, MN
2008 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Jennifer Prestholdt
Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights,
Minneapolis
1995
Upper
Midwest
Human
Rights
Fellow
Adam Robbins
The Center for Victims of Torture, Minneapolis, MN
2006 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Pamela Rojas
University of Minnesota Human Rights Resource Center, Minneapolis, MN
2007 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Jacqueline
Romano
Human Rights Resource Center, Minneapolis
2002
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Pia
Sass
Central American Resource Center,
St. Paul
1992
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Mike Scharenbroich
Urban Coalition, St. Paul
2004 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
S.
Kristjan
Selvig
Center for Victims of Torture (CVT), Minneapolis
2003
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Jared Shepherd
Human Rights Center, Minneapolis, MN
2006 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Robyn Skrebes
Yar’s Campaign to End Child Abduction, Minneapolis, MN
2008 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Gabriel Solomon
Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights, Minneapolis
2003 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
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Jennifer Swedberg
United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund for Victims of Contemporary Forms of Slavery, Minneapolis, MN
2009 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Andrea Templeton
The Center for Victims of Torture, Minneapolis, MN
2006 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Nick Thompson
Minnesota AIDS project, Minneapolis, MN
2011 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Andrew Turpening
Human Rights Center, Minneapolis, MN
2006 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Jenni Vainik
Hennepin County Domestic Abuse Service Center, Minneapolis, MN
2006 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Jessica Warning
MAHR - Woman's Program
2001
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Matthew Webster
Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services (SMRLS), Rochester
2009 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Malgorzata (Gosha) I. Wegrzyn
Minnesota Lawyers International Human Rights Committee,
Minneapolis
1992
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Anthony
Wijesinha
Center for Victims of Torture (CVT),
Minneapolis
1998
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Laura Wilson
JUST Equity, St. Paul, MN
2010 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Catherine Wyly
ACLU of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
2010 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Christine Young
Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights,
Minneapolis
1994
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Quito Ziegler
Resource Center of Americas/Centro Derechos Laborales, Minneapolis, MN
2006 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
MISSISSIPPI
Anders Erickson
The John Perkins Foundation for Reconciliation and Development, Jackson, MS
2009 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
MONTANA
Kimberly Mettler-Chase
Indian Law Resources, Helena
2000
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Roger Renville
Indian Law Resource Center, Helena, MT
2008 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
James
Washinawatok
Indian Law Resource Center, Helena
2001
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
NEVADA
Robert Lafrentz
Western Shoshone Defense Project (WSDP), Crescent Valley
2004 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
NEW YORK
Mahima Achuthan
Amnesty International USA New York City, NY
2007 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Kwaku Agyeman
Legal Aid Society
2004 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Geoff Dancy
International Center for Transitional Justice, New York City, NY
2008 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Leonardo Filippini
United Nations Office of the Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide, New York
2005 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Trisha Garbe
United Nations Association, New York
2002
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Lindsey Greising
Amnesty International-USA, New York City, NY
2011 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Tahira Hashmi
Witness Human Rights Fellow
2001
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Isabel Hoertreiter
UN Codification Division, Legal Affairs,
New York
1998
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Rahul Kale
United Nations Children's Fund,
New York
1993
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Karen E. Kun
United Nations Children's Fund,
New York
1995
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Dechen Lhewa
Bellvue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture
2001 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
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Giovanni Mantilla
Human Rights Watch, New York City, NY
2008 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
NORTH DAKOTA
Tricia Lund
Cultural Diversity Resources, Fargo
2003
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
SOUTH DAKOTA
Rebecca McCallister
Multi-Cultural Center of Sioux Falls
2002
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
WASHINGTON
D.C.
Shannon Golden
Friends Committee on National Legislation, Washington, D.C.
2009 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Debra L. Gordon
American Refugee Committee,
Washington
D.C.
1992
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Michael Reed Hurtado
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
1995
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Sophie Janvier
Human Rights Watch, Middle East Section
1995
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
David Johnson
UNHCR Regional Office for the U.S. and the Caribbean, Washington, D.C.
2005 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Melanie Lahr (Musser Fellow)
American Kurdish Information Network (AKIN)
Belinda Lamptey
Washington Office on Africa
2001
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow/Mansfield Fellow
Jo Pasqualucci
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
2000
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Chris Schmitter
Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
2011 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Milo Sybrant
Somali Family Care Network
2003
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Jonas Walker
U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees
2003
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Nick Wunder
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Washington, D.C.
2009 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
WISCONSIN
Alyssa Macy
International Indian Treaty Council, Milwaukee, WI
2007 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
TEXAS
Nicole Leigh Harris
Texas Defender Service, Houston, Texas
2006 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Katherine Sewell
ProBAR, Harlingen, Texas
2006 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
OCEANIA
Australia
Anna Kerner
Amnesty International (AIA), Sydney
2006 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
Matthew Roberts
Environmental Defender’s Office of New South Wales, Lismore
2010 Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellow
SOUTH AMERICA