Human Rights First

Human Rights First

Human Rights First is a non-profit, nonpartisan international human rights organization based in New York and Washington D.C. It aims to build "respect for human rights and the rule of law." It accepts no government funding.

Lawyers' Committee on Human Rights

Human Rights First was originally known as the Lawyers' Committee on Human Rights (LCHR). It was an organization that works with legal side of human rights protection, "promoting respect for the legal protections promised in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and subsequent international or multipartite human rights legal documents."

With the Reebok Human Rights Foundation, the LCHR sponsored the Witness Program (which provides simple multimedia tools, such as camcorders, to human rights activists to use).

Staff

The following are staff at Human Rights First, as of March 4, 2010:

• Elisa Massimino, President and CEO
• Eleanor Acer, Director, Refugee Protection Program
• Lori Adams, Staff Attorney, Refugee Protection Program
• Vanessa Allyn, Interim Staff Attorney
• Tori Andrea, Georgetown Fellow
• Troi D. Bailey, Network and Systems Engineer
• Kelly Bassett, Donor Relations & Special Events Manager
• Jesse Bernstein, Pennoyer Fellow/Senior Associate, Refugee Protection Program
• Lisa Besa, Chief Operating Officer
• Stephen Brownell, Video Producer
• Cynthia Burns, Policy and Program Department Manager
• Devon Chaffee, Advocacy Counsel, Law and Security Program
• Ann-Louise Colgan, Senior Associate, Crimes Against Humanity Program
• David Danzig, Deputy Program Director, Primetime Torture Project Director
• Stephanie DiBello, Program Assistant, Government Advocacy
• Ruthie Epstein, Researcher & Advocate, Refugee Protection Program
• Daphne Eviatar, Senior Associate, Law and Security Program
• Sara Faust, Program Associate/Legal Assistant, Refugee Protection Program
• Joëlle Fiss, Pennoyer Fellow - Combating Hate Crimes, Fighting Discrimination Program
• Katie Fourmy, Office Manager/Program Assistant
• Julia Fromholz, Director, Crimes Against Humanity Program
• Carly Beth Goodman, Campaign Coordinator
• Sarah Graham, Production and Design Supervisor
• Innokenty (Kes) Grekov, Program Associate, Fighting Discrimination Program
• Neil Hicks, International Policy Advisor
• Andrew Hudson, Senior Associate, Human Rights Defenders Program
• Anwen Hughes, Senior Counsel and Deputy Director, Refugee Protection Program
• Nick Humen, Director of Finance
• Kathy Jones, Executive Coordinator, Special Projects
• Sharon Kelly McBride, Director of Communications
• Hannah Kozik, Development Assistant, Development
• Reagan Kuhn, Communications Associate
• Paul LeGendre, Director, Fighting Discrimination Program
• Melina Milazzo, Pennoyer Fellow, Advocacy
• Gabriel Nichols, Web & Database Senior Manager
• Brittany Nuttall, Development Systems Manager
• Kurt Pacquette, Financial Controller, Finance and Administration
• Dawn Reel, Web & E-Communications
• Gabor Rona, International Legal Director and Interim Director, Law and Security Program
• Raechel Sadler, Operations Manager
• Shereen Santalesa, Director of Human Resources
• Renée Schomp, ]], Program Associate, Law and Security Program
• Ethan Simonowitz, Temporary Receptionist/HR Assistant
• Amy Sobel, Chief of Staff
• Brenda Bowser Soder, Media Relations Director
• Anne E. Sovcik, Advocacy Counsel, Refugee Protection Program
• Tad Stahnke, Director of Policy and Programs
• Deborah Stewart, Information Services Analyst
• Matthew Tallarico, Project Coordinator/Analyst
• Andrew Thomas, Program Associate/Legal Assistant, Refugee Protection Program
• Claudia Toloza, Program Assistant, Human Rights Defenders Program
• Isabel Toolan, Program Associate/Legal Assistant, Refugee Protection Program
• Tim Wierzbicki, Chief Development Officer
• Alexandra Wisotsky, Managing Attorney, Refugee Protection Program
• Carolyn Zander, Executive Assistant to President/CEO, WDC

External links

• Human Rights First website
• Lawyers' Committee on Human Rights information website
• About Witness Program
• Witness Program