Burnett Family Associate Dean and Professorial Lecturer for International and Comparative Legal Studies. In this capacity, she directs the International and Comparative Law program at GW Law School, and teaches the courses International Human Rights of Women, Regional Protection of Human Rights, and Fundamental Issues in US Law. Previously, she worked for more than a decade as Senior Attorney for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), one of the main organs of the regional human rights protection system for the Americas, where she held several leadership positions, including the supervision of all the legal work performed by the specialized Rapporteurships on women, LGBTI persons, indigenous peoples, racial discrimination, and children.

Founding Director of the Global Women's Institute at George Washington University. Dr. Ellsberg has more than 30 years of experience in international research and programs on gender and development. Before joining the University in August 2012, Dr. Ellsberg served as vice president for research and programs at the International Center for Research on Women. Dr. Ellsberg’s deep connection to global gender issues stems not only from her academic work but also from living in Nicaragua for nearly 20 years leading public health and women’s rights advocacy. She was a member of the core research team of the World Health Organization’s Multi-Country Study on Domestic Violence and Women’s Heath, and she has authored more than 40 books and articles on violence against women and girls. Dr. Ellsberg earned a doctorate in epidemiology and public health from Umea University in Sweden and a bachelor's degree in Latin American studies from Yale University.

Professorial Lecturer in Law. Supervises GW Law Immigration Clinic students and provides legal representation to asylum-seekers and respondents facing deportation in Immigration Court. She is a Professorial Lecturer In Law and has previously taught Immigration Law I. Ms. Vera previously served as the only Immigration Staff Attorney at the Maryland-based non-profit, CASA.

She holds a Law degree from the Mexico Autonomous Institute of Technology (Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México ITAM). LL.M. from Columbia University, New York, where she was a Fulbright scholar. Currently, she holds a Ph.D. in Law from the Universidad de los Andes (Colombia) and is a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Jurisprudence of the Universidad del Rosario (Colombia). Previously, she was the Legal Coordinator of the Elected Reproduction Information Group (Grupo de Información en Reproducción Elegida GIRE) for four years, a civil organization dedicated to the defense of women's reproductive rights, and a professor in the Law Department of ITAM. In 2010, she did an academic stay at the Diego Portales University Human Rights Center (Chile), to research gender and human rights issues. In 2009, she obtained the "Rómulo Gallegos" Scholarship to attend the Rapporteurship on Women's Rights of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). She has also worked at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Mexico (OHCHR) and the Mexican Supreme Court of Justice.

He’s an Associate Professor of the Faculty of Jurisprudence of Universidad del Rosario, director of the research group in International Law, and Director of Research of the same Faculty. Enrique holds a Ph.D. in Law from Birkbeck- the University of London, an LL. M in International Law from London College UCK and a Law Degree from Universidad del Rosario, with extensive experience in the areas of public international law and international economic law. His academic work focuses on International Foreign Investment Law, and Human Rights and Business. Enrique is a Commissioner of the Advisory Commission on Human Rights and Peace created by Chapter 5 of the Peace Accord and is a member of the Latin American Branch of Human Rights and Business.

She holds a Master’s Degree in Private International Law from the University Paris II (Panthéon Assas) and holds a Ph.D. in Law, Summa Cum Laude, from the Universidad Externado of Colombia. Member of the French Society for International Law (SFDI), of the Latin American Society of International Law (SLADI), of the Spanish-Portuguese American Institute of International Law (IHLADI), of the Rosarista Bar Association, institution of which she was Vice-President, founder of the Colombian Academy of International Law, institution of which she was also Vice-President. She has been Director of the International Law Research Group of the School of Jurisprudence, Coordinator of the Doctorate in Law, Editor of the Journal "Estudios Socio-Jurídicos" (Socio-Legal Studies). Member of the Commission of Law and Commercial Practices of the ICC Colombia (International Chamber of Commerce), Academic Peer Evaluator of the Administrative Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (Colciencias), and Advisor to the Ministry of Education for the quality of training in Law, as a member of the National Intersectoral Commission for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (CONACES) of the Ministry of Education.

She’s a lawyer from Universidad del Rosario, with a specialization in Tax Law from the same institution, holds a Master's Degree in Gender Studies from the National University of Colombia, and a Master's Degree in Laws from Cardozo School of Law (Yeshiva University, NYC) and holds a Ph.D. in Law (S.J.D.) from Temple University (Philadelphia). She was a Fulbright Scholar 2012-2014 and a Residential Fellow at the Institute for Global Law and Policy at Harvard Law School from 2014-2015. She is currently a Professor at the Faculty of Jurisprudence of the Universidad del Rosario, where she is part of the Research Group in Private Law and is academic coordinator of the UNESCO Chair in Gender. Her research work has focused primarily on gender, property, armed conflict, and international law. She has been practicing law since 2000, through litigation, legal advice, and consulting. She served as Vice Dean of the Faculty of Jurisprudence of Universidad del Rosario in the period 2015-2019 and was Dean (E) of the same Faculty in the first semester of 2019.

She holds a Ph.D. in Law and a Master's Degree in Constitutional Law from the University of Seville and is a specialist in international human rights law. Lawyer from the Universidad del Rosario. Director of the Human Rights Research Group of the Faculty of Jurisprudence. Expert in human mobility.

She’s a lawyer, holds a Ph.D. in Legal Sciences, Universidad Javeriana, holds a Master's Degree in Law (LL. M), University of London, holds a Master's Degree in European Mediation (M.Sc.) IUKB, Switzerland. Postgraduate in Administration (DSM), more than fifteen (15) years of experience in the public and private sector at national and international level in the areas of conflict resolution: mediation, human rights, subjects of special constitutional protection (disability, landmine victims, aging and old age, children and adolescents, refugees and displaced persons, gender approach), differentiated comprehensive reparation, social inclusion of vulnerable groups, restorative justice. Evidence-based law. Professor of Academic Career and Researcher, coordinator of the line of emerging rights and differential approach, human rights research group, Faculty of Jurisprudence, Universidad del Rosario.

She’s a senior lecturer of the Criminal Law Area of the Faculty of Jurisprudence of the Universidad del Rosario, Co-Coordinator of the Observatory of the Special Jurisdiction of Peace (ObservaJEP), and an adherent member of the ALAS Network. Ph.D. in Law from the Autonomous University of Madrid. Holds a Master's Degree in European Union Law from the Autonomous University of Madrid and a Master's degree in Criminal Law from the University of Seville (Spain). She’s a lawyer with a minor in Literature from Universidad de los Andes.

She is a Research Scientist at the Global Women’s Institute (GWI). She joined GWI at its founding while serving as a Presidential Fellow at the George Washington University (a selective program that offers high-achieving students the opportunity for professional development while completing a Masters degree).

Chelsea has contributed to the strategic growth of GWI by developing key policy initiatives, communications & outreach programs, and participating in research on violence against women and girls globally. Chelsea holds a PhD in Public Policy and Public Administration, focused in Gender and Social Policy, from the George Washington University. Her doctoral work explored theories of justice for survivors of campus sexual assault in the United States, with a goal of improved policymaking on the issue. Chelsea is committed to amplifying the voices of survivors of violence in research and policy.