Jared Genser

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Born (1972-06-17) June 17, 1972 (age 52)
New Haven, Connecticut
Education University of Michigan (JD)
Harvard University (MPP)
Cornell University (BA)
OccupationHuman Rights Lawyer, Special Advisor to the Organization of American States
AwardsCharles Bronfman Prize (2010)
ABA International Human Rights Award (2013)
Tällberg/Eliasson Global Leadership Prize (2020)

Jared Genser (born June 17, 1972) is an international human rights lawyer who serves as managing director of the law firm Perseus Strategies, LLC, Special Advisor on the Responsibility to Protect to the Organization of American States, and Co-Founder and General Counsel to the Neurorights Foundation. [1] Genser is U.S. Chair of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, where he was previously a Senior Fellow. [1] Referred to by the New York Times as "The Extractor," [2] he has served as pro bono counsel to five Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, including the last three Laureates who won their Prize while imprisoned- Aung San Suu Kyi (Burma, 2006-2010), Liu Xiaobo (China, 2010-2017), and Ales Bialiatski (Belaruse, 2023-Present) -- as well as Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Elie Wiesel [1] . Other former clients have included former Czech Republic President Václav Havel, Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, Venezuelan politician Leopoldo López, and former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed. He was previously an associate of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard University from 2014 to 2016 and a visiting fellow with the National Endowment for Democracy from 2006 to 2007. [3] Coming from his experience freeing a political prisoner as a law student in 2001, he founded the non-profit Freedom Now [4] and earlier in his career was named by the National Law Journal as one of "40 Under 40: Washington's Rising Stars." [5]

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Early life and education

Genser was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and grew up in suburban Maryland. Genser received a B.S. from Cornell University. [6] He subsequently earned a Master in Public Policy degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, where he was an Alumni Public Service Fellow and a J.D. cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School. [1] He was also a Raoul Wallenberg Scholar at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. [6] [7]

Career

Genser began his career as a management consultant with McKinsey & Company. [1] He later joined the global law firm DLA Piper, where he was elected a partner. [8] In 2011, he left DLA Piper to found Perseus Strategies, a human-rights law firm. [9] Genser has previously been an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center, [10] the University of Michigan Law School and University of Pennsylvania Law School. [1] In October 2020, Genser was appointed by OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro as Special Advisor on the Responsibility to Protect for the Organization of American States. [11]

Writings

Books

Genser is the author of The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention: Commentary and Guide to Practice (Cambridge University Press, 2019; ISBN   9781107034457). He was also co-editor with Canadian Member of Parliament Irwin Cotler of The Responsibility to Protect: The Promise of Stopping Mass Atrocities in Our Time (Cambridge University Press, 2012; ISBN   978-0199797769) and he is co-editor with former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica Bruno Stagno Ugarte for The UN Security Council in the Age of Human Rights (Cambridge University Press, 2013; ISBN   978-1107040076).

Human rights reports

Genser has authored or co-authored numerous major human rights reports, including:

Country focused
As OAS Special Advisor on the Responsibility to Protect
Neurotechnology and human rights
Other themes

Law review articles and op-eds

Genser has published numerous law review articles and more than 130 op-eds on human rights topics in major newspapers around the world. Among law review articles, he has published them on a diverse array of topics including the UN Security Council's application on the responsibility to protect [12] , the Future of the UN Human Rights System [13] , and the EU trade sanctions on Burma, among other topics.

He has published op-eds in such newspapers as The Baltimore Sun, The Boston Globe, The Chosun Ilbo (Seoul), Far Eastern Economic Review, The Huffington Post [14] [15] [16] , The Independent (UK), International Herald Tribune [17] , The Jakarta Post, Los Angeles Times [18] , South China Morning Post [19] , The Sydney Morning Herald [20] , The Nation (Thailand), The Star (South Africa), The Times (UK), The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and The Washington Post.

Other activities and awards

Genser is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He was elected in 2008 as a Fellow to the British American Project. In 2009 he was elected as a delegate to the Asia Society's Asia 21 Young Leaders Summit and also as a U.S.-Japan Young Leadership Fellow. [1] Genser was a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum from 2008 to 2013 and a Member of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council for Human Rights (2010–2011). In 2011, he was selected among the Young Leaders of the French-American Foundation. [21] He is a recipient of the Charles Bronfman Prize and Liberty in North Korea's Freedom Fighter Award. [1] In addition to being qualified to practice law in Maryland and the District of Columbia, he is also a solicitor of England & Wales. [1] Genser is also an avid ice hockey player, playing on both the Titans and the Crunch through Hockey North America [22] .

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  2. ↑ S. Hylton, Wil (1 March 2018). "Can Venezuela Be Saved?". The New York Times.
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  6. 1 2 Hall, Sheri (8 December 2009). "Jared Genser '95 Fights for Freedom of Political Prisoners". Cornell Chronicle. Cornell University.
  7. ↑ Goetz, Jill (15 April 1996). "Karin Klapper '96 is Name Raoul Wallenberg Scholar". Cornell Chronicle.
  8. ↑ Ho, Catherine (3 July 2011). "DLA Piper Alum Launches Practice Focused on Humanitarian Issues". The Washington Post. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  9. ↑ McDonough, Molly (5 July 2011). “Partner Leaves DLA to Launch Firm Focused on International Human Rights Issues”. ABA Journal. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
  10. ↑ "Profile Jared Genser — Georgetown Law". Archived from the original on 2020-09-25.
  11. ↑ "OAS Secretary General Designates Jared Genser as Special Adviser on the Responsibility to Protect". Organization of American States. August 2009. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  12. ↑ Genser, Jared. "The United Nations Security Council's Implementation of the Responsibility to Protect" (PDF). Chicago Journal of International Law.
  13. ↑ Genser, Jared (15 February 2024). "The Future of the UN Human Rights System" (PDF).
  14. ↑ Irwin Colter, Jared Genser (2013-08-30). "Our Response to Syria Must Be Effective, But Also Legal". HuffPost. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
  15. ↑ Genser, Jared (2012-12-07). "A Growing Movement to Support Liu Xiaobo". HuffPost. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
  16. ↑ Genser, Jared (2012-10-08). "Free Liu Xiaobo". HuffPost. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
  17. ↑ Irwin Colter, Jared Genser (15 October 2023). "Libya and the Responsibility to Protect". The New York Times.
  18. ↑ Desmond M. Tutu, Jared Genser. "Stand up for Liu Xiaobo".
  19. ↑ Jerome A. Cohen, Jared Genser (15 August 2013). "Harmful Effects: The Torture and Detention of Gao Zhisheng". Los Angeles Times .
  20. ↑ Genser, Jared. "More Clout Needed to End North Korea's Repression". Sydney Morning Herald.
  21. ↑ "Jared Genser - Young Leaders". French-American Foundation . Retrieved 2015-10-26.
  22. ↑ "Hockey North America" . Retrieved 15 February 2024.
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