Professor Dr. iur. Siegfried Wiessner, Professor of Law, Director, LL.M./J.S.D. Program in Intercultural Human Rights, St. Thomas University College of Law; Chair, International Law Association Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2008-2012).

Professor Dr. iur. Roza Pati, St. John Paul II Distinguished Professor of Law; Director, LL.M./J.S.D. Program in Intercultural Human Rights; Founder & Director, John J. Brunetti Human Trafficking Academy, St. Thomas University College of Law. Former Member of Parliament and Cabinet Member—Secretary of State for Youth and Women, in the government of Albania. Member of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace (2012-2017), Member of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development (2020-present), The Vatican.

Faculty and Guest Lecturers

Each year, we bring on campus some of the top experts from leading institutions for the protection of human rights. As a mentor of the entire program, we recognize:

Professor Dr. W. Michael Reisman, Ph.D., Myres S. McDougal Professor of International Law, Yale Law School; former President, Inter-American Human Rights Commission

Additionally, our students have the honor of learning from many distinguished scholars and practitioners, including:

His Excellency Judge Dr. Fausto Pocar, Professor of International Law Emeritus, University of Milan, Italy; Member, Appeals Chamber, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (since 2000); President, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) (2005-2008); former Chairman, United Nations Human Rights Committee (1984-2000)

His Excellency Ahmed Amin Fathalla, Chair, United Nations Human Rights Committee (2021); Member, International Law Commission

The Honorable Virginia Bras Gomes, Chair, United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2018); Senior Social Policy Adviser, Ministry of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security of Portugal

Professor Dr. Federico Lenzerini, University of Siena Faculty of Law, Italy; Rapporteur, International Law Association Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2008-2012)

Ambassador (ret.) Marisa R. Lino, Political Scientist, RAND Corporation; Associate Fellow, International Institute of Strategic Studies (2020-2022); Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, U.S. DHS (2007-2008); U.S. Ambassador to Albania (1996-1999)

Dr. Craig Hammer, Program Manager, Development Data Group, The World Bank; Manager, The World Bank’s Global Data Facility

Professor Dr. Abadir M. Ibrahim, Associate Director, Human Rights Program, Harvard Law School

Professor Dr. Jaime Olaiz-González, Professor of Constitutional Theory, International Law and American Jurisprudence; Associate Dean for International Programs, Universidad Panamericana Law School, Mexico City

Professor Nicholas Rostow, Distinguished Research Professor & Director, Center for Strategic Research, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University, Washington D.C.

Professor Dr. iur. Markus Krajewski, Director, Americas Division, Human Rights Watch, New York City

Professor Dr. Christine Jeangey, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Officer, Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, The Vatican; Expert of the Holy See, Steering Committee for Human Rights of the Council of Europe (CDDH)

Professor Dr. Cosmin Corendea, Professor of Law and Vice-Dean, School of Environment and Sustainability, O.P. Jindal Global University (Delhi, India); former Associate Academic Officer and Legal Expert, United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security; former Legal Officer, UNFCCC

Professor Dr. Tebaldo Vinciguerra, Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, The Vatican

Professor Emeritus Gordon Butler, Professor of Law, St. Thomas University College of Law

Professor Dr. John Makdisi, Professor of Law and former Dean, St. Thomas University College of Law

Professor Nora V. Demleitner, President, St. Johns College–Annapolis; Dean & Roy Steinhauser Professor of Law, Washington & Lee University School of Law (2012-2015)

Professor Guy S. Goodwin-Gill, D.Phil. (Oxon.), Professor of International Refugee Law (1998-2014) and Emeritus Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford University, U.K.

Professor Tiyanjana Maluwa, Ph.D. (Cantab.), H. Laddie Montague Chair in Law & Associate Dean for International Affairs, Penn State Law; former Legal Counsel, OAU (now African Union); former Legal Adviser, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Professor Dr. Keith D. Nunes, former Program Coordinator, M.A. in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Nathan Weiss Graduate College, Kean University

Professor Dr. Mark Dell Kielsgard, Associate Professor of Law, City University of Hong Kong