Heather Ryan

Heather Ryan

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Heather Ryan joined the Justice Initiative in October 2005 as Monitor for the Khmer Rouge Tribunal (KRT). She works with all branches of the court and the NGO community to help ensure that the court meets international justice and human rights standards. She monitors and reports on the pretrial and trial process; liaises with all organs of the Tribunal to assess needs that the Justice Initiative or others could fulfill; liaises with NGOs and journalists; and engages in advocacy, outreach, and training on the KRT as appropriate.

Heather comes to the Justice Initiative with experience working on support for the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia with the Coalition for International Justice, on judicial independence, leadership and reform issues in Bosnia, and on human rights training and advocacy with the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.