Kimberly Curtis

Area of Expertise:

• Communications, Media, Knowledge Management, Editor
• Human Rights, Law, Migration, Conflicts, Justice
• Monitoring, Evaluation, Policy, Research, Analysis

Professional Experience:

Kimberly Curtis is barred as an attorney in the state of New York and the District of Columbia. Ms. Curtis also is the Senior Blogger for Humanitarian Affairs for the Foreign Policy Association where her recent articles have examined Internet media laws, African politics, decisions of the ICC and refugee developments. She also serves as an Adjunct Professor in International Relations at the American Public University.

In 2006, she co-founded The Women’s Empowerment Institute of Cameroon, a local women’s rights organization focusing on the economic and political empowerment of rural women. She also conducted independent research into post-conflict reconciliation efforts and access to justice issues in Rwanda and Uganda. From 2006 to 2007, she served as a Fellow for the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Law Literacy Program in Washington, DC and the following year worked for the American Bar Association’s Rule of Law Initiative where she focused on creating a best practices guide on judicial reform for the UN Office of Drugs and Crime. She has also served as Articles Editor for The Human Rights Brief and as Staff Member of the American University International Law Review.