Carlos Andrés Baquero-Díaz
Research Director of the NYU TERRA Program
The Earth Rights Research & Action

Carlos Andrés Baquero-Díaz is the research director of the NYU TERRA Program at the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice. He graduated from the JSD program at NYU Law, where he worked on the intersection between property rights and environmental protection in tropical forests. Carlos Andrés holds an LLM in International Legal Studies from NYU Law, where he was a Hauser Global Scholar and 2019 recipient of the Jerome Lipper Award. He also has a JD from Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia), where he graduated cum laude, and a BA in Political Science from the same university.

His publications include a number of academic and wide-audience formats (such as podcasts, documentaries, and op-eds), and he writes about socio-environmental justice, property and environmental rights, and Indigenous peoples rights. Currently, he co-curates the More-Than-Human Life Project (MOTH) and the FORGE program, and serves as senior editor at Open Global Rights. He has taught classes on environmental law at Universidad de los Andes and currently is an adjunct professor on critical property and environmental rights at NYU Law School. He has facilitated workshops and seminars with human rights advocates, Indigenous peoples, and public officials, and worked for several research institutions and NGOs in the Americas.

Brigitta Call
Finances, Operations and Events Coordinator

As the Finances, Operations and Events Coordinator at the Center, Brigitta supports our ongoing initiatives and programs across clusters. She earned her BA in Political Science with a concentration in Human Rights and Gender in War from Boston University. She firmly believes in the Center’s work, as its interdisciplinary approach, faculty expertise, and fellowship program provide a platform for actively engaging in advancing human rights advocacy and legal scholarship.

Brigitta’s interest in advancing social justice and equity dates back to middle school, where she first engaged in student government. Her dedication continued through college, where she served as a Student Body Senator, playing a pivotal role in spearheading campus-wide initiatives, including the distribution of free menstrual products and leading a campus environmental beautification committee. Additionally, she remained active with HeForShe on campus, raising funds for the local women’s shelters of Boston.

Brianne Cuffe
Faculty Assistant, Philip Alston

Brianne Cuffe is the faculty Assistant for Philip Alston. She holds a BA in Biology from Boston University, but her passion for public health did not develop until working at MCPHS University as Administrative Coordinator for the School of Arts and Sciences. Working closely with a diverse and interdisciplinary group of faculty, she coordinated events and programming, included Community Action Poverty Simulations, for students and faculty.

Following Missouri Community Action Network’s model, participants experience a sample of the hardships families living on the brink of poverty encounter and learn to recognize with a holistic perspective the various barriers their future patients might encounter. Brianne is also an “environmental nut.” She volunteered with Boston Harbor Islands’ Stewardship Saturdays and currently volunteers with NYC Park’s stewardship team removing invasive species, planting trees, and collecting data for citizen science projects.

Ashley Otilia Nemeth
Research Scholar & Litigation Associate
Earth Rights Advocacy; FORGE

Ashley is a Research Scholar and Litigation Associate at the Center and the Earth Rights Advocacy Clinic working on issues related to climate impacts, economic justice, and human rights.  

She holds a J.D. from NYU School of Law (cum laude), where she was awarded the International Human Rights Convocation Award, the LACA Kim Barry ’98 Memorial Convocation Award for Human Rights, and the Edmond Cahn Law Review Convocation Award. Ashley also holds a M.S in Entrepreneurship (cum laude) and B.S. in Accounting (cum laude) from the University of Florida. 

Prior to joining the Center, Ashley was an associate in White & Case’s International Arbitration Group, working with foreign sovereigns and private companies to resolve complex disputes before investor-state and commercial arbitration tribunals. Ashley’s pro bono practice at White & Case focused on international human rights and humanitarian law, which included clients like the United Nations, the Public Interest Law & Policy Group, the Human Right 2 Water, and Oxfam America. 

During law school, Ashley was the President of the Latinx Law Students Association and an Articles Editor for the New York University Law Review. She also served as a Legal Advisor to the Solomon Islands Permanent Mission to the United Nations, advising on matters before the Second and Sixth Committee of the General Assembly, as well as on multilateral treaty negotiations and submissions to the International Law Commission. Prior to law school, Ashley was a Certified Public Accountant and Audit Associate at KPMG. 

Ashley is a licensed attorney in the State of New York and the District of Columbia. 

Arpitha Kodiveri
Research Affiliate
Earth Rights Advocacy

Arpitha Kodiveri is a Research Affiliate in the Earth Rights Advocacy program and former research director at the Center. She is an environmental law and justice scholar and currently an assistant professor of political science at Vassar College. Her work focuses on the role of law in the context of redressing climate harms faced by indigenous communities in South Asia. Her previous research examines land conflicts and legal mobilization by forest-dwelling communities in India. She has worked as an environmental lawyer supporting Adivasi and forest-dwelling communities in India. She is the recipient of the Hans Kelsen Fellowship at the EUI and the Fulbright-Nehru Fellowship.

Arpitha received her Doctoral degree in law from the European University Institute as a Hans Kelsen Fellow. She has an LLM from UC Berkeley as a Fulbright Nehru Fellow and a BSL LLB from ILS Law College, Pune.

Ariel Sim
Human Rights & Regenerative Design Fellow
Earth Rights Advocacy; FORGE

Ariel Sim is the Human Rights & Regenerative Design Fellow, awarded to outstanding human rights professionals in recognition of their excellent contributions to the human rights field, in particular the innovations in practice that they have developed and refined. As a fellow, Ariel works closely with members across various human rights law and practice initiatives, including the More Than Human Rights (MOTH) initiative, Earth Rights Advocacy (ERA), Open Global Rights, and the FORGE Program. Ariel is an anthropologist, designer, facilitator and artist, and also runs her own creative consultancy – Conscious Creator Inc.

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