in residence.

The Center offers opportunities for scholars and practitioners to spend up to one year in residence working on projects related to our thematic areas and collaborating with staff members as well as with other visiting practitioners and scholars.

2024-2025

Patricia Tobón Yagarí
Patricia is a distinguished practitioner in residence. She is an Indigenous lawyer of the Embera people of Colombia & former General Director of the Unit for the Attention and Integral Reparation of Victims in Colombia.

Lucas Cravo de Oliveira
Lucas Cravo is a scholar in residence awarded the Doctoral Dissertation Research Award program of the Fulbright Commission Brazil. He is a PhD candidate in Law at the University of Brasília (2022–present) and holds a Master’s degree in Law from the University of Brasília (2018–2020), with a technical visit period at Flinders University, funded by the CAPES Academic Excellence Program.

Distinguished Practitioners in Residence

Participants in this program are practitioners from around the world who have made outstanding contributions to human rights and global justice as advocates, policy makers, social movement leaders, international agency officers, non-profit leaders, journalists and other relevant roles. 

Applications for this program are reviewed at the end of each month.

Global Fellows at NYU School of Law 

The Center accepts up to three fellows per year through the NYU Law Global Fellows Program. Fellows interested in applying for this opportunity should refer to the program’s guidelines, funding deadlines, and application process and indicate their interest in being housed at the Center.