Dr. Aya Fujimura Fanselow

Biography

Aya Fujimura-Fanselow is a Clinical Professor at Duke University School of Law, where she serves as the Supervising Attorney for the International Human Rights Clinic. Prior to joining Duke Law in Fall 2017, Aya gained extensive expertise in human rights advocacy, clinical teaching, fact-finding, research, litigation, capacity-building, and coalition-building both in the United States and abroad. Her work primarily focuses on gender human rights, economic, social, and cultural rights; transitional justice; reproductive rights; and criminal justice, particularly in relation to pre-trial detention. She has developed and led advocacy projects in collaboration with the International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net) to advance women’s rights. Previously, she has worked with the International Center for Transitional Justice and served as a Legal Adviser for the International Litigation Advocacy Center for Reproductive Rights in New York. Aya holds a J.D. from Fordham Law School, where she was a Stein Scholar in Public Interest Law and Ethics, and a B.A. with honors from Bryn Mawr College. She is fluent in Spanish and Japanese.

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