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James Goldston is the executive director of the Open Society Justice Initiative, focusing on advancing rule of law and rights protection worldwide through advocacy, litigation, and research. As a leading practitioner in international human rights and criminal law, he has overseen groundbreaking litigation cases in international and national courts, addressing issues such as civic space, freedom of expression, discrimination, counterterrorism, and climate justice. Previously, he was the coordinator of prosecutions and a senior trial attorney at the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, legal director at the European Roma Rights Centre, and director general of human rights for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Goldston has extensive experience as a prosecutor for the Office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, focusing on organized crime. He has published widely on human rights and strategic litigation in international justice, and has taught at Columbia Law School, NYU Law School, and Central European University. His course on Strategic Human Rights Litigation explores the complex landscape of legal strategies aimed at promoting and defending human rights, highlighting case studies and the practicalities of litigation.
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