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                                                  STEPHANIE FARRIOR
                                                     Professor of Law
                                Director of International and Comparative Law Programs

Vermont Law School                                                                                    Phone: 802-831-1373
164 Chelsea St., PO Box 96                                                                               Fax: 802-831-1119
South Royalton, VT 05068                                                                   Email: sfarrior@vermontlaw.edu


EDUCATION

        Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA
        LL.M. 1990
               LL.M thesis: "Denial of Refugee Status for Prior Persecutors"
               Researcher and Editor for Prof. Charles Ogletree - Right to counsel in South Africa
               Researcher and Editor for Prof. Morton J. Horwitz - Chapters on "Legal Realism, the Bureaucratic State,
                      and the Rule of Law" and "Post-War Legal Thought, 1945-1960" in THE TRANSFORMATION OF
                      AMERICAN LAW 1870-1960 (Oxford Univ. Press 1992)

        The American University Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C.
        J.D. 1982
                Research Assistant to the Dean (now Judge on the International Court of Justice), Thomas Buergenthal
                     (1980-81) - International Human Rights
                Research Assistant to Prof. Ira Robbins (Spring 1980) - Prisoners' Rights
                Editorial Staff, The American University Law Review

        University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
        M.A., American Civilization, 1976

        Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
        B.A. Cum laude, 1974, History and French
                Spring Semester 1973: Collège Littéraire Universitaire, Avignon, France
                1974: Study-in-Greece Program, Athens; studied modern Greek history, ancient Greek art; Greek
        L.H.D. (honoris causa), honorary degree awarded for international human rights advocacy, May 2001

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Vermont Law School (2008 ­ present)                                                          South Royalton, Vermont
Professor of Law and Director of International and Comparative Law Programs
       Serve as director of international and comparative law programs, including joint degree programs with universities
       abroad, faculty and student exchanges, and curriculum development. Teach courses in international law, human
       rights, and torts.

Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson School of Law (1991-2008)                               Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Professor of Law (Asst Prof. 1991-95; Assoc. Prof. 1995-97; Prof. since 1997)
       Taught courses in international law, international organizations, human rights, gender & human rights, and torts.
            · Recipient, Minority Law Students Association 2006 Outstanding Faculty Award
            · Chair of the Faculty 2002-2004; chaired or served on numerous faculty committees
            · Faculty advisor to Asian Pacific American Law Student Association, Amnesty International law student
                chapter, and Penn State International Law Review
            · Founder and Director, PENN STATE CENTER FOR APPLIED HUMAN RIGHTS RESEARCH
       On leave of absence 1999-2000 to serve as Legal Director of Amnesty International at its International Secretariat
       in London.

University of Oxford                                                                                Oxford, England
Faculty, Summer Programme in International Human Rights (Summer 2000)
        Taught course in joint Oxford/George Washington program: Fundamentals of International Human Rights Law.

Georgetown University Law Center                                                                         Washington, DC
Visiting Scholar (1997-98)
         Research focus: State responsibility for human rights abuses committed by non-state actors.
STEPHANIE FARRIOR                                                                                                  Page 2
George Washington University Law School                                                                      Washington, DC
Adjunct faculty (1998; while on sabbatical from Penn State)
        Taught course: Human Rights Lawyering (course on basic skills of international human rights law practice).
        Topics included theories and methods of investigation and fact-finding; standard-setting; interpretation and
        application of law; choice of remedies and strategies for case development; and aspects of human rights law
        practice on behalf of governments, international organizations and non-governmental organizations. Students
        participated in role-plays and in applied research projects for the United Nations, the Inter-American Commission
        on Human Rights and various non-governmental organizations (NGOs).

American University, Washington College of Law                                                       Washington, DC
Adjunct faculty (1998 and 2001). Taught seminar: Gender, Cultural Difference and International Human Rights.

Harvard Law School                                                                         Cambridge, Massachusetts
Visiting Researcher (1990-1991)
          Researched issues in international human rights law and comparative criminal procedure; developed course on
          Human Rights and Islam (with Prof. Vogel) taught at Harvard Law School.

New York University School of Law                                                                               New York, NY
Instructor (1986-89) & Coordinator (1988-89), Lawyering Program
           Taught course on basic skills of legal practice, including client interviewing and counseling, negotiation, and
           aspects of trial and pretrial advocacy; utilized simulation method.
           · Received the highest student evaluations among the 11 instructors teaching the course (1987-89).


LEGAL ADVOCACY AND OTHER LAW-RELATED EXPERIENCE

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL (active in Amnesty International since 1977)
International Secretariat                                                                                           London
General Counsel & Director, Legal Office (1999-2000)
          Principal advisor on legal matters for Amnesty International. Coordinated legal strategy of AI; provided advice on
          law, policy and international organizations. Represented Amnesty International at the United Nations and other
          intergovernmental organizations as well as in high-level government meetings. Had responsibility for Legal
          Office management, planning, priorities and budget; oversaw the legal work of Amnesty's staff and volunteers in
          London and in AI's United Nations offices in Geneva and New York. A few examples of work during this time:

                  · Met with UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan re UN role in Sierra Leone, East Timor and Kosovo;

                  · Headed AI Legal Office during Pinochet extradition hearings;

                  · Met with members of UN Human Rights Committee (HRC), Committee on the Elimination of Racial
                  Discrimination (CERD), Committee against Torture (CAT) and Committee on the Elimination of
                  Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), and with the UN Special Rapporteurs on violence against
                  women, torture, and extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions;

                  · Headed AI delegation to Beijing Plus Five, the UN General Assembly Special Session reviewing
                  developments in the five years since the Fourth UN World Conference on Women held in Beijing 1995;

                  · Represented AI at the UN Commission on Human Rights, Geneva;

                  · Represented AI at OSCE Human Rights Conference held in Pristina, Kosovo in December 1999, six
                  months after the bombing ended;

                  · Testified as expert witness before German Bundestag, Berlin, in hearing on refugee status of women
                  fleeing private violence;

                  · Represented AI in international strategy group on handling post-Pinochet universal jurisdiction cases
                  in meetings in Paris, Amsterdam, London and New York.
STEPHANIE FARRIOR                                                                                                   Page 3
Volunteer lawyer for Amnesty International (since the early 1980s). Pro bono activities include:

Mission delegate; served as legal expert on the following Amnesty International visits:

·         Research visit to Pakistan, March 1999 ("honor" killings of women; tribal justice system)
               Met with human rights lawyers and other activists and their clients and potential clients; prisoners, prison
               administrators and prison doctor; and sardars (heads of jirgas, the tribal courts).
               Wrote the sections on international law in the resulting AI report, Pakistan: Violence against women in the
               name of honour (AI Index ASA 33/017/1999)

·         High-level visit to Malawi, July 1997 (death penalty)
                  Met with the President of Malawi, and with the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Solicitor General,
                  deputy police commissioners, other officials, and with former prisoners of conscience and other
                  members of civil society. At the close of our meeting with the President, he declared a moratorium on
                  executions and commuted all existing death sentences.

·         High-level visit to Yemen, June 1996 (primary objective: to secure commitments from the highest authorities to
          protect against human rights violations including unfair trials, arbitrary detention, torture)
                  Met with the Prime Minister, Minister of Justice, Attorney General, Minister of the Interior, members of
                  the Human Rights Committee of Parliament, other officials, and with members of civil society, including
                  the founder of the Women's Studies Department at the University of Sana'a, a group of women lawyers
                  who had established their own law firm, and members of an NGO working to protect the rights of
                  children.

·         Research visit to India, June 1996 (full range of AI concerns, with focus on women's human rights)
                 In Delhi and Rajasthan, met with members of NGOs working on civil liberties and on women's human
                 rights, and with members of institutions including the National Human Rights Commission and the
                 National Commission for Women. Goal was to build contacts with national, regional and local non-
                 governmental organizations, in particular those working on women's rights, to see first-hand the
                 situation on the ground and to research patterns of human rights violations.

Amnesty International-USA Legal Support Network
Co-founder (early 1980s); Chairperson (1991-95); Member, Advisory Board (1995-99)
         Co-founded network of US lawyers and law students to do pro bono legal work for Amnesty International. As
         co-founder, coordinator for Washington DC area, and later Chair, supervised research in international human
         rights and foreign law. As Advisory Board member, continued to serve as consultant on international law,
         foreign law, and federal legislative matters concerning international human rights.

AI Representative at Parliamentarians for Global Action's LATIN AMERICAN/CARIBBEAN WORKSHOP ON MECHANISMS FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE, Trinidad & Tobago, May 1998
       Spoke on numerous aspects of the then draft statute of the International Criminal Court.

AI International Council Meeting (ICM) (AI's highest policy-making body)
         Chair, US Delegation, 1997 ICM, Cape Town, South Africa
         Vice-chair, US Delegation, 1995 ICM, Ljubljana, Slovenia
         Member, US Delegation, 1991 ICM, Yokohama, Japan

AI International Lawyers Meeting
         US Delegate, Oslo (1995), London (1994), Boston (1993), Yokohama (1991)



NCARL (founded as National Committee to Abolish the House Un-American Activities Committee)
Director and Lobbyist, Washington Office (1983-85)                                                            Washington, D.C.
          Directed lobby efforts of national civil liberties organization; analyzed legislation, regulations and executive
          orders; drafted testimony; wrote national newsletter and issue briefs; served as spokesperson to Congress,
          media, and other organizations; lectured locally and in the field; supervised Washington staff and interns. Focus
          was on freedom of expression, surveillance of peaceful political dissent, FOIA, criminal code reform.
STEPHANIE FARRIOR                                                                                                Page 4
MEXICAN-AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND                                                Washington, D.C.
Legal Intern (1981-82)
          Wrote legal memoranda and testimony, analyzed legislation, attended and reported on Congressional hearings;
          focused on immigration and employment discrimination issues.

D.C. BAR LAWYER REFERRAL AND INFORMATION SERVICE                                                       Washington, D.C.
Legal Assistant (Summer 1981)
         Provided legal information and assistance primarily to low income and indigent clients on wide array of civil and
         criminal matters, including employment discrimination, landlord-tenant and family law.

HISPANIC LAW DIVISION, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS                                                              Washington, D.C.
Editor (Summer 1980)
          Edited reports on laws of Spanish-speaking jurisdictions written in response to Congressional inquiries;
          researched issues in Cuban and Mexican law.

DR. PANAYIOTIS ROUMELIOTIS, Economic Advisor, Greek Parliament (later Minister of the National Economy and
then Member of the European Parliament)
Editor (1977-78)                                                                                    Athens and New York
          Edited reports by Dr. Roumeliotis prepared for UNCTAD and U.N. Centre on Transnational Corporations
          concerning the power of transnational enterprises in Greece, and transfer-pricing control mechanisms.


PUBLICATIONS

Book chapters and monographs:

         "United Nations Commission on the Status of Women," in David P. Forsythe, ed., ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HUMAN
         RIGHTS (Oxford Univ. Press, 2008)

         "International Human Rights Treaties and the Rights of Female Refugees and Asylum Seekers," Chapter 14 in
         Anne Bayefsky, ed., HUMAN RIGHTS AND REFUGEES, INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS, AND MIGRANT WORKERS:
         ESSAYS IN HONOUR OF JOAN FITZPATRICK AND ARTHUR HELTON pp. 283-320 (Martinus Nijhoff 2006)

         "International Reporting Procedures," Chapter 10 in Hurst Hannum, ed., GUIDE TO INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
         PRACTICE, pp. 189-215 (revised and updated previous edition's chapter by Coliver & Miller) (4th ed.;
         Transnational Publishers, 2004)

         "Hate Propaganda and International Human Rights Law," Chapter 2 in Monroe E. Price and Mark Thompson,
         eds., FORGING PEACE: INTERVENTION, HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE MANAGEMENT OF MEDIA SPACE, pp. 69-103 (Univ. of
         Edinburgh Press, 2002)

         "Protection of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons Under the UN Treaty Bodies," (co-author with Anne
         Bayefsky), Chapter 2 in Joan Fitzpatrick, ed., HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION FOR REFUGEES, ASYLUM-SEEKERS, AND
         INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS: A GUIDE TO INTERNATIONAL MECHANISMS, pp. 23-135 (Transnational Publ. 2001)

         USING THE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS SYSTEM TO COMBAT RACIAL DISCRIMINATION: A HANDBOOK. Monograph;
         103 pp. (AI Index: IOR 80/001/2001) (Amnesty International, London, 2001)

Articles and published presentations:

         "Human Rights Advocacy on Gender Issues in the Coming Decade: Key Challenges and Opportunities," 1
         JOURNAL OF HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICE ___ (Oxford University Press, 2009; forthcoming) (invited contribution to
         inaugural issue)

         "The House of Lords Decision in R (Al-Jedda) v. Secretary of Defence: Introductory Note," 47 INTERNATIONAL
         LEGAL MATERIALS ___ (2008) (invited contribution)

         "The European Court of Human Rights Decision in Behrami and Behrami v. France: Introductory Note," 46
         INTERNATIONAL LEGAL MATERIALS 743 (July 2007) (invited contribution)
STEPHANIE FARRIOR                                                                                                  Page 5
          "The `Due Diligence' Standard and Violence against Women," in Women's Rights in the 21st Century, 14
         INTERIGHTS Bulletin (2004) (invited contribution)

         "The Rights of Women in International Human Rights Law Textbooks: Segregation, Integration or Omission?"
         12 COLUMBIA J. OF GENDER AND LAW 587 (2003) (invited contribution)

         "Tackling the Roots of Racism," 3 NEWSLETTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS WORLD CONFERENCE AGAINST RACISM
         SECRETARIAT (UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, April 2001) (invited contribution)

         "Protection from Non-State Persecution" in ASYLUM AS A HUMAN RIGHT (European Ass'n of Lawyers for
         Democracy and World Human Rights - EALDH, Duesseldorf, 2001) (invited contribution)

         "The Need for Universal Jurisdiction: Challenges and Recommendations," AFRICA LEGAL AID QUARTERLY 10
         (April-June 2000) (invited contribution)

         "The Neglected Pillar: The `Teaching Tolerance' Provision of the International Convention on the Elimination of
         All Forms of Racial Discrimination," 5 ILSA JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL & COMPARATIVE LAW 291 (1999)

         "Human Rights Abuses by Non-State Actors and the International Law Commission's Draft Articles on State
         Responsibility," 92 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 93RD ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
         209 (1998)

         "The International Law on Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution: Making It Live Up to its Potential,"
         10 HARVARD HUMAN RIGHTS JOURNAL 213 (1997)

         "U.S. Strategies for Eliminating Sexual Violence against Women," 6 TEXAS JOURNAL OF WOMEN AND THE LAW 273
         (1997) (invited contribution)

         "Molding the Matrix: The Theoretical and Historical Foundations of International Law and Practice Concerning
         Hate Speech," 14 BERKELEY JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 1 (1996)

         "Landmark Hate Speech Case Decided by European Court of Human Rights," 1995 ACLU INTERNATIONAL CIVIL
         LIBERTIES REPORT 1 (invited contribution)


AMICUS CURIAE BRIEFS

U.S. Supreme Court
Town of Castle Rock v. Gonzalez
       Participated in writing amicus brief filed by Legal Momentum (formerly NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund),
       in which we explained the international legal principles on state responsibility to provide protection from and
       remedies for domestic violence (2005)

European Court of Human Rights
Jersild v. Denmark
         Authored amicus brief for Human Rights Watch in this landmark hate speech/ freedom of the press case (1994)

Bureau of Immigration Appeals
In re Hernandez-Bonilla
        Authored amicus brief for Amnesty International-USA in political asylum case of Salvadoran labor rights activist
        (1988)


TESTIMONY, LEGISLATION,AND OTHER LEGAL ANALYSES

         German Bundestag: Expert witness on "State Responsibility for Human Rights Abuses Committed by Non-State
         Actors" at hearing held to examine refugee status of women fleeing private violence. Berlin, Germany (1999)
STEPHANIE FARRIOR                                                                                            Page 6
      Rapporteur and author of report for "The Economics of Racism," meeting convened by the UN High
      Commissioner for Human Rights and the International Council for Human Rights Policy, Geneva (January
      2001). Report served as basis for the subsequent publication by the International Council: RACIAL AND ECONOMIC
      EXCLUSION: POLICY IMPLICATIONS (2001)

      Drafted legislation for US Congresswoman Pat Schroeder (D-CO), "Provision of Information regarding Female
      Genital Mutilation," enacted into law as Section 644 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act (1996)

      Memorandum of law: United Nations procedures for an international non-governmental organization to obtain
      Category II consultative status with ECOSOC (for Equality Now, the international women's rights NGO, 1994)

      Memorandum of law: Evaluation of the available international human rights mechanisms to end impunity for the
      death of M. (a Filipina woman trafficked into Japan) (for Equality Now, 1994)

      Over a dozen memoranda of law for Amnesty International (in addition to those written while Legal Director of
      AI) on a range of issues, including:
              - the prohibited bases of discrimination in international law
              - the international law against impunity
              - the domestic effect of treaty provisions
              - analysis of reservations to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
              - U.S. ratification of ICCPR and CERD
              - international law on incitement to racial or religious hatred



SELECTED PRESENTATIONS

      Harvard Law School, conference on The United States and Human Rights: Bringing Rights Home: "International
      Human Rights Law on Economic and Social Rights in U.S. State Court Decisions" Cambridge, MA, March 2008

      Pennsylvania State University, "Torture and International Law." March 2008

      AALS Workshop on Clinical Legal Education ­ Challenging Assumptions: "Challenging Assumptions through
      International Human Rights Law." New Orleans, May 2007

      26th Annual Frank Church Symposium on International Affairs, speaker on two panels: "The Reality of
      International Human Rights Law" and "The Lives and Rights of Women and Children in the Middle East." Idaho
      State University, March 2007

      New York University School of Law, Experts Meeting on Terrorism as a Human Rights Issue, Lead Speaker on
      session: "Should We Call Terrorism a Human Rights Violation?" New York City, February 2007

      UN Commission on the Status of Women, 50th session: "Eliminating Violence against Women: Where Does Due
      Diligence Fit In?" United Nations, New York, March 2006

      Asia-Pacific NGO Consultation with the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women: "The Due Diligence
      Standard in Holding States Accountable for Violence against Women in the Private Sphere." Bangkok,
      Thailand, October 2005

      New York University School of Law symposium: "The Economic and Social Rights of Non-Citizens under
      International Human Rights Law." New York City, March 2005

      NAACP Annual Convention: "International Human Rights Law and U.S. Civil Rights." Philadelphia, July 2004

      ACLU and Amnesty International program, Human Rights After September 11: "Human Rights Violations in the
      Name of the War on Terrorism." Washington, DC, September 11, 2003

      Columbia Law School, conference on "Why a Feminist Law Journal?": "The Rights of Women in International
      Human Rights Law Textbooks: Segregation, Integration, or Omission?" New York City, April 2003
STEPHANIE FARRIOR                                                                                              Page 7
     Current Issues Forum, Penn State-Dickinson School of Law: "The US and Iraq: Humanitarian Intervention, Self-
     Defense, or Aggression?" Carlisle, February 2003

     Institute for Advanced Legal Study, University of London, conference on Human Rights -- Dynamic Dimensions:
     "Protecting Against Discrimination." London, April 2002

     Carnegie Council on Ethics and Foreign Affairs and the Clarke Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of
     Contemporary Issues, symposium on the Death Penalty: "International Perspectives on the Death Penalty in the
     United States." Dickinson College, February 2002.

     Mid-Atlantic People of Color Conference, Georgetown University Law Center: "International Law on Racial
     Discrimination for U.S. Civil Rights Advocates." Washington DC, January 2002

     Ryukoku University, Kyoto: "The International Law on Racial Discrimination and its Application in Japan and the
     United States." Kyoto, Japan, November 2001

     Fourth Annual Owen M. Kupferschmid Lecture: "International Human Rights Mechanisms to Combat Racial
     Discrimination: An Assessment." Boston College Law School, November 2001
                      nd
     United Nations, 2 Prep. Comm. for the World Conference against Racism: "Workshop for NGOs: How to Use
     UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies to Address Racial Discrimination." Geneva, May 2001

     European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights (EALDH) international conference
     on Asylum as a Human Right: "Protection against Non-State Persecution." Frankfurt am Main, Germany,
     November 2000

     Maastricht University, Conference on Universal Jurisdiction: "Universal Jurisdiction for Crimes against
     Humanity." Maastricht, Netherlands, April 2000

     Kosovo -- OSCE Conference on Human Rights: "The Obligations of States to Protect Women's Human Rights."
     Pristina, Kosovo, December 1999

     DEMOCRACY NOW (Pacifica Radio) with Amy Goodman: "The Universal Declaration of Human Rights."
     Interviewed on the 50th anniversary of the UDHR, December 10, 1998

     American Society of International Law Annual Meeting: "The International Law Commission's Draft Articles on
     State Responsibility and Their Application to Human Rights Abuses by Non-State Actors." Washington DC,
     April 1998

     International Law Association (American Branch) annual conference: "Implementing the International
     Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination." New York City, November 1998

     Japan Federation of Bar Associations, conference on The Death Penalty ­ East and West: "The Death Penalty
     in the United States and in International Law." Tokyo, Japan, July 1998

     Osaka Bar Association, as part of its lecture series "UDHR 50": "The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and
     the Death Penalty." Osaka, Japan, July 1998

     International Law Association (American Branch) annual conference: "Trafficking in Human Beings." New York
     City, November 1997

     International Conference on Government Inaction, convened by Amnesty International: "State Responsibility for
     Human Rights Abuses by Non-State Actors in International Law." Berne, Switzerland, October 1997

     American Political Science Association annual meeting: "International Law in the Undergraduate Classroom:
     Back Door, Front Door or Locked Door?" Washington, DC, August 1997

     New York Women's Bar Association symposium on The Status of Rights and Freedoms of Women Worldwide:
     "International Human Rights Law and Women's Reproductive Freedom." New York City, March 1997
STEPHANIE FARRIOR                                                                                                 Page 8
         University of Texas School of Law conference on National and International Strategies to End Violence against
         Women: "Using International Human Rights Law to Combat Violence against Women in the United States."
         Austin, February 1997

         International Law Association (American Branch) annual conference, panel on Cross-Cultural Perspectives on
         the Progressive Development of Human Rights: "Cross-cultural Perspectives on Hate Speech Regulation."
         New York City, November 1996

         Harvard University Conference on Health and Human Rights, panel on HIV/AIDS, Child Health and the Rights of
         the Child: "The U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child." Cambridge, MA, October 1996

         Harvard University Conference on Health and Human Rights, chair of panel on The Legacy of the Doctors' Trial
         at Nuremberg: Health Workers and Human Rights. Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 1996

         Association of the Bar of the City of New York, symposium on Sexual Slavery of Asian Women: "The
         International Law on Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution." New York, June 1996

         Clarke Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Contemporary Issues, symposium on The Legacy of the
         Nuremberg Trials, panel on Contemporary War Crimes Tribunals: "The Need for a Permanent International
         Criminal Court." Dickinson College, March 1996
                                th
         Symposium on the 50 Anniversary of the United Nations, Dickinson College: "Human Rights: Facing New
         Realities." Carlisle, February 1995

         International Meeting of Amnesty International Lawyers Network: "Issues in the International Law on Hate
         Speech." Boston, August 1993

         International Lawyers Meeting of Amnesty International, panel chair and speaker: "The International Law on the
         Death Penalty." Yokohama, September 1991


PUBLIC SERVICE
Consultant to numerous non-governmental organizations, both international and local, in the Americas, Africa, Asia,
Europe, and the Middle East. Volunteer work and Board service includes the following:

Global Rights (formerly International Human Rights Law Group)
        Women's Rights Program; U.S. Racial Discrimination Program; and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and
       Intersex Initiative

U.S. Human Rights Network
       UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination ­ U.S. Shadow Report Coordination Group

Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA)
Member, founding Board of Directors (1997-99)
         Helped establish and served on the founding Board of Directors of this organization, which works to stop torture
         and other serious human rights abuses by helping survivors hold the perpetrators accountable under the Alien
         Tort Claims Act and Torture Victim Protection Act.

Equality Now
Legal Consultant and Legislative Counsel (1993-1999)
         Provided legal advice for this international women's rights organization on international law and on U.S. federal
         legislation relating to women's human rights.

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Member, Board of Directors, South Central Pennsylvania Chapter (1992-94)
STEPHANIE FARRIOR                                                                                          Page 9

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIPS

Peer Reviewer
       HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS JOURNAL (Harvard School of Public Health)
       OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
       CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Memberships
      American Society of International Law (ASIL)
             Member, Executive Council
             Corresponding Editor, INTERNATIONAL LEGAL MATERIALS (ILM)

       Society of American Law Teachers (SALT)

       District of Columbia Bar



LANGUAGES
     French:   Proficient spoken and written.
     Greek:    Proficient spoken and written.
     Spanish:  Basic spoken and written.
     Japanese: Basic spoken and written.


PERSONAL
Born in Bangkok, Thailand; raised in Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Washington, DC; also lived a year
or more in Athens, Avignon and London.