Juan Mendez: His Career in Human Rights

03/06/21 • 26 min

We sit down with Professor Juan Méndez, former Special Rapporteur on Torture and professor of International Human Rights at the American University Washington College of Law, where he also leads the Anti-Torture Initiative as Faculty Director with WCL’s Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law. Professor Méndez shares with us his own story of getting started in human rights law and how the field has progressed throughout his career.

To learn more about Professor Méndez, click (here) or (here).

To watch a short film on Professor Méndez produced by UN Human Rights, "Juan Méndez: Campaigner Against Torture", click (here).

For more information on the Méndez Principles on Effective Interviewing for Investigations, click (here).

To learn more about Professor Méndez, click (here) or (here).

To watch a short film on Professor Méndez produced by UN Human Rights, "Juan Méndez: Campaigner Against Torture", click (here).

For more information on the Méndez Principles on Effective Interviewing for Investigations, click (here).

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