CIHR Director

George Andreopoulos, Director, Center for International Human Rights, Professor of Political Science and Criminal Justice, City University of New York

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George Andreopoulos is a Professor of Political Science at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and at the Graduate Center, CUNY, and the founding Director of the Center for International Human Rights at John Jay College. Before coming to CUNY, he taught for several years at Yale University, also the Founding Associate Director of the Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights. He has written extensively on international organizations, international human rights, and international humanitarian law issues. Over the years, he has participated in several human rights missions and has been a consultant for International Organizations and NGOs. He is past President of the Interdisciplinary Studies Section (IDSS) of the International Studies Association (ISA) and past President of the Human Rights Section of the American Political Science Association (APSA). He receives many grants and fellowships, including the Ford Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, the Alexander Onassis Foundation, and the German Research Foundation. He is completing a book on the United Nations Security Council and Counter-Terrorism. He is the incoming Editor-in-Chief of the Journal Human Rights Review.

Recent Select Publications:

  • “Embracing our Common Humanity;” in Thomas Vinciguerra (ed.) A Community of Scholars. Columbia     University Press, 2020.
  • “Better Late than Never? The evolving responsibility of international organizations,” in Alison Brysk and Michael Stohl (eds.), Contesting Human Rights. Norms, Institutions and Practice. Edward Elgar, 2019.
  • The Rule of Law in an Era of Change: Responses to Transnational Challenges and Threats (with Rosemary Barberet and Mahesh Nalla eds.), Springer 2018.
  • “Whither Accountability?” in Alison Brysk and Michael Stohl (eds.) Contracting Human Rights. Edward Elgar, 2018.
  • Private Military and Security Companies and the Quest for Accountability (with John Kleinig eds.) Routledge, 2015. Paperback edition, 2017.

Recent Select Presentations:

  • "Coalitions of the Willing Lawmaking in the Era of Counter-Terrorism;" Paper presented at the 2020 American Political Science Association Convention, September 2020.
  • "Human Rights during the COVID Pandemic: Challenges and Responses;" Presentation at the International Congress of Human Rights organized by the School of Judges of Tocantins and the Federal University of Tocantins, Brazil, June 2020.
  • “The Use, Abuse and Misuse of Human Rights: Puzzles and Paradoxes;” Paper presented at the International Congress of Human Rights organized by the School of Judges of Tocantins and the Federal University of Tocantins, Brazil, November 2019.
  • “Is International Law Good for Human Rights? Lessons from the ‘War on Terror’;” Presentation at the American Political Science Association Annual Convention, August 2019.
  • “Counter-terrorism and Human Rights in the Era of Hegemonic International Law (HIL);” Presentation at the IDSS/ISA-Korean Association of International Studies (KAIS) Conference on Regionalist Perspectives on World Order: Challenges and Responses, Seoul, South Korea, July 2019.

Contact chrights@jjay.cuny.edu for more information.