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Elise Keppler

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Executive Director at Global Justice Center
📍 New York, New York, United States

Elise Keppler is the Executive Director of the Global Justice Center, leveraging over two decades of experience in international law to advance justice for serious crimes, including sexual and gender-based violence. A UC Berkeley Law graduate, she previously spent twenty years at Human Rights Watch, focusing on accountability in several African nations.

Fueled by a passion for social justice, Elises interest in human rights was influenced by learning about the Holocaust from an early age. This early motivation guided her academic and career choices, leading her to focus on international human rights issues and the prevention of mass atrocities like the Rwandan genocide.

She played an integral role in the multiyear campaign to secure the surrender of former Liberian president Charles Taylor to the Special Court for Sierra Leone.

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Experience
23 Years
Current Role
Executive Director
Job Level
Senior
Location
New York, New York, United States
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Priorities

Topics Elise cares about

Gender-Based Violence
Her work consistently focuses on seeking justice for atrocity crimes, with a specific emphasis on sexual and gender-based violence in international and domestic courts.
International Justice
She has spent her career advancing accountability for atrocity crimes through national, hybrid, and international courts, including the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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Career

Work history

1-2024
Executive Director
Global Justice Center
11-2020 - 1-2024
Associate General Counsel
Human Rights Watch
7-2013 - 1-2024
Acting Director & Associate Director, International Justice Program
Human Rights Watch
9-2012 - 5-2013
Adjunct Professor, International Justice, Policy & Practice
The Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College
1-2012 - 4-2012
Visiting Scholar, Democratic Governance and Rights Unit
University of Cape Town
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Media appearances

Global Justice Center Announces Elise Keppler as Executive Director. Featured in Global Justice Center (Press Release)
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GJC Executive Director Delivers Gender Justice Coalition Statement at UN General Assembly on Crimes Against Humanity Treaty. Featured in Global Justice Center (Multimedia)
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Education
9-1999 - 5-2001
Juris Doctor
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
9-1998 - 5-1999
Law
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
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