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Rita Siemion

Rita Siemion is International Legal Counsel at Human Rights First. She is an expert in the intersecting legal frameworks that govern counterterrorism operations at home and abroad, including the law of armed conflict, international human rights law and state sovereignty law. She is also an Associate Adjunct Professor at American University Washington College of Law. Before joining Human Rights First, she worked on a range of national security issues as Senior Counsel for the non-governmental organization The Constitution Project and spent several years in private practice litigating civil and human rights matters. She holds an LL.M. in National Security Law, with a certificate in International Human Rights Law, from the Georgetown University Law Center. Rita Siemion received her J.D. from the George Washington University School of Law, where she has also taught as an Adjunct Professor of Legal Research and Writing. 

SiemionR@humanrightsfirst.org

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