Lisa Davis is the Senior Associate Dean of Clinical Programs, Professor of Law and Co-Director, Human Rights & Gender Justice Clinic. Professor Davis is the Special Adviser on Gender and other Discriminatory Crimes to the International Criminal Court (ICC), formerly serving as the Special Adviser on Gender Persecution. In this role, Davis drafted the first-ever policy on the crime of gender persecution for the ICC Office of the Prosecutor. Professor Davis has written and reported extensively on gender-based crimes and human rights issues in conflict and other crisis settings, including on women’s rights and LGBTQI+ rights. Davis has testified before U.S. Congress, European Parliament, U.K. Parliament, the U.N Security Council, and several international and regional human rights treaty bodies.
March 5, 2019 |