Kirby Anwar

Kirby Anwar is Visiting Associate Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Human Rights and Gender Justice Clinic at CUNY School of Law. Anwar, an international human rights lawyer, focuses on accountability for human rights violations and crimes under international law, and the protection of marginalized communities. She engages extensively with international and regional human rights mechanisms and supports feminist civil society organizations in conflict-affected contexts seeking justice for crimes against humanity. Her scholarship addresses protection of women and LGBTQI+ human rights defenders, gender violence in conflict and disaster, and gender justice under international criminal and human rights law.