Jared Genser

On: Moderator
Summit(s): 2017, 2010

Jared Genser is an international human rights lawyer dubbed ‘the extractor’ for his work freeing political prisoners. His past clients include Liu Xiaobo, Vaclav Havel, Desmond Tutu, and Elie Wiesel.

In 2001 Genser founded Freedom Now, an organisation working to free political prisoners. He has since worked as a managing director at Perseus Strategies, as an adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University, and as a Fellow at the National Endowment for Democracy.

Genser is the author of The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention: Commentary and Guide to Practice, and has been the recipient of numerous prizes, including the 2020 Tällberg Eliasson Global Leadership Prize.

Speeches

Panel

Fighting Oppression, Defending Human Rights with Taghi Rahmani, Antonietta Ledezma, Jared Genser, Chito Gascon

Full Transcript Jared Genser: Thank you so much to all three of you for bringing to life the struggles that each of you are undertaking in your own countries, to restore democracy and achieve fundamental human rights for your families, for your country, and for your people. I’m going to

Moderator

Introduction to Fighting Oppression, Defending Human Rights with Jared Genser

Jared Genser, international human rights lawyer, addresses the 9th Annual Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy – see quotes below, followed by full prepared remarks. On the Summit’s giving a voice to the voiceless: “What we’re gonna be doing is hearing from three people on the front lines about their own

Human Rights Advocacy: Skills-Building Workshops with Jared Genser, Paula Schriefer, Yves Bennaim

Jared Genser, international human rights lawyer, and Paula Schriefer, former Vice President for Global Programs at Freedom House, lead a human rights skills-building workshop at the 2nd Annual Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy – see below for full prepared remarks. Full remarks