Human Rights First

Formation	1978
Headquarters	New York, New York
President/CEO	Michael Breen
Former President	Michael Posner
Website	humanrightsfirst.org

Human Rights First (formerly known as the Lawyers Committee for International Human Rights^[1]) is a nonpartisan, 501(c)(3),^[2] international human rights organization based in New York City and Washington, D.C.^[3] In 2004, Human Rights First started its "End Torture Now" campaign.^[4] The organization also runs the Fighting Discrimination program which focuses on hate crimes.^{[citation needed]}

Board of directors

Human Rights First is governed by a board of directors composed of 92 members, including a 30-person Board of Advocates and a 13-person Emeritus Board.^[5]

Members of the board include:

• Jay Carney, Global Head of Policy and Communications at Airbnb
• Sarah Cleveland, Professor of Human and Constitutional Rights Columbia University Law School
• Ben Jealous, Executive Director of the Sierra Club
• Kerry Kennedy, President of RFK Human Rights
• Robert A. Mandell, former Ambassador to Luxembourg; Chairman and CEO of Greater Properties, Inc. (Ret.)
• Carlos Pascual, Senior Vice President at IHS Markit
• Nazanin Rafsanjani, former head of New Show Development at Gimlet Media and Spotify^[6]
• Mona Sutphen, Senior Advisor at The Vistria Group

Selected publications

• The War Against Children: South Africa’s Youngest Victims, Desmond Tutu, 1986. ISBN 9780934143004
• Vigilantes in the Philippines: A Threat to Democratic Rule, Diane Orentlicher, 1988. ISBN 9780934143035
• Refuge Denied: Problems in the Protection of Vietnamese and Cambodians in Thailand and the Admission of Indochinese Refugees into the United States, Albert Santoli, 1989. ISBN 9780934143202
• Paper Laws, Steel Bayonets: Breakdown of the Rule of Law in Haiti, Elliot Schrage, 1990. ISBN 9780934143387
• Childhood Abducted: Children Cutting Sugar Cane in the Dominican Republic, Theresa A. Amato, 1991. ISBN 9780934143424