About Raj Purohit

Raj started at Citizens for Global Solutions as a Senior Fellow in Summer 2005. He currently serves as the Interim Director and CEO. He retains his duties as the chief policy advisor for the organization. Most recently, Raj was Legislative Director for Human Rights First, where he was responsible for leading the organization's advocacy efforts in Congress, with a focus on international relations, judiciary and security issues. Raj helped develop and implement new legislative initiatives and lobbying strategies. He also represented Human Rights First in a range of coalitions, including the Washington Working Group on the International Criminal Court, and was a media spokesperson.

Before joining Human Rights First, Raj served as Legislative Director for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He has also served as Director of Legal Services at the Center on Conscience and War. Raj received his Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) from Sussex University (1995) and his LL.M. in International Legal Studies from American University, Washington College of Law (1997), where he also teaches.

Posts by Raj Purohit:

• More Bad News from Burma, 27 May 2008
• The Pressure on Berkeley, 19 May 2008
• Appeasement v Diplomacy - Bush v Obama…and Bush, 16 May 2008
• Darfur Rebels Attack Sudanese Capital, 12 May 2008
• Post-Gitmo Hot Potato, 23 Apr 2008
• About Zimbabwe, 14 Apr 2008
• UN Human Rights Commissioner to Leave in June, 24 Mar 2008
• Implications of the Fallon Resignation?, 11 Mar 2008
• re: Africa’s New Peacekeepers, 06 Mar 2008
• New Abu Gharib Torture Photos Released, 28 Feb 2008