Part of the Human Rights Workshop
Omer Shatz ’14 LL.M., ’23 J.S.D is an international lawyer and the co-founder and co-director of front-LEX, an organization focused on challenging EU migration policies through strategic litigation before EU, European, and international courts. He is also a lecturer in international law at Sciences Po Paris, counsel at the International Criminal Court, and a senior researcher at the CEU Democracy Institute. He was previously a senior associate at the international arbitration firm Shearman & Sterling LLP. In Israel/Palestine, he co-founded a human rights law firm specializing in Supreme Court litigation of high-profile human rights cases. He also co-founded We Are Refugees, an NGO that provided pro bono representation to detained asylum seekers. In addition, he co-litigated the Anti-Infiltration Law case, a landmark ruling that led to the release of 1,500 refugees and secured the liberty of tens of thousands of others.
Lunch Provided / RSVP Required. Email the Schell Center to request background readings a week prior to talk.
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Schell Center for International Human Rights