Jenny S. Martinez, Stanford University

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Professor Stanford, California jmartinez@law.stanford.edu Office: (650) 725-2749

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Professor Jenny S. Martinez is a leading expert on international courts and tribunals, international human rights, national security, constitutional law and the laws of war. Her research focuses on the role of courts and tribunals in advancing and protecting human rights, ranging from her work on...

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Bio/Research

Professor Jenny S. Martinez is a leading expert on international courts and tribunals, international human rights, national security, constitutional law and the laws of war. Her research focuses on the role of courts and tribunals in advancing and protecting human rights, ranging from her work on the all-but-forgotten 19th-century international tribunals involved in the suppression of the trans-Atlantic slave trade through her work on contemporary institutions like the International Criminal Court and the role of courts in policing human rights abuses in connection with anti-terrorism policies. She has also written extensively on national security law and the constitutional separation of powers. She is the author of The Slave Trade and the Origins of International Human Rights Law (Oxford University Press, 2012) and numerous articles in leading academic journals. Her op-eds have been published in The New York Times and Washington Post, and she has been an expert commentator for both print and broadcast media including ABC World News, CNN, PBS Newshour, NPR, The Washington Post, The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle and others. She teaches courses in international law, international human rights law, constitutional law and civil procedure.

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