2023-24 Satter Fellow: Aizhan Tilenbaeva – Harvard Law School

HRP is delighted to announce the 2023-24 Satter Fellow Aizhan Tilenbaeva LLM ’22.

Aizhan is a human rights and worldwide humanitarian lawyer from Kyrgyzstan. Throughout her Satter fellowship, she is going to start with a six-month placement at International Rights Compliance in Ukraine, concentrating her efforts on selling justice and accountability as a part of the mission “Assist for Cellular Justice Groups.”

She beforehand labored on the Worldwide Committee of the Pink Cross in Kyrgyzstan from 2015 to 2021. She suggested the ICRC mission on issues of worldwide humanitarian legislation, like detention and torture, and analyzed Kyrgyzstan’s nationwide penitentiary laws for its compliance with worldwide human rights requirements. She additionally served as a Analysis Fellow on the Max Planck Basis for Worldwide Peace and the Rule of Legislation, conducting intensive analysis on counterterrorism and human rights points in Central Asia. Furthermore, Aizhan has introduced her experience to the Worldwide Bar Affiliation’s Human Rights Institute, specializing in supporting nationwide preventive mechanisms in opposition to ill-treatment in Kyrgyzstan. She has additionally engaged with tutorial circles, contributing to instructing and analysis on Worldwide Humanitarian Legislation.

Aizhan obtained her Bachelor’s diploma in Worldwide and Enterprise Legislation from the American College of Central Asia and later pursued a Grasp of Arts in Human Rights from the College of Superior Examine, College of London. She continued her tutorial journey with an LL.M. accomplished in 2022 at Harvard Legislation College. Throughout her time at Harvard, Aizhan contributed to a listing of the United Nations Safety Council’s apply pertaining to the surroundings as a Analysis Assistant on the Program of Worldwide Legislation and Armed Battle. Moreover, Aizhan served as a Submissions Editor on the Harvard Human Rights Journal and engaged in medical work with the Cyberlaw Clinic based mostly at Berkman Klein Heart for Web & Society.