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In 2010, ASIL awarded fellowships to 11 outstanding students and young professionals from over 50 applications received from individuals throughout Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. We are pleased to introduce the 2010 Helton Fellows as follows:

Kokouvi Akakpo, LL.D Candidate, University of Ottawa. Kokouvi will examine the nature and extent of the crimes which were committed by children during the Sierra Leone conflict and the proper international legal response to children accused of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide for the Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). He will be evaluating evidence and witness proceedings from the trial of Charles Taylor at the Special Court for Sierra Leone.

Dina Chehata, JD Candidate, Georgetown University Law Center. Dina will work with the Alliance for Arab Women (AAW), a non-governmental organization working to secure the human rights of women by influencing policy and legislation throughout parts of North Africa, as well as providing legal services and education in Cairo, Egypt. She will be providing legal information and translation services to impoverished and illiterate women in Egypt.

Brock Dahl, JD Candidate,George Washington University Law School. Brock will work under the auspices of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission to propose positive recommendations to the Afghan government on how it can proactively investigate and prosecute crime and corruption by those within its borders who may or may not have ties to the government, while ensuring and respecting the human rights of various international treaties.

Christie Edwards, LL.M Candidate, American University Washington College of Law. Christie will work with the Association Solidarité Féminine on providing literacy and vocational skills training as well as legal assistance to single mothers and their children in Casablanca, Morocco.

Shannon Fyfe, JD Candidate, Vanderbilt University Law School. Shannon will provide legal assistance for the Public International Law and Policy Group by working on cases of human rights abuse of people that have the genetic condition, albinism, in Tanzania. She will work with Tanzanian officials, policymakers, and the Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance on implementing national laws that promote human rights in accordance with international legal standards for this population.

Eva Garon, JD Candidate, University of San Diego School of Law. Eva will provide legal counsel and representation through the nongovernmental organization, Asylum Access, to refugees in Ecuador who are seeking asylum.

Jennifer Hainsfurther, JD Graduate, New York University School of Law. Jennifer will work with the MAP Foundation in Chiang Mai, Thailand on compiling a “shadow report” on migrant women to present to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, detailing Thailand's compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).

Kuong Ly, LL.M Graduate, University of Essex School of Law. Kuong will work with the United Nations Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials (UNAKRT) in the Office of the International Co-Prosecutor of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). He will work on the second case to prosecute senior Khmer Rouge leaders. His research will explore the impact of politics on the ECCC and how the decisions of the ECCC, in turn, impact international rule of law and the attainment of justice for Cambodian victims.

Soo-Ryun Kwon, JD Graduate, Fordham University School of Law. Soo will be continuing her work with Human Rights Watch in Uganda. She will be working in particular on conducting research on internally displaced persons in Northern Uganda as it rebuilds following a two-decades-long conflict between the Lord¹s Resistance Army and the Ugandan government.

Anna Pippus, JD Candidate, University of Toronto. Anna’s project entails working with the Access to Justice program of Global Alliance Against Traffic In Women in Thailand. She will provide legal information in accessible language to woman who have experienced relocation abuse.

Jacob Zenn, JD Candidate, Georgetown University Law Center. Jacob will intern with The National Organization for Defending Rights and Freedoms (HOOD) where he will research the reintegration of Yemeni Guantanamo detainees after their return to Yemen. He will interview and document returnees’ experiences and their families in Sana and learn about the challenges reintegrating into Yemeni society in order to devise a set of recommendations for the U.S. government and NGOs on providing resources to facilitate the reintegration of Yemeni returnees.

The Helton Fellowship Program is administered by ASIL through its Career Development Program with the cooperation and support of ASIL members. To support the Helton Fellowship Program, please send you contribution by check or money order made payable to ASIL with “Helton Fellowship” in the note area to:

ASIL P.O. Box 79516 Baltimore, MD 21279-0516

For more information, please visit our website at www.asil.org or contact: Veronica Onorevole, ASIL Executive Office & Programs Manager at fellowship@asil.org or + 1 202 939 6666.