About me
Elise Keppler is executive director of the Global Justice Center. Prior to joining GJC, Elise worked in the International Justice Program of Human Rights Watch from 2003 to 2024, and worked half-time in Human Rights Watch’s General Counsel’s Office from 2020 to 2023. Elise also worked as a litigation associate at Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP before joining Human Rights Watch. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Brown University and a Juris Doctor from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law. From January to April 2012, Elise was a visiting scholar with the Democratic Governance and Rights Unit at the University of Cape Town’s Faculty of Law.