Anna Crowe
Associate Director
Senior Clinical Instructor
Lecturer on Law
Anna is the International Human Rights Clinic’s Associate Director. She supervises students on projects focused on gender and armed conflict, the use of international trade restrictions on conventional arms and law enforcement equipment to prevent rights violations, and refugee rights, particularly rights to a legal identity and freedom of movement. She has developed and implemented projects with Amnesty International, the Norwegian Refugee Council, Control Arms, and Privacy International among others.
Before she joined the Clinic, Anna was a Legal Officer at Privacy International, a leading human rights organization that campaigns against unlawful communications surveillance across the globe. She also spent a year in Colombia as a Henigson Human Rights Fellow, working with the International Crisis Group in the field of transitional justice.
Anna is a graduate of Harvard Law School and an alumna of the International Human Rights Clinic. Prior to Harvard, Anna was a constitutional lawyer for the New Zealand government in the Crown Law Office and served at the New Zealand Supreme Court as a clerk to the Chief Justice. In addition to an LLM from Harvard Law School, she holds conjoint law and arts degrees from the University of Auckland.
Recent News
Clinic and Partners Release Position Paper on Essential Elements of a Torture-Free Trade Treaty
Anna Crowe | Sep 09, 2022
Zarko Perovic JD'22 and Anna Crowe | Mar 24, 2021
The ATT and Gender-Based Violence – Practical Tools to Strengthen Export Licensing Risk Assessments
International Human Rights Clinic | Mar 19, 2021
Zac Smith JD'21 | Oct 13, 2020
Preventing Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in Detention Settings
International Human Rights Clinic | Oct 07, 2020
Launch of the Principles on the Prevention of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in Detention Settings
International Human Rights Clinic | Sep 30, 2020
Clinic Publications
International Human Rights Clinic | Apr 28, 2023
Essential Elements of a Torture-Free Trade Treaty
International Human Rights Clinic, Amnesty International & Omega Research Foundation | Sep 23, 2022
International Human Rights Clinic, All Survivors Project & Syrian Network for Human Rights | May 03, 2021
International Human Rights Clinic and the Stimson Center | Mar 24, 2021
Preventing Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in Detention Settings
International Human Rights Clinic and All Survivors Project | Oct 07, 2020
International Human Rights Clinic and Control Arms | Apr 02, 2019
Supporting Kakuma's Refugees: The Importance of Freedom of Movement
International Human Rights Clinic and Norwegian Refugee Council, Kenya | Sep 13, 2018
Supporting Kakuma's Refugee Traders: The Importance of Business Documentation in an Informal Economy
International Human Rights Clinic and Norwegian Refugee Council, Kenya | Sep 13, 2018
The International Human Rights Clinic, The Norwegian Refugee Council Kenya | Nov 17, 2017
Victim Assistance in the Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty: A Comprehensive and Detailed Approach
International Human Rights Clinic & Article 36 | Jun 01, 2017
A prohibition on financing in the nuclear weapons ban treaty
International Human Rights Clinic, Article 36 | Apr 25, 2017
International Human Rights Clinic, Norwegian Refugee Council Jordan | Nov 08, 2016
The Right to Privacy in Zimbabwe
The International Human Rights Clinic, the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum, the Digital Society of Zimbabwe, and Privacy International | Mar 08, 2016
The Right to Privacy in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic Of)
The International Human Rights Clinic, Acceso Libre, and Privacy International | Mar 08, 2016
Registering Rights: Syrian Refugees and the Documentation of Births, Marriages, and Deaths in Jordan
International Human Rights Clinic & Norwegian Refugee Council | Nov 08, 2015
Making a Commitment: Paths to Curbing the Use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas
International Human Rights Clinic & Human Rights Watch | Jun 19, 2015
Securing Safe Spaces Online: Encryption, online anonymity, and human rights
International Human Rights Clinic, Privacy International & Article 19 | Jun 10, 2015