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Prof. William J. Aceves
William J. Aceves is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law at California Western School of Law. Professor Aceves frequently works with Amnesty International, the Center for Justice & Accountability, the Center for Constitutional Rights, and the American Civil Liberties Union on projects involving the domestic application of international law. He has also represented several human rights and civil liberties organizations as amicus curiae counsel in cases before the federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court. He is the author of The Anatomy of Torture: A Documentary History of Filartiga v. Pena-Irala (Martinus Nijhoff 2007) and the influential Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) Safe Haven report. He has served on the Board of Directors of AIUSA and is presently the Ombudsperson. He is a member of the National Board of the American Civil Liberties Union and serves on the Board of the Center for Justice & Accountability. He is also a member of the Executive Committee of the American Branch of the International Law Association. In 2007, he served as Co-Chair for the 101st Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law. Professor Aceves has appeared before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Migrants, and the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Education Admitted to practice |
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