Michael Reed-Hurtado
Adjunct Professor - Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS)
Michael J. Reed-Hurtado is a Colombian/US lawyer and journalist with over 30 years of experience in the human rights and humanitarian fields. His work has focused, amongst others, on: forced displacement of persons; prison conditions and reform; effective criminal prosecution of system crimes; and transitional justice. Reed-Hurtado has worked mainly in Latin America, with sporadic work in Asia and Africa.
Teaching and academic research interests have focused on the dynamics and causes of collective violence, prevention of atrocities, state crime, shortfalls of human rights protection systems, and practical dimensions of transitional justice and negotiated peace settlements. He has taught at Georgetown University since the Fall 2017 semester, pursuant to moving to the DC-area after completing a three-year faculty fellowship at Yale University. He holds a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Journalism from the University of Texas, and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Minnesota.
Reed-Hurtado is an active columnist and commentator in various Colombian news media (print); he was a regular columnist in the daily newspaper El Colombiano for over a decade. He also served for several years as an adviser to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Colombia. @mreedhurtado