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Arturo J. Carrillo serves as Professor of Law, Director of the Civil and Human Rights Law Clinic, and Co-Director of the Global Internet Freedom & Human Rights Project at the George Washington University Law School. He simultaneously holds the position of Human Rights Lead at Global Action on Gun Violence (GAGV), where he has pioneered research, litigation and advocacy strategies aimed at promoting firearms industry accountability. In 2024, he was appointed to the prestigious Lancet Commission on Global Firearm Violence and Health.
Professor Carrillo's educational background includes a BA from Princeton University, a JD from the George Washington University, and an LLM from Columbia University. His previous academic positions include acting director of the Human Rights Clinic at Columbia Law School, where he was also Lecturer in Law and the Henkin Senior Fellow with Columbia's Human Rights Institute. Prior to academia, he worked as a legal advisor for the United Nations Observer Mission to El Salvador (ONUSAL) and for NGOs in Colombia.
His research focuses on public international law with specialization in human rights and humanitarian law. Professor Carrillo's work spans two primary domains: Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and human rights (particularly Internet freedom), and advancing the practical application of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business & Human Rights to both firearms and ICT sectors. His scholarly output demonstrates consistent engagement with digital rights, net neutrality, corporate accountability, and transitional justice mechanisms.
Professor Carrillo's publications reveal a clear trajectory addressing contemporary legal challenges, from digital rights frameworks to corporate accountability for violence. His recent work examines GDPR's impact in Latin America, ICT companies in armed conflict, and anti-terrorism measures through a human rights lens, showing how international legal frameworks can be applied to emerging technological and security challenges.
- Lancet Commission on Global Firearm Violence and Health (2024)
Professor Carrillo's media presence demonstrates the real-world impact of his work, with citations in UPI regarding international human rights and gun violence (2023), The Guardian on DC statehood as a human rights issue (2021), and Religion News Service on digital blasphemy prosecutions (2021). His clinical practice involves active litigation of civil rights cases in U.S. courts and before international human rights tribunals, bridging theoretical scholarship with practical advocacy.
