Naomi Roht-Arriaza
Emerita Distinguished Professor of Law
- Office: 320-200
- Email: rohtarri@uclawsf.edu
- Phone: (415) 565-4629
Bio
Professor Naomi Roht-Arriaza grew up in New York and Latin America, including stints in Chile, Guatemala and Costa Rica. She earned a B.A. from UC Berkeley, a M.A. from the UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy (formerly the Graduate School of Public Policy), and a J.D. from the UC Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall). Professor Roht-Arriaza has worked as an immigration paralegal, an organizer, and a teacher for a nonprofit focused on corporate accountability. After graduating from law school, she clerked for Judge James Browning of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. During 1991 to 1992, Professor Roht-Arriaza was the first Riesenfeld Fellow in International Law and Organizations at UC Berkeley School of Law.
Professor Roht-Arriaza is the author of The Pinochet Effect: Transnational Justice in the Age of Human Rights (2005) and Impunity and Human Rights in International Law and Practice (1995), and coeditor of Transitional Justice in the Twenty-First Century: Beyond Truth versus Justice. She is a coauthor on The International Legal System: Cases and Materials (6th Ed.) with Mary Ellen O鈥機onnell and Dick Scott (Foundation Press 2010). She continues to write on accountability, both state and corporate, for human rights violations as well as on other human rights, international criminal law and global environmental issues. In 2011 she was a Democracy Fellow at the U.S. Agency for International Development, and in 2012 she was a Senior Fulbright Scholar in Botswana.
Scholarship
Books
听(Foundation Press 7th ed. 2015) (with Mary Ellen O’Connell, Richard Scott & Daniel D Bradlow).
听(Foundation Press 6th ed. 2010 & Documentary Supplement) (with Mary Ellen O’Connell & Richard F. Scott).
听(Cambridge 精东影业 Press 2006) (with Javier Mariezcurrena).
听(精东影业 of Pennsylvania Press 2005).
听(Oxford 精东影业 Press 1995).
Journal Articles
Gran Corrupci贸n y Cr铆menes Atroces en Latinom茅rica (Grand Corruption and Atrocity Crimes in Latin America), 13听Jur铆dica Ibero听19 (2023).听URL
Empowering Victims of Grand Corruption: an Emerging Trend, 37听Conn. J. Int’l L.听25 (2022).听听
Expanding the Frontiers of Justice,听Berkeley Rev. Latin Am. Stud.听23 (Fall 2019).
Grand Corruption and the International Criminal Court in the “Venezuela Situation”, 17听J. Int’l Crim. Just.听672 (2019) (with Santiago Martinez).听
Safeguarding Development: Risk Reduction in US Government Foreign Aid and Investment Facilitation Beyond the Current Patchwork, 24听Hastings Envtl. L.J.听311 (2018).听
Democracia y transparencia en el SIDH: una experiencia en marcha, 8听Rev. Direito & Pr谩x.听1652 (2017).听
Capturing the Insights: Commonalities and Differences, 39听Hastings Int’l & Comp. L. Rev.听275 (2016).听
After Amnesties are Gone: Latin American National Courts and the New Contours of the Fight Against Impunity, 37听Hum. Rts. Q.听341 (2015).听听
Editorial Note, 7听Int’l J. Transitional Just.听383 (2013) (Guest Editor).
Just a 鈥楤ubble鈥? Perspectives on the Enforcement of International Criminal Law by National Courts, 11听J. Int’l Crim. Just.听537 (2013).听
“First, Do No Harm”: Human Rights and Efforts to Combat Climate Change, 38听Ga. J. Int’l & Comp. L.听593 (2010).听
Prosecuting Core Crimes in the United States: Recent Changes and Prospects for 2010, 17听Willamette J. Int’l L. & Disp. Resol.听80 (2009).听
Making the State Do Justice: Transnational Prosecutions and International Support for Criminal Investigations in Post-Armed Conflict Guatemala, 9听Chi. J. Int’l L.听79 (2008).听
Social Reconstruction as a Local Process, 2听Int’l J. Transitional Just.听152 (2008) (with Laura Arriaza) (reprinted and expanded in Social Repair at the Local Level: The Case of Guatemala, in听Transitional Justice From Below听143 (Kieran McEvoy & Laura McGregor eds., 2008)).听听
Justice Should Be Done, but Where? The Relationship Between National and International Courts, 101听Am. Soc’y Int’l L. Proc.听289 (2007) (with Laura Dickinson, Christopher K. Hall, Paul Seils & Kimberly Theidon) (panel moderator).听
International Decisions鈥擥uatemala Genocide Case, 100听Am. J. Int’l L听207 (2006).听
The Complex Architecture of International Justice, 10听Gonz. J. Int’l L.听38 (2006-2007).听
Reparations Decisions and Dilemmas, 27听Hastings Int’l & Comp. L. Rev.听157 (2004).听
Universal Jurisdiction: Steps Forward, Steps Back, 17听Leiden J. Int’l L.听375 (2004).听
From Country-Based to Corporate-Based Campaigns, 21听Berkeley J. Int’l L.听185 (2003).听
Las Amnistias En Perspectiva Comparada: Derecho Internacional y Poder Judicial, 9听C.D.J.P.听87 (2003).
Codes of Conduct: The Fiction of Corporate Self-Regulation, 58听Guild Prac.听38 (2001).听
The Pinochet Precedent and Universal Jurisdiction, 35听New Eng. L. Rev.听311 (2001).听
Institutions of International Justice, 52听J. Int’l Aff.听473 (1999).
The Developing Jurisprudence on Amnesty, 20听Hum. Rts. Q.听843 (1998) (with Lauren Gibson).听
The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act and Human Rights Violations: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?, 16听Berkeley J. Int’l L.听71 (1998).听
Truth Commissions and Amnesties in Latin America: The Second Generation, 92听Am. Soc’y Int’l L. Proc.听313 (1998).听
Truth Commissions as Part of a Social Process: Possible Guidelines, 14听NEP听279 (1998).
Addressing Human Rights Abuses: Truth Commissions and the Value of Amnesty, 19听Whittier L. Rev.听325 (1997) (with Peter A. Schey & Dinah L. Shelton).听
Compliance with Private Voluntary Agreements: The Example of the International Organization for Standardization’s ISO 14000, 29听Stud. Transnat’l Legal Pol’y听205 (1997).听
Compliance with Private Voluntary Agreements: The Example of the International Organization for Standardization’s ISO 14000, 29听Stud. Transnat’l Legal Pol’y听205 (1997).听
Developing Countries, Regional Organizations, and the ISO 14001 Environmental Management Standard, 9听Geo. Int’l Envtl. L. Rev.听583 (1997).听
Environmental Management Systems and Environmental Protection: Can ISO 14001 Be Useful Within the Context of APEC?, 6听J. Env’t & Dev.听292 (1997).听
International Human Rights Law in United States Courts: Professor Riesenfeld’s Contributions, 20听Hastings Int’l & Comp. L. Rev.听601 (1997).听
The Committee on the Regions and the Role of Regional Governments in the European Union, 20听Hastings Int’l & Comp. L. Rev.听413 (1997).听
Combating Impunity: Some Thoughts on the Way Forward, 59听L. & Contemp. Probs.听93 (Autumn 1996).听
Of Seeds and Shamans: The Appropriation of the Scientific and Technical Knowledge of Indigenous and Local Communities, 17听Mich. J. Int’l L.听919 (1996) (reprinted in听Borrowed Power: Essays on Cultural Appropriation听255 (Bruce Ziff & Pratima V. Rao eds., Rutgers Univ. Press 1997)).听
The International Organization for Standardization and the Drafting of Private Environmental Standards, 90听Am. Soc’y Int’l L. Proc.听178 (1996).听
Private Voluntary Standard鈥揝etting, the International Organization for Standardization, and International Environmental Lawmaking, 6听Y.B. Int’l Envtl. L.听107 (1995).听
Shifting the Point of Regulation: The International Organization for Standardization and Global Lawmaking on Trade and the Environment, 22听Ecology L.Q.听479 (1995).听
Truth as Justice: Investigatory Commissions in Latin America, 20听Law & Soc. Inquiry听79 (1995) (with Margaret Popkin).听
Precaution, Participation and the “Greening” of International Trade Law, 7听J. Envtl. L. & Litig.听57 (1992).听
Trade and Environment: An Environmentalist View, 86听Am. Soc’y Int’l L. Proc.听241 (1992).听
Chapters In Books
Natural Resources, Transitional States and Grand Corruption, in听Research Handbook on International Law and Environmental Peacebuilding听127 (Dani毛lla Dam & Britta Sj枚stedt, eds., Elgar 2023).听
Transitional Justice in Latin America: Achievements and Limitations, in听The Oxford Handbook of Transitional Justice听____ (Meierhenrich, Hinton and Douglas eds., Oxford Univ. Press, forthcoming 2023).听
Measures of Non-Repetition in Transitional Justice: The Missing Link?, in听From Transitional to Transformative Justice听105 (Paul Gready & Simon Robins eds., Cambridge 精东影业 Press 2019).听听
Principle 1. General Obligations of States to Take Effective Action to Combat Impunity, in听The United Nations Principles to Combat Impunity: A Commentary听47 (Frank Haldemann & Thomas Unger eds., Oxford Univ. Press 2018).听
Guatemala: Lessons for Transitional Justice, in听Research Handbook on Transitional Justice听445 (Cheryl Lawther, Luke Moffett, and Dov Jacobs eds., Edward Elgar Pub. 2017).听
La dimensi贸n econ贸mica, aspecto tard铆o de la justicia transicional, in听El negocio del terrorismo de estado: los c贸mplices econ贸micos de la dictadura uruguaya听0 (Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky ed., Siglo Veintiuno 2016).
Why Was the Economic Dimension Missing for So Long in Transitional Justice? An Exploratory Essay, in听The Economic Accomplices to the Argentine Dictatorship听19 (Horacio Verbitsky & Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky eds., Cambridge Univ. Press 2015).听
Reparations and Development, in听Law in Transition: Human Rights, Development and Transitional Justice听189 (Peer Zumbansen & Ruth Buchanan eds., Hart Publishing 2014).听
驴Por Qu茅 la Dimensi贸n Econ贸mica Estuvo Ausente Tanto Tiempo en la Justicia Transicional? Un Ensayo Exploratorio, in听Cuentas Pendientes: Los C贸mplices Econ贸micos de la Dictadura听31 (Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky & Horacio Verbitsky eds., Siglo Veintiuno 2013).
Reparations and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, in听Justice and Economic Violence in Transition听109 (Dustin N. Sharp ed., Springer 2013) (Springer series in transitional justice).听
Reparations for Violations of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, in听Justice and Economic Violence in Transition 109 (Dustin Sharp ed., Springer Books 2013).
De Facto and De Jure Amnesty Laws: The Central American Case, in听Amnesty in the Age of Human Rights Accountability: Comparative and International Perspectives听182 (Francesca Lessa & Leigh A. Payne eds., Cambridge Univ. Press 2012) (with Emily Braid).听
Many Roads to Justice: Transnational Prosecutions and International Support for Criminal Investigations in Post-Conflict Guatemala, in听The Role of Courts in Transitional Justice: Voices from Latin America and Spain听184 (Jessica Almqvist & Carlos Esposito eds., Routledge 2012) (with Almudena Bernabeu).听
Impunidade na Am茅rica Latina: Tribunais Nacionais e Desafios Ainda Existentes, in听A Anistia na Era da Responsabiliza莽茫o: O Brasil em Perspectiva Internacional e Comparada听140 (Comiss茫o de Anistia, Minist茅rio da Justi莽a 2011).
Many Roads to Justice: Transnational Prosecutions and International Support for Criminal Investigations in Post-Conflict Guatemala, in听The Role of Courts in Transitional Justice: Voices from Latin America and Spain听184 (Jessica Almqvist & Carlos Esposito eds., Routledge 2011) (with Almudena Bernabeu).听
Universal Jurisdiction, in听Research Handbook on International Criminal Law听359 (Bartram S. Brown ed., Edward Elgar 2011) (with Menaka Fernando).听
Foreword: The Importance of Latin American Jurisprudence in the Global Fight Against Impunity, in听Digest of Latin American Jurisprudence on International Crimes ix (Due Process of Law Foundation 2010).
Human Rights and Strategic Peacebuilding: The Roles of Local, National, and International Actors, in听Strategies of Peace: Transforming Conflict in a Violent World听231 (Daniel Philpott & Gerard F. Powers eds., Oxford Univ. Press 2010).听
Reparations in International Law and Practice, in听1 The Pursuit of International Criminal Justice: A World Study on Conflicts, Victimization and Post-Conflict Justice听655 (M. Cherif Bassiouni ed., Intersentia 2010).听
Weaving a Braid of Histories: Local Post-Armed Conflict Initiatives in Guatemala, in听Localizing Transitional Justice: Interventions and Priorities after Mass Violence 205 (Rosalind Shaw, Lars Waldorf & Pierre Hazan eds., Stanford Univ. Press 2010) (with with Laura J. Arriaza).
A Complementary Relationship: Reparations and Development, in听Transitional Justice and Development: Making Connections听170 (Pablo De Greiff & Roger Duthie eds., Social Science Research Council 2009) (with Katharine Orlovsky) (reprinted in听Transitional Justice: Handbook for Latin America听487 (F茅lix Re谩tegui ed., Braz. Ministry of Justice & Int’l Ctr. for Transitional Justice 2011)).听
Criminal Prosecutions for Genocide in Guatemala: Advances and Obstacles in Transnational and Domestic Cases, in听Quiet Genocide: Guatemala 1981-1983,听at 135 (Etelle Higonnet ed., Transaction Publishers 2009).
Justice and Reconciliation After Conflict: The Case of Sierra Leone, in听Human Rights & Conflict Resolution in Context: Colombia, Sierra Leone, & Northern Ireland 139 (Eileen F. Babbit & Ellen L. Lutz eds., Syracuse Univ. Press 2009).
Prosecutions of Heads of State in Latin America, in听Prosecuting Heads of State 46 (Ellen L. Lutz & Caitlin Reigers eds., Cambridge Univ. Press 2009).
The Multiple Prosecutions of Augusto Pinochet, in听Prosecuting Heads of State听77 (Ellen L. Lutz & Caitlin Reigers eds., Cambridge Univ. Press 2009).
Solidarity Rights (Development, Peace, Environment, Humanitarian Assistance,) in听Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law听(R眉diger Wolfrum ed., Oxford Univ. Press 2008) (with Sara C. Aminzadeh).听
Guatemala, in听Victims Unsilenced: The Inter-American Human Rights System and Transitional Justice in Latin America 7 (Katya Salazar & Thomas Antkowiak eds., Due Process of Law Foundation 2007) (with Marcie Mersky).
Private and Quasi-Private Standard Setting, in听The Oxford Handbook of International Environmental Law听498 (Daniel Bodansky, Jutta Bruene茅 & Ellen Hey eds., Oxford Univ. Press 2007) (with Jason Morrison).听
The Pinochet Effect and the Spanish Contribution to Universal Jurisdiction, in听International Prosecution of Human Rights Crimes听113 (Wolfgang Kaleck, Michael Ratner, Tobias Singelnstein, & Peter Weiss eds., Springer 2007).听
Victims, in听3 Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity听1129 (Dinah Shelton ed., MacMillan Reference 2005).听
External Actors and Transitional Justice, in听Dealing with the Past: Critical Issues, Lessons Learned, and Challenges for Swiss Policy 33 (M么 Bleeker Massard & Jonathan Sisson eds., Suisspeace 2004).
Reparations in the Aftermath of Repression and Mass Violence, in听My Neighbor, My Enemy: Justice and 精东影业 in the Aftermath of Mass Atrocity听121 (Eric Stover & Harvey M. Weinstein eds., Cambridge 精东影业 Press 2004).听
Of Catalysts and Cases: Transnational Prosecutions and Impunity in Latin America, in听The Pinochet Case: Origins, Progress and Implications听191 (Madeleine Davis ed., Institute of Latin American Studies 2003).听
Civil Society in Processes of Accountability, in听Post鈥揅onflict Justice听97 (M. Cherif Bassiouni, ed., Transnational Publishers 2002).听
Dificultades y Desafios de las Comisiones de la Verdad Frente a la Tortura, la Reparacion y la Prevencion, in听Memoria del Seminario Internacional Comisiones de la Verdad: Tortura, Reparacion y Prevencion听(Centro de Derechos Humanos Miguel Agust铆n Pro Ju谩rez 2002).
Promoting Environmental Human Rights Through Innovations in Mediation, in听Human Rights and the Environment: Conflicts and Norms in a Globalizing World听259 (Lyuba Zarsky ed., Earthscan 2002).听
The International Organization for Standardization: Drafting the ISO 14000 Series, in听The Greening of Trade Law: International Trade Organizations and Environmental Issues听251 (Richard H. Steinberg ed., Rowman & Littlefield 2002).听
The Role of International Actors in National Accountability Processes, in听The Politics of Memory: Transitional Justice in Democratizing Societies听40 (Alexandra Barahona De Brito, Carmen Gonzalez Enriquez, & Paloma Aguilar Fernandez eds., Oxford 精东影业 Press 2001).
Amnesty and the International Criminal Court, in听International Crimes, Peace, and Human Rights: The Role of the International Criminal Court听77 (Dinah Shelton ed., Transnational Publishers 2000).听
The Need for Moral Reconstruction in the Wake of Past Human Rights Violations: An Interview with Jos茅 Zalaquett, in听Human Rights in Political Transitions: Gettysburg to Bosnia听195 (Robert Post & Carla Hesse eds., Zone Books 1999) (reprinted in听Transitional Justice: Handbook for Latin America听159 (F茅lix Re谩tegui ed., Braz. Ministry of Justice & Int’l Ctr. for Transitional Justice 2011)).听
Book Reviews
Book Review, 45听Hum. Rts. Q.听335 (2022) (reviewing听Reed Brody, To Catch a Dictator: The Pursuit and Trial of Hiss猫ne Habr茅 (2022)).
Book Review, 56听Am. J. Comp. L.听233 (2008) (reviewing听Pablo De Greiff ed., The Handbook of Reparations (2006)).
Book Review, 34听J. Latin Am. Stud.听195 (2002) (reviewing听Mark Ensalaco, Chile under Pinochet: Recovering the Truth (1999)).
Book Review, 93听Am. J. Int’l L听981 (1999) (reviewing听Alice H. Henkin ed., Honoring Human Rights: From Peace to Justice (1998)).
Book Review, 91听Am. J. Int’l L听573 (1997) (reviewing听Alan E. Boyle & Michael R. Anderson eds., Human Rights Approaches to Environmental Protection (1996)).
Book Review, 21听Colum. J. Envtl. L.听183 (1996) (reviewing听Harold Hohmann, Precautionary Legal Duties and Principles of Modern International Environmental Law (1994)).
Newspaper & Magazine Articles
Landslide Victory by Guatemala鈥檚 Social Democrats Spurs Furious Backlash,听Just Sec., Aug. 31, 2023.听
Islands of Advances in a Sea of Setbacks: Central American Rule of Law,听Just Sec., Sept. 8, 2021.听
Genocide and War Crimes in National Courts: the Conviction of Rios Montt in Guatemala and its Aftermath,听ASIL Insights, May 23, 2013.听
The Spanish Civil War, Amnesty, and the Trials of Judge Garz贸n,听ASIL Insights, July 25, 2012.
The Emerging Role of Private Social and Environmental International Standards in Economic Globalization,听ABA Int’l Envtl. L. Comm. Newsl., Winter鈦凷pring, 2006, at 10 (with Jason Morrison).
Prosecution of International Crimes Gains Teeth, Wider Reach,听L.A. Daily J., May 9, 2005, at 6.听
Other Publications
African Union Transitional Justice Policy Framework in Practice: Implementing Accountability Measures,听The Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation听(2013) (with Jasmina Brankovic).
Central America, the Inter-American System, and Accountability for International Crimes,听UC Hastings Research Paper No. 6听(2012).听
Student Notes/Comments
Comment,听State Responsibility to Investigate and Prosecute Grave Human Rights Violations in International Law, 78听Cal. L. Rev. 449 (1990).
Comment,听Implied Waiver Under the FSIA: A Proposed Exception to Immunity for Violations of Peremptory Norms of International Law, 77听Cal. L. Rev. 365 (1989) (with Adam C. Belsky & Mark Merva).
Education
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精东影业 of California, Boalt Hall
J.D., Law -
精东影业 of California, Berkeley
M.P.P., Public Policy -
精东影业 of California, Berkeley
B.A., Undergraduate Studies
