George

Andreopoulos

George Andreopoulos is Professor of Political Science and Criminal Justice at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and at the Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY), and the founding Director of the Center for International Human Rights at John Jay College. Before coming to CUNY, he taught for several years at Yale University, where he was also the Founding Associate Director of the Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights. He has written extensively on international organizations, international human rights, and international humanitarian law issues. He is past President of the Interdisciplinary Studies Section of the International Studies Association (IDSS/ISA) and past President of the Human Rights Section of the American Political Science Association (APSA). He has served as consultant for UN agencies and NGOs. He is the recipient of many grants and fellowships, including from the Ford Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, the Alexander Onassis Foundation and the German Research Foundation. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Human Rights Review. His current book project is a study of Counterterrorism and Human Rights at the United Nations Security Council. In 2025, he received the Distinguished Scholar Award from the IDSS/ISA.