Storella Joins Advisory Council of Physicians for Human Rights
Professor Mark C. Storella has joined the Advisory Council of Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), a premier human rights organization with both a global and domestic focus that was founded in 1986 and is currently based in New York. The Advisory Council comprises diverse and distinguished medical, legal, and scientific leaders from around the world, who guide PHR’s work.
PHR brings medical, legal, public health, and human rights expertise in support of human dignity, accountability, and redress. Through documentation, empowerment, and advocacy, PHR has had an outsized impact, including its indispensable role in ridding the world of anti-personnel landmines, a shared endeavor that eventually won the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize.
“It is an honor to join such a distinguished group of international experts all dedicated to supporting human rights,” said Storella. “It is especially critical today that objective science be brought to bear in defense of human dignity around the world.”
Currently, PHR is involved in several humanitarian projects, including documentation of the impact of global aid cuts on the health of vulnerable people, investigations of mass killings and atrocities, advocacy to end torture, and work to end impunity for sexual violence.
Learn more about the PHR Advisory Council here.
Mark C. Storella is the professor of the practice of diplomacy at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies. He served as a United States Foreign Service Officer for more than three decades. Besides being an ambassador to Zambia, he was a deputy assistant secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration and dean of the Leadership and Management School of the Foreign Service Institute. Storella has several honors and awards to his name, including the Presidential Rank Award and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Excellence in Service Award. To learn more about his work and accomplishments, visit his faculty profile.