Rob Berschinski
Rob Berschinski (@RobBerschinski) is the Senior Vice President for Policy at Human Rights First. Berschinski previously served in the Obama Administration as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. He also served under Ambassador Samantha Power as Deputy Director of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations’ office in Washington, D.C.; worked as special assistant to then-Deputy Secretary of Defense Ash Carter; and spent three years as Director for Security and Human Rights Policy at the White House National Security Council. Berschinski began his career as an intelligence officer in the U.S. Air Force, and is an Iraq War veteran.
Articles by this author:
A Radically (Modest) Bureaucratic Proposal to Strengthen Democracy and Human Rights at Home and Abroad
by Rob Berschinski and Elisa Massimino
Oct 30th, 2020
Good Governance Papers No. 9: Building an Effective Human Rights-Based Foreign Policy
by Ariana Berengaut and Rob Berschinski
Oct 26th, 2020
Why We Oppose the Pompeo Commission on Unalienable Rights’ Draft Report
by Rob Berschinski and Reece Pelley
Jul 30th, 2020
Trump’s ICC EO Will Undercut All U.S. Sanctions Programs—Is That Why Treasury Isn’t Conspicuously on Board?
Jun 16th, 2020
A Bipartisan Push in Congress to Fight the ‘Parallel Pandemic’ of Human Rights Abuses Abroad
by Rob Berschinski and Reece Pelley
Jun 1st, 2020
How Congress Can Save Lives, Protect Rights, and Exert U.S. Leadership Globally in Response to Coronavirus
by Rob Berschinski and Benjamin Haas
Apr 8th, 2020
What the UN Security Council Can Do on Coronavirus: A Global Goods Coordination Mechanism
Mar 24th, 2020
Pompeo’s Commission on Unalienable Rights Looks to Be a “Win-Win” for China
by Rob Berschinski and Andréa Worden
Mar 23rd, 2020
Warning Signs: President Trump May Violate Federal Law in Absolving Saudi Crown Prince
by Rob Berschinski and Ryan Goodman
Nov 24th, 2018
Don Jr.’s Russia Meeting Reveals the Power of the Global Magnitsky Act
by Rob Berschinski and Adam Nagy
Jul 17th, 2017