IJDH Board of Directors/Staff

Brian Concannon Jr., Esq., IJDH’s Director, and co-manager of the Bureau des Avocats Internationaux (BAI) in Haiti since 1996. The BAI spearheaded prosecution of human rights cases, most notably the Raboteau Massacre case, one of the hemisphere’s most significant human rights prosecutions.

Paul Farmer, M.D. PhD, Founder, Partners in Health (PIH) and Professor, Harvard Medical School. PIH has treated sick Haitians with dignity and success since 1984, and changed the way the world treats infectious diseases among the poor.

Laura Flynn, is a writer and activist. She founded the Bay Area Haiti Action Committee, and is the former director of international relations for the Aristide Foundation for Democracy in Haiti.

Ira J. Kurzban, Esq., one of America’s pre-eminent refugee lawyers. For over 27 years, he has represented Haitian Refugees, the Haitian Refugee Center in Miami, the constitutional and democratically elected governments of Haiti and Presidents Rene Preval and Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

Judy Prosper, Esq., a Haitian-American attorney and advocate for justice for the disenfranchised both in the U.S. and Haiti.

Bryan Stevenson, Esq., founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative of Alabama, a tireless and successful advocate for death-row inmates. His work has been honored by the American Bar Association, the ACLU and the MacArthur Foundation.

Irwin Stotzky, Esq., Professor of Law, University of Miami, Director of the Center for the Study of Human Rights.