Senior Fellow, Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law
Alexandra (Xander) Meise is a fellow at the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law. Drawing upon her public and private service spanning five continents, her research probes the intersection of public and private international law, with a focus on the limits of sovereign power under international law in conflict and public emergency contexts.
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Alexandra (Xander) Meise is a fellow at the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law. Drawing upon her public and private service spanning five continents, her research probes the intersection of public and private international law, with a focus on the limits of sovereign power under international law in conflict and public emergency contexts. Her work this year is centered on governance, election administration, climate change, and the national security implications of the exercises of sovereign power.
Before Penn, Xander spent over a decade in practice preventing and resolving international disputes. This work included representing and advising human rights victims, sovereign governments, and other clients in U.S. courts, in treaty-based international arbitrations and public international law disputes, and in designing and implementing rule of law-based legal reforms and human-rights best practices. She has also worked for international criminal tribunals.
In addition to her work with CERL, she teaches International Human Rights Law at Georgetown University Law Center, is a non-resident Fellow at the Center on Sustainable Investment (a Joint Center of Columbia Law School and The Earth Institute at Columbia University), a Political Partner of the Truman National Security Project, and a two-time NGO Legal Observer to the Military Commissions at Guantanamo Bay. Xander is a graduate of the Georgetown University Law Center (JD), Columbia University (MPA), and Dartmouth College (AB). [Hide]
