Special focus: Amnesty laws and truth commissions
Broadcast appearances: BBC Radio, B92 TV, Burundian National Radio, CBC TV, Radio Canada, Chicago Public Radio, Moroccan National Radio, Moroccan National TV, Newstalk Radio (Ireland)

Mark Freeman holds a BA from McGill University, an LLB from the University of Ottawa, and an LLM from Columbia University where he was a Human Rights Fellow, Bretzfelder International Law Fellow, and James Kent Scholar. He is co-author of the first comprehensive Canadian textbook on the subject of International Human Rights Law (Irwin Law 2004) and a companion volume of texts, cases, and materials. He is also author of Truth Commissions and Procedural Fairness (Cambridge University Press 2006), a recipient of the American Society of International Law's 2007 Certificate of Merit award. He is currently working on a book entitled Amnesty and Accountability: The Leniency Dilemma (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2008). Prior to joining the ICTJ in Brussels he practiced and taught law in Canada, and worked with both ICTJ and the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in New York.