Kathryn Hampton is Practitioner-in-Residence at the Human Rights Institute and a human rights advocate with more than a decade of experience in the field. Her work has focused on protection, documentation, and policy advocacy for displaced and conflict-affected communities across Bosnia-Herzegovina, Iraq, Turkey, Ukraine, and along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Kathryn’s career has spanned roles with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the International Rescue Committee, the U.S. Department of State, and the International Commission on Missing Persons. Her fieldwork has informed legal and policy analysis cited by media outlets such as The New York Times, The Guardian, the BBC, and The Washington Post.

Kathryn holds a Master of Studies in International Human Rights Law from the University of Oxford, an MA in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration from the University of London, and an AB in Comparative Literature from Princeton University. In 2021, she received the Francis Lieber Prize from the American Society of International Law for outstanding scholarship on the law of armed conflict. She is also a Truman National Security Fellow.