Experience

The following is a list of selected publications and other materials on which I have worked as an author, contributing writer, editor, and/or researcher:

Frey, Barbara, Patrick Finnegan, Carrie Booth Walling, and Meyer Weinshel. The Global Reach of Local Activism: Minnesota’s Human Rights Stories. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Human Rights Program, 2024. Published as a companion volume to The Global Reach of Local Activism: Minnesota’s Human Rights Stories at Elmer L. Andersen Library, Minneapolis.

Weissbrodt, David, Jena Martin, and Frank Newman. International Human Rights: Law, Policy, and Process. 5th edition. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 2021. (Editor and contributing author).

Weissbrodt, David and Patrick Finnegan. "Human Rights Conditions: What We Know and Why It Matters." Minnesota Journal of International Law, 28, no. 1 (Winter 2019): 1-53: http://minnjil.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/WeissbrodtFinnegan_v28_i1_p1-53.pdf.

Finnegan, Melissa and Patrick, "We Need to Look at Gun Deaths as a Public Health Issue," The Ad Hoc Standing Committee (blog), July 19, 2018, http://adhocmn.blogspot.com/2018/07/we-need-to-look-at-gun-deaths-as-public.html.

Finnegan, Patrick, “The Human Rights Apocalypse? Or Evolution?” The Ad Hoc Standing Committee (blog), February 27, 2017, http://adhocmn.blogspot.com/2017/02/the-human-rights-apocalypse-or-evolution.html.

Weissbrodt, David. “Professor Emmanuel Decaux and the Right to a Fair Trial: A Notable Contribution.” In Réciprocité et Universalité: Sources et Régimes du Droit International des Droits de l’Homme (En l’honneur du Professeur Emmanuel Decaux), edited by Mylène Bidault et al., 573-586. Paris, France: Pedone Editions, 2017. (Assisted in drafting and edited essay for an anthology volume).

The Advocates for Human Rights. Human Rights Observer, Fall/Winter 2016. (Drafted article “Human Rights Trampled in Ethiopia,” and edited full issue).

Weissbrodt, David, and Brittany Mitchell. “The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention: Procedures and Summary of Jurisprudence.” Human Rights Quarterly 38, no. 3 (August 2016): 655-705. (Edited article).

Pervilhac, Cyril, and Sophie Puig (ed.). Geneva Health Journal, April 21, 2016. (Drafted content).

Ferreira, Mariana Leal. Acting for Indigenous Rights: Theater to Change the World. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Human Rights Center, 2013. (Edited volume).

Qalinle, Abdulwahid S. “Restoring Rule of Law and Rebuilding the Justice System: A Road Map.” Policy Advisor to the President of Somalia on Justice and Rule of Law, 2013. (Assisted in drafting and editing).

Lord, Janet E., Katherine N. Guernsey, Joelle M. Balfe, Valerie L. Karr, and Allison S. deFranco. Human Rights. YES! Action and Advocacy on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Second Edition. Edited by Nancy Flowers. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Human Rights Center, 2012. (Edited volume).

University of Minnesota Human Rights Center. “Annual Report.” (2006-2013).

  • (Annual Reports 2011-13 unavailable online) (Oversaw report development (except 2011); drafted and edited content; designed layout).

  • Annual Report 2010. (Oversaw report development; drafted and edited content; designed layout).

  • Annual Report 2009. (Oversaw report development; drafted and edited content; designed layout).

  • Annual Report 2008. (Oversaw report development; drafted and edited content; designed layout).

  • Annual Report 2007. (Drafted and edited content).

  • Annual Report 2006. (Drafted and edited content).

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