Graham Robertson Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

• Organizing events for amateur musicians to meet, form bands, and play a one-time-only showcase in DC.
• Promoting Flashband meet-and-greet events and live performances.

• Reviewing live music in the DMV area.

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Washington, DC, US

• Monitoring and analyzing countries' deficiencies or compliance with labor standards, labor provisions, trade preference programs, investment agreements and development of financial programs.
• Monitoring and analyzing countries' policies and practices for enforcing their labor laws with respect to international labor standards.
• Formulating and writing detailed analysis of countries deficiencies or compliance with international labor standards.
• Analyzing and evaluating complaints or allegations of labor rights violations under relevant trade or investment agreements.
• Preparing remediation plans to bring countries into compliance with labor provisions.

Geneva, CH

• Performed research and provided legal advice on a variety of in-house legal issues, including the organization's privileges and immunities, governing bodies, constitution, and mandate.
• Prepared and reviewed organizational policy documents, reports, papers, and speeches on various legal issues.

• Represented immigrant workers in litigation and settlement negotiations to recover unpaid wages.
• Drafted and filed discovery motions including interrogatories, requests for production, and requests for admission.
• Communicated directly with clients in Spanish and, by way of interpreters, in Malayalam, Tamil, and Hindi.
• Assisted in finalizing settlement terms and contacting clients in one of the largest human trafficking cases in United States history.

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

• Composed a memo on the use of United States law to prohibit importation of forced-labor sugar from a Latin American country.
• Assisted in composing a petition involving enforcement of international labor rights pursuant to an international treaty.
• Analyzed current National Action Plans to implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
• Researched and drafted a letter signed by a coalition of 44 international labor and human rights organizations urging the Thai government to refrain from indicting a human rights defender.
• Performed outreach to distributors and brands doing business with corporations violating human rights.
• Drafted an overview of organizational strategy on trade-related mechanisms to improve workers' rights outside the United States.

Geneva, Switzerland, CH

• Finalized draft comments on the International Labour Organization's core equality Conventions for the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations.
• Modified draft comments in response to concerns of the Experts.
• Attended sessions of the Committee of Experts to adopt comments relating to the International Labour Organization's core equality Conventions.
• Received formal recognition from the Committee of Experts for contributions to its 2014 comments.

Geneva, Switzerland, CH

• Assisted the Equality Unit in preparing draft comments on the International Labour Organization's core equality Conventions for the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations, including.
• Prepared draft reports of the International Labour Organization for UN treaty bodies—Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, and Committee on.
• Prepared a draft statement presented to Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
• Composed a report on employers' organizations for the Deputy Director of the Labour Standards Department.
• Assisted in the presentation of a statement by the International Labour Organization's Equality Unit in a session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
• Received promotion to Legal Officer after six-month internship.

• Researched, composed, and presented report on racial profiling for UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Panamanian Ombudsman.
• Met with civil society leaders in Panama to discuss strategies to combat racial profiling.
• Conducted meetings and interviews in Spanish with partner organizations in Panama.

Washington, D.C., US

• Researched and composed memoranda in areas of administrative and employment law.
• Reviewed grant agreements for potential legal issues.
• Participated in meetings to assess the viability of grant projects and the compliance of grantees with agreement terms.

• Composed a response to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on the impact of the Texas-Mexico border wall on indigenous communities.
• Drafted a preliminary report on racial profiling for the Regional Office for Central America of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

US

• Composed a research paper exploring the efficacy of a controversial United States immigration directive.
• Presented findings in English and Spanish as a guest speaker for the Reform Immigration for Texas Alliance.
• Coordinated the report's release as a part of a Congressional briefing signed by U.S. Representative Jared Polis.
• Interviewed Federal Public Defenders, U.S. District Judges, law professors, and other relevant sources.
• Achieved national media attention in publications such as Rolling Stone and The Huffington Post.

• Organized a panel discussion on Immigration Policy and the Criminal Justice System, featuring an Assistant Federal Public Defender, ACLU Attorney, and Director of the UT Law Immigration Clinic Barbara Hines.
• Presented findings from a self-authored immigration policy report and responded to questions as a member of the panel.

US

• Acted as first point of contact between staff attorneys and hundreds of clients statewide in English and Spanish.
• Addressed concerns of emotionally distraught victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.
• Translated legal documents and client correspondence for staff attorneys.

• Conducted interviews with informal workers in the District of Columbia.
• Analyzed recessional impacts on the informal workforce through independent research and interviews.
• Produced a multi-disciplinary study on informal workers in the District of Columbia.

• Composed a research paper on the role of local citizen councils in participatory democracy.
• Conducted interviews daily in Spanish with prominent members of the Nicaraguan political community.
• Canvassed common Nicaraguans on their political opinions and feelings toward the current regime.
• Studied national media coverage of Sandinista Party policies and examined partisan perceptions of the press.

US

• Organized foreclosure information sessions designed to inform victims and prevent foreclosures.
• Researched violations of rights to charity care by hospitals and denials of coverage by insurance companies.

Doctor Of Law (J.D.), With Honors, Public International Law

B.S. In Foreign Service, Cum Laude, Culture And Politics With Certificate In Latin American Studies

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