Carla De Ycaza (MA, Human Rights Studies, Columbia University; BA, Political Science and Classics, Vassar College) is currently an Adjunct Lecturer in Human Rights and Transitional Justice at New York University's Center for Global Affairs. She is also a doctoral research fellow and PhD candidate in International Human Rights Law at the Irish Centre for Human Rights, studying under the supervision of William Schabas. Her thesis research focuses on traditional and modern methods of post-conflict transitional justice in Africa. She currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Interdisciplinary Journal of Human Rights Law. She is also a Research Consultant at the American Council on Africa, researching and promoting issues of international criminal law, transitional justice and conflict resolution in Africa.