Charles Lincoln Abbott III

Charles Abbott's specialties include Litigation, Friendly Settlements, International Law, Strategic Planning, Program Management, Human Rights, Policy Advocacy, Regional Human Rights Systems, Freedom of Expression and Access to Information, Torture Prohibition, Sexual and Reproductive Rights, Asylum and Refugee Law, Statelessness, Immigration Law.

Charles Lincoln Abbott III served as a Senior Legal advisor for Latin America and the Caribbean from July 2016 to November 2017. He was responsible for translating organization-wide strategic plans into litigation goals, reviewing potential cases, performing and supervising client intake, and coordinating initial petitions from start to submission together with co-counsel. Moreover, he also supervised the regional legal team, designing and implementing on-boarding and periodic staff training on substantive law, professional ethics, client representation, trial advocacy, and negotiations.

On the education front, Charles Lincoln Abbott III graduated from American University Washington College of Law and The College of William and Mary (B.A 2006) and was a 2008 Fulbright scholar in Argentina.