Ruth Wedgwood is the Burling Professor of International Law and Diplomacy at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C. She is a former federal prosecutor and trial lawyer, and consults on civil and criminal litigation in domestic and international courts. In 2006 Professor Wedgwood was reelected to a second term by United Nations member states as the U.S. member of the Human Rights Committee in Geneva and New York.