Tad Stahnke joined Human Rights First in January 2008 as director of the Fighting Discrimination program, and currently serves as director of Policy and Programs. Prior to joining Human Rights First, Tad worked at the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom from 2000 to 2007, where he served as Deputy Executive Director for Policy, as well as Acting Executive Director in 2002 and 2007. Tad led the Commission’s effort to strengthen U.S. foreign policy to advance the right to freedom of religion and belief. He participated in fact-finding missions in Asia, the Middle East and Europe, and served on official U.S. delegations to human rights conferences of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and the United Nations. Tad has also served as an expert in international human rights law in training officials from the Departments of State, Justice, and Homeland Security.
Tad has worked as a research fellow and lecturer at Columbia Law School and as an associate at Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton in New York. He holds a J.D. from Columbia Law School, a Masters in Urban Planning from New York University’s Wagner School of Public Service, and a B.A. in Metropolitan Studies from NYU. Tad was also a law clerk to Judge Wilfred Feinberg of the United States Court of Appeals for the 2ndCircuit.
Tad has authored and coauthored numerous scholarly publications, including “Religion-State Issues and the Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief: A Comparative Textual Analysis of the Constitutions of Predominantly Muslim States, “Religious Diversity in the European Union: an International Human Rights Perspective, “The Right to Engage in Religious Persuasion, andReligion and Human Rights: Basic Documents, amongst others.
Debate: "Resolved: That the President's War Powers are (Nearly) Absolute"
Alberto R. Coll, James C. Dunlop, James Warren, John C. Yoo
9/11 Tenth Anniversary Program
While serving as Deputy Assistant Attorney General after 9/11, and in his many articles and...
Panel Discussion: Confronting Terror: 9/11 and the Future of American National Security
Frank H. Easterbrook, Arthur Herman, Charles R. Kesler, Dean Reuter
9/11 Tenth Anniversary Program
On September 15, 2011, the Chicago Lawyers Chapter hosted the 9/11 Tenth Anniversary Program featuring this...
Panel Discussion: Confronting Terror: 9/11 and the Future of American National Security
Frank H. Easterbrook, Arthur Herman, Charles R. Kesler, Dean Reuter
9/11 Tenth Anniversary Program
On September 15, 2011, the Chicago Lawyers Chapter hosted the 9/11 Tenth Anniversary Program featuring this...
Panel Two: Economic Security
Orin S. Kerr, Marc Rotenberg, John Smith, Michael Vatis, Vincent Vitkowsky
Cyber Security, National Security and Economic Security
Both President Bush and President Obama directed comprehensive reviews of America's cyber security strategy. The...
Panel Two: Economic Security
Orin S. Kerr, Marc Rotenberg, John Smith, Michael Vatis, Vincent Vitkowsky
Cyber Security, National Security and Economic Security
Both President Bush and President Obama directed comprehensive reviews of America's cyber security strategy. The...
Luncheon Address by Stewart A. Baker
Stewart A. Baker, Vincent Vitkowsky
Cyber Security, National Security and Economic Security
Both President Bush and President Obama directed comprehensive reviews of America's cyber security strategy. The...
Luncheon Address by Stewart A. Baker
Stewart A. Baker, Vincent Vitkowsky
Cyber Security, National Security and Economic Security
Both President Bush and President Obama directed comprehensive reviews of America's cyber security strategy. The...
Panel One: National Security
Steven Gill Bradbury, Gary D. Brown, Shane Harris, Jeremy A. Rabkin, Paul Rosenzweig, Vincent Vitkowsky
Cyber Security, National Security and Economic Security
Both President Bush and President Obama directed comprehensive reviews of America's cyber security strategy. The...
Panel One: National Security
Steven Gill Bradbury, Gary D. Brown, Shane Harris, Jeremy A. Rabkin, Paul Rosenzweig, Vincent Vitkowsky
Cyber Security, National Security and Economic Security
Both President Bush and President Obama directed comprehensive reviews of America's cyber security strategy. The...
Minority Religious Communities at Risk
Randolph Marshall Bell, William L. Saunders, Christopher H. Smith, Tad Stahnke
Religious Liberties Practice Group and The First Freedom Center
Many commentators assert that there is no better measure of the human rights climate in...