Marie Miller
Marie (she/her) is a student of Economics-Political Science and Human Rights at Columbia College, working towards a career at the intersection of economic law and atrocity deterrence. She spent this past summer interning with the Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights at the Department of State. Separately, she is pursuing separately supported research projects on viable legal pathways for persecuted LGBTQ+ individuals, and the legal justifications used by Ottoman leadership in carrying out the Armenian genocide. Currently, with the Columbia Law School Center on Sustainable Investment, she is researching human rights issues as compromised by investor-state contracts. Marie was recently named a Saltzman Scholar, a Global Thought Scholar, and a Phyllis Stevens Sharp Fellow.
Articles Written:
May 2023 - “Evidencing the Implicit Identity: Dangerous Ambiguities in Queer Asylum Law”
January 2023 - “Morocco-Nigeria: Advancing Human Rights Protection in International Investment Treaties”
Online Articles Edited:
“The Implications of Citizens United: The Threat of Corruption in Campaign Politics in United States vs. Householder,” written by Noelle Shih
“What’s in the Bag: Real World Rights or New World Rights,” written by Sabrina Garcia
“Dangers of Unregulated Charities: Revising Nonprofit Corporate Governance,” written by Jessica Ye