Paul LeGendre
Senior Associate
Fighting Discrimination Program
Joined Human Rights First in 2006

As Senior Associate in the Discrimination Initiative, Paul is responsible for researching and monitoring hate crimes, for compiling data on discrimination and for promoting and evaluating efforts by governments to combat discrimination through the adoption of appropriate legislation and its effective implementation. Paul focuses on Europe and Central Asia.

Prior to joining Human Rights First, Paul worked for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) as Program Officer (2000-2005) providing staff support to the Assembly’s work in Eastern Europe and Central Asia and to its General Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions. Paul also worked for the International League for Human Rights as Europe Program Coordinator (1998-2000), for the Committee to Protect Journalists as the Acting Program Coordinator for Europe (1998-1999), and for CAF-Russia, a Russian non-profit resource center, as Director of Publications (1995-1997). Paul has a B.A. in History from Boston College (1993) as well as a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University (2000).