Tafadzwa Pasipanodya
Tafadzwa Pasipanodya’s diverse professional experiences in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas make her uniquely qualified to provide legal and policy advice related to international disputes, human rights, natural resources, health, and development strategies.
As a member of Foley Hoag’s public international litigation practice, Tafadzwa is involved in advising sovereign States in disputes before international courts such as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and arbitral tribunals, as well as in proceedings before U.S. courts.
Tafadzwa is also actively engaged in Foley Hoag’s corporate social responsibility practice. She advises multinational corporations on strategic and cost-effective means of integrating human rights, labor and environmental standards into their management systems. She also helps facilitate effective collaboration between corporations, local communities, non-governmental organizations and other stakeholders, and provides guidance on the impact of U.S. government policies on international business practice.
Prior to joining Foley Hoag, Tafadzwa worked with several non-profit organizations, governments and the United Nations on various matters, including the prosecution of alleged genocidaires in Rwanda; natural resources and conflict in Angola; caste discrimination in Nepal and India; U.S.-Africa policy; Roma and prisoner health in Romania; and post-conflict reconstruction in Sri Lanka.
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Practice Areas- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Litigation
- International Litigation and Arbitration
- Sovereign Representation
- Government Strategies
- American Bar Association, International Law Section
- New York University School of Law, J.D., 2008
- Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of International and Public Affairs, M.P.A., 2004
- Macalester College, B.A., magna cum laude, 2001
- New York
- District of Columbia
- Root-Tilden-Kern Scholar (2005-2008)
- Vanderbilt Medal for Outstanding Contributions to NYU School of Law (2008)
- NYU/Center for Human Rights and Global Justice Human Rights Fellow (2006)
- Dean of Student’s Award for Leadership and Outstanding Contributions, Macalester College (2001)
- Author, “A Deeper Justice: Economic and Social Justice as Transitional Justice in Nepal”, Oxford University International Journal for Transitional Justice, vol. 2, 378-397, December 2008
- Co-author (with N. Dastoor, J. Huckerby & S. Narula), “Recasting Justice: Securing Dalit Rights in Nepal’s New Constitution”, Center for Human Rights & Global Justice, New York University, March 2008
- Author, “Rwandan participants at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda: For them, with them, or despite them”, Emerging Human Rights Scholarship Conference, Center for Human Rights & Global Justice, New York University, April 2007
- Co-author (with the Workshop on Post-Conflict Reconstruction), “Securing Peace: An Action Strategy for Post- Conflict Sri Lanka”, Princeton University/ CSIS, June 2004
