Scott Horton is an adjunct professor at Columbia Law School, where he teaches courses dealing with international public and private law and the law of armed conflict. He is also a life-long human rights advocate having served as counsel to Andrei Sakharov and Elena Bonner, among other human rights advocates. He recently headed a series of inquiries on behalf of the organized bar into detainee abuse issues associated with the War on Terror. He chairs the New York City Bar Association’s Committee on International Law and previously chaired several other committees.