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Kurt Mills is senior lecturer in international human rights at the University of Glasgow. His work focuses on humanitarianism, humanitarian intervention, international criminal justice, and international organizations, with a particular interest in Sub-Saharan Africa. He previously taught at the American University in Cairo, Mount Holyoke College, James Madison University, and Gettysburg College, and served as assistant director of the Five College Program in Peace and World Security Studies at Hampshire College. Mills has published widely in this area, including International Responses to Mass Atrocities in Africa: Responsibility to Protect, Prosecute, and Palliate (2015). He is the founder of the human rights section of the International Studies Association (ISA), served as vice president of ISA, and is currently vice chair of the Academic Council on the United Nations System. He is also founder and director of the Glasgow Human Rights Network. He received his B.A. from Hampshire College and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame.