Guide to Specialists

Scott Worden
Adviser, Rule of Law Program

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E-mail: sworden@usip.org

Phone: 202-429-3811

Scott Worden joined USIP as an adviser in the Rule of Law program, one of the Institute’s Centers of Innovation, in 2007. Previously, he served as an adviser to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on human rights and elections issues, as well as to the Afghanistan Joint Election Management Body on the conduct of the 2005 Parliamentary elections.

Before serving in Afghanistan, Worden worked with several Cambodian NGOs on legal reform projects, including advocating procedures for the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia to try former Khmer Rouge leaders. He also advised the Cambodian government on drafting its anti-corruption law.

An attorney, Worden practiced law for three years with Coudert Brothers in New York, focusing on international litigation. He has received fellowships from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Luce Scholars Program to work in Cambodia.

Worden has published several pieces on the transitional justice process in Cambodia and Afghanistan. He has a B.A. from Colgate University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.

Publications:

• The Justice Dilemma in Uganda
  USIPeace Briefing, February 2008
• Transitional Justice in Nepal: A Look at the International Experience of Truth Commissions
  USIPeace Briefing, September 2007
• "Path to Peace, Justice in Afghanistan." Scott Worden and J Alexander Thier (Christian Science Monitor, March 17, 2007).
• "An Anatomy of the Extraordinary Chambers." Awaiting Justice: Essays on Khmer Rouge Accountability, Jason Abrams, Jaya Ramji & Beth Van Schaack (eds.) (Mellon Press, 2005).
• "Cambodian Extraordinary Chambers," Scott Worden and Mohamed Othman. Defense in International Criminal Proceedings by Michael Bohlander, Roman Boed, & Richard J. Wilson (eds.) (Transnational, 2005).

Available on usip.org

• On the Issues: Cambodia
  December 7, 2007