Diana Kearney
Legal and Shareholder Advocacy Lead
Oxfam
About Diana Kearney
Diana leads Oxfam’s international human rights law program. This includes designing legal strategies to forward Oxfam’s antipoverty mission, such as litigating, submitting appeals to international tribunals and regional human rights courts, filing shareholder proposals, and providing legal analysis to Oxfam staff. Her work focuses on corporate accountability, land rights, forced labor, migrant rights, and climate justice. She is a member of Amnesty International USA’s Board of Directors.
Kearney previously taught international law in Cardozo Law School’s Human Rights & Atrocity Prevention Clinic. She holds a J.D. from NYU Law, M.Sc. in International Development from Lund University, and B.A. from Boston University.Diana leads Oxfam’s international human rights law program. This includes designing legal strategies to forward Oxfam’s antipoverty mission, such as litigating, submitting appeals to international tribunals and regional human rights courts, filing shareholder proposals, and providing legal analysis to Oxfam staff. Her work focuses on corporate accountability, land rights, forced labor, migrant rights, and climate justice. She is a member of Amnesty International USA’s Board of Directors.
Kearney previously taught international law in Cardozo Law School’s Human Rights & Atrocity Prevention Clinic. She holds a J.D. from NYU Law, M.Sc. in International Development from Lund University, and B.A. from Boston University.