Rebecca Gerome represents sovereign States before the International Court of Justice and arbitral tribunals. Her work includes representing, among others, The Gambia in its dispute against Myanmar concerning the genocide against the Rohingya, and Ecuador in its dispute against Chevron regarding a $9.5 billion judgment issued by an Ecuadorian court for pollution and human health damages in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Recently, she was a member of the Foley Hoag team that successfully defended Mauritius against UK investors who sought to build a luxury development in Le Morne, the first UNESCO World Heritage Site to commemorate resistance against slavery.
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Rebecca is also a member of Foley Hoag's unique Global Business & Human Rights practice, helping companies advance and implement human rights. She maintains an active pro bono practice, representing indigent clients in civil rights, housing, and immigration matters, and she recently won an asylum case on behalf of clients fleeing domestic and gang violence in Honduras.
Before joining Foley Hoag, Rebecca investigated human rights violations on an Indian reservation in Montana and on tea plantations in Assam, Northeast India, worked on a death penalty case with the Equal Justice Initiative in Alabama, and received a Ford Fellowship to work on business and human rights in Paris. She also worked on disarmament in Colombia and the Middle East and led NGO advocacy efforts at the United Nations to include provisions on gender-based violence in the Arms Trade Treaty.