Tatsiana Ziniakova, a legal analyst with Human Constanta, a Belarusian human rights organization that was disbanded by the Belarusian authorities, is the current Harriman-sponsored Human Rights Advocate (2025-26) at the Institute for the Study of Human Rights at Columbia University.

“In her current role at Human Constanta, Tatsiana leads the analytical and advocacy lines of the organization’s work, coordinating multilateral advocacy at, inter alia, the UN, OSCE, and ICC platforms, as well as strategic litigation before the UN Human Rights Committee. She is also involved with fundraising for civil society coalitions. Through advocacy, analytics, and education, Human Constanta tackles the questions related to repressive uses of anti‑extremism laws, digital rights, cybersecurity, migrants’ rights, and broader issues of accountability for human rights violations.

Tatsiana holds LL.B. and LL.M. degrees in Public International Law and Human Rights Law from Belarusian State University and Wake Forest University, respectively. As a Fulbright scholar and grantee of the Edmund S. Muskie Professional Fellowship Program, she was a research fellow with the World Justice Project, focusing on legal responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and the global erosion of the rule of law.”