Scott Horton
Scott Horton is New York lawyer active in emerging markets and a well-known human rights activist. He is currently away from practice writing a book on private military contractors, and serves as a legal affairs and national security contributor to Harper’s magazine. Scott has handled some of the largest foreign direct investments in the Caspian region, but his practice also encompasses advisory work for foreign sovereigns (including at various times all five of the Central Asian republics) on legal reform issues, representation of multilateral development banks in secured finance and equity investment projects, and representation of Western natural resource companies in exploration and development projects. He holds his J.D. degree from The University of Texas at Austin and studied law at the Universities of Mainz and Munich in Germany before coming to Austin.
Scott has been a lifelong activist in the human rights area, having served as counsel to Andrei Sakharov, Elena Bonner, Sergei Kovalev and other leaders of the Russian human rights and democracy movements for over twenty years. He has also worked with Human Rights Watch, the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights and the International League for Human Rights, among other organizations.
Scott is an adjunct professor at the Columbia University School of Law and the author of over 200 articles and monographs on legal developments in nations in transition.
Scott Horton
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Accountability for Private Military Contractors
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