Jim Wormington is a senior researcher and advocate in the Economic Justice and Rights Division of Human Rights Watch, where he works on extractive industries, supply chains, and other issues related to corporate accountability. He was previously a researcher in HRW’s Africa Division, covering human rights issues in West Africa. He has also practiced as an attorney at the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative, where he conducted research to inform rule of law and human rights development programs in West and Central Africa. He is an English-trained barrister, a past member of QEB Hollis Whiteman Chambers, and was educated at Cambridge University (MA) and New York University School of Law (LLM)