Scott Worden is a senior rule of law advisor at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, DC and manages the Institute's Afghanistan rule of law programs. In 2009 he took leave from the institute to serve as one of the U.N.-appointed international commissioners on the Afghanistan Electoral Complaints Commission for the Presidential and Provincial Council elections. Previously, he served as an adviser to the U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan on human rights and elections issues, as well as to the Afghanistan Joint Election Management Body on the conduct of the 2005 Parliamentary elections.
Before serving in Afghanistan, Worden worked with several Cambodian NGOs on legal reform projects, including advocating procedures for the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia to try former Khmer Rouge leaders. He also advised the Cambodian government on drafting its anti-corruption law. An attorney, Worden practiced law with a firm New York for thee years, focusing on international litigation. He has received fellowships from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Luce Scholars Program, and is a graduate of Colgate University and Harvard Law School.
