Janet Benshoof (May 10, 1947 – December 18, 2017) was an American human rights lawyer and President and Founder of the Global Justice Center.

in political science, summa cum laude, from the University of Minnesota in 1969,[5][4] and her Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1972, paying her tuition using money from a summer job at an A&W Root Beer stand.

Her successful legal efforts range from the approval of emergency contraception for women by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), to the application of international rape law to ensure the rights of women in the Iraqi High Tribunal's prosecutions of Saddam-era war crimes.

[11][12] Under her leadership, the Center obtained consultative status to the United Nations, developed legal projects in more than 40 countries, and won major cases in the US Supreme Court.

[4] Benshoof was President of the Global Justice Center (GJC), a New York City based international human rights law organization she founded in 2005.

American leadership to ensure that these prosecutions take place will reinforce the global values of diversity that ISIS is seeking to destroy.