London J. Bell

London J. Bell is a lawyer, community organizer, activist, and humanitarian with specific educational training in international human rights law and policy and international business and trade law.

London is a 2020 African Descent Fellow for the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), a highly competitive fellowship program within the United Nations International Decade for People of African Descent (2015-2024). She is also a Founding Member and the current President of the Global Black Collective Institute, an organization comprised of the 2020 OHCHR Fellows of African Descent dedicated to the realization of equity and human rights for People of African Descent around the world.
She is the Founder and President of Bell Global Justice Institute, a non-governmental organization (NGO) in Special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) focused on promoting gender equity and advancing and protecting the human rights of women and girls.

London also currently serves as the Interim President of the Macomb County Branch of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) and enjoys collaborating with a dedicated team of fellow Macomb County Branch NAACP members to advance civil rights.

London is also a 2019 graduate of the FBI Detroit Field Office’s Citizens Academy and currently serves as a member of the FBI Detroit Field Office’s Community Engagement Council.

London is a member of the United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA) and is the Immediate Past National Council Secretary and Co-Chair for UNA Women, an affinity group for UNA-USA. London has served as a UNA-USA Delegate for the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women and the United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development. In June 2023, London was awarded UNA-USA’s Advocate of the Year Award in recognition of her advocacy for the United Nations and a strong U.S.-U.N. partnership. London also represents UNA-USA as a member of the U.S. Civil Society Working Group on Women, Peace, and Security (U.S. CSWG). She was also selected to be a 2023-2024 UNA-USA Global Goals Ambassador for SDG 10 (U.N. Sustainable Development Goal #10 for Reduced Inequalities).

In addition, London’s work includes hosting human rights workshops and consultations in metro Detroit, and co-drafting civil society reports to the United Nations Committee to Eliminate Racism (CERD), the United Nations Committee to Eliminate Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), and the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). She often participates in civil society consultations with U.S. government agencies and the United Nations on a variety of human rights issues, including racial justice & equality, disability rights, gender equality, and LGBTQ+ rights.

In addition to her policy work locally, nationally, and internationally, she also works within local communities to increase the knowledge and fluency of the U.N.’s international human rights framework and its mechanisms to promote grassroots activism.

London earned her B.A. Degree in English at the University of Michigan. She went on to earn her Juris Doctor and Master of Laws (LL.M.) in International Law at DePaul University College of Law in Chicago, Illinois. She focused her Master of Law studies in International Human Rights Law & Policy & Criminal Justice. Her global studies and work has taken her to Spain, Peru, South Africa, and Geneva Switzerland.