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Irene Victoria Massimino, LL.M. '05, took part in a report on the Rohingya genocide, traveling to refugee camps in Bangladesh and collaborating in reports and talks on how to interview victims of sexual violence. The report, The Rohingya Genocide: Compilation and Analysis of Suvivors' Testimonies, was published by the Center for the Study of Genocide and Justice and the Liberation War Museum.

Violence, including reported rape, murder, and arson, triggered an exodus of Rohingya from Myanmar into neighboring countries. The Rohingya are a Muslim minority in Myanmar, a country that is predominantly Buddhist.

"Fortunately, now the International Criminal Court has opened its jurisdiction to prosecute for the crime of deportation," Massimino said. "In this context, the Center for the Study of Genocide and Justice of the Liberation War Museum in Bangladesh wrote this report after a series of interviews in the field. I helped out with its draft and now I am circulating it around to give visibility to the Rohingya cause, socially, politically and judicially."

Massimino is the former Co-Secretary-Treasurer and current member of the Resolutions Committee of the International Association of Genocide Scholars. She also is an officer of the High Criminal Court of Buenos Aires Province (Tribunal of Cassation) in Argentina. She also is currently a Head Professor of Human Rights in Latin American in the Department of International Education at the Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero, Argentina. She received a Distinguished LL.M. Alumni Award in 2017 from IU McKinney.