Amb. Keith Harper to Give Keynote Address at 11th Annual Henkin Lecture on Human Rights
Partner Keith Harper will give the keynote address at the Louis Henkin Lecture on Human Rights at the University of Miami School of Law on November 2. The discussion will explore the efficacy of the multilateral system and the rules-based international order. Has the system evolved to promote women’s rights to the rights of Indigenous Peoples? Given the important human rights challenges presented by business enterprises, how has the human rights system adapted to successfully address these emerging challenges? Finally, does the ruled-based system live up to its promise to promote international peace and security.
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Ambassador Keith Harper focuses his practice on Native American affairs, litigation, and human rights in the private and public sectors. From 2014 until 2017, he served as the US Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland. A citizen of the Cherokee Nation, Keith is the first Native American to be named a US Ambassador. He represented the plaintiff class of 500,000 individual Indians and served as class counsel in the landmark Indian trust funds lawsuit, Cobell v. Salazar. Ultimately, the case settled for $3.4 billion, which represents the largest settlement of a lawsuit against the United States in history.
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Partner Keith Harper will give the keynote address at the Louis Henkin Lecture on Human Rights at the University of Miami School of Law on November 2. The discussion will explore the efficacy of the multilateral system and the rules-based international order. Has the system evolved to promote women’s rights to the rights of Indigenous Peoples? Given the important human rights challenges presented by business enterprises, how has the human rights system adapted to successfully address these emerging challenges? Finally, does the ruled-based system live up to its promise to promote international peace and security.
Register here.
Ambassador Keith Harper focuses his practice on Native American affairs, litigation, and human rights in the private and public sectors. From 2014 until 2017, he served as the US Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland. A citizen of the Cherokee Nation, Keith is the first Native American to be named a US Ambassador. He represented the plaintiff class of 500,000 individual Indians and served as class counsel in the landmark Indian trust funds lawsuit, Cobell v. Salazar. Ultimately, the case settled for $3.4 billion, which represents the largest settlement of a lawsuit against the United States in history.
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