Law Professor Earns United Nations Position
International lawyer and scholar S. James Anaya has been named the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Indigenous Peoples.
University of Arizona legal scholar S. James Anaya has received a United Nations appointment that calls on him to evaluate the conditions of the human rights and freedoms of indigenous people around the world.
Anaya has just been appointed as United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Indigenous Peoples. The Human Rights Council confirmed his appointment last week.
Anaya, who is the James J. Lenoir Professor of Human Rights Law and Policy, is the second person to be named to the position since it was created in 2001. Anayaâs three-year appointment becomes effective May 1.