UA Law Prof to Serve United Nations

S. James Anaya is one of the world’s top human rights scholars, an advocate for indigenous peoples. The United Nations recently named the UA law professor Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Indigenous Peoples. This means Anaya will conduct human rights investigations and research around the world, expanding the work for which he is best known. Anaya successfully led a precedent-setting case for two Central American Maya villages against Belize, which violated their land rights by approving logging and oil exploration. Anaya came to the UA in 1999 and holds the James L. Lenoir Professorship in Human Rights and Policy.