Dr. Dalee Sambo Dorough

will address the human rights, concerns and interests of Indigenous peoples within the United Nations system as a direct participant in this important standard-setting work.

Specializing in public international law, international human rights law, international relations, Indigenous human rights standards, Dr. Dalee Sambo Dorough (Inuit-Alaska) holds a Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia, Faculty of Law (2002) and a Master of Arts in Law & Diplomacy from The Fletcher School at Tufts University (1991).  She is an Associate Professor of Political Science at University of Alaska Anchorage, responsible for the sub-field of International Relations.  Active for decades at the United Nations, International Labor Organization, and other international fora, on behalf of the Inuit Circumpolar Council, she devoted a substantial amount of time to the drafting of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.  In addition, Dr. Dorough is an Expert Member and former Chairperson of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.

Moderator: Dr. Natalia Loukacheva, CRC, Department of Political Science

Organized and sponsored by the Canada Research Chair in Aboriginal Governance and Law(Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada) with additional support from the Departments of Political Science and First Nations Studies.

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