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[SNU Public Interest & Legal Clinic Center] 2021 4th Public Interest Table- Legal and Human Rights Work at the UN

Nov 11, 2021

2021 4th Public Interest Table - Legal and Human Rights Work at the UN


SNU Public Interest & Legal Clinic Center arranged the "Public Interest Table" to provide information to lawschool students about career paths that contribute to society by inviting lawyers who are pioneering new fields. 


○ Time & Date : 2021. 11. 11 (Thursday) 12:30 ~ 14:00
○ Format : Online ZOOM
○ Registration : If you wish to attend online, please fill out the registration form through the link below. We will send you the Zoom link via email the day before the lecture. ※ Due Date for Registration : 2021. 11. 9
- Link : https://forms.gle/2erdVmZFEx4STMN28 

○ Lecturer : Erik Moss Husketh(Human Right Officer)
- Introduction
Eric Husketh (he/him) is a Human Rights Officer with the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), at its field-based structure in Seoul. His work in Seoul focuses on accountability for possible crimes against humanity in the DPRK. He is also particularly interested in the human rights of LGBTI people. Prior to joining OHCHR Seoul, he served as a Human Rights Officer in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, with the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI). Since joining the UN in 2009, he has also served as a legal officer in various capacities at the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (UNICTR), the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC, also known as the “Khmer Rouge Tribunal”), the UN Mission in Kosovo, and in the Office of Legal Affairs at UN Headquarters in New York. Eric grew up on a farm in North Carolina, USA, and is admitted to the New York Bar.