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| | | | 2008 Human Rights Law & Policy Conference Plenary Speaker | | | Peggy Hicks (USA) is Global Advocacy Director of Human Rights Watch (HRW), and is responsible for coordinating HRW's advocacy team and providing direction to HRW's advocacy worldwide. Prior to joining HRW in January 2005, Hicks served as Director of the Office for Returns and Communities in the UN mission in Kosovo. She has worked previously as Director of Programs and General Counsel for the International Human Rights Law Group (now Global Rights), where she managed more than a dozen country programs. Before joining the Law Group, Hicks was the Deputy High Representative for Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the highest-ranking international official responsible for implementation of the human rights aspects of the Dayton Peace Agreement. Earlier, Hicks had worked as a human rights advisor in the office of the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the former Yugoslavia. She has acted as an expert consultant for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on numerous occasions, including advising on the establishment of the Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission. She has also served as clinical professor human rights and refugee law at the University of Minnesota Law School. As senior counsel at Minnesota's largest private law firm, Hicks specialized in international litigation practice and legal malpractice defense. She is admitted to the bars of Washington DC and Minnesota, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. |
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