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Biography

Catherine Morris, BA, JD, LLM, has more than two decades of experience in the field of international human rights. She has been a member of Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) since 1999 and was LRWC's UN representative from 2011 to 2022. She served as LRWC's interim executive director from 2020-2022. She is also the founding director of Peacemakers Trust, a Canadian non-profit organization for education and research in conflict resolution and peacebuilding. She has conducted research and education for civil society organizations and post-secondary institutions on several continents, including the University of Victoria, Canada, and Chulalongkorn University in Thailand. She has taught graduate level courses in negotiation, international human rights, and peace and conflict studies. She is currently an Associate of the Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives at the University of Victoria. Her research and writing have resulted in publications and papers on dispute resolution, peacebuilding and human rights.