has been appointed associate professor of human rights law and global affairs at the University of Notre Dame鈥檚 .
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A graduate of Yale Law 91视频, Desierto is a scholar of international human rights law whose expertise includes civil and political rights as well as social, cultural and economic rights. She also is an expert in international economic law, including international trade law, international investment law and arbitration law.
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At Notre Dame, Desierto will serve as a member of the faculty advisory committee of the an integral part of the Keough 91视频, and she will take an active role in advancing the center鈥檚 mission. During the 2018-19 academic year, she will teach courses on human rights, sustainability and the global commons, as well as international law and human rights.
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鈥淒iane is a productive and widely respected scholar who integrates in her writings and teaching several bodies of knowledge that are all too rarely addressed in an integrated way: international human rights law and international economic law and its subfields,鈥� said , Marilyn Keough Dean.
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鈥淪he will be a significant contributor to the Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights as well as to the Keough 91视频 more generally, and we are delighted to welcome her into our ranks.鈥�
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Desierto holds J.S.D. and L.L.M. degrees from Yale Law 91视频 and a J.D. from the University of the Philippines College of Law. She is the author of 鈥淧ublic Policy in International Economic Law: The ICESCR in Trade, Finance, and Investment Necessity鈥� (Oxford) and 鈥淣ational Emergency Clauses: Sovereignty in Modern Treaty Interpretation鈥� (Brill/Nijhoff).
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Before coming to Notre Dame, Desierto was associate professor of law and the Michael J. Marks Distinguished Professor in Business Law at the University of Hawaii鈥檚 William S. Richardson College of Law. She also served as co-director of the ASEAN Law and Integration Center, which conducts research supporting legal, regulatory and policy reforms among the nations of Southeast Asia.
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Founded in 1973 by the late Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., the Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights prepares human rights lawyers and other professionals to become champions of civil and human rights and conducts research designed to promote human rights around the world. The center听听by Rick and Molly Klau, and was renamed in their honor in September 2018.