Hannum is a Professor of International Law at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.  He has been a consultant to the United Nations on issues ranging from minority rights to the situations in Afghanistan, East Timor, and Western Sahara and has served on the boards of a number of nongovernmental human rights organizations.  He was the primary consultant to ICAP in developing the Dublin Principles and contributed to the Conference on Alcohol, Ethics, and Society.  Among numerous other publications, Professor Hannum is author of Autonomy, Sovereignty, and Self‑Determination: The Accommodation of Conflicting Rights, editor of Guide to International Human Rights Practice and Negotiating Self-Determination, and co-author of International Human Rights: Problems of Law, Policy, and Practice; Brandies and Liqueurs of the World; and The Fine Wines of California.

Watch Professor Hannum's lecture,"Human Rights and China: Inside and Out."

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