Marcia V.J. Kran

Haut Commissariat des Nations Unies aux droits de l’homme

Marcia V. J. Kran is the Director of the Research and Right to Development Division at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

She was formerly Head of Policy and Programs, UNDP Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific (Bangkok); Democratic Governance Practice Leader, UNDP Regional Centre for Europe and the CIS (Bratislava); Director, Criminal Justice Program, Open Society Justice Initiative (Budapest); Senior Legal Advisor, Cambodian Minister of Women’s and Veterans’ Affairs (Phnom Penh); Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia (Vancouver); Criminal Justice Officer, UN Office on Drugs and Crime (Vienna); Legal Policy Counsel, Canadian Department of Justice (Ottawa); Crown Attorney, Attorney General of Manitoba (Winnipeg). In 2005 she was awarded the Walter S. Tarnopolsky Prize by the International Commission of Jurists (Canada) in recognition of her outstanding contributions to international human rights.