James Anaya Explained

S. James Anaya
Office:	16th Dean of the University of Colorado Law School
Term Start:	August 8, 2016
Term End:	June 30, 2021
Predecessor:	Phil Weiser
Successor:	Lolita Buckner
Education:	University of New Mexico (BA) Harvard Law School (JD)

Stephen James Anaya is an American lawyer and the 16th Dean of the University of Colorado Boulder Law School.^[1] He was formerly the James J. Lenoir Professor of Human Rights Law and Policy at the University of Arizona's James E. Rogers College of Law^[2] and previously served for more than ten years^[3] on the faculty at the University of Iowa College of Law. In March2008, he was appointed by the United Nations as its Special Rapporteur on the situation of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people, replacing Rodolfo Stavenhagen.^[4] He was elected a Member of the American Philosophical Society in 2019.

Education and work

Anaya is a graduate of the University of New Mexico (B.A., 1980) and Harvard Law School (J.D., 1983). At Harvard Law School, he was a member of the Board of Student Advisers. He teaches and writes in the areas of international human rights, constitutional law, and issues concerning indigenous peoples.^[2] Anaya has served as a consultant for organizations and government agencies in numerous countries on matters of human rights and indigenous peoples, and he has represented indigenous groups from many parts of North and Central America in landmark cases before courts and international organizations. He was the lead counsel for the indigenous parties in the case of Awas Tingni v. Nicaragua, in which the Inter-American Court of Human Rights for the first time upheld indigenous land rights as a matter of international law.^[5] In addition, he directed the legal team that successfully achieved a judgment by the Supreme Court of Belize affirming the traditional land rights of the Maya people of that country.^[6]

On April 13, 2016, University of Colorado Boulder Provost Russell L. Moore announced the appointment of James (Jim) Anaya, Regents' Professor and James J. Lenoir Professor of Human Rights Law and Policy at the University of Arizona, as dean of the University of Colorado Boulder Law School. Anaya began his duties on August 8, 2016.^[1] Anaya stepped down from his role as Dean of Colorado Law School effective June 30, 2021. He remains a distinguished faculty member.^[7]

Anaya is of Apache and Purépecha ancestry.^[8]

Selected publications

• Book: Anaya, S. James . Indigenous Peoples in International Law. Oxford University Press . 1996 .
• Anaya, S. James . 1 . 1998 . [<!--access-date=--> Maya aboriginal land and resource rights and the conflict over logging in southern Belize ]. Yale Human Rights & Development Law Journal . 1 .
• Book: Anaya, S. James . 1 . Indigenous peoples in international law . Oxford University Press . 2004 . 2nd .
• International Human Rights: Problems of Law, Policy, and Practice (4th ed. 2006) (co-authored with Richard B. Lillich, Hurst Hannun & Dinah L. Shelton)
• The Protection of Indigenous Peoples' Rights Over Lands and Natural Resources Under the Inter-American Human Rights System, 14 Harv. Hum. Rts. J. 33 (2001) (co-author with Robert A. Williams, Jr.).
• The Native Hawaiian People and International Human Rights Law: Toward a Remedy for Past and Continuing Wrongs, 28 Ga. L. Rev. 309 (1994), reprinted in International Law and Indigenous Peoples 309 (S. James Anaya ed., 2003).
• A Contemporary Definition of the International Norm of Self-Determination, 3 Transnat'l L. & Contemp. Probs. 131 (1993).

A complete list of his academic publications to 2009 is available on the University of Arizona website.^[9]

External links

• • Office of the United Nations Office High Commissioner for Human Rights
• Curriculum Vitae
• Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program
• Harper, Samuel (1996) "James Anaya and the case of the Awas Tingni" Accessed 17 August 2009

Notes and References

1. Web site: CU-Boulder names James Anaya new dean of law. https://web.archive.org/web/20170914172512/http://www.colorado.edu/today/2016/04/13/cu-boulder-names-james-anaya-new-dean-law. September 14, 2017. April 13, 2016. Elizabeth. Lock.
2. Web site: Faculty Profile, James Anaya, University of Arizona. https://web.archive.org/web/20150320210500/http://www.law.arizona.edu/faculty/getprofile.cfm?facultyid=31. dead. March 20, 2015.
3. Web site: S. James Anaya | Law Library. February 3, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160203054313/https://library.law.uiowa.edu/s-james-anaya . 2016-02-03 .
4. Web site: This week in review… James Anaya new Special Rapporteur for Indigenous Human Rights. 2008-04-01. Traditional Knowledge Bulletin. en. 2019-07-01.
5. Web site: Indigenous Peoples Law & Policy Program: Advocacy & Clinical Projects. https://web.archive.org/web/20120213224455/http://www.law.arizona.edu/depts/iplp/advocacy/awastingni/felix.cfm?page=advoc. dead. February 13, 2012.
6. Web site: Law School Program Helping to Protect Indigenous People's Land Rights. Everett-Haynes. La Monica. Communications. University. UANews. 12 October 2007. en. 2019-07-01.
7. Web site: Lolita Buckner Inniss to become dean of Colorado Law. 23 April 2021.
8. Web site: UN Explores Native American Rights In US. (interview NPR News) - Visit to USA - UNSR James Anaya. unsr.jamesanaya.org. 2019-07-01. 2016-03-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221432/http://unsr.jamesanaya.org/visit-to-usa/un-explores-native-american-rights-in-us-interview-npr-news. dead.
9. Web site: Academic Publications - sja - UNSR Website. unsr.jamesanaya.org. 2020-02-12. 2019-10-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20191017061046/http://unsr.jamesanaya.org/sja/academic-publications. dead.