Kristin Hausler

Director of the Centre for International Law at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law

Biography

Kristin Hausler is the Dorset Senior Fellow and the Director of the Centre for International
Law at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, in London.
Since joining the Institute in 2007, she has developed and led several research projects,
including on human rights and climate change. Her area of expertise is cultural
heritage law. She regularly leads training on heritage protection and provides advice
on legislative drafting regarding cultural heritage matters. She has also spoken at
events around the world, including at the United Nations, and is regularly invited to
teach cultural heritage law, such as at the University of Geneva, Leiden University, or
Georgetown Law. Previously, she worked in a museum in Canada on a project focused
on the return of Ancestral remains to Indigenous communities. Since 2010, she has
been an elected member of the ILA Committee on cultural heritage.

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