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Eileen Donahoe

Eileen Donahoe
19th United States Ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Council
In office
2010–2013
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byRudy Boschwitz
(as ambassador to the Commission on Human Rights)
Succeeded byKeith M. Harper
Personal details
Born
Eileen Chamberlain
NationalityAmerican
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseJohn Donahoe
ResidencePortola Valley, California
Alma materDartmouth College
Stanford University
Harvard University

Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe is a former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, having been appointed by President Barack Obama in 2009.[1][2] (She was the first ambassador following the referent UN body changing from the predecessor United Nations Commission on Human Rights.) After serving her term as ambassador, Donahoe was appointed as Director of Global Affairs for Human Rights Watch.[3] In 2014, she was also appointed to the board of International Service for Human Rights.[4] She is also an affiliate of Stanford University's Center for International Security and Cooperation, a center of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies[5] and Executive Director of the Global Digital Policy Incubator at the Freeman Spogli Institute's Cyber Policy Center[6] working at the intersection of governance, technology and human rights.

  1. ^ "Alum may be tapped for U.N. post", The Dartmouth, 31 July 2009.
  2. ^ "Dartmouth News' announcement of Dr. Donahoe's appointment of U.S. Ambassador to UNHR Archived 2012-04-03 at the Wayback Machine", The Dartmouth, 13 November 2009.
  3. ^ "Eileen Donahoe, Director of Global Affairs"
  4. ^ "Eileen Donahoe appointed to ISHR Board" (Press release). International Service for Human Rights. 4 May 2014.
  5. ^ University, © Stanford; Stanford; California 94305. "Eileen Donahoe". cisac.fsi.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2022-08-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ University, © Stanford; Stanford; California 94305. "Eileen Donahoe". fsi.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2022-08-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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