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Hrair Balian

Hrair Balian served as the Director of The Carter Center’s Conflict Resolution Program from 2008-2021. Balian also has served as Adjunct Professor at the Emory University Law School (2008-2018). Since 1990, Balian has worked in the Balkans, Eastern Europe, the independent states emerging from the former Soviet Union, the Middle East, and Africa, serving in intergovernmental organizations (the UN and the OSCE) and nongovernmental organizations (International Crisis Group and others). He has worked on elections, human rights, and conflict resolution. Balian received a Juris Doctor degree in 1985, and Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, in 2009 for his "lifetime commitment to the dignity, respect, and self-determination of all peoples" and for his "uncompromising effort to resolve international conflicts."

ARTICLES BY Hrair Balian