- Chip Pitts
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Chip Pitts Born 24 November 1960 Nationality U.S.A. Known for Human Rights/Civil Liberties Board member of Bill of Rights Defense Committee; The Negotiation Center (UTD); ACLU Dallas Chip Pitts is the Board President of the Bill of Rights Defense Committee and former Chairman of Amnesty International USA.[1]
Career
Pitts is an international attorney, human rights activist, and law educator who lectures on human rights and international business at law schools and universities including Stanford [2] and Oxford.[3][4]
Former Chief Legal Officer of Nokia, Inc. and partner at Baker & McKenzie law firm, Pitts has served as founding executive and investor in technology startups including Tellme Networks.[5] Among awards Pitts has received are the Peacemaker of the Year award from the Dallas Peace Center,[6] and the Dallas Bar Association's Pro Bono Volunteer of the Year award, in addition to other pro bono and outstanding service awards from various bar associations and other organizations.[7]
He is a frequent keynote speaker at academic conferences,[8] international conferences,[9] world affairs councils,[10] civil liberties conferences,[11] and foreign policy committee meetings.[12] For over two decades, he has represented the United States government as well as nongovernmental organizations such as Amnesty International, Human Rights First (fka Lawyers Committee for Human Rights), and the Advocates for Human Rights at the United Nations.[13]
He is an advisor to the Business Leaders Initiative on Human Rights,[14] and a board or advisory board member of other organizations including The Negotiations Center,[15] the London-Based Business and Human Rights Resource Centre,[16] the Electronic Privacy Information Center,[17] and the ACLU of Dallas.[18]
He blogs at www.CSRLaw.org, and his writing has appeared in newspapers and magazines ranging from The Washington Post [19] to the Wall Street Journal, from The Nation [20] and The New Republic [21] to Liberty magazine [22] and The American Conservative,[23] and from the Washington Spectator [24] to Foreign Affairs.[25] He has testified before foreign parliaments [26] and the U.S. Congress,[27] and his broadcast commentaries have appeared among other places on National Public Radio [28] and Public Radio International.[29] Pitts is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations in New York and the Pacific Council on International Policy in San Francisco.
Works
Pitts is the author, co-author, or editor of numerous articles and several books, including:
- Corporate Social Responsibility: A Legal Analysis (Lexis Nexis, 2009) ISBN 9780433451150
- Human Rights Corporate Accountability Guide: From Law to Norms to Values (BLIHR & Harvard, 2008).
- Business, Human Rights, & The Environment: The Role of the Lawyer in CSR & Ethical Globalization 26:2 Berkeley J. Int'l Law 479 (2008).
- Baker & McKenzie NAFTA Handbook (CCH 1994).
References
- ^ "From Nobodies to Somebodies: How 100 Great Careers Got Started". Portfolio. Spring 2005. http://www.nobodiestosomebodies.com/interviews.php?&cat=nonprofit. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
- ^ "Lecturer, Stanford Law School""
- ^ "The Spirit of Social Enterprise Lecture Series""
- ^ "University of Oxford Continuing Education""
- ^ "Top Nokia Executive to Join TellMe Networks"
- ^ "Chip Pitts Peacemaker of the Year". Dallas Peace Center. Fall 2004. http://dallaspeacecenter.org/PAD/2004/Pitts. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
- ^ "LegalSpan Faculty: Chip Pitts"
- ^ "Transatlantic Symposium Focuses on Corporate Human Rights Responsibilities"
- ^ "Conference: Smart Regulation - Legislative Opportunities for the EU to Improve Corporate Accountability"
- ^ "Human Rights in Global Governance, Business, and Beyond"
- ^ "Keynote Speaker: Chip Pitts"
- ^ "Dallas Committee on Foreign Relations: Human Rights and International Business"
- ^ "United Nations Press Release: Independent Expert of the Commission on Human Rights on the Right to Development Addresses Sub-Commission"
- ^ "Who We Are: Advisors"
- ^ "Board of Advisors"
- ^ "International Advisory Network"
- ^ "EPIC Advisory Board"
- ^ "ACLU Dallas Board"
- ^ "Tough Patriot Act Followed by Forty Nations"
- ^ "Author Bio: Chip Pitts"
- ^ "Author Bio: Chip Pitts"
- ^ "Minority Report: A Glimpse Ahead?"
- ^ "Counsels of a Liberal Ex-President"
- ^ "Under Surveillance: The End of Illegal Domestic Spying? Don't Count on It"
- ^ "Inequality is No Myth"
- ^ "Responsabilidad Social Corporativa una visión desde el marco internacional: Congreso de los Diputados (5 de noviembre de 2007)"
- ^ "Re-Authorization of the USA Patriot Act (June 10, 2005)"
- ^ "Exxon-Mobil Shareholders"
- ^ "Money and Politics"
Categories:- Amnesty International people
- American human rights activists
- American humanitarians
- American political writers
- American women's rights activists
- Living people
- Minority rights activists
- 1960 births
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