Kelley E. Currie
UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar
A former diplomat, Ambassador Kelley Anne Eckels Currie is a recognized expert on the Indo Pacific region, with decades of experience working at the nexus of human rights and human security, including a strong focus on Myanmar and economic security issues. She currently serves as a distinguished visiting fellow with Perry World House at the University of Pennsylvania, a non resident senior fellow with the Indo Pacific Security Initiative at the Atlantic Council, and a partner in a Washington, DC based geopolitical consultancy.
From 2017 to 2019, she served as the United States Representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and as an alternate representative to the General Assembly, where she worked on multiple Myanmar related Security Council, General Assembly, and Human Rights Council initiatives, including participation in the 2018 Security Council Myanmar/Bangladesh fact finding mission. She later served as the Department of State’s Senior Bureau Official for the Office of Global Criminal Justice and as U.S. Ambassador at Large for Global Women’s Issues, working on accountability for atrocity crimes and on Women, Peace and Security and women’s economic empowerment initiatives.
Over the course of her career, Eckels Currie has conducted extensive human rights documentation, monitoring, investigation, and fieldwork, including in Myanmar, India, Bangladesh, and Thailand. She previously served as Majority Staff Director of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus and worked closely with civil society in Myanmar during the country’s transitional period. She is a human rights lawyer by training.