Background
Cohen, Roberta Jane was born on February 5, 1940 in New York City. Daughter of George H. and Ethel (Israel) Cohen.
Cohen, Roberta Jane was born on February 5, 1940 in New York City. Daughter of George H. and Ethel (Israel) Cohen.
Barnard College, New York, 1957-1960, Bachelor of Arts. Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Study, Washington, District of Columbia, 1960-1962, Master of Arts International Relations. Spoken languages: English, French.
United Nations representative International Affairs Department, World Jewish Congress, 1966—1971, Federation International des Droits de l'Homme, 1966—1971. Executive director International League for Human Rights, New York City, 1971-1978. Senior adviser to the United States delegate to United Nations and human rights officer Department of State, Washington, 1978-1980, deputy assistant secretary state for human rights, 1980-1981.
Head public affairs office United States Embassy, Addis Ababa, 1982-1985. Honorary secretary Parliamentary Human Rights Group, London, 1985-1986. Senior advisor to refugee policy group Washington, 1989-1996.
Senior advisor National Academy of Sciences Committee on Human Rights, 1991-1995. Senior advisor on internally displaced to representative United Nations Secretary-General, since 1994. Co-director project on internal displacement Brookings Institution, Washington, 1994—2007, senior advisor to project on internal displacement, since 2007, senior fellow, 2001—2007, foreign policy studies, nonresident senior fellow, since 2007.
Senior associate Inst Study Internet Migration Georgetown University, since 2007. Co-chair non-governmental organization Human Rights Com, 1977—1978. Consultant World Bank, various government and non-government organizations, 1991—1994.
Chairman task force on human rights United Nations Association, Washington, 1993—1994, chair task force on China, 1997—1999, International Human Rights Law Group, vice chair, 1992—1996. Board directors Jacob Blaustein Institute for Advancement Human Rights, United States Committee Human Rights North Korea. Member advisory committee Human Rights Watch/Africa, Robert F. Kennedy Memorial on Human Rights.
Member Council Foreign Relations, Brookings Council, School Culture Leace, Anatonomus University Barcelona.
Author: People's Republic of China: The Human Rights Exception, 1987. Co-author (with Francis Deng): Masses in Flight: The Global Crisis of Internal Displacement, 1998. Co-editor: The Forsaken People, 1998.Co-editor: The Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement and the Law of the South Caucasus: Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, 2003. Editorial advisory board Journal Refugee Studies, Global Responsibility to Protect, Refugee Watch.
Public member United States delegate United Nations Commission on Human Rights, 1998, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, 2003. Member of Cosmos Club.
Married David A. Korn, April 8, 1981. Stepchildren: Marie Reindorf, David Korn, Philip Korn, Stephen Korn.