Senior State Department official Scott Busby just departed the Biden administration after a decade leading efforts on a broad range of human rights issues for the U.S. government. In this event, he will present on key challenges facing the United States and then engage in conversation with Humphrey Professor Eric Schwartz. The dialogue between these two experts will touch upon various aspects of human rights, including the role of the U.S. in promoting and protecting these rights, the complexities of navigating international human rights issues, and the evolving landscape of human rights advocacy.
Scott Busby
A distinguished fellow at Georgetown University’s Human Rights Institute, has spent three decades working on human rights, refugee, and migration issues. As Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for human rights, he was deeply engaged in U.S. efforts to advance human rights in Burma, in China, in Latin America, and other parts of the world. The breadth of Busby’s career in the U.S. government and international organizations has been remarkable, having worked at the White House, the State Department, and the Justice Department, as well as international organizations that include UNHCR and the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Beyond human rights, he has worked on a broad range of international migration, asylum and refugee issues.