About Catherine Morris

Catherine Morris, BA, JD, LLM, has more than three decades of engagement in the field of conflict studies and practice. She is the founding director of Peacemakers Trust, a Canadian non-profit organization for education and research in conflict resolution and peacebuilding. For more than two decades she has conducted research, education, and advocacy in the field of international human rights. She served as the UN representative in Geneva for Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) from 2011 to October 2022 and as LRWC’s transitional executive director from June 2020 to January 2022. She has conducted research and education for civil society organizations and post-secondary institutions on several continents, including the University of Victoria, Canada, and Chulalongkorn University in Thailand. Her research and writing have resulted in a number of publications on dispute resolution and international human rights.