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Associate Dean Karen Bravo traveled to Doha, Qatar, May 8 through 10 to provide expert advice to an international gathering on tertiary level educational material on human trafficking for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Education for Justice initiative. The meeting took place at the Qatar University in Doha, Qatar.

Dean Bravo joined a group of 10 academics from around the world -- Latin America, Southeast Asia, Europe, the United States, and Australia -- and a variety of disciplines (criminology, anthropology, social work, international relations, and law) in providing feedback on the draft tertiary level teaching modules on the subject of human trafficking. She was selected to moderate the session on the first of the five draft modules – on the definition and meaning of human trafficking - and then taught the mock class that “test drove” the module to a group of Qatar University students.

The meeting forms part of the implementation of the Doha Declaration on Integrating Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice into the Wider United Nations Agenda to Address Social and Economic Challenges and to Promote the Rule of Law at the National and International Levels, and Public Participation. The Doha Declaration was adopted in 2015 by the Thirteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. The Declaration recognizes the fundamental importance of universal education for children and youth, for the prevention of crime, terrorism and corruption, as well as for sustainable development.

Dean Bravo is a well-known international law scholar, and an expert in the study of human trafficking. Her research interests include regional integration, labor liberalization, and human trafficking.