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'''David Kaye''' was the [[United Nations special rapporteur]] on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression between August 2014 and July 2020.{{r|un}} He is [[clinical professor]] of law at the [[University of California, Irvine]] on [[public international law]], [[international humanitarian law]] [[international human rights law|human rights]] and [[international criminal law|international criminal justice]]. He was succeeded by [[Irene Khan]] in July 2020. {{r|uci}}{{r|VCS 2019/08/21}}
== Early life and career ==
Kaye’s early years took place in [[Conejo Valley]] during the 1970s and 80s. He was a student at [[Westlake High School]] where, during his third grade, he began to take an interest in immigrants fleeing persecution - an interest that was sparked by Iranians moving into his local area due to the revolution of [[Iran]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jazi|first=Mo|title=How a Westlake High School grad became U.N. human rights expert|url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/2019/08/21/westlake-high-school-grad-became-u-n-human-rights-expert/2051375001/|access-date=2021-06-15|website=Ventura County Star|language=en-US}}</ref>
His undergraduate studies took place at [[University of California, Berkeley|UC Berkeley]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Internet Law and Online Speech: An International Perspective|url=https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/events/2020/internet-law-and-online-speech-international-perspective|access-date=2021-06-16|website=UC Berkeley School of Information|language=en}}</ref> and, following law school, Kaye was employed by the [[United States Department of State|State Department]] with a specific role working on disputes between the U.S. and Iran. In time, he moved on to nuclear non-proliferation issues and later onto [[international humanitarian law]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jazi|first=Mo|title=How a Westlake High School grad became U.N. human rights expert|url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/2019/08/21/westlake-high-school-grad-became-u-n-human-rights-expert/2051375001/|access-date=2021-06-16|website=Ventura County Star|language=en-US}}</ref>
From 1995 to 2005, Kaye served in the Office of Legal Adviser at the State Department, where he was responsible for issues including human rights, international humanitarian law, the use of force, international organisations, and [[Foreign relations of the United States|U.S. foreign relations]] law. During this time Kaye was also a legal adviser to the American Embassy in [[The Hague]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kaye|first=David|title=David Kaye, Author at Just Security|url=https://www.justsecurity.org/author/kayedavid/|access-date=2021-06-17|website=Just Security|language=en-US}}</ref>
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