Ms Karin Landgren has been UNICEF’s Chief of Child Protection since 1998, directing the agency’s efforts to protect children from violence, exploitation and abuse. Prior to this she spent nearly twenty years with UNHCR, heading their office in Bosnia-Herzegovina during the war, as well as offices in Eritrea and Singapore. She was also UNHCR’s Chief of Standards and Legal Advice. In the 1980s, she worked extensively with Afghan, Iranian and Vietnamese asylum-seekers as Protection Officer for UNHCR in India and as Deputy Representative in the Philippines. Ms Landgren has lectured and written on refugee protection, child protection and the protection of human rights in humanitarian crises. She is a Corresponding Editor of International Legal Materials. She holds degrees in International Relations(B.Sc.) and International Law (LL.M.) from the London School of Economics. She is a Swedish national, and grew up in Japan.