Katherine Kaufka Walts, JD
Katherine Kaufka Walts, JD - Director of the Center for the Human Rights of Children, Loyola University Chicago
Katherine Kaufka Walts, JD is the Director of the Center for the Human Rights of Children at Loyola University Chicago. The Center represents, coordinates, and stimulates efforts of the Loyola University community to understand and protect the human rights of children utilizing an interdisciplinary approach. She has an extensive background and expertise in all aspects of immigration especially regarding exploitation and human trafficking of migrants. She has successfully represented dozens of victims of human trafficking in the United States within immigration and criminal justice proceedings. Ms. Kaufka Walts has provided expert testimony to local, national, and international governmental bodies and continues to provide technical assistance, training, and consultation to law enforcement, service providers, task forces and coalitions, government agencies, federal and local law enforcement, and media in the US and internationally on the subject of human trafficking. Her international work includes project development, training, and consultation in the Dominican Republic, Latvia, Ethiopia, and Kosovo.
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Katherine Kaufka Walts, JD - Director of the Center for the Human Rights of Children, Loyola University Chicago
Katherine Kaufka Walts, JD is the Director of the Center for the Human Rights of Children at Loyola University Chicago. The Center represents, coordinates, and stimulates efforts of the Loyola University community to understand and protect the human rights of children utilizing an interdisciplinary approach. She has an extensive background and expertise in all aspects of immigration especially regarding exploitation and human trafficking of migrants. She has successfully represented dozens of victims of human trafficking in the United States within immigration and criminal justice proceedings. Ms. Kaufka Walts has provided expert testimony to local, national, and international governmental bodies and continues to provide technical assistance, training, and consultation to law enforcement, service providers, task forces and coalitions, government agencies, federal and local law enforcement, and media in the US and internationally on the subject of human trafficking. Her international work includes project development, training, and consultation in the Dominican Republic, Latvia, Ethiopia, and Kosovo.
View Katherine Kaufka Walts' slides shared during her presentation.