Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

A pioneer in environmental law, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. serves as chief prosecuting attorney for the Hudson Riverkeeper organization and as senior attorney for the National Resources Defense Council. He is also clinical professor and supervising attorney at the Environmental Litigation Clinic at Pace University School of Law in New York. Among his many cases, he has successfully prosecuted water polluters in the New York City area and assisted several indigenous tribes negotiate treaties protecting their traditional homelands in Latin America and Canada. An avid white-water paddler, he has led first descents on remote rivers in Peru, Colombia, and Venezuela.

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Reflections on Working Towards Peace