Chaire Suisse de droits humains

Prof. Eibe Riedel

Eibe Riedel, Professor Dr., LL. B., A. K. C., is the Swiss Chair of Human Rights at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, Chair of German and Comparative Public Law, European and International Law (em.) at the University of Mannheim, Germany, and a member of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

He studied law and theology at King’s College London, and law at the University of Kiel/ Germany. He obtained his Dr. iuris in 1974 and Dr. iur. habil. in 1983. He has been a Professor of Public Law and International Law at the University of Mainz, then at the University of Marburg, then at Mann heim. Prof. Riedel has recently been appointed a Judge at the Hague Court of Arbitration. He is a Director of the Inland Navigation Law Institute, and the Director of the Institute of Medical Law, Bioethics and Public Health. He was Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University of Mannheim from 1996–2000.

Prof. Riedel is currently a member of the Scientific Advisory Council at the German Foreign Office; member of the German UNESCO Commission; Chairperson, Advisory Council on Students’ Fees, Baden-Württemberg; Honorary Adjunct Professor, University of Adelaide; and Visiting Professor, University of Kingston.