International Humanitarian Law / Qualification of Armed Conflict / International Human Rights Law / Armed Non-State Actors / Arms Trade Treaty / Business and Human Rights / Counter-terrorism / Extraterritoriality / UN Human Rights Mechanisms / Weapons Law / Use of Force / European Human Rights Law / War / Neutrality / Economic Warfare
Andrew Clapham is Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute, which he joined in 1997, an Honorary Member of the International Commission of Jurists, and an Associate Member of Matrix Chambers. He has been a member of the United Nations (UN) Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan since 2017.
Professor Clapham was the first Director of the Geneva Academy (2006–2014).
His current research focuses on the concept of war and he published a book with that title in 2021. Before teaching at the Graduate Institute, Professor Clapham was the Representative of Amnesty International at the UN in New York. Since joining the Graduate Institute he has also worked as Special Adviser on Corporate Responsibility to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson, and Adviser on International Humanitarian Law to Sergio Vieira de Mello, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Iraq.
ICRC
LLM - CourseThis course provides a comprehensive overview of the main topics of international human rights law and its relationship with international humanitarian law.
Andrew Clapham
Oxford University Press
Paola Gaeta, Marco Sassòli, Andrew Clapham
Oxford University Press
Paola Gaeta, Andrew Clapham
Oxford University Press