This report reviews major trends in society and human rights since the International Council on Human Rights Policy was first conceived in the early 1990s and looks forward to some of the new challenges that will require human rights attention in coming years.
Robert Archer, Executive Director, ICHRP. Before coming to the Council Robert Archer was Policy Adviser at Christian Aid. He has degrees in philosophy and literature from Cambridge University and in African Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies (London). He has taught and done research in Madagascar, and is the author of books on Madagascar and South Africa. Please contact him for more information on this project.
Lydia Alpízar Durán, Executive Director, Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID); Co-founder and Advisor, Youth Network for Reproductive and Sexual Rights (ELIGE), Mexico.
Charlotte Bunch, Founder and Executive Director, Center for Women’s Global Leadership, Rutgers State University.
Stefanie Grant, lawyer.
Imrana Jalal, lawyer; Human Rights Adviser, Regional Rights Resources Team, Fiji; Founding Member, Fiji Women’s Rights Movement.
Hina Jilani, UN Special Representative on Human Rights Defenders; Advocate, Supreme Court of Pakistan.
Dimitrina Petrova, Executive Director, Equal Rights Trust, London.
Marco Sassoli, Professor of Law, University of Geneva.
Chaiwat Satha-Anand, Professor of Political Science, Thammasat University, Bangkok.
Wilder Tayler, Deputy Director, International Commission of Jurists, Geneva.
Thomas Hammarberg, Commissioner for Human Rights, Council of Europe; contributed a Preface to this text.
Juan Méndez, United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide; contributed a postscript to the draft edition of the report.