Andrew Clapham is Professor of International Law at the Graduate
Institute. He was the first Director of the Geneva Academy of
International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights (June 2006 – July 2014).
He teaches international human rights law, the laws of war, and public
international law. Prior to coming to the Institute in 1997, he was the
Representative of Amnesty International at the United Nations in New
York. Andrew Clapham has worked as Special Adviser on Corporate
Responsibility to 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. He was
elected as a Commissioner of the International Commission of Jurists in
2013. He is currently serving as a member of the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan.