NARRATIVE REPORT 2009 - The ICHRP

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International Council on Human Rights Policy - Narrative Report 2009 Staff: short biographies and contact information Appendix IV(b) Executive Director Mr Robert Archer archer@ichrp.org Phone: +41 (0) 22 775 33 08 Before he became the Executive Director of the International Council in 1997, Robert Archer was Senior Policy Adviser for Christian Aid (London), where he set up the Policy Programme and worked on aid policy, governance and development issues in sub-Saharan Africa (Burundi, Kenya, Lesotho, Somalia, Sudan, DRC). Between 1981 and 1991, at the Catholic Institute for International Relations (London) he set up a policy and advocacy programme on East and South East Asia (on political reform, human rights and labour issues in the Philippines, East Timor, Hong Kong and South Korea). He worked for two years for the publisher and bookshop l’Harmattan in Paris, and also taught English for two years at the University of Madagascar. Research Director Mr Vijay Kumar Nagaraj nagaraj@ichrp.org Phone: +41 (0) 22 775 33 02 Prior to joining the Council Vijay Nagaraj was an Assistant Professor at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai, India. Concurrently he taught and was a consultant at the National Law School of India University. Between 2000 and 2003, he re-established Amnesty International’s section in India, as its Director. Vijay has also been a consultant to the World Commission on Dams 1999-2000 and worked with the Board of Oxfam, India 1998-1999. In 1994-1995 and 1996-1998 he worked with Mazdoor Kisan Shakthi Sangathan (MKSS), a social movement organisation working with the rural poor in Rajasthan. Research Director Ms Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona Sepúlveda@ichrp.org Phone: +41 (0) 22 775 33 07 Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona, a Chilean lawyer, is concurrently the UN Independent Expert on Extreme Poverty and human rights. Before joining the ICHRP, she was Co-Director of the Department of International Law and Human Rights of the United Nations-affiliated University for Peace in Costa Rica. She has also worked as a researcher at the Netherlands Institute for Human Rights, staff attorney at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, consultant to the Department of International Protection of UNHCR, and for the Norwegian Refugee Council in Colombia. She holds a Ph.D in international law from Utrecht University in the Netherlands and an LL.M in human rights law from University of Essex, UK. Accountant Ms Sabrina Lambat lambat@ichrp.org Phone: +41 (0) 22 775 33 09 Sabrina Lambat's has been the ICHRP’s Accountant since 2008. Her previous work experience was mainly administrative and customer-oriented in governmental, telecommunications, brokerage and insurance organisations, as well as industrial, construction and mining companies. She has a Masters degree in International Studies from the IUHEI, University of Geneva, and a Diploma of Advanced Studies (DEA) in Development Studies from the IUED, University of Geneva. Outreach and Publications Co-ordinator Ms Fairouz El Tom eltom@ichrp.org Phone: +41 (0) 22 775 33 05 Before joining the Council Fairouz El Tom was an Education Observation Officer with UNICEF in Iraq. Prior to that, she was a Consultant at the Hague Appeal for Peace in New York. Fairouz also worked as Programme Assistant at Family Care International, New York. She has a Master's degree in international educational development from Columbia University, New York. 38
International Council on Human Rights Policy - Narrative Report 2009 IT and Communications Officer Ms Axelle Devun devun@ichrp.org Phone: +41 (0) 22 775 33 21 Before joining the Council, Axelle Devun worked in Communication and Promotion at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, on web edition and marketing. Earlier, she worked for the Sphere Project, promoting materials and training. She has developed activities, organized events, and created and produced communications tools in a think tank, a web agency, and a biotechnology Research & Development company. She graduated in Marketing and Management from the IDRAC Business School, Lyon, and has a Master's degree in Media and Communication from Paul Cézanne University, Aix en Provence. Administrative Assistant Ms Annabelle Ranasinghe ranasinghe@ichrp.org Phone: +41 (0) 22 775 33 04 Prior to joining the Council Annabelle Ranasinghe had a long career in the airline industry as a Personal Assistant/Secretary and has many years of experience dealing with various secretarial duties and conference assistance in Geneva and world-wide. She has worked for various international organisations in Geneva. Annabelle was educated in Sri Lanka and is bilingual in English and French. Senior Adviser, Realizing Rights - The Ethical Globalization Initiative Mr Scott Jerbi scott.jerbi@eginitiative.org Phone: +41 (0) 22 755 21 25 Scott Jerbi has been attached to the Council's Secretariat since September 2002. He is Senior Adviser to Realizing Rights: the Ethical Globalization Initiative (EGI), led by Mary Robinson, to whom he reports. He worked previously in the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), where he was a speechwriter and the focal point for the development of OHCHR's policies and activities relating to the private sector. Before joining the United Nations, Scott worked with the Amherst Wilder Foundation, a non-profit health and human services organization serving low-income individuals and families in the central neighbourhoods and communities of Saint Paul, Minnesota. 39
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