Report of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry

Report of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry
SIR NIGEL RODLEY KBE
One of the world’s foremost experts on torture and international human
rights law, Professor Sir Nigel Rodley KBE has extensive experience
working on these issues, most notably as the United Nation’s Special
Rapporteur on Torture and as member and Vice-Chair of the United Nations
Human Rights Committee.
In 1973, Sir Nigel became the first Legal Adviser of the International
Secretariat of Amnesty International, a position he held until 1990. In 1990
he was appointed as Reader in Law at the University of Essex and since
1994 he has been Professor of Law at the University of Essex. Sir Nigel has
been the Chair of the Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex since
2004. He has also taught international law and other subjects at Dalhousie
University, the New School of Social Research and the London School of
Economics and Political Science.
In 1993 Sir Nigel was designated Special Rapporteur on Torture by the UN
Commission on Human Rights, serving in this capacity until 2001. Since
2001 he has been a member of the UN Human Rights Committee, including
periods as Vice-Chair. He was elected a Commissioner of the International
Commission of Jurists in 2003 and is a member of Council of its British
Branch, JUSTICE. He is a Trustee of the Medical Foundation for the Care
of Victims of Torture.
Sir Nigel was awarded a KBE in the 1998/99 New Year’s Honours List, “for
services to human rights and international law”. He received an honorary
LLD from Dalhousie University in 2000 and in 2005 received, jointly, the
American Society of International Law’s Goler T. Butcher medal for
“outstanding contributions to … international human rights law”.
Sir Nigel has authored or edited six books on international law and
international human rights law, as well as numerous book chapters, journal
articles and shorter works.
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