Re-thinking Self-determination in the 21st Century
Join us for a discussion on how the principle of self-determination is being reshaped in today鈥檚 rapidly shifting global order.
Biography
Professor Nicolas Levrat has been elected by the UN Human Rights Council as the fourth UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues; he started hhis UN mandate on the 1st November 2023. He is a French speaking Swiss, member of a linguistic minority. He holds a PhD in International Law and is full Professor of International and European Law at the University of Geneva since 2001.
At the University of Geneva, he was appointed Director of the European studies Institute in 2007, which he transformed in a Global studies Institute in 2013. He also initiated the Human Rights Week at the University of Geneva in 2012. He鈥檚 been Director of the International Law Department (2016-2019) and Director of the Global studies Institute until 2024.
Nicolas Levrat is the author of seven books, editor of another 20, and has published more than 150 scientific articles or book chapters. His academic research and teaching focus on Peoples and minorities鈥� rights, Federalism, and on relationships between legal systems.
