Felix Kirchmeier

Felix Kirchmeier

Executive Director of the Geneva Human Rights Platform

Areas of expertise

UN Human Rights Mechanisms  /  International Human Rights Law and Policy   /  Team Management  /  Project Management  /  Donors Relations  /  Sustainable Development

Felix Kirchmeier is the Executive Director of the Geneva Human Rights Platform.

Before joining the Geneva Academy, he worked at Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung where he served as Senior Programme Officer for Human Rights and Development and Focal Point for international human rights projects. There he organized conferences on the development of human rights law and coordinated training on international human rights mechanisms in Geneva and in the field.

Felix holds a master’s degree in Political Science from the University of Freiburg.

Past projects

RESEARCH

A Practitioners' Guide on Human Rights and Countering Corruption

Completed in 2021

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Publications

Cover Page of Reporting Practices Working Paper

International Treaty-Based Reporting Practices Review Report

November 2023

Felix Kirchmeier, Claire Callejon, Domenico Zipoli

Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights

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Cover of the publication

Implementing the Treaty Body Review 2020 – Where do we stand

August 2022

Felix Kirchmeier, Domenico Zipoli

The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights

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Cover page of the publication

Treaty Bodies’ Individual Communication Procedures: Providing Redress and Reparation to Victims of Human Rights Violations

May 2019

Claire Callejon, Kamelia Kemileva, Felix Kirchmeier

Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights

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