Andrew Clapham
Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Andrew Clapham is a Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute, which he joined in 1997, an Honorary Member of the International Commission of Jurists, and an Academic Associate Member of Matrix Chambers. He was a member of the United Nations (UN) Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan from September 2017 to March 2023. Professor Clapham was also the first Director of the Geneva Academy (2006–2014).
His current research focuses on the concept of war and he published a book with that title in 2021. Before teaching at the Graduate Institute, Professor Clapham was the Representative of Amnesty International at the UN in New York. Since joining the Graduate Institute he has also worked as Special Adviser on Corporate Responsibility to the UN 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.
Resources
Opening Lecture by the President of the Human Rights Council
The Arms Trade and International Law: Addressing Compliance Gaps
In and Around War(s): Season 1, Episode 0: A Podcast On War
War
Oxford University Press/Clarendon Law Series
Andrew Clapham
The Arms Trade Treaty: A Commentary
Oxford University Press
Andrew Clapham, Stuart Casey-Maslen, Gilles Giacca and Sarah Parker
The 1949 Geneva Conventions: A Commentary
Oxford University Press
Paola Gaeta, Marco Sassòli, Andrew Clapham
The Oxford Handbook of International Law in Armed Conflict
Oxford University Press
Paola Gaeta, Andrew Clapham
Briefing N°4: The International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers
Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Andrew Clapham, Scott Jerbi, Alice Priddy
Briefing N°2: Draft Arms Trade Treaty
Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Annyssa Bellal, Andrew Clapham, Stuart Casey-Malsen, Gilles Giacca
Briefing N°1: Counterpiracy Under International Law
Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Stuart Casey-Malsen, Andrew Clapham, Alice Priddy
Immunités et violations graves des droits humains
Bruylant
Annyssa Bellal, Andrew Clapham