Christophe Golay
Senior Research Fellow
Dr. Christophe Golay is Senior Research Fellow at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights.
His expertise and more than 80 publications relate to the right to food, peasants’ rights, the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, human rights and sustainable development, the fight against hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition with human-rights based approaches, and the United Nations (UN) human rights bodies.
Since 2009, Dr. Golay has been providing legal advice in relation to the elaboration and implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP).
Between 2015 and 2022, he supervised the legal dimension of two research projects on the right to food in Bolivia, Cambodia, Ghana and Kenya, jointly funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation.
From 2001 to 2008, he was legal adviser to the first UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food and undertook missions with the UN in Brazil, Guatemala, Bolivia, Cuba, Niger, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, India and Palestine.
Dr Golay holds a PhD in International Relations (with a specialization in International Law) and a double Master’s in International Law and International Relations from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies.
Resources
New Research Brief Examines the Role of the UN Working Group on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas
New publications outline concrete recommendations to implement the right to food in Geneva
Research Brief – The United Nations Working Group on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas
The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Christophe Golay
Research Brief – Le groupe de travail des Nations Unies sur les droits des paysan.nes et des autres personnes travaillant dans les zones rurales
The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Christophe Golay
Research Brief – Grupo de trabajo de las Naciones Unidas sobre los derechos de los campesinos, de las campesinas y de otras personas que trabajan en las zonas rurales
The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Christophe Golay
Research Brief – Droit à l'alimentation à Genève
The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Christophe Golay
Research Brief – Recht auf Nahrung in Genf
The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Christophe Golay
Research Brief – Diritto All'Alimentazione a Ginevra
The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Christophe Golay
Research Brief – Right to Food in Geneva
The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Christophe Golay
Briefing N° 24: Le Droit à l’Alimentation à Genève
The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Christophe Golay
The Human Right to a Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment: Understanding its Scope, States Obligations and Links with Other Human Rights
Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Christophe Golay, Baïna Ubushieva
Le Droit aux Semences en Afrique
Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Christophe Golay, Karine Peschard
The Right to Seeds in Africa
Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Christophe Golay, Karine Peschard
Briefing N° 22: The Right to Seeds in Africa
The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Christophe Golay, Karine Peschard, Lulbahri Araya
Building Back Better with the Rights to Health, Food and Social Security
The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Christophe Golay, Steven L. B. Jensen and Amanda Lyons
The Rights to Food and Food Sovereignty in UNDROP
The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Christophe Golay
Agricultural Commercialization, Gender Equality and the Right to Food
Taylor & Francis
Christophe Golay, Joanna Bourke Martignoni, Christophe Gironde, Elisabeth Prügl, Dzodzi Tsikata
Implementação do Tratado Internacional sobre Recursos Fitogenéticos para a Alimentação e a Agricultura (TIRFAA) à luz da Declaração das Nações Unidas sobre os Direitos dos Camponeses e Outras Pessoas que Trabalham em Áreas Rurais (UNDROP)
APREBES and Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Christophe Golay, Karine Peschard, Olivier De Schutter, Hilal Elver, José Esquinas, Michael Fakhri
Implementing the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) in light of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP)
APBREBES and Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Karine Peschard, Christophe Golay, Olivier De Schutter, Hilal Elver, José Esquinas, Michael Fakhri
Aplicación del Tratado Internacional sobre Recursos Fitogenéticos para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (TIRFAA) a la luz de la Declaración de las Naciones Unidas sobre los derechos de los campesinos y de otras personas que trabajan en las zonas rurales
APREBES and Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Christophe Golay, Karine Peschard, Olivier De Schutter, Hilal Elver, José Esquinas, Michael Fakhri
La mise en œuvre du Traité international sur les ressources phytogénétiques pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture à la lumière de la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des paysans et des autres personnes travaillant dans les zones rurales
APREBES and Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Christophe Golay, Karine Peschard, Olivier De Schutter, Hilal Elver, José Esquinas, Michael Fakhri
Le droit aux semences en europe
The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Christophe Golay et Fulya Batur
The Right to Seeds in Europe
The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Fulya Batur, Christophe Golay
El Derecho A Las Semillas En Europa
The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Christophe Golay and Fulya Batur
International And Regional Instruments To Defend And Promote The Interests And Rights Of Family Farmers
The World Rural Forum; the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Christophe Golay
Instruments Internationaux Et Régionaux Pour Défendre Et Promouvoir Les Intérêts Et Les Droits Des Agricultrices Et Agriculteurs Familiaux
The World Rural Forum; the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Christophe Golay
Instrumentos Internacionales Y Regionales Para Defender Y Promover Los Intereses Y Los Derechos De Los Agricultores Y Las Agricultoras Familiares
The World Rural Forum; the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Christophe Golay
Briefing No°19: Practical Manual on the Right to Seeds in Europe
Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law andf Human Rights
Fulya Batur, Christophe Golay
The Right to Land and the UNDROP
The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights; The International Land Coalition
Christophe Golay
LE DROIT À LA TERRE ET LA DÉCLARATION UNDROP
The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights; The International Land Coalition
Christophe Golay
EL DERECHO A LA TIERRA Y LA DECLARACIÓN DE UNDROP
The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights; The International Land Coalition
Christophe Golay
The Right To Seeds And Intellectual Property Rights
The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Christophe Golay
El Derecho A Las Semillas Y Los Derechos De La Propiedad Intelectual
The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Christophe Golay
The Right to Land and Other Natural Resources
The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Christophe Golay
La politique extérieure de la Suisse et la Déclaration de l'ONU sur les droits des paysan.ne.s – ETUDE – 2020
The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Christophe Golay, Caroline Dommen
Switzerland’s Foreign Policy and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants
The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Christophe Golay, Caroline Dommen
Briefing No°16: #ESCR AND #SDGs: Practical Manual on the Role of UN Human Rights Mechanisms in Monitoring the SDGs that Seek to Realize Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Christophe Golay
The Role of Human Rights Mechanisms In Monitoring The United Nations Declaration On The Rights Of Peasants
The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Christophe Golay
Briefing No°15: The Right to Seeds in Europe
Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Christophe Golay
The Implementation Of The United Nations Declaration On The Rights Of Peasants And Other People Working In Rural Areas
The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Christophe Golay
La mise en œuvre de la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des paysans et des autres personnes travaillant dans les zones rurales
The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Christophe Golay
La aplicación de la Declaración de las Naciones Unidas sobre los Derechos de los Campesinos y de Otras Personas que Trabajan en las Zonas Rurales
The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Christophe Golay
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and Sustainable Development Goals
The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Christophe Golay
The Rights to Food Sovereignty and to Free, Prior and Informed Consent
The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Christophe Golay
Briefing No°11: No One will be Left Behind – The Role of UN Human Rights Mechanisms in Monitoring the SDGs that Seek to Realize ESCR
The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Christophe Golay
Large-Scale Land Acquisitions – Focus on South-East Asia
Brill Nijhoff
Christophe Golay, Christophe Gironde, Peter Messerli
Negotiation of a United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas
Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Christophe Golay
Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights in International Law. Contemporary Issues and Challenges
Oxford University Press
Eibe Riedel, Christophe Golay
The Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Econimic, Social and Cultural Rights
Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Irene Biglino, Christophe Golay
The right to food and global strategic frameworks
FAO
Christophe Golay, Michaela Büschi
The Fight for the Right to Food: Lessons Learned
Palgrave Macmillan
Christophe Golay, Jean Ziegler, Claire Mahon
Droit à l'alimentation et accès à la justice
Bruylant
Christophe Golay
The Right to Food and Access to Justice: Examples at the National, Regional and International Levels
FAO
Christophe Golay