Advisory Board

Displacement Solutions is honoured to be assisted by a highly respected Advisory Board comprised of some of the world’s leading experts on human rights and displacement, including (in alphabetical order):

Theo van Boven (Maastricht, Netherlands)
Fmr. Head of the UN Centre on Human Rights and UN Special Rapporteur on Torture

Reed Brody (Brussels, Belgium)
Legal Counsel and Spokesperson, Human Rights Watch

Andrew Clapham (Geneva, Switzerland)
Director of the Geneva Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

Anne Gallagher (Canberra, Australia)
Technical Director, Asia Regional Trafficking in Persons Project and Head of Operations, Equity International

Walter Kälin (Berne, Switzerland)
Representative to the UN Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons

Irene Khan (London, England)
Fmr. Secretary-General, Amnesty International

Dan Lewis (Nairobi, Kenya)
Chief, Post-Conflict and Safety Section, UN-Habitat Programme

 Dennis McNamara (Geneva, Switzerland)
Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, Fmr. Head of International Protection (UNHCR) and Fmr. UN Special Advisor on Internal Displacement to the Emergency Relief Coordinator

Paal Nesse (Oslo, Norway)
Resident Representative, Norwegian Refugee Council

Roger Normand (Bangkok, Thailand)
Asia-Pacific Director, International Commission of Jurists

Paulo SĂ©rgio Pinheiro (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Burma, Special Representative to the UN Secretary-General on Violence Against Children and Fmr. UN Special Rapporteur on Housing and Property Restitution

Farouk Tebbal (Algiers, Algeria)
Cities Alliance, Fmr. Shelter Branch Chief (UN Habitat Programme) and Fmr. National Minister of Housing for the Government of Algeria.