Displacement Solutions is honoured to be assisted by a highly respected Board of Advisors 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)
Professor, Geneva Graduate Institute
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)
Secretary-General, Amnesty International
Dan Lewis
(Nairobi, Kenya)
Chief, Disaster, Post-Conflict and Safety Section,
UN–HABITAT
Dennis McNamara
(Geneva, Switzerland)
UN Special Advisor on Internal Displacement to
the Emergency Relief Coordinator
Paal Nesse
(Geneva, Switzerland)
Resident Representative, Norwegian Refugee Council
Roger Normand
(Lahore, Pakistan)
Professor of Law, LUMS University
Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro
(Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Special Representative to the Secretary-General on Violence
Against Children and Fmr. UN Special Rapporteur on Housing
and Property Restitution
The Advisory Board will provide assistance and advice to the core staff of the organisation on substantive issues relating to the mandate of Displacement Solutions.