Stéphane Jeannet

Stéphane Jeannet has over 20 years of international professional experience in the fields of human rights, development and humanitarian affairs. He holds a Master’s Degree in Law (LL.M.) in International Human Rights Law from the University of Essex and a MA from the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva. He also received training in evaluation and non-profit management at the universities of Harvard, Ulster and Geneva (IUED).Stéphane Jeannet has held positions as a human rights officer and investigator for the United Nations (OHCHR and DPA) and as a legal adviser and protection delegate for the ICRC. He represented ICRC in a number of negotiations at the United Nations. Since 2001 he has completed 70 contracts as a consultant and has carried out over 46 evaluations of projects, programmes and organisations, mostly as team/project leader. He has also coached the development of strategies for several organisations. His recent work has concerned mainly human rights, access to justice, governance, protection of children, civil society networks and communication. He is also experienced in issues related to international/regional cooperation and security. He has conducted over 78 missions covering 46 developing/transition countries.