Andrew Clapham

Andrew Clapham

Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Areas of expertise

International Humanitarian Law  /  Qualification of Armed Conflict  /  International Human Rights Law  /  Armed Non-State Actors  /  Arms Trade Treaty  /  Business and Human Rights  /  Counter-terrorism  /  Extraterritoriality  /  UN Human Rights Mechanisms  /  Weapons Law  /  Use of Force  /  European Human Rights Law  /  War  /  Neutrality  /  Economic Warfare

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.

Taught Courses

Colombia, Medellín, Bellavista prison. The ICRC frequently visits the prisons of the country. Prison overcrowding is one of the main issues. LLM - Course

International Human Rights Law

This course provides a comprehensive overview of the main topics of international human rights law and its relationship with international humanitarian law.

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Publications

Cover page of the book

War

July 2021

Andrew Clapham

Oxford University Press/Clarendon Law Series

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Cover of the book Human Rights: A Very Short Introduction

Human Rights: A Very Short Introduction (Second Edition)

November 2015

Andrew Clapham

Oxford University Press

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Cover of The 1949 Geneva Conventions: A Commentary

The 1949 Geneva Conventions: A Commentary

October 2015

Paola Gaeta, Marco Sassòli, Andrew Clapham

Oxford University Press

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Cover of the book The Oxford Handbook of International Law in Armed Conflict

The Oxford Handbook of International Law in Armed Conflict

March 2014

Paola Gaeta, Andrew Clapham

Oxford University Press

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