mardi 1 janvier 2008

Biographie orateur : Dr. Ralph Wilde

Dr Ralph WILDE
Dr Ralph Wilde has been a member of the Faculty of Laws at University College London, University of London since July 2002, where he is currently Vice Dean for Research. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University Law Center. Ralph works in the fields of international law and international relations. His current research focuses on the administration of territory by international organizations and foreign states, the concept of trusteeship in international law and public policy, and the extraterritorial application of human rights norms. His book addressing the first two of these topics, International Territorial Administration: How Trusteeship and the Civilizing Mission Never Went Away was published by OUP in 2008. Ralph has been awarded grants for his research from several leading UK arts and humanities funding bodies: the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), the British Academy, the Leverhulme Trust and the Nuffield Foundation.

Ralph works as a consultant on international law to governments, international organizations, non-governmental entities and organizations and private clients, and in this capacity represented the UK at a diplomatic meeting with the Chinese government on China’s possible ratification of the ICCPR, assisted the Chagos Islanders in their legal action against the UK in relation to their removal from what is now called the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT), and is currently advising the Negotiation Support Unit on possibilities for internationalization and joint sovereignty over Jerusalem.

At the International Law Association (ILA) Ralph is a member of the international Executive Council and the International Committee on Human Rights Law, and serves as Rapporteur of the Study Group on UN Reform and Joint Honorary Secretary of the British Branch. At the American Society of International Law Ralph is a member of the Executive Council. He is also a Trustee and a member of the Management Committee and Board of Directors of the AIRE (Advice on Individual Rights in Europe) Centre in London, and a member of the executive Committee of the UK Human Rights Lawyers’ Association.

www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/wilde

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