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Launched in 2003, the Geneva International Committee includes more than 40 prominent and dedicated members representing various professions such as law, banking, journalism and the arts, and sharing the same interest in promoting human rights in Geneva and within the international community.

The Committee’s goals are:

• To share information about Human Rights Watch research, campaigns and advocacy actions with leading institutions and individuals in Geneva.
• To increase our outreach and name recognition through the holding of public and private events at least three times a year.
• To raise funds through the growth, special actions and generosity of the Geneva International Committee.

The Committee has been indispensable in raising the visibility of human rights ideals and the work of Human Rights Watch in Geneva.

A member of the Executive Committee speaks out

Neil Rimer explains how he became a member of the Geneva International Committee:

"As I had the chance to find myself blocked on the tarmac in a little airplane, sitting next to Ken Roth, I could ask him during some hours about the aims of Human Rights Watch, about its functioning and organizational structure, as well as about its budget and fundraising.

During this discussion I understood that Human Rights Watch represents one of the best tools to identify and investigate human rights violations, to make the findings public in order to protect the victims, and to bring the guilty to justice.

In spite of our situation here in Geneva that gives us a privileged standpoint on international affairs and in spite of the flow of information that comes from the media, it is increasingly difficult to remain objective, to erase the biases from all the sides and to know the truth — not ten years later in history books, but immediately, in order to help and to avoid having catastrophes on our consciences. […]

I decided six years ago to become involved with Human Rights Watch, which I see as a formidable opponent of dictators and impunity."

GENEVA COMMITTEE

Fergal Mullen, Président/Chair
Loubna Freih, Vice-Présidente/Vice-Chair

Dani Bach 
Rémy Best
Verena Best
Helena Bjäringer
Leda Braga
Amal Brihi Riachi
Meagan Carnahan
Suzan Craig
Leila Delarive
Patrick Delarive
Claude Demole
Paula Dupraz-Dobias
Adla El Sayegh
Helena Frick
Keyvan Ghavami
Laura Ghazzaoui
Philip Grant
Kristin Hamilton Becnel
Nadège Hentsch
Denis Houlès
Caitlin Kraft-Buchman
Philippa Layland Vogel
John H. McCall MacBain
Marcy McCall MacBain
Pierre Mirabaud
Atalanti Moquette 
Elianna Moquette Sabbag 
Fergal Mullen
Angela de Oliveira
Sibylle Pastré 
Marina de Planta
Renaud de Planta
Camille Prezioso
Stephanie Rada Zocco
Neil Rimer
Adam Said
Dalia Said
Dina Said
Dimitri Theofilides
Magali Van Overbeke Deconinck

Michel Halpérin, Member of the Human Rights Watch Legacies for Justice Society

GENEVA STAFF

Armelle Armstrong, Senior Director
Aurore Sajhau, Associate Director
Tamara Kloos, Senior Coordinator
Elizabeth Larouer, Associate