CV and List of publications

Michel Veuthey has been Vice-President of the International Institute of Humanitarian Law since January 2004 (Acting President from 1st March until 9th September 2007). He is Professeur associé at the “Institut du Droit de la Paix et du Développement” (IDPD) of the Nice University (France). Michel Veuthey had a long and distinguished career with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Geneva as a specialist in international humanitarian law. The positions he held at the ICRC include: Member of the Legal Division during the preparatory works and the sessions of the Diplomatic Conference on the Reaffirmation and Development of International Humanitarian Law Applicable in Armed Conflicts (CDDH); Head of the International Organizations Division; Delegate General for Europe and North America; Assistant to the President of the ICRC; Head of Delegation, ICRC Regional Delegation for Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean (Pretoria); and Legal Advisor for the 50th Anniversary of the 1949 Geneva Conventions. He also carried out short field assignments in Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Michel Veuthey holds a Bachelor of Law (1965) and Doctor of Law (1976) degrees from the University of Geneva. He has lectured widely on international humanitarian law and is the author of a book and many articles on the subject. He was Member of the Board of MSF-Switzerland for four years (2000-2004). He was the Academic Director of the International Diploma in Humanitarian Assistance (IDHA) organized in New York, Geneva and Dublin (2000-2003). He has been the Director of the Summer Courses on International Humanitarian Law in San Remo since 2000. He has been President of the “Cercle des Amitiés Internationales” in Geneva since 2005.

Publications

Book :

Guérilla et droit humanitaire, Genève, Institut Henry-Dunant, 1976, 431 pages. Deuxième édition augmentée : Genève, CICR, 1983, 451 p.

Articles :

“La Croix-Rouge et les conflits non internationaux” Revue internationale de la Croix-Rouge, Genève, août 1970, pp. 467-480 (article paru également dans la même Revue en anglais, en espagnol et en allemand)

“Règles et Principes de Droit International Humanitaire Applicables dans la Guérilla”, Revue Belge de Droit International, Bruxelles, 2/1971, pp. 505-539

”Instructions militaires sur le traitement des prisonniers dans la guérilla” Revue internationale de la Croix-Rouge, Genève, mars 1972, pp. 139-151 (paru également en anglais)

“La guérilla : le problème du traitement des prisonniers” Annales d’Etudes Internationales, Genève, 1972, pp. 119-136

“Instructions militaires relatives au traitement des prisonniers dans les situations de guérilla” in INSTITUT INTERNATIONAL DE DROIT HUMANITAIRE, Norme Umanitarie e Istruzioni Militari, Milano, Giuffrè, 1973 pp. 155-175

“Réfugiés et violence” Revue internationale de la Croix-Rouge, Genève, février 1973, pp. 112-114

“Some Problems of Humanitarian Law in Non-International Armed Conflicts and Guerrilla Warfare” in BASSIOUNI, M.C. and NANDA, V.P. (Editors), A Treatise on International Criminal Law, Springfield, Ill., Charles C. Thomas, 1973, pp. 422-452

“Comportement et statut des combattants. Quelques réflexions”, Revue de droit pénal militaire et de droit de la guerre, Bruxelles No XII-2, 1973

“Guerres de libération et droit humanitaire”, Revue des droits de l’homme, Strasbourg,
Vol VII, No 1, pp. 98—106 (1974)

”Les conflits armés de caractère non-international et le droit humanitaire” in CASSESE, Antonio (Editor), Current Problems of International Law, Milano, Giuffrè, 1975, pp. 175-266

“The International Committee of the Red Cross and the Protection of Human Rights” in FORSYTH, C.F. and SCHILLER, J.E. (Editors), Human Rights : The Cape Town Conference. Proceedings of the First International Conference on Human Rights in South Africa, 22-26 January 1979, Cape Town, Juta & Co, 1979, pp. 207-223


“Implementation and Enforcement of Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law in Non-International Armed Coflicts : the Role of the International Committee of the Red Cross”,The American University Law Review, Washington DC, Vol. 33, Fall 1983, Nr 1, pp. 83-97

“Combatants : Who are they and what are their main mutual obligations ?” in BELGIAN RED CROSS, Guerilla and International Humanitarian Law, Brussels, 1984, pp. 35-46

“Pour une politique humanitaire” in SWINARSKI, C. (Ed.),Etudes et essais sur le droit international humanitaire et sur les principes de la Croix-Rouge en l’honneur de Jean Pictet, La Haye, Martinus Nijhoff, 1984, pp. 989-1009

“La collaboration internationale pour l’application du droit humanitaire” in HANGARTNER, Yvo, TRECHSEL, Stefan (Editors), Völkerrecht im Dienste des Menschen. Festschrift für Hans Haug, Bern/Stuttgart, Verlag Paul Haupt, 1986, pp. 379-399

“El Derecho a la supervivencia fundamento del Derecho humanitario” Revista Argentina de Derecho Militar, Buenos Aires, No 4, Julio 1986, pp. 15-25


“The Humanitarian Network : Implementing Humanitarian Law through International Co-operation” Bulletin of Peace Proposals Oslo, Vol. 18, No 2, April 1987, pp. 133-146

“The Global Reach of International Humanitarian Law” in HINGORANI, R.C. (Editor) Humanitarian Law. A Felicitation Volume in honour of Professor Jovica Patrnogic, New Delhi, Oxford & IBH Publishing Co, 1987, pp. 39-54

“Le droit à la vie, fondement du droit humanitaire” in PREMONT, Daniel (Rédacteur général), Essais sur le concept de “Droit de vivre” en mémoire de Yougindra Khushalani, Bruxelles, Bruylant, 1988, pp. 233-249

“La contribution du droit international humanitaire au rétablissement de la paix” in THURER, Daniel et al (Ed.),Im Dienst an der Gemeinschaft. Festschrift für Dietrich Schindler zum 65. Geburtstag, Basel/Frankfurt am Main, Verlag Helbing & Lichtenhahn, 1989, pp. 341-360

“Le Comité international de la Croix-Rouge (CICR) et la coopération humanitaire internationale”,Geneva Yearbook 1989, Genève, pp. 95-110

“Le droit à la survie, fondement du droit humanitaire” International Institute of Humanitarian Law Yearbook, San Remo, 1986-87 (1989), pp. 49-63

“Forces d’un symbole” Almanach de la Croix-Rouge suisse, Berne, 1991, pp. 62-65

“De la Guerre d’Octobre 1973 au Conflit du Golfe en 1991 : les appels du CICR pour la protection de la population civile” in DELISSEN, Astrid J.M. & TANJA, Gerard J. (Editors), Humanitarian Law of Armed Conflict. Challenges Ahead. La Haye, Martinus Nijhoff, 1992, pp. 527-543

“The Contribution of International Humanitarian Law to the Restoration of Peace” in CAHILL, Kevin M. (Editor), A Framework for Survival. Health, Human Rights, and Humanitarian Assistance in Conflicts and Disasters, New York, 1993, pp. 41-51

“Assessing Humanitarian Law” in WEISS, Thomas G. and MINEAR, Larry (Editors) Humanitarianism Across Borders. Sustaining Civilians in Times of War, Boulder & London, Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1993, pp. 125-149

“Les organisations non gouvernementales dans l’intervention humanitaire” in ACADEMIE UNIVERSELLE DES CULTURES, Intervenir ? Droits de la personne et raisons d’Etat. Forum international sur l’intervention. La Sorbonne, 16 et 17 décembre 1993, Paris, Bernard Grasset, 1994, pp. 266-267

“The International Committee of the Red Cross” in MacKINLAY, John (Ed.), A Guide for Peace Support Operations, Providence, RI, Thomas J. Watson Jr. Institute for International Studies, Brown University, 1996, pp. 121-132.

“L'humanitaire de la Croix-Rouge et d'Henri Dunant” in LAUBIER, Patrick de (Ed.),
L'An 2000. L'Humanitaire et les valeurs. Colloque du 8 mai 1996, Genève, Institut Henri-Dunant/Département de sociologie de l'Université de Genève, 1997, pp. 10-21.

“The Contribution of International Humanitarian Law to the Restoration and Maintenance of Peace” African Security Review, Johannesburg, Volume 7 1998 Number 5, pp. 26-35”

“The Contribution of the 1949 Geneva Conventions to International Security”, Refugee Survey Quarterly, Vol. 18, Nr. 3, 1999, pp. 22-26.

“The Contribution of International Humanitarian Law to the Restoration of Peace” in CAHILL, Kevin M. (Editor), A Framework for Survival. Health, Human Rights, and Humanitarian Assistance in Conflicts and Disasters. Health, Human Rights and Humanitarian Assistance in Conflicts and Disasters, New York, A joint publication of Routledge and the Center for International Health and Cooperation, 1999, pp. 109-121 (Revised and Updated)

"La contribution des Conventions de Genève de 1949 à la sécurité
internationale" in GODENZI, Alberto (Ed.) Konflikte verbinden, Freiburg
(Schweiz), Universitätsverlag, 2001, pp. 97-113.

"Remedies to Promote the Respect of Fundamental Human Values in
Non-International Armed Conflicts", The Israeli Yearbook on Human
Rights, Vol. 30 (2001), pp. 37-77.
« International Humanitarian Law and Spirituality » Refugee Survey Quarterly, Geneva, UNHCR, Vo. 21, No. 3, 2002, pp. 45-110

“Médecin et droit humanitaire” Médecine&Hygiène, Genève, Vol. 60,
Nr. 2408, 9 octobre 2002, pp. 1867-1869

“Humanitarian Ethical and Legal Standards” in Kevin M. CAHILL (Ed.) Basics of International Humanitarian Missions. New York, Fordham University Press and The Center for International Health and Cooperation, 2003, 350 p

«From Solferino to Kosovo : The Contribution of International Humanitarian Law to International Security » in John CAREY, William V. DUNLAP, R. John PRITCHARD (Editors). International Humanitarian Law. Origins. New York, Transnational Publishers, Ardsley, New York, 2003, pp. 207-238.

«Learning from History : Accession to the Conventions, Special Agreements, and Unilateral Declarations » Proceedings of the Bruges Colloquium. Relevance of International Humanitarian Law to Non-State Actors (25-26 October 2003) Collegium. Bruges, College of Europe, No. 27, Spring 2003, pp. 139-151 (Résumé en français).

-“Disregarding the Geneva Conventions on the Protection of War Victims” in CAHILL, Kevin M. (Editor) “Traditions, Values, and Humanitarian Action” New York, A joint publication of Fordham University Press and The Center for International Health and Cooperation, New York, 2003, pp. 276- 304

« Public Conscience in Humanitarian Action » Refugee Survey Quarterly, Vol. 22, Number 4, 2003, pp. 197-224.

« Le droit international humanitaire face à la guerre contre le terrorisme »
SOS-ATTENTATS, Terrorisme, victimes et responsabilité pénale internationale, Paris, Calmann-Lévy, 2003, pp. 516-529

« La protection du personnel sanitaire et religieux en droit international humanitaire » in CONSEIL PONTIFICAL « JUSTICE ET PAIX ». CONGREGATION POUR LES EVEQUES. Le droit humanitaire et les aumôniers militaires. Cours international pour la formation des aumôniers catholiques militaires au droit humanitaire (Rome, 25-26 mars 2003). Cité du Vatican, 2004, pp. 72-82.

« Public Conscience in International Humanitarian Law Today » in : FISCHER, Horst, FROISSART, Ulrike, HEINTSCHELL von HEINEGG, Wolff, RAAP (Editors) Krisensicherung und Humanitärer Schutz – Crisis Management and Humanitarian Protection. Festschrift für Dieter Fleck, Berlin, Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag (BWV), 2004, pp. 611-642.

« The need for a universal humanitarian order » Foresight, Vol. 7, No 1 2005, pp. 26-46

« Implementing International Humanitarian Law : Old and New Ways » in : RAMCHARAN, Bertrand G. (Ed.) Human Rights Protection in the Field. Leiden/Boston, Martinus Nijhoff, 2006, pp. 87-117.

« Protecting Human Dignity in All Circumstances : Towards a Continuum of Protection » Refugee Survey Quarterly, Vol. 25, Issue 4, 2006, pp. 162-167.

« From Confrontation to Cooperation : From Criminal Justice towards Reconciliation – The Needs for Complementary Approaches » in BERUTO, Gian Luca (Ed.) Justice and Reconciliation. An Integrated Approach. SanRemo, International Institute of Humanitarian Law, 2007, pp. 113-119

CD-ROMs:

CD-ROM for the “International Diploma in Humanitarian Assistance” (IDHA) Participants. Prepared by Michel Veuthey and Frédéric Zanetta. December 2000 (IDHA 7), May 2001 (IDHA 8), January 2002 (IDHA 9), May 2002 (IDHA 10), January 2003 (IDHA 11), May 2003 (IDHA 12).

CD-ROM for the Summer Course on International Humanitarian Law. Prepared by Michel Veuthey with Gianluca Beruto, San Remo (Italy), July 2001, July 2002, July 2003, July 2004, July 2005, July 2006, July 2007


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Curriculum vitae

Family name : Veuthey
First name : Michel
Date and birth place : 17 January 1943, Geneva (Switzerland)
Marital status : Single
Citizenship : Switzerland
Address : 14, Pierre Longue, CH-1212 Geneva (Switzerland)
Email : mveuthey at mac.com
Education

1962: Collège de Genève, Genève ("Maturité classique")
1965: University of Geneva (Bachelor of Law)
1966-67: University of Munich (two semesters of law)
1969: Harvard Law School (two-month research period)
1973: Academy of International Law, The Hague
(Diploma awarded by the Research Centre)
1976: University of Geneva (Doctor of Laws)
1986: Heidelberg, Max-Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (one-month
research period)

Positions held at the ICRC (1967-2000)

1967: Member of the Legal Division
1968: Assigned to Greece (visits to political detainees)
1969-74: Member of the ICRC Delegation to the Diplomatic Conference on the Reaffirmation and Development of International Humanitarian Law applicable in Armed Conflicts
1974: Assigned to Turkey (Cyprus crisis)
1977: Assigned to Mozambique (visits to refugees)
1978: Assigned to Viet Nam (visits to refugees)
1983: Assigned to Angola (contacts with UNITA)
1975-81: Assistant to the Director of Principles and Law

1982-92: Head, International Organizations Division
(In 1987 and 1988, this position was held simultaneously with that of Delegate General for Europe and North America.)

1992: Assigned to Washington, D.C. (fundraising mission)

Sept. 1994- Oct. 1997: Assistant to the President of the ICRC
Oct. 1997 - Dec. 1998: Head of Delegation, ICRC Regional Delegation
for Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean, Pretoria
January 1999 – March Legal Adviser, 50th Anniversary of the Geneva
2000: Conventions

Teaching/lecturing assignments

1967: University of Geneva – Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Law

1974: Strasbourg, International Institute of Human Rights
Lecturer, course on humanitarian law applicable in non-international armed conflicts (July)

1976-1985: Strasbourg, International Institute of Human Rights
Leader, annual workshops on the implementation of humanitarian law (July)

1986: Strasbourg, International Institute of Human Rigths,
Lecturer, course on international humanitarian law (July)

1990-92: New York University School of Law
Joint organizer and lecturer, Annual seminars for
diplomats on international humanitarian law

1992: Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva
Joint organizer and lecturer, annual course for diplomats on international humanitarian law

1996: University of Fribourg (Switzerland)
Lecturer, course on humanitarian law (24 January)

1997: University of Dublin (RCSI, Ireland)
Lecturer, course on humanitarian ethics and
humanitarian diplomacy (5 July), at the first "International
Diploma in Humanitarian Assistance" (IDHA) organized by
The Center for International Health and Cooperation.

1998: City University of New York (CUNY)
Lecturer, course on humanitarian ethics and humanitarian diplomacy, at the second IDHA organized by The Center for International Health and Cooperation

1999: CUNY and RCSI, Lecturer and Tutor at the third IDHA
organized by The Center for International Health and Cooperation in Geneva in February

CUNY and RCSI, Lecturer and Tutor at the fourth IDHA
organized by The Center for International Health and Cooperation in Dublin in July

2000: Academic Coordinator of IDHA 5 (Geneva, 30 January-26 February).

Academic Director of IDHA 6 (New York, 11 June – 7 July 2000).


2001: - Adjunct Professor, Fordham University Law School, New York (-2003)
- Lectures on IHL in Morocco (14-20 January)
- Academic Director, IDHA 7 (Geneva, 5 February-2 March)
- Lectures on IHL in Algeria (19-20 May)
- Academic Director, IDHA 8-12 (New York and Geneva, 2000-2003)
- Director, Summer Course on International Humanitarian Law,
International Institute of Humanitarian Law (San Remo, 2001- )

2004 - : - Associate Professor, I.D.P.D., University of Nice Sophia Antipolis
www.droit-international-humanitaire.org

Related activities

1993: Research - On the relationship between emergency assistance, rehabilitation and development, as part of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) "Continuum" project. This entailed compiling an inventory of all current research on this topic as well as proposals for the creation of a researchers' network on Internet.


Evaluation reports - On the International Institute of Humanitarian
Law (IIHL) in San Remo, at the joint request of the IIHL and the ICRC;

- On international relations between the ICRC and the National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

Member of the Board, “Geneva Foundation to Protect Health in War” (1999-2004)

Member of the Board of MSF-Switzerland (December 2000 – June 2004)

Vice-President of the Geneva “Cercle des Amitiés Internationales” (2002 - 2004)

President of the Geneva “Cercle des Amitiés Internationales” (2005 - )
http://cercleamities.romandie.com

Member of the Board, Martin Ennals Foundation (“Martin Ennals Award for Human
Rights Defenders”) (December 2003 - )

Vice-President of the International Institute of Humanitarian Law (January 2004 - )

Acting President of the International Institute of Humanitarian Law
(1 March- 9 September 2007) www.iihl.org

The International Institute of Humanitarian Law has the honour of communicating that its General Assembly met in Sanremo (Italy) on Sunday, 9 September 2007, where it elected its new Council, executive body of the Institute, as well as its new President for a mandate of four years.



The Members of the new Council (2007 – 2011) are the following twelve persons:



· Dr. Mohammed Al-Hadid (Jordan), Chairman of the Standing Commission of the Red Cross and Red Crescent; President of the Jordan Red Crescent

· Gen. Erwin Dahinden (Switzerland), Director of International Relations of the Swiss Armed Forces

· Dr. Baldwin De Vits (Belgium), Legal Adviser to the Secretary-General of NATO

· Prof. Yoram Dinstein (Israel), Professor Emeritus at Tel Aviv University; Expert on IHL

· Prof. Jacques Forster (Switzerland), Vice-President of the International Committee of the Red Cross; Professor Emeritus at the Graduate Institute of Development Studies

· Prof. Wolff HEINTSCHEL von HEINEGG (Germany), Professor at Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt/Oder; Expert on IHL

· Dr. Marie Jacobsson (Sweden), Principal Legal Adviser on International Law to the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Member of the UN International Law Commission

· Dr. Michael MEYER (United Kingdom), Head of International Law at the British Red Cross

· Amb. Maurizio MORENO (Italy), Diplomatic Advisor to the Italian Deputy Prime Minister

· Prof. Fausto POCAR (Italy), President of the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

· Amb. William H. TAFT IV (USA), Warren Christopher Professor of the Practice of International Law and Diplomacy at the Stanford Law School; Expert on IHL; Former Legal Advisor to the U.S. Department of State

· Prof. Michel Veuthey (Switzerland), Vice-President of the International Institute of Humanitarian Law; Associated Professor at the “Institut du Droit de la Paix et du Développement” of the University of Nice

The new Council unanimously elected Amb. Maurizio MORENO as the new President of the Institute.

Michel VEUTHEY was re-confirmed as Vice-President; he will be responsible for the Institute’s Liaison Office to the United Nations and other International Organisations in Geneva.