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The Geneva Human Rights Hub benefits from the guidance of an experienced Board composed of distinguished professionals from across the human rights field. Drawing on their expertise in international law, diplomacy, academia and civil society, our advisors provide strategic counsel to ensure our work remains relevant, impactful and aligned with the evolving needs of the human rights community. Their insights help shape our priorities and strengthen our role as a trusted platform for dialogue and collaboration in Geneva.

Patrick Mutzenberg

President

Patrick Mutzenberg holds a PhD in Human Rights from the Faculty of Law of the University of Grenoble (France).He is the founder and former Director (2008–2025) of the Centre for Civil and Political Rights (CCPR Centre), an NGO dedicated to strengthening civil society engagement with the Human Rights Committee, the treaty body responsible for monitoring the implementation of the International Coven...

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Virginia Brás Gomes

Vice-President

Mrs. Virginia Brás Gomes served for 14 years as a member of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, including as Vice-Chair, Rapporteur and Chair of the Committee. She also worked as a senior social policy adviser at the Ministry of Employment, Solidarity and Social Security of Portugal and was a member of the Portuguese National Human Rights Committee until 2021. She has extensi...

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Clément Voule

Secretaire

Clément Voule is currently serving as a member of the United Nations Independent Commission of Inquiry on the human rights situation in the South and North Kivu provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.He is a jurist and human rights expert, and the former United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association. Prior to his appointment as Specia...

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Olivier De Frouville

Member

Olivier de Frouville is a professor of public law at the University of Paris-Panthéon-Assas and director of the Paris Human Rights Centre (CRDH). He is also co-director of the Master's degree in Human Rights and International Justice and he is the author or editor of more than 20 volumes and 80 articles in various areas of international law, in particular the philosophy and theory of public intern...

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