"Acknowledgements" [2020] ELECD 411; in Tistounet, Eric (ed), "The UN Human Rights Council" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020) xii

Book Title: The UN Human Rights Council

Editor(s): Tistounet, Eric

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Section Title: Acknowledgements

Number of pages: 3

Extract:

Acknowledgements


This project was conducted by the author over a period of 2 years with
the active support of the United Nations Sabbatical Leave Programme
during a period of 4 months in 2018/2019.

The author expresses his gratitude to the Sabbatical Leave
Programme as well as to his supervisors in the Office of the High
Commissioner for Human Rights who encouraged him to take
advantage of it. His deep thanks go to the former and current High
Commissioners for Human Rights, Zeid Al Hussein and Michelle
Bachelet, the Deputy High Commissioner, Kate Gilmore, and the
former Director of the Council and Treaty Mechanisms Division,
Adam Abdelmoula.

The author is also grateful to the Geneva Academy who hosted
him during his Sabbatical Leave. His deep thanks go to the Geneva
Academy Director, Marco Sassoli, as well as Felix Kirchmeier and
Kamelia Kemileva. The author is indebted to Kamelia Kemileva who
helped him considerably in cleaning the text of heavy UN jargon and
providing him with sound advice on how to structure the text to make
it straighter to the point and clearer.

The author's thanks extend to Olivier de Frouville, Director of the
Centre for Human Rights of the University of Paris Pantheon-Assas,
who also encouraged and supported him in his endeavour.

The author expresses his deep gratitude to the current and previous
Council's Presidents and Bureau members with whom he has had
the privilege to work since the Council's establishment. Similarly, the
author extends his ...