HUMAN RIGHTS: A GLOBAL CRISIS

Andrew Gilmour provides a devastating account of human rights abuses and shares his thoughts on the role of artists and Culture Ministers in reducing social divisiveness and calling attention to injustice.

Andrew Gilmour

Executive Director
Berghof Foundation, Germany
Culture and Social Cohesion

Andrew Gilmour is currently Executive Director of the Berghof Foundation, an organisation based in Berlin involved in mediation and conflict transformation at all levels of society and government. Until last year, he was the United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights. He spent 30 years at the UN in a number of field positions (Iraq, Palestine, Afghanistan, South Sudan, the Balkans, and West Africa) and at UN Headquarters in New York. Gilmour has Masters degrees from Oxford and the London School of Economics and has published widely.

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Joining as a Trustee is Mona Siddiqui, Professor of Islamic and Interreligious Studies and Assistant Principal for Religion and Society at the University of Edinburgh. She is known internationally as a public intellectual and is a regular commentator in the media.

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Dan Mulhall will be joining the board as a Trustee. Dan is a retired Irish diplomat, academic and published author. He is the current Parnell Fellow at Magdalene College, University of Cambridge and is a consultant with the global law firm DLA Piper.

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Also joining as a Trustee is Professor Gayle McPherson, Professor of Events and Cultural Policy and Director of the Centre for Culture, Sport and Events at the University of the West of Scotland (UWS). She is also a member of the European Cultural Parliament.

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Joining us as a Trustee is Stephen Gethins, Professor of International Affairs at the University of St Andrews. Prior to that, Stephen was MP for North East Fife, the SNP International affairs spokesperson and was twice selected to sit on the Foreign Affairs Select Committee.

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Joining in the role of Chair is Shonaig Macpherson CBE, an experienced Chair and non-executive director used to working at the most senior levels of government, private, public and third sectors.

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