Sylvain Vité

Career

Sylvain Vité has got a PhD from the University of Geneva since June 1999. His dissertation deals with « International Fact-Finding Procedures in the Field of International Humanitarian Law ». He also obtained a Diploma of Graduate Studies in International Law from the Graduate Institute of International Law of Geneva, as well as a Master of Laws (LL.M) in International Legal Studies from the Washington College of Law (American University).

After having occupied the position of lecturer at the department of constitution law, University of Geneva from 1993 until 1999, in 2000 he was a delegate for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Colombia. After this he took up a position as legal advisor to the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) until September 2004.

Since 2002 he has worked as lecturer and project manager at the UCIHL. In particular, he has recently published, together with two other research fellows, a study entitled, "The Application of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law to International Organisations: International Forces and Transitional Civil Administrations", (in French only: « L'application du droit international humanitaire et des droits de l’homme aux organisations internationales: forces de paix et administrations civiles transitoires », Bruxelles, Bruylant, 2005).

Publications

· International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law (with Louise Doswald-Beck), International Review of the Red Cross no 293, march-april 1993, pp. 94-119

· Les procédures internationales d’établissement des faits dans la mise en œuvre du droit international humanitaire, Bruxelles, Bruylant, 1999, 485 pp

· Les procédures d’établissement des faits relatives aux violations du droit international humanitaire dans la guerre en Kosove, La crise des Balkans de 1999, Symposium held at the University of Geneva, June 1999, Bruxelles, Bruylant, 2000, pp. 193-218

· El derecho internacional humanitario y el derecho internacional de los derechos humanos : una comparación de sus desarollos al nivel internacional, Textos y conferencias no 7, S ymposium at the University of Popayán, Popayán (Colombia), 2001, 16 pp

· Report on the Implementation of the Rights of the Child by the Republic of Paraguay, Geneva, OMCT, 2001, 60 pp

· Report on the Implementation of the Rights of the Child by the Republic of Argentina, Geneva, OMCT, 2002, 60 pp

· Report on the Implementation of the Rights of the Child by the Republic of Haiti, Geneva, OMCT, 2003, 58 pp

· "The Applicability of International Human Rights Law in Kosovo", Applicability of International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law to UN Mandated Forces, Report of the ICRC Expert Meeting on Multinational Peace Operations, Geneva, ICRC, 12-13 December 2003, pp. 87-93.

· « L’applicabilité du droit international de l’occupation militaire aux activités des organisations internationales », International Review of the Red Cross, March 2004, vol. 86, no 853, pp. 9-35.

· L’application du droit international humanitaire et des droits de l'homme aux organisations internationales : Forces de paix et administrations civiles transitoires, (with Robert Kolb and Gabriele Porretto), to be published in 2005, Bruxelles, Bruylant, 500 pp.

· « Unaccompanied Minors in Switzerland”, Regional Conference: « Migration of Unaccompanied Minors : Acting in the Best InterestS of the Child, Council of Europe, Torremolinos, Málaga, Spain, 27-28 October 2005, MG-RCONF (2005) 4, 29 pp.

· “Re-establishing the Rule of Law under Transitional Administration”, Security Governance in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding, Alan Bryden and Heiner Hänggi (eds), Geneva, DCAF, 2005, chapter 9.