Pierre de Senarclens

Pierre de Senarclens (born January 23, 1942) is a Swiss humanitarian. He is honorary professor of international relations at the University of Lausanne, former vice-president of the Swiss Red Cross, former director of the human rights and peace division at UNESCO and one of the founders of the World Organization Against Torture.

Education and career Pierre de Senarclens was born January 23, 1942, in Geneva. He did his gymnasium and high school studies in the classical section (Greek and Latin) of the Collège Calvin. He obtained a law degree from the University of Geneva in 1964, a master's degree in 1968 from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, then in 1973 a doctorate in political science from the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva. He was professor of international relations at the University of Lausanne from 1974 to 2008. He was also the director of the division of human rights and peace at UNESCO from 1980 to 1983.

Humanitarian work de Senarclens was vice-president of the Swiss Red Cross from 1999 to 2011 and ex-officio vice-president of the International Federation of the Red Cross from 2008 to 2011. He was one of the founders of World Organization Against Torture.

Private life He is married to Bérengère de Senarclens, psychoanalyst. He is the father of three children, Vanessa, Alexandre and Frédéric.

Selected publications Le mouvement Esprit 1932-1941, L'Age d'homme, 1974 Yalta, Presses Universitaires de France, 1984 La crise des Nations Unies, Presses Universitaires de France, 1988, De Yalta au rideau de fer, Presses de la Fondation nationale des sciences politiques, 1993- Traduit en anglais From Yalta to the Iron Curtain: The Great Powers and the Origins of the Cold War, Bloomsbury Academic, 1995 Mondialisation, souveraineté et théories des relations internationales, Armand Colin, 2005 La politique internationale, Armand Colin, 2006 L'humanitaire en catastrophe, Presses de Sciences-po, 1999 Maîtriser la mondialisation, Presses de Sciences-po, 2000 Critique de la mondialisation, Presses de Sciences-po, 2003 Le Nationalisme, le passé d'une illusion, Armand Colin, 2010 Les Illusions meurtrières. Ethnonationalisme et fondamentalisme religieux, Éditions L'Harmattan, Paris, 2016 Nations et nationalismes, Ed. Sciences humaines, 2018