Walter Kälin

Walter Kälin (born 20 May 1951) is a Swiss humanitarian, constitutional lawyer, international human rights lawyer, activist, and advocate. He is also known as a legal scholar and a renowned professor. He has been a leader in changing Swiss laws and international laws for humanitarian purposes and he has been published extensively on issues of human rights law, the law of internally displaced persons, refugee law, and Swiss constitutional law. He is also a former Dean of the Faculty and Head of the Legal Department.

He has acted as a consultant for numerous agencies and organizations including the Swiss development agency, SDC, UNHCR, UNHCHR, UNDP, and others on matters of decentralization, human rights, and refugee law.

In 1991–1992, Kälin served as the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Kuwait under Iraqi Occupation. He was also a member of the Swiss government's Steering Committee for "the preparation of constitutional reform" and he was chairman for the preparation of the reform of the judiciary (1995–1996).

Published work Kälin, Walter; Müller, Lars; Wyttenbach, Judith (2004). The Face of Human Rights. Italy: Lars Müller Publications. Kälin, Walter; Kunzli, Jorg (July 2009). The Law of International Human Rights Protection. USA: Oxford University Press. Kälin, Walter; Epiney, Astrid; Heim, Lukas; Felder, Andreas (January 2003). Zum öffentlichen Recht : Völkerrecht. Switzerland: Stämpfli Verlag.

Lectures Climate Change and Population Movements in the Lecture Series of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law Climate Change and Population Movements in the Lecture Series of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law