Philip Spoerri

Number of articles written: 3 articles

Philip Spoerri

Number of articles written: 3 articles

Philip Spoerri began his career with the ICRC in 1994. Following a first assignment in Israel and the occupied and autonomous territories, he went on to be based in Kuwait, Yemen, Afghanistan, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In Geneva, he headed the legal advisers to the Department of Operations. He returned to Afghanistan as head of the ICRC delegation there from 2004 to 2006, when he took up his current position. Before joining the ICRC, he worked as a lawyer in a private firm in Munich. He holds a PhD in law from Bielefeld University and has also studied at the universities of Göttingen, Geneva, and Munich.

Published articles

article IRRC No. 887

Ten questions to Philip Spoerri, ICRC Director for International Law and Cooperation author: Philip Spoerri

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article IRRC No. 886

International Humanitarian Law and New Weapon Technologies, 34th Round Table on current issues of international humanitarian law, San Remo, 8–10 September 2011 author: Jakob Kellenberger, Philip Spoerri

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article IRRC No. 885

Interview about the 31st International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent author: Philip Spoerri

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