International activity after politics Gareth Evans (politician)

1 international activity after politics

1.1 international crisis group
1.2 international panels , commissions
1.3 other organisations
1.4 academic career , published writing

international activity after politics
international crisis group

from 2000–2009 evans president , ceo of brussels-based conflict prevention , resolution organisation, international crisis group, during tenure grew in staff 25 on 130, in budget $us2 million on $15 million, , in operating area handful of countries in balkans , central africa on 60 across 4 continents, , published 784 worldwide-distributed reports.

evans @ london school of economics guest lecturer on human rights in 2000.

crisis group made important contributions during period in early-warning bellringing in cases darfur , ethiopia-eritrea, supporting conflict mediation in situations southern sudan, kosovo , aceh, making path-breaking recommendations on israel-palestine, iran , burma/myanmar, analysing different strands of islamism, , providing timely , detailed field-based analysis , recommendations policymakers on hundreds of separate conflict-related issues.

although subject occasional attack positions has taken, crisis group firmly established time of evans s departure, , has remained, preeminent international ngo working on prevention , resolution of deadly conflict, praised leaders across spectrum condoleezza rice hillary clinton, , regularly being identified 1 of world s influential think tanks.

international panels , commissions

in 2000–2001 evans co-chaired, mohamed sahnoun, international commission on intervention , state sovereignty (iciss), appointed government of canada address issue of genocide , other mass atrocity crimes, published report, responsibility protect, in december 2001. member of un secretary general s high level panel on threats, challenges , change, report more secure world: our shared responsibility, addressing mass atrocity crimes , many other un reform issues, published in december 2004.

on nuclear issues, member of commission on weapons of mass destruction sponsored sweden , chaired hans blix reported in june 2006; , commission of eminent persons on role of iaea 2020 , beyond, chaired ernesto zedillo, report reinforcing global nuclear order peace , prosperity launched in june 2008. 2008 2010 co-chaired (with former japanese foreign minister yoriko kawaguchi) australia , japan sponsored international commission on nuclear non-proliferation , disarmament: report eliminating nuclear threats: practical agenda global policymakers published in december 2009.

evans had served member of carnegie commission on preventing deadly conflict (1994–97), co-chaired cyrus vance , david hamburg. member of international task force on global public goods, sponsored sweden , france , chaired ernesto zedillo, reported in september 2006.

other organisations

evans given speech @ chatham house part of duties responsibility protect (2011)

evans presently co-chair (with mohamed sahnoun) of international advisory board of new york-based global centre responsibility protect, chair of international advisory board of canberra-based centre nuclear non-proliferation , disarmament, , convenor of asia pacific leadership network on nuclear non-proliferation , disarmament (apln).

his other recorded affiliations internationally focused organisations include fellow of australian institute of international affairs; member of global leadership foundation (chaired f. w. de klerk), un secretary-general s advisory committee on genocide prevention, world economic forum global agenda council on nuclear, biological , chemical weapons, supervisory council of international luxembourg forum on preventing nuclear catastrophe in moscow, global council of asia society, advisory council of independent diplomat, jury of nuremberg international human rights award, aspen ministers forum (chaired madeleine albright) , international advisory board of institute economics , peace.

evans member of board of advisors of global panel foundation-australasia-a respected ngo works behind scenes in crisis areas around world. current australasia chair rt. hon. don mckinnon, former deputy prime minister of new zealand , commonwealth secretary general, , vice chair hon. phillip ruddock, majority whip of australian parliament , former australian attorney general. senator arthur sinodinos, australian assistant treasurer , former chief of staff of prime minister john howard, member of board former alp defense minister , senator john faulkner, hon. malcolm turnbull, hon. laurie ferguson , former new zealand foreign minister phil goff. global panel foundation has offices , satellites in berlin, copenhagen, new york, prague, sydney , toronto.

academic career , published writing

before entering australian politics evans lecturer, senior lecturer, in law @ university of melbourne, teaching constitutional , civil liberties law, crime , torts, 1971 1976. in 2009, after retirement politics , subsequent career head of international crisis group, returned academic life honorary professorial fellow (later professorial fellow) in school of social , political sciences @ university of melbourne, teaching graduate course on international policymaking in practice in 2011 , 2012.

he elected chancellor of australian national university 1 january 2010, replacing kim beazley following appointment australian ambassador united states, , installed governor-general quentin bryce @ ceremony in canberra on 18 february 2010.

he honorary fellow of magdalen college, oxford; distinguished fellow of australia india institute; chair of international advisory board of centre nuclear non-proliferation , disarmament; , member of advisory boards of anu crawford school of public policy, asia-pacific college of diplomacy , centre arab , islamic studies, , cambridge review of international affairs.

evans has written or edited eleven books, inside hawke-keating government: cabinet diary (melbourne university press, 2014). other major works include responsibility protect: ending mass atrocity crimes once , (brookings institution press, september 2008, paperback edition 2009), awarded honorable mention in council on foreign relations arthur ross book award 2009 1 of best 3 books on international relations published in previous year, australia s foreign relations (with bruce grant, melbourne university press 1991, 2nd ed 1995), cooperating peace: global agenda 1990s (allen & unwin,1993), australia s constitution (with john mcmillan , haddon storey, allen & unwin, 1983) , edited collection, labor , constitution, 1972–1975 (heinemann, 1977). co-edited annual labor essays series 1980 1982.

evans has published around 120 chapters in books, monographs , articles in refereed , other journals – , many more newspaper , magazine articles – on foreign relations, politics, human rights , legal reform.