Guest Speaker from Amnesty International

Amnesty International France Vice-President and former Chairman Francis Perrin was a guest speaker at AGS on November 26, in Professor Anand's class on International Organizations. He talked to the students about AIF's action on French domestic human rights issues, especially related to refugees and migrants, as well as about its action towards other countries.

Francis Perrin has been with Amnesty International France since 1976. His did his studies in economics and political science at the Pierre Mendès France University in Grenoble, France, where he now is an Associate Professor, teaching a course on NGOs. He is the representative of AIF within the French platform of Publish What You Pay, an international coalition which promotes more transparency in the extractive industries, and the Editorial Manager of a Paris-based oil and gas publication focused on the Middle East and Africa. He teaches courses at the Paris-based Institut de Relations Internationales et Stratégiques (IRIS) on energy security and the European Union’s energy policy.