Nahla Haidar
Country: 
Lebanon
Professions: 
Chairperson
Director
Gender Consultant
Lawyer
Field(s) of expertise: 
Gender Equality
Rural Women
Activism
Advocacy
Gender
Human Rights
Laws
Women
Women Empowerment
Women's Rights
Areas of Impact: 
Gender Equality

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Nahla Haidar
Chairperson, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), United Nations

Community/Lebanon Impact

Nahla Haidar El Addal is a jurist with over 30 years of international experience. Currently, she serves as a member of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and is the Vice-Chair of its Working Group on Individual Communications. Ms. Haidar is also a Commissioner of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ). 

Prior to these appointments, she served in various capacities in the United Nations system, both at headquarters and in the field, covering the areas of social development, humanitarian action, peace building and human rights.  She is deeply immersed in all issues pertaining to climate change and human rights.

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Education

Education: 
  • 1974 - 1976: Advanced University degree, Law and Sociology of Law, Universite Paris II Panthéon-Sorbonne.
  • 1970 - 1973: License in Sociology, Ecole Superieure des Lettres, Lyon, France.
  • 1969 - 1973: License in Law, Saint Joseph university of Beirut.
  • 1954 - 1969: Baccalaureat Français et Libanais, Lycée Franco-Libanais, Beirut, Lebanon.

Work history

Previous Professions: 
  • 2019 - Present: ICJ Commissioner, International Commission of Jurists.
  • 2021 - 2024: Vice Chairperson, United Nations Human Rights (CEDAW).
  • 2005 - 2009: Director, WIPO, Geneva, Switzerland.
  • 2005: Chief of Section, United Nations OCHA, Geneva, Switzerland.
  • 2001 - 2005: Deputy Executive Director of a Peace Building Intiative, UNOPS.
  • 1991 - 1998: Chief of Section, the UN Department for Humanitarian Affairs (DHA), Geneva, Switzerland.