Claude Bruderlein

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About Claude Bruderlein

Claude Bruderlein is a faculty researcher and instructor on frontline negotiation at Harvard University. His research focuses on the use of digital technology and artificial intelligence in support of frontline negotiators. In 2023, he co-founded Frontline Associates, a community of negotiators focused on enhancing and disseminating best practices in the realm of complex frontline negotiation. Mr. Bruderlein holds teaching appointments at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and Harvard T. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, Massachusetts. Mr. Bruderlein was Strategic Advisor to the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and lead researcher on ICRC negotiation practices for over 10 years. From 2016 to 2023, he initiated and served as the first director of the Centre of Competence on Humanitarian Negotiation (CCHN) which fostered the creation of a community of practice of frontline humanitarian negotiators. From 1990 - 1995, he worked in humanitarian assistance and protection with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Iran, Israel and the Occupied Territories, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Yemen as well as in Geneva as a legal advisor to ICRC operations. In 1996, he joined the United Nations in New York as Special Advisor on Humanitarian Affairs. He worked particularly on humanitarian access in Afghanistan and North Korea as well as the humanitarian impact of sanctions at the Executive Office of the UN Secretary General. He also served as an independent expert on the impact of sanctions for the UN Security Council in the Sudan, Sierra Leone, Burundi and Iraq. In September 2003, he was appointed as a member of the Independent Panel on the Safety and Security of the United Nations Personnel in Iraq. Mr. Bruderlein's academic credentials include an Economics degree from McGill University in Canada, a law degree from the University of Geneva in Switzerland, and an LL.M. degree from Harvard Law School in the USA. He is also a member of the New York Bar Association.