Dr. Cecilia Cannon is Managing Director at PoliSync Centre for International Policy Engagement and a Visiting Lecturer at the Geneva Graduate Institute. She brings over 20 years of experience in policy research, graduate teaching, and policy communications across academia, UN bodies, and NGOs. She directed the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights project on the securitisation of migration and other non-traditional threats, and led research for the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants’ 2024 report on migrants’ contributions amid rising xenophobia. She also served as Academic Adviser for the UN’s 75th anniversary. Her expertise spans migration policy, securitisation, international organisations, and multistakeholder governance. She currently leads the Stronger Together campaign. She holds a PhD in International Relations/Political Science from the Geneva Graduate Institute.
The multilateral system currently faces its most sustained legitimacy crisis in decades. Institutions underpinning international cooperation are being systematically undermined, as shared...
Mientras el mundo conmemora el 80º aniversario de la firma de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas, la ambiciosa iniciativa de reforma UN80 se presenta como un esfuerzo único en una generación...
国連憲章が調印80周年を迎える中、「UN80イニシアチブ」は、急速に変化する世界において多国間システムをより効果的かつ目的に適したものにするための、世代に一度の改革として位置づけられています。一方、機関の統合、予算削減、現場での業務の効率化といった大規模な構造改革の中、ある極めて重要な分野が危険なまでに軽視されるリスクにさらされています。それが「移民」です。
As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the signing of the United Nations Charter, the sweeping UN80 reform initiative is billed as a once-in-a-generation effort to make the multilater...
