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14 Facts About Nils Melzer

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Nils Melzer was born on 1970 and is a Swiss academic, author, and practitioner in the field of international law.

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Since 1 November 2016, Melzer has served as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.

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Nils Melzer is a professor of international law at the University of Glasgow and holds the Human Rights Chair at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights in Switzerland.

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Nils Melzer has been teaching there since 2009, including as the Swiss Chair of International Humanitarian Law.

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Nils Melzer served for 12 years with the International Committee of the Red Cross as delegate, deputy head of delegation, and legal adviser in conflict areas.

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Nils Melzer has served as Senior Adviser for Security Policy at the Political Directorate of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs.

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Nils Melzer's books include Targeted Killing in International Law as well as the Interpretive Guidance on the Notion of Direct Participation in Hostilities and the ICRC handbook, International Humanitarian Law - a Comprehensive Introduction.

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Nils Melzer co-authored the NATO CCDCOE Tallinn Manual on the International Law applicable to Cyber Warfare, and of the NATO MCDC Policy Guidance: Autonomy in Defence Systems,.

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Nils Melzer visited Julian Assange in prison on 9 May 2019, accompanied by two medical experts specialised in examining potential victims of torture and other means of ill-treatment, to assess the conditions in which he was held.

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10.

Nils Melzer said Assange "continues to be detained under oppressive conditions of isolation and surveillance, not justified by his detention status".

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Nils Melzer said that Assange's access to legal counsel and documents were being severely obstructed, preventing him from preparing a defence against "the world's most powerful government".

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Nils Melzer asked the UK government to stop Assange's extradition to the US, release him and allow him to "recover his health and rebuild his personal and professional life".

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Nils Melzer said Assange's lawyers made more than 30 offers to arrange for Assange to visit Sweden in exchange for a guarantee that he would not be extradited to the US and described such diplomatic assurances as routine international practice.

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Nils Melzer published a statement in which he tried to resolve misunderstandings and expressed hope that they would not divert attention away from the problems in the case of Assange.

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