Géraud de Geouffre de La Pradelle de Leyrat (1935-October 16, 2022 [1]) was an international jurist and a professor of French law.
He is the son of lawyer Raymond de Geouffre de la Pradelle, the grandson of Albert de Geouffre de La Pradelle and the uncle of Anne-Véronique Herter. He has two children with Claire Bardon Florence (wife Cédric Thomas) and Laure (wife François de Montpellier de Vedrin).
Emeritus Professor of the University of Nanterre, [2] he worked from 1982 to 1988 at the center for information on Palestinian and Lebanese prisoners. [3]
In 2003, he co-authored the first Que sais-je?, on homosexual rights.
In 2004, he chaired the Citizens' Commission of Inquiry into the Involvement of France in Rwanda, a collective denouncing France's actions surrounding the Rwanda genocide. In 2014, he co-wrote an article sharply critical of judge Jean-Louis Bruguière's 2006 ruling. [4]
He was an occasional contributor to Le Monde diplomatique [5] and was a member of the sponsoring committee of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine. [3]
Géraud de Geouffre de La Pradelle de Leyrat (1935-October 16, 2022 [1]) was an international jurist and a professor of French law.
He is the son of lawyer Raymond de Geouffre de la Pradelle, the grandson of Albert de Geouffre de La Pradelle and the uncle of Anne-Véronique Herter. He has two children with Claire Bardon Florence (wife Cédric Thomas) and Laure (wife François de Montpellier de Vedrin).
Emeritus Professor of the University of Nanterre, [2] he worked from 1982 to 1988 at the center for information on Palestinian and Lebanese prisoners. [3]
In 2003, he co-authored the first Que sais-je?, on homosexual rights.
In 2004, he chaired the Citizens' Commission of Inquiry into the Involvement of France in Rwanda, a collective denouncing France's actions surrounding the Rwanda genocide. In 2014, he co-wrote an article sharply critical of judge Jean-Louis Bruguière's 2006 ruling. [4]
He was an occasional contributor to Le Monde diplomatique [5] and was a member of the sponsoring committee of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine. [3]