Jonathan Prentice

Chief Policy Officer
Brussels, Belgium

Prior to joining Crisis Group, Jonathan Prentice had sixteen years of experience with the United Nations working in political analysis, peacekeeping and human rights.  He served at headquarters, in both New York and Geneva, as well as in the field in Cambodia, East Timor (up to independence), Iraq and Indonesia.  He has conducted a number of fact-finding missions, including to Afghanistan and Chad/Darfur, and was part of the United Nations emergency support to Haiti in the wake of the January 2010 earthquake.  Jonathan Prentice has experience of political negotiations, the establishment and running of complex UN operations, and human rights protection work.

2007-2010: Human Rights Adviser to the United Nations in Indonesia

2002-2007: Political adviser to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva

May-August 2003: Special Assistant to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Iraq, Baghdad

1999-2002: Political officer and chief of office to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Transitional Administrator, East Timor

1997-1999: Political adviser to the Representative of the Secretary-General in Cambodia, Phnom Penh

1994-1997: Political officer in the Department of Political Affairs (Asia Division).

Media

Recent opinion pieces and speeches can be found in the column on right of this page

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