David Harland

David Harland (b. 28 September 1962 in Wellington) is a New Zealand diplomat. He is Executive Director of the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD), a Geneva-based foundation that specializes in the mediation of armed conflict. Harland served as a witness for the prosecution in a number of cases at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

This article is about the New Zealand diplomat. For the space historian, see David M. Harland.

David Harland
Born (1962-09-28) 28 September 1962
Wellington, New Zealand
NationalityNew Zealand
OccupationExecutive Director of the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue

Biography

Harland was appointed HD's Executive Director in 2011.[1] He currently also sits on the United Nations Secretary-General's High-level Advisory Board on Mediation.[2] Prior to that, Harland was Adjunct Professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS),[3] and Chair of the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Conflict Prevention.

Before joining HD as Executive Director, Harland served as Director of the Europe and Latin America Division of the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (2006–2011).[4] He served in United Nations peacekeeping missions in Haiti (2010),[5] Kosovo (2008),[6] Timor Leste (1999-2000)[7] and Bosnia and Herzegovina (1993–1998). During 1999, he was released from his regular duties to research and draft the United Nations report on the Srebrenica massacre,[8] "The Fall of Srebrenica".[9] He served as a Teaching Fellow at Harvard University from 1989-1991.[10]

Harland served as a witness for the prosecution at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the cases of "The Prosecutor versus Ratko Mladic"[11] (2012), "The Prosecutor versus Radovan Karadžic"[12][13] (2010), "The Prosecutor versus Dragomir Miloševic"[14] (2007), and the Prosecutor versus "Slobodan Miloševic"[15] (2004).

Harland holds a PhD from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (1994); a master's degree from Harvard University (East Asian studies, 1991); Jin Xiu Zheng from Beijing University (1988); and a Bachelor of Arts from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand (1983).[16] [17]

He is the son of late New Zealand ambassador, Bryce Harland.

Publications and articles

References
  1. HD Centre announces new Executive Director (PDF), Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, 14 February 2011, archived from the original (PDF) on 16 September 2012, retrieved 25 January 2013
  2. "Secretary-General's High-Level Advisory Board on Mediation Comprises 18 Eminent Current or Former Global Leaders, Officials, Experts". United Nations Economic and Social Council. 15 September 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  3. Our faculty, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, archived from the original on 28 April 2012, retrieved 25 January 2013
  4. UN official hails 'outstanding' post-quake performance of Haitian police, UN News Centre, 28 January 2010, retrieved 25 January 2013
  5. UN official hails ‘outstanding’ post-quake performance of Haitian police
  6. Harland, David (October–November 2010), "Kosovo and the UN", Survival: Global Politics and Strategy, 52 (5): 75–98, doi:10.1080/00396338.2010.522097, retrieved 25 January 2013
  7. Harland, David (2005), "UN Peacekeeping Operations in Post-Conflict Timor-Leste: Accomplishments and Lessons Learned", United Nations Peacekeeping Best Practices (4/2005), archived from the original on 16 April 2013, retrieved 25 January 2013
  8. Porter, Henry (17 November 1999), Days of Shame, Guardian, retrieved 25 January 2013
  9. "Report of the Secretary-General pursuant to General Assembly resolution 53/35 - The fall of Srebrenica". United Nations. 15 November 1999. A/54/549. Retrieved 15 March 2017. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  10. "Who we are". Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue. HD. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  11. The Prosecutor versus Ratko Mladic (ICTY 2012). Text
  12. "Ex-UN official: Mladic threatened civilians". Fox News. Associated Press. 10 July 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  13. Greaves, Craig (4 February 2020). "The Kiwis taking on war criminals, killer robots, overfishing and nuclear bombs". New Zealand Listener. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  14. The Prosecutor versus Dragomir Miloševic (ICTY 2007). Text
  15. The Prosecutor versus Dragomir Miloševic (ICTY 2004). Text
  16. "David Harland". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  17. "Making history". Victoria University of Wellington. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
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