Prof. Nicolas Levrat is the fourth UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues, appointed in October 2023. A French- speaking Swiss born in 1964, he is himself a member of a linguistic minority. His academic work focuses on peoples’ and minority rights, federalism, and legal systems. Levrat has been Professor of International and European Law at the University of Geneva since 2001, where he founded the Global Studies Institute (2013) and served as Director of the International Law Department (2016-2019). He began his career at the Council of Europe (1991-1994) and later taught at Université libre de Bruxelles. He has authored or edited 27 books, published over 150 articles, and advised governments and international organizations for 30 years. Prior to his UN appointment, he served as Vice-President of the Council of Europe’s Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the protection of national minorities.