Michael Hammer

Michael Hammer "is Executive Director of the One World Trust since July 2006. Previously a Programme Director with Amnesty International and Conciliation Resources in the field of human rights and conflict transformation, and a consultant in urban planning and regional integration in Europe and Africa he looks back on more than a good decade of work in organisational management, programme implementation, policy oriented research and governance practices of different actors in the public and private sphere. Michael has lived and worked several years in West Africa and studied in Hamburg (Germany) and Dakar (Senegal), from which he holds a Research Masters in Geography, History and Urban Planning. He is co-author of the One World Trust Global Accountability Report, and project leader for the Trust’s work on parliamentary oversight of international affairs and international law, issues on which he regularly speaks at conferences, and publishes articles and briefings."


 * Trustee, British Overseas NGOs for Development