Iris Breutz, PhD

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About me
Head of Program in international development cooperation, lawyer
Education
- University of Hamburg
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  State Exam in Law Law
- University of Hamburg
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  Doctor's Degree International Law and Legal Studies
Experience
- University of Hamburg
  Apr 1999 - Mar 2000
  Academic Assistant
  Academic assistant at the "Institute for International Affairs" of the University of Hamburg, PhD in international law
- Froemming & Partner
  Nov 2000 - Dec 2007
  Partner / Attorney-at-law
- Assessment and Evaluation Commission Sudan
  Feb 2008 - Jul 2010
  Legal Adviser
  Legal adviser to the internationally chaired Assessment & Evaluation Commission (established under the Comprehensive Peace Agreement [CPA] between the then Government of Sudan and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement [SPLM]); the Commission was mandated to monitor and support the implementation of the protocols of the peace agreement
- GIZ
  Jan 2011 - Jun 2019
  Overall management of the bilateral program including planning, steering, results monitoring, strategy development; supervised a program team, provided technical advice to state and non-state actors in the area of preventing, investigating, adjudicatingcorruption cases and recovery of stolen assets orproceeds of crimes (including wildlife crimes), developed additional program component on strengthening the monitoring of SDGs in Kenya Overall management of the program to support the African Union (AU) in implementing the AfricanGovernance Architecture (AGA) in AU member states; program partners: African Court on Human and Peoples Rights, African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights, Pan African Parliament, Department for Political Affairs of the African Union Commission; African Committee on the Rights and Welfare of the Child Head of the program "Strengthening the Capacities of the African Court and the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights", overall management of the program, provided technical advice in the area of human rights, good governance, capacity building, institutional reform, outreach and advocacy
  - Head of Program "Strengthening Good Governance"
    Jan 2017 - Jun 2019
  - Head of Program "Support to the African Governance Architecture"
    Jan 2014 - Dec 2016
  - Head of Program/Senior Advisor
    Jan 2011 - Dec 2013
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
  Sept 2019 - Oct 2024
  Overall management of the global program "Migration & Diaspora" and the Expert Fund "Migration & Diaspora" in 22 partner countries; responsible for the implementation of the program components "Regular Labor Migration", "Diaspora Cooperation" and "Migration Governance"; supervising an international team
  - Head of Program, Support to the African Union in Peace and Security and Governance
    Aug 2021 - Oct 2024
  - Head of Program "Migration & Diaspora"
    Sept 2019 - Sept 2022
- African Wildlife Foundation
  Oct 2024 - now
  Senior Partnership Manager
Licenses & Certifications
- Training in International Criminal Investigation
  Justice Rapid Response
  Aug 2015
- Governance of Extractive Industries
  United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
  Jan 2014
- International Election Observer
  ZIF - Zentrum für Internationale Friedenseinsätze gGmbH
  Oct 2004