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William Bourdon is a lawyer who specializes in the defense of human rights of victims of globalization and fighting crimes against humanity. He was the General Secretary of the International Federation of Human Rights from 1995 to 2000. In 2000, he wrote the essay “La cour pénale internationale” (Seuil), and in 2001, he created Sherpa. In 2006, he appeared as himself in the role of a lawyer for African plaintiffs in the film Bamako by Abderrahmane Sissako. He has been very active in initiating legal procedures in France against former Serbian and Rwandan leaders suspected of crimes against humanity and war crimes. He is also the lawyer for Franco-Chilean families who were victims of former dictator Augusto Pinochet and defends several French prisoners in Guantánamo.
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