[2] She was previously the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary, or arbitrary executions appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council,[3] and the former Director of the Columbia University Global Freedom of Expression project.

[4] A native of Pierrelatte, France[1], Callamard received her undergraduate degree from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Grenoble in 1985.

[9] From 1998 to 2001, Callamard was Chef de Cabinet for the Secretary General of Amnesty International and the organisation's Research Policy Coordinator.

[10] In January 2013, Callamard tweeted that Shimon Peres had admitted in a New York Times interview that Yasser Arafat was murdered.

Callamard was the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, appointed by the UN Human Rights Council resolution A/HRC/RES/35/15 of 22 June 2017 for a 3 years mandate and finishing on 31 March 2021.