Ordre de la Libération Yves Plasseraud (born June 24, 1939[1][2]) is a French-born doctor of law in intellectual property, a researcher and lecturer and a minority rights advocate.

He is notably a founder and long-time president[4] of ‘Groupement pour les Droits des minorités',[5][6] author or editor of numerous books and publications.

[citation needed] In 1995, Plasseraud left EGYP to concentrate on his research and writing and devote time to the field of minorities protection.

[citation needed] In 2018, returning to the field of intellectual property, he co-authored a book titled ‘Typicité : valorisation du patrimoine’[18] with his daughter which presents several decades of experience in how regions enhance the recognition of terroirs and their products.

In 1996 Plasseraud together with a small group of activists, including Gérard Chaliand (writer), Alain Fenet (professor of law), and Olivier Mongin (philosopher and journalist), launched the Groupement pour les Droits des Minorités (GDM), following the pattern of the British Minority Rights Group (MRG).

In 2015, Plasseraud published Irena Versaité: Tolerance and Involvement,[26] a biography of his long-standing friend Irena Veisaite,[27][28][29] a Holocaust survivor and outstanding cultural and human rights activist in Vilnius For his service to the Baltic countries, Plasseraud was awarded: Devoting himself to promoting awareness and advocating for the rights of ethnic, cultural, and religious minorities, he made numerous interventions and wrote or edited about ten books on these topics, including Atlas Européen des minorités[30] (European Atlas of Minorities) published by Autrement (2005).

Since 2000 Plasseraud has been a member of the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN), attending the yearly conventions in Columbia University in New York, delivering lectures and chairing roundtables.