Claude Cahn has been involved in a number of international human rights initiatives.  Between 1996 and 2007, he worked for the European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC), an international public interest law organisation working to end the systemic human rights abuse of Roma (‘Gypsies’) in Europe.  Mr. Cahn’s areas of expertise include human rights law and policy, equality and anti-discrimination law, minority rights, economic and social rights, migration and refugee law, monitoring methodologies, policy and law analysis, public outreach, and matters relating to the Romani communities.

Major achievements include authoring European Union policy on Roma issues, shaping European human rights law, securing just remedy for victims of coercive sterilisation, and moving a number of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe to implement school desegregation policy. He has been active in the campaign for an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. He also has undertaken extensive work with the UN Treaty Bodies, as well as under the new Universal Periodic Review mechanism. He is the author of numerous reports and journal articles.