Antoine Bernard is a recognized expert and practitioner of human rights, international justice and NGOs. He is the Director of Advocacy and Strategic Litigation at Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Antoine has been teaching at the School of International Affairs at Sciences Po Paris (PSIA) since its launch in 2010, where he co-directs the Master's degree on human rights and humanitarian action. He is an associate researcher at the Institut des hautes études sur la justice (IHEJ), the General Secretary of La Maison des Femmes de Saint Denis and the administrator of the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression. He is a member of the jury of the Simone Veil Prize of the French Republic for gender equality. He was previously Director General of the International Federation of Human Rights Leagues (FIDH) and Deputy Director General of Reporters Without Borders. He was a member of the Steering Committee of the World Movement for Democracy and of the National Consultative Commission on Human Rights.