History
Civitatis was founded in Germany in 2002 at a Council of Europe sponsored conference on the European System of Human Rights. The founders of Civitatis were a core group of members of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, legal professionals, human rights researchers and practitioners in UN field missions. The secretariat of Civitatis rotates periodically around the world. It was initially based at the University of Wales in Aberystwyth and run jointly by researchers at the Lester B Pearson Canadian Peacekeeping Centre in Nova Scotia, Canada. The secretariat then rotated to Vancouver, also in Canada. Presently the International secretariat of Civitatis is located in the City of London, near the Bank of England.
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