Chris Boyd is a former United Nations Police Director and Acting Deputy Police Commissioner, responsible for the administration of 11,000 international and local national police in Kosovo, at the time, the largest UN Policing Mission in the world supported by Police contingents from 52 contributing States. During his United Nations tenure, Chris oversaw the inception and development of the Kosovo Police Service, where the International Police Training Centre also fell under his remit. Due to his time in the United Nations Mission in Kosovo, and having been responsible for liaising with UNHQ and the contributing Member States, Chris retains relationships with a number of Senior Police Commanders from around the world.

On completing his service with the Royal Ulster Constabulary in Northern Ireland, Chris worked as the Training Manager for an international training foundation managing and designing a Human Rights (VPSHR) based security-training project in conjunction with the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline on behalf of BP. Chris has similarly managed VPSHR training projects in Papua New Guinea for Barrick Gold and Ghana for Tullow Oil, and was engaged as a Human Rights Consultant reviewing tactical training materials for the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

For several years Chris initially managed security, and then managed community and government relations for a Canadian Oil and Gas Exploration and Production company in Iraqi Kurdistan, before assuming a general management position with the company. He was also their corporate lead on the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights implementation across the company’s operations.

Chris holds a Master’s degree in Law (LLM) with merit, having completed his Master’s dissertation in ‘Transnational Corporate Human Rights Accountability’. Chris also holds a Post-Graduate Certificate in Human Rights and Development Management with Distinction, and a certificate and postgraduate diploma in professional management. Chris is a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership and Management (UK).

The international team at CTI primarily consists of retired and serving law enforcement professionals who have broad experience in human rights development projects worldwide and are considered experts in their respective fields.

All CTI consultants have an extensive background in both practical and theoretically based policing concepts, international human rights and humanitarian law (It should be noted that military personnel performing internal security tasks generally fall under the definition of Law Enforcement Officers; Article #1, Commentaries a & b: United Nations Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials, adopted by General Assembly resolution 34/169 of 17 December 1979).

All CTI consultants have substantial previous experience working as certified trainers with national law enforcement agencies and also on behalf of recognized international bodies such as the United Nations (UN), European Union (EU), International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).

CTI’s Human Rights Specialists have attained post-graduate qualifications from the top human rights faculties in the world. They also have substantial international law enforcement experience (generally at senior command level) and are utilized to review training materials and programs.

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