Irénée Herbet

Irénée started his career in the Middle East in 1994, soon after the Oslo agreement, as a French teacher in Nablus, in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and graduated in 1999 with a BA in Arabic language from INALCO (Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales) and a BA in contemporary History from the Sorbonne.

In 2002, he joined the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) working in Middle-East and South-East Asia before serving as the Head of Global Affairs and Non-State Armed Groups Unit, supporting ICRC humanitarian dialogue with actors involved in conflict and the communities affected around them.

Featured work

• Articles & reports

  Irénée Herbet and Jérôme Drevon (2022) Engaging armed groups at the International Committee of the Red Cross: Challenges, opportunities and COVID-19, International Review of the Red Cross, 102 (915), 1021–1031

  Irénée Herbet (2022) Interview with Attaher Zacka Maïga, International Review of the Red Cross, 102 (915)

  Jelena Pejic, Irénée Herbet & Tilman Rodenhäuser (2021) ICRC engagement with non-State armed groups: why and how, Humanitarian Law & Policy

  Mustapha Chak’a, François Burgat & Irénée Herbet (2007) Première rencontre avec l’Imam Yahyà, Arabian Humanities

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