2025 Switzerland Delegates
David Kirkham
Co-executive Director, Geneva Office for Human Rights Education, Switzerland
David M. Kirkham currently serves as Executive Director of the Geneva Office for Human Rights Education as a senior fellow at the BYU Law School International Center for Law and Religion Studies, and as president of the International Society. He previously held academic and senior leadership positions at the BYU London Centre, the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, the US Air Force Academy, and in the BYU Department of Political Science. He has also served as Senior Humanitarian Affairs Officer at the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Geneva and as Special Representative of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. David holds a PhD from George Washington University and a Juris Doctorate from the BYU Law School. His research and teaching focus on human rights and international humanitarian law. The parents of eight children and grandparents of twenty-four, David and his wife Judy, make their home in Orem, Utah.
David M. Kirkham currently serves as Executive Director of the Geneva Office for Human Rights Education as a senior fellow at the BYU Law School International Center for Law and Religion Studies, and as president of the International Society. He previously held academic and senior leadership positions at the BYU London Centre, the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, the US Air Force Academy, and in the BYU Department of Political Science. He has also served as Senior Humanitarian Affairs Officer at the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Geneva and as Special Representative of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. David holds a PhD from George Washington University and a Juris Doctorate from the BYU Law School. His research and teaching focus on human rights and international humanitarian law. The parents of eight children and grandparents of twenty-four, David and his wife Judy, make their home in Orem, Utah.
Judith Kirkham
Co-executive Director, Geneva Office for Human Rights Education, Switzerland
As co-executive director of the Geneva Office for Human Rights Education, Judith Marie Kirkham advises, guides, and supports country directors throughout the world in efforts to make human rights a regular part of children’s education. Judy’s previous public and professional service has posted her in the United States, London, the Swiss and German Alps, and the United Arab Emirates—the last of these as Special Representative of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for government and interfaith relations. Judy holds a bachelor’s degree from BYU in physical and health education, a certificate in teaching English as a second language from BYU–Idaho, and a diploma in German Language from the US Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California. She and her co-executive director husband David Kirkham are parents of eight and grandparents of 24.
As co-executive director of the Geneva Office for Human Rights Education, Judith Marie Kirkham advises, guides, and supports country directors throughout the world in efforts to make human rights a regular part of children’s education. Judy’s previous public and professional service has posted her in the United States, London, the Swiss and German Alps, and the United Arab Emirates—the last of these as Special Representative of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for government and interfaith relations. Judy holds a bachelor’s degree from BYU in physical and health education, a certificate in teaching English as a second language from BYU–Idaho, and a diploma in German Language from the US Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California. She and her co-executive director husband David Kirkham are parents of eight and grandparents of 24.