Rocío Barahona Riera (Costa Rica)
Date of birth: 26 October 1952
Nationality: Costa Rican
University degrees
Bachillerato universitario
(Bachelor’s degree) in Political Science, University of Costa
Rica, 1978
Licenciatura (Master’s degree) in
Law, University of Barcelona, 1982
Advanced graduate study
Graduate courses in International Law,
University of Costa Rica, 1986
Doctorate in International Law, Universities
of Perugia and Rome, 1988-1990
Doctoral courses in Political Science towards
a doctorate in Latin American studies, Arcis University, Chile,
1997
Other diplomas and courses
Diploma in Criminology, Complutense
University, Madrid, 1979
Diploma from the School of Juridical
Practices, University of Zaragoza, 1983
Course on transfer of technology and patents,
World Industrial Property Organization, Moscow, 1985
Internship in Argentina, Chile and Peru in
industrial property and transfer of technology, 1985
Interdisciplinary human rights course,
Inter-American Institute of Human Rights (IIDAH), Costa Rica
Course on globalization, markets and
technology in contemporary societies, United Nations Office in
Vienna, 1997
Course on gender, education and politics in
the countries of the European Community, United Nations Office in
Vienna, 1997
Professional experience
Project coordinator, Centro de
Orientación Familiar (Family Guidance Centre), 1975-1976
Research director, United Nations Latin
American Institute for the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of
Offenders (ILANUD), 1976
Coordinator, Fund for Technological
Development and International Affairs, National Council for
Scientific and Technological Research (CONICIT), 1984-1986
Diplomatic activities
Consul in Moscow, 1978
Minister Counsellor, Chargé
d’affaires a.i., Rome, 1992-1993
Consul-General, Milan, 1993-1995
Academic activities
Professor of research methods; theory of the
State; public international law, University of Costa Rica
Researcher, CERCI Centre for the Study of
International Law, National Research Council (CNR), Rome,
1988-1991
Consultancies
External Legislative Assembly consultant on
the Constituent Treaty of the Central American Parliament and other
Political Forums
Adviser on crisis and modernization of
political parties in Latin America
Consultant to the Centre for the Study of
International Law, Rome, 1995-1998
Consultant on economic integration systems in
the Andean countries, United Nations Industrial Development
Organization (UNIDO), 1996-1997
Publications
The Central American Parliament, Latin
American Faculty of Social Sciences, (FLACSO), 1987
Economic Integration Systems in the Andean
Countries, Quito, Ecuador
“Negotiating Formulas for the Resolution
of Conflicts in International Law in Latin America”
Commentaries and contributions to newspapers
El Financiero, La Nación, Rumbo, La República
Servio Tulio Castaños Guzmán (Dominican Republic)
Date of birth: 12 August 1961
Place of birth: Santo Domingo, Dominican
Republic
Education
Bachillerato in Physical and
Mathematical Sciences (with honours), Colegio Fernando Arturo de
Meriño, 1980
Doctor of Laws, (with honours), Autonomous
University of Santo Domingo, 1985
Maestría (postgraduate degree) in
social thought (sociology, economics and politics), Madre y Maestra
Pontifical Catholic University, 1987-1988
Postgraduate studies in Criminal Law,
Autonomous University of Santo Domingo, 1991
Postgraduate studies in Civil Law, Autonomous
University of Santo Domingo, 1992
Maestría in Business Law and
Economic Legislation, Madre y Maestra Pontifical Catholic
University, 1993-1994
Postgraduate studies in Political Science and
International Affairs, Autonomous University of Santo Domingo,
1995
Professional experience
Professor of History, Philosophy and
Economics, Yodi Institute, 1985
Assistant Director of the Claims Department,
San Rafael Insurance Company, 1987
Legal Counsel, Department of Systems and
Standards (DIGENOR), State Secretariat for Industry and Trade,
1991
Visiting Professor, Madre y Maestra Pontifical
Catholic University, course on securities (1993)
Director, Castaños & Castaños
legal and notarial office
Ambassador and Chargé d’affaires
a.i., Director of Division of International Studies of the State
Secretariat of Foreign Affairs, March 1997 to date
Chairman, Standing National Commission for the
Application of International Humanitarian Law
Secretary, National Foundation for Assistance
to Minors
Publications
Derechos Humanos, a compilation of
treaties, laws, decrees, regulations and resolutions in force in
the Dominican Republic
Base Legal de la Secretaría de Estado
de Relaciones Exteriores
Recopilación de Todos los Instrumentos
Jurídicos de la República Dominicana en Materia de
Derecho Humanitario (in publication)
Main languages
Spanish, English and Italian
Reading knowledge of French, English and
Italian
Oscar Ceville (Panama)
Date of birth: 1943
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Javier College, Panama
(1961)
Bachelor of Law and Political Sciences,
University of Panama (1966)
Master in Business Administration, University
of Panama (1994)
Course in Implementation of International
Covenants on Human Rights, International Institute of Human Rights,
Italy (1988)
Present posts
Professor of Economic Law, University of
Panama and Latin American University of Science and Technology
(ULACIT)
Previous posts
Legal Adviser, Programme of Urban Community
Development, Ministry of Labour (1968-1969)
Juridical Director of the General Directorate
for Community Development (1969-1974)
Vice-President of the Panama Bar Association
(1975-1976)
President of the American Association of
Jurists (1975-1977)
Legal Adviser, National Legislative Committee
(1974-1978)
Vice-Minister of Government and Justice, a.i.
(1981)
Chief Legal Adviser of the National
Legislative Assembly of Panama (1984-1988)
Deputy Permanent Representative of Panama to
the United Nations (1988-1989)
Director General of International
Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Panama (1995)
Vice-Minister of the Ministry of the
Presidency of the Republic of Panama (1996-1999)
Meetings attended
Second Interamerican Conference on the Legal
Aspects of the Economic Independence, Chairman, Panama (1975)
Member, Delegation of Panama to the 64th
Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO), Geneva
(1978)
Delegate, Interparliamentarian Symposium on
Traffic of Drugs and Narcodependency, Quito (1986)
Special Ambassador, XVIII General Assembly of
the Organization of American States (OAS), San Salvador (1988)
Representative of Panama to the Commission on
Human Rights (1989)
Delegate of Panama to the XLV session of the
Human Rights Commission, Geneva (1989)
Participant in a number of international
meetings on human rights, apartheid, Latin American Parliament and
United Nations matters
Publications
“The Economic Law and its Evolution in
Constitutional Law” (1993)
“Economic Liberties and the Social
Economic Model” (1993)
Lecturer on “Antecedents of the Penal
Reforms”, Panama Bar Association and Panamanian Law Academy
(1983)
Author of a number of articles on social,
economic and cultural matters
Dumitru Ceausu (Romania)
Date and place of birth: 8 May 1937 in
Corbu-Olt, Romania
University education
1956-1960
Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest
1966-1969
Graduate Institute of Advanced International Studies, Geneva
Diplomas
1971
Doctorate in Political Science, University of Geneva
Professional experience
1960-1966:
Attaché, then Third Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
Romania
1969-1972
Second Secretary, then First Secretary, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs
1972-1977
First Secretary, then Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Romania to
the United Nations
1978-1981
Counsellor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1981-1985
Counsellor, Embassy of Romania in Bonn
1985-1990
Counsellor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1990-1992
Deputy Director, Legal, Treaties and Human Rights Division,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1992-1993
Minister Counsellor, Chargé d’affaires a.i., Embassy of
Romania in Oslo
1994-1996
Director, Legal Affairs and Treaty Division, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs
Sept.-Dec.
1996
Minister Counsellor, Embassy of Romania in Paris
Jan.-July
1997
State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
22 July 1997 to
date Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Romania to France
International meetings and conferences
1962 and
1969
Expert on the Romanian delegation to the United Nations General
Assembly
1966
Expert on the Romanian delegation to the Economic and Social
Council
1965
Expert on the Romanian delegation to the General Conference of the
International Labour Organization (ILO)
1972-1977
Alternate member of the Romanian delegation to the United Nations
General Assembly
1972-1974
Alternate member of the Romanian delegation to the United Nations
Commission on Human Rights
1973 and
1974
Member of the Romanian delegation to Third United Nations
Conference on the Law of the Sea (New York and Caracas
sessions)
1976-1977
Alternate representative of Romania to the United Nations Security
Council
1978-1983
Member of the Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and
Protection of Minorities
1993 to
present
Member and Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights, established under the International Covenant on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Publications
Doctoral thesis entitled “Peaceful
settlement of international disputes through direct negotiation
procedures” (1971, in French)
Articles in Romanian journals on subjects such
as the law of the sea, the definition of aggression, the principles
of international law and human rights
“Exercises in freedom” (collection
of press articles), 1997
Foreign languages: English, French and
German
Abdessatar Grissa (Tunisia)
Nationality: Tunisian
Date and place of birth: 22 August 1929 at
Ouardanine, Tunisia
Education
B.A. in Economics, University of Nottingham,
England
Ph.D. in Economics, Brown University,
Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Experience
1963-1965
Teaching assistant, Brown University, United States
1966-1967
Assistant professor, University of Connecticut, Storrs,
Connecticut, United States
1967-1970
Consultant, Ministry of Planning and Economics, Tunisia
1970-1972
Research consultant, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and
Development, Paris
1972
Professor of Economics, University of Tunis, Tunisia
1982-1984
Director of the Management Institute, Tunis
1984-1985
Consultant, International Monetary Fund, Washington, D.C.
Since 1992 Expert on the Committee
on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, United Nations
1998
Professor Emeritus, Université du Centre, Sousse,
Tunisia
Publications
“Speculation and the stability of
flexible exchange rates: the case of the French and British
experience in the 1920s”, Brown University, 1967
(English)
“Agricultural Policies and Employment:
The Case of Tunisia” (Organisation for Economic Cooperation
and Development, Paris, 1973) (English)
“The International Sugar Trade and its
Effects on Developing Countries” (Organisation for Economic
Cooperation and Development, 1976) (French)
“International commerce and economic
development” (Revue Africaine du Management, 1977)
(French)
“Reciprocal trade and economic growth in
developing countries”, (United Nations Conference, March
1977) (English)
“Commercial and financial relations
between the Arab countries and Japan”, Arab League, 1980
(Arabic)
“The EEC-Maghreb agreements and
development aid”, Faculté de Droit et des Sciences
Economiques, Tunis, 1981 (French)
“The privatization of state enterprise
in Tunisia”, published in Politics of the Tunisian
Economy, Paul Zartman, ed., Johns Hopkins University Press,
1991 (English)
“Prospects for Arab economic
integration”, World Bank, 1993 (English)
Preparation of annual economic reports for the
Arab Institute of Business Managers from 1988 to 1995 (English)
The external debt of Tunisia and its economic
impact, Ministry of International Cooperation, Tunis, 1998
(French)
“The evolution of the Tunisian economy
and its capacity to absorb foreign investment”, 1999
(Arabic)
Andreas Nicolas Loizou (Cyprus)
Former President of the Supreme Court of
Cyprus, Former Judge of the European Court of Human Rights.
Barrister-at-Law of Gray’s Inn London (1950). Honorary
Bencher of Gray’s Inn
Born in Limassol, Cyprus, on 8 June 1926,
attended the Limassol Gymnasium, studied law and was called to the
Bar at Gray’s Inn in June 1950
Judicial service
Appointed in the Judicial Service of Cyprus as
a Magistrate 1953
District Judge 1957. In August 1960, he was
seconded for duties as Counsellor to the first Permanent Mission of
the Republic to the United Nations. Resumed his judicial duties in
February 1961
President District Court 1965
Justice of the Supreme Court 1971
President of the Supreme Court 1988-1994, when
he retired from the Judiciary of the Republic
Judge of the European Court of Human Rights of
the Council of Europe, 1990-1998
Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration
since 1985
Membership
In 1972, elected by the Committee of Ministers
of the Council of Europe for a term of six years, member of the
Committee of Independent Experts of the European Social Charter. In
1978 he was re-elected for a second six-year term of office and he
was President of the Committee 1978-1984
From 1968 to 1989, Chairman of the Penal and
Penitentiary Committee of Cyprus and a National Correspondent to
the United Nations in the field of prevention of crime and the
treatment of offenders
In 1979, elected Vice-President of the
Commonwealth Magistrates’ Association for the North Atlantic
and Mediterranean Region; President of the Commonwealth Magistrates
and Judges Association 1985-1991; since 1991, Honorary Life
Vice-President
From 1986 to 1989, member of the Steering
Committee for Human Rights of the Council of Europe (CDDH)
In 1998, elected by the Benchers of the
Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn, an Honorary Bencher
Chaired several Committees on Law Reform,
recently Chairman of the Law Reform Committee on the Protection of
Maternity and on Equal Pay for Work of Equal Value, appointed to
this office by the Council of Ministers. The reports on Maternity
and on Equal Pay, were submitted to the Government and the relevant
legislation has already been enacted
Also chaired two Working Groups for the
preparation of a draft Scheme for the Protection of the Cultural
Heritage within the Commonwealth. At the Meeting of Commonwealth
Law Ministers which was held in Mauritius in November 1993, he
presented the last draft Scheme which was adopted by the Law
Ministers, as a Commonwealth Scheme for the Protection of the
Material Cultural Heritage
During the 10th Commonwealth Law Conference
which was held in Nicosia, in May 1993, in recognition of his 40
years of service in the Judiciary of Cyprus, and his contribution
in the field of justice in the Commonwealth, he was honoured by the
Cyprus Bar Association and the Commonwealth Lawyers Association
Publications
Published articles and papers and lectured on
legal topics. These include:
The Courts and the Administration of Justice
in Cyprus (Greek)
Criminal Justice and the Treatment of
Offenders in Cyprus (English)
Aspects of the Legal System of Israel
(English)
The European Social Charter and Cyprus
(Greek)
The Protection of Social and Economic Rights
in Europe (English)
The Coup d’etat in Cyprus and its Legal
Consequences (Greek)
Shipping Law and Practice (Greek)
The Restriction of the Right to Strike in
Essential Services (English)
The European Court of Human Rights and its
Approach to Certain Issues (English)
Criminal Justice and the European Convention
on Human Rights (English)
Independent and Impartial Tribunal under the
European Convention on Human Rights (English)
The Judicial Control of the Constitutionality
of Laws and the Legality of Administrative Acts (Greek)
Admiralty Law and Practice in Cyprus
(English)
International Human Rights: their domestic
application and judicial control (English)
Co-author of the Textbook Criminal
Procedure in Cyprus (English)
Giorgio Malinverni (Switzerland)
Born 3 October 1941; Swiss national
Diplomas
Licence in Law, University of Fribourg
(Switzerland), 1965.
Doctorat from Institut universitaire de
hautes etudes internationales, Geneva, 1974
Current position
Full Professor of constitutional law and
international human rights law at the Faculty of Law of the
University of Geneva
Other activities
Swiss representative to the European
Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission —
Council of Europe), Vice-Chairman from 1995 to 1997;
Swiss expert on the roster of experts on the
human dimension mechanism of the Conference on Security and
Cooperation in Europe;
International adviser to the Constitutional
Court of Croatia (1997-1999)
Prior academic positions
Visiting professor at the Faculty of Law,
University of Geneva (1980-1982)
Visiting professor, Faculty of Law, University
of Lausanne (1982 and 1989)
Visiting professor, Faculty of Law and
Economics, University of Neuchâtel (1990-1991)
Head, Department of Constitutional Law,
University of Geneva (1983-1989 and 1995-1998)
Chairman, Public Law Section (Assistant Dean)
University of Geneva (1989-1993)
Visiting professor, University of Nice
(1994)
Visiting professor, University of Paris II
(Panthéon-Assas) (1994)
Visiting professor, University of Strasbourg
(2000)
Presented papers at the first (Belgrade 1983)
and second (Paris, Aix-en-Provence, 1987) World Congresses of the
International Association of Constitutional Law
Presented papers at the Munich (1987) and
Belgrade (1989) Congresses of the International Association of
Legal Sciences
Prior professional activities
Jurist with the International Committee of the
Red Cross (ICRC) (1971-1973)
Member of the ICRC delegation to the
Conference of Government Experts and the Diplomatic Conference
(Geneva, 1974-1977) on international humanitarian law applicable in
armed conflicts (1972-1977)
Memberships
Member of the International Association of
Constitutional Law; member of its Executive Committee
Member of the Swiss Society of International
Law
Member of the Swiss Bar Association
Member of the Geneva Society of Law and
Legislation
Member of the Editorial Board of the
“Swiss International and European Law Review”
Member of the Scientific Committee of the
“Quarterly Review of Human Rights”
International activities
Statement to the Committee on Economic, Social
and Cultural Rights on general observations on article 13 of the
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
(November 1999)
Member of missions to China by Swiss human
rights experts (December 1991 and July 1994)
Member of a Swiss delegation studying the
causes of violence in South Africa (April 1992)
Participant in the International Congresses on
Human Rights Teaching, Information and Documentation of the United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
(Vienna, 1978; Malta, 1987)
Swiss expert at the Seminar of Experts on
Democratic Institutions of the Conference on Security and
Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki, 1991)
Chairman of the United Nations group of
experts to address the issue of the political status of Abkhazia
(Republic of Georgia) (1993 and 1994)
Publications
Le règlement des différends dans
les organisations internationales économiques Leiden,
Sijthoff, Geneva, Institut universitaire des hautes études
internationales, 1974, 251 pp.
La liberté de réunion,
Geneva, Georg, 1981, 206 pp.
La Suisse et les Pactes des Nations Unies
relatifs aux droits de l’homme(in collaboration with W.
Kälin and M. Nowak), Basel, Helbing and Lichtenhann, 2nd ed.,
1997, 713 pp.
L’indépendence de la Suisse dans
un monde interdépendant, report presented to the Swiss Bar
Association, Swiss Law Review, Reports and Communications, Basel,
1998, 137 pp.
Droit constitutionnel suisse (in
collaboration with Andreas Auer and Michel Hottelier) vol. 1,
(L’Etat), 799 pp., vol. 2 (Les droits
fondamentaux), 738 pp., Bern, Stampfli, 2000.
About one hundred articles on constitutional
law and international human rights law.
Sergei Martynov (Belarus)
Date of birth: 1953
Place of birth: Leninakan, Armenia
Nationality: Belarusian
Education
1970-1975
Moscow State Institute of International Relations
Professional background
1975-1980
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist
Republic (BSSR), Department of International Organizations
(International Labour Organization, European Economic
Commission)
1980-1988
Assistant to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of BSSR
1988-1991
Deputy Head, Department of International Organizations, Ministry
for Foreign Affairs (responsible for political, social and economic
issues)
1991-1992
Deputy Permanent Representative of BSSR to the United Nations, New
York (responsible for political, social and economic issues)
1992-1993
Chargé d’affaires of the Republic of Belarus to the
United States of America
1993-1997
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of
Belarus to the United States of America
1997-present First
Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus
(political, social and economic issues)
Conferences
1978-1999
Sessions of the United Nations General Assembly
Sessions of the Economic and Social Council
General Conferences of the International Labour Organization
Annual sessions of the Economic Commission for Europe
Annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World
Bank
Professional experience
1991-1997
Vice-Chairman of the First Committee of the General Assembly
Chairman of Nuclear Disarmament Group of the Disarmament Commission
(three times)
Vice-Chairman and Rapporteur of the United Nations Disarmament
Group (several times)
1991
Vice-President of the Amendment Conference of the States Parties to
the (1963) Treaty Banning Nuclear Tests in the Atmosphere in Outer
Space and under Water
1998
Chairman of the Disarmament Commission
Professional membership and publications
Board of the Ramapo Children of Chernobyl
Fund
Association on Third World Affairs
Author of numerous publications on different
issues of politics, social and economic issues, and so forth
Languages
Belarusian (mother tongue), English, Russian,
French, Swahili
Ariranga Govindasamy Pillay (Mauritius)
Date of birth: 14 June 1945
Place of birth: Mauritius
Language (spoken): English and French
Current position/function
Chief Justice of Mauritius
Education
Royal College — Port Louis —
Mauritius (1957-1964)
London School of Economics (1966-1968)
Merton College, Oxford (1969-1970)
Lincoln’s Inn (1972)
Academic and professional qualification
Bachelor of Science (BSC) Econ. (Hons)
(1969)
Bachelor of Arts (BA) (Hons) in jurisprudence
(1971)
Barrister-at-law (1972) of Lincoln’s Inn
(United Kingdom)
Scholarship and fellowship
English Scholarship awarded by the State of
Mauritius (1965): came out first at the Higher School Certificate
Examinations
United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Fellowship on copyright (1974)
World Intellectual Property Organization
(WIPO) Fellowship on patents and trademarks (1976)
United Nations Institute for Training and
Research (UNITAR) Fellowship in International Law (1979)
United Nations Human Rights Fellowship
(Constitutional Law and Human Rights) (1981): attended course at
the London School of Oriental and African Studies
Fellowship on trademarks awarded by the
Government of Australia (1982)
United Nations Fellowship for participation in
International Law Seminar (1985)
Fellowship awarded by the United States of
America for research study on Minority Rights and the American
Judicial System (1994)
Professional activities
Appointments in Mauritius
1972-1987
Legal adviser at the Ministry of Justice, successively as Crown
Counsel, Senior Crown Counsel, Principal Crown Counsel, Assistant
Solicitor General and Parliamentary Counsel
Advised and appeared for the State in Criminal and Civil
matters
Drafted all kinds of legislation
1987-May
1996
Puisne Judge, acting Senior Puisne Judge
1994-1996
Chairman of the Council of Legal Education of Mauritius
1995-1996
Member of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission of
Mauritius
1996 to this date Chief Justice of
Mauritius
Chairman of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission of
Mauritius
Work in international field
Negotiated bilateral air services and loan
agreements on behalf of the State of Mauritius
Represented Mauritius at international forums
in various fields, namely, human rights, intellectual property and
international law matters
Drafted human rights reports on behalf of
Mauritius for the Human Rights Committee and for the Committee on
the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Chaired moot competitions on human rights
Member of the United Nations Committee on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1997-1999)
Appointed adviser by the Governing Council of
the African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies
(1998)
Member of the Court of Appeals of Seychelles
(1999)
Kenneth Osborne Rattray (Jamaica)
Date of birth: 27 September 1932
National honours
Commander of the Order of Distinction (C.D.),
1973
Order of Jamaica (O.J.), 1983
Substantive position
Solicitor General and, as such, one of the
Principal Legal Advisers to the Government of Jamaica
Other posts held
Privy Councillor
Member of the Inter-American Juridical
Committee, 1973-1977; 1986-1989; 1998 to date
Member of the United Nations Committee on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,
1987 to date
Academic and professional qualifications
Bachelor of Laws (Honours), London University,
1956
Bar Final Examination, 1959; Buchanan Prizeman
(being placed first in Lincoln’s Inn)
First Class in Public International Law
Barrister-at-Law, Lincoln’s Inn,
1960
Master of Laws, London University, 1960
Commonwealth Scholar, 1964
Doctor of Philosophy (Company Law, London
University, 1966)
Queen’s Counsel, 1970
Legal service
Since 1961, various legal positions, including
Crown Counsel, Assistant Attorney General, Senior Assistant
Attorney General
1972 to date, Solicitor General
Advocate before the Supreme Court, the Court
of Appeal and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (United
Kingdom) in important civil, criminal, commercial, constitutional
and human rights cases
Negotiated wide range of commercial agreements
including debt rescheduling, aircraft financing, international
loans, natural resources exploration, privatization and public
sector reform
Adviser on public sector reform, privatization
and telecommunications reform
Diplomatic service and international negotiations
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
of Jamaica, being Ambassador-at-Large since 1974 and representative
of Jamaica on several missions and sessions of the General Assembly
of the United Nations, as well as the Third United Nations
Conference on the Law of the Sea
Rapporteur-General of the Conference on the
Law of the Sea
Rapporteur-General of the Preparatory
Commission for the International Seabed Authority and the
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
Permanent Representative of Jamaica to the
International Seabed Authority
Wide experience in the field of civil
aviation, holding executive positions within the International
Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), including the President of the
Assembly in 1977
Chairman of the Group of 77 for Law of the
Sea, 1989
Representative of Jamaica in negotiation of
the legal instruments establishing the Caribbean Community
Commonwealth service
Member of the Commonwealth Expert Group on
Good Governance and the Elimination of Corruption in Economic
Management
Chairman of the Commonwealth Senior Law
Officials Meeting, 1998
Experience in the field of international civil aviation
President of the Assembly of ICAO, 1977
Member of the Panel of Experts of ICAO
Leader or member of Jamaica’s delegation
to several Assemblies of ICAO
Representative of Jamaica to the Diplomatic
Conferences to elaborate the Hague Convention for the Suppression
of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft (1970), the Montreal Convention on
the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil
Aviation (1971) and the Supplementary Protocol to the Montreal
Convention (1988)
Legal Adviser, Air Jamaica, 1981-1994
Member of the Group of Experts on the Future
Regulatory Arrangements for International Air Transport (appointed
August 1992)
Chairman of the Economic Commission of ICAO,
1992
Chairman of the Legal Commission of ICAO,
1995
President of the International Conference on
Air Law for the Revision of the Warsaw Convention — May
1999
International honours
Awarded ICAO’s 50th Anniversary Medal of
Honour for Eminent Contribution of Civil Aviation (1994)
Awarded the Edward Warner Award by ICAO for
outstanding contribution to the development of international civil
aviation, particularly in the legal field (1998)
Other honours
Recipient of the Gleaner Honour Award on two
occasions: first in 1981 as a member of the Jamaican delegation
which secured for Jamaica the headquarters of the International
Seabed Authority and second in 1985, for the contribution to the
bauxite industry through the establishment of Clarendon Alumina
Production, Limited
Waleed M. Sa’di (Jordan)
Date of birth: 19 August 1939
Nationality: Jordanian
Education
High school diploma, Friends Boys School
(Quaker), Ramallah, Jordan
B. A. (Economics), Southern Methodist
University, Dallas, Texas
J. D. (Doctor of Law), University of Chicago
Law School, Chicago, Illinois
Scholarship: National Honor Scholarship
Human rights profile
Member of the Commission on Human Rights,
1975-1981
Vice-Chairman of the Commission on Human
Rights, 1979
Chairman of the Commission on Human Rights,
1980-1981
Member of the Subcommission on Prevention of
Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, 1978-1982
Vice-Chairman of the Subcommission, 1979
Member of the Human Rights Committee (on civil
and political rights), 1978-1982, 1990-1994
Member of the Committee on Economic, Social
and Cultural Rights, 1996-2000
Member of the Board of Trustees of the United
Nations Fund for Victims of Torture, 1982-1989
Member of the Jordanian delegation to the
Vienna World Conference on Human Rights, 1993
Head of the Jordanian delegation to the Rome
United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the
Establishment of an International Criminal Court
Chairman of the Working Group on Crimes
against humanity at the Rome International Criminal Court
Conference
Head of the Jordanian delegation to the
Diplomatic Conference on the Drafting and Adoption of the two
additional protocols to the Geneva Conventions, 1977-1980
Other activities
First Secretary at the Jordanian mission to
the United Nations, 1966-1969
Counsellor at the Jordanian embassy in
Washington, D. C., Moscow,, London and Paris
Ambassador to the United Nations and other
international organizations in Geneva, 1975-1980
Ambassador to Ankara, 1982-1986
Chief Editor, Jordan Times,
1988-1989
Adviser at the Office of the Crown Prince of
Jordan, 1997-1999
Columnist and Attorney-at-Law, 1999-
Publications
The Economic Theory in Islam
Philippe Texier (France)
Born: 24 May 1941 at Nimes (Gard)
Professional background and experience
1966-1967
Technical cooperation in Colombia:
Technical Cooperation Attaché at the Embassy of France in
Bogota; gave a course on the history of political ideas at the
Escuela Superior de Administración Pública
1967-1970
Ecole nationale de la magistrature
1970-1971
Examining judge in Chalons-sur-Marne
1971-1972
Deputy to the Procureur de la République in
Marseille
1972-1977
Examining judge in Marseille
1978-1983
Examining judge in Paris
1977-1979
Director of the Judicial Division at the Ecole nationale
d’administration et de magistrature, Cameroon
1983-1984
Technical Adviser to the Secretary of State for the Family,
Population and Immigrant Workers
1984-1985
Vice-President of the Tribunal de grande instance of
Paris
1985-1988
President of the Tribunal de grande instance of Melun
1988-1991
President of the Tribunal de grande instance of Evry
1991
Director of the Human Rights Division of ONUSAL (United Nations
Mission in El Salvador)
1992-1996
Presiding judge at the Cour d’appel of Paris
1996
Adviser to the Cours de cassation (Social division)
1976-1995
Numerous human rights missions in South America, Central America,
Africa and Asia, as a consultant of the United Nations Centre for
Human Rights or on behalf of non-governmental organizations
1983-1987
Represented the French Government as an expert on the Sessional
Working Group of Governmental Experts on the Implementation of the
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
1987-1995
Expert member of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights; re-elected for 4 years in 1988, and again in 1992;
re-elected in 1996
1984-present Member
of the National Advisory Commission to the Prime Minister on Human
Rights
Foreign
languages: English,
Spanish
