CAT
UNITED
NATIONS
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.
GENERAL
CAT/SP/18/Add.1
18 October 1995
ENGLISH
Original: ENGLISH/SPANISH
MEETING OF THE STATES PARTIES
Fifth Meeting
Geneva
29 November 1995
ELECTION OF FIVE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE
TO REPLACE THOSE WHOSE TERMS ARE DUE TO EXPIRE ON
31 DECEMBER 1995, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 17 OF THE
CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR
DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT
Note by the Secretary-General
Addendum
1. Since the preparation of document CAT/SP/18, the Secretary-General has received the following additional nomination for election to the Committee against Torture.
Mr. Fawzi EL IBRASHI (Egypt)
2. Biographical data on Mr. El Ibrashi as provided by the State party concerned are reproduced in the annex to the present document. The annex also contains biographical data on Mr. Olimpo Sáez Marcucci, nominated by the Government of Panama, whose name appears in document CAT/SP/18.
GE.95-14347 (E)
Annex
Mr. Fawzi El Ibrashi (Egypt)
Date of birth: 5 November 1932
Marital status: Married with son and daughter
Academic qualifications
B.L. Law (with merit), Cairo University, May 1953.
Masters in Political Sciences, Cairo University, January 1957.
Diploma of Public Law, Cairo University, September 1960.
Diploma of Russian Language (with merit), Moscow University, 1968.
Diploma of Taxation (with merit), Cairo University, May 1972.
Diploma of International Law (with merit), Ein Shams University, October 1972.
Diploma of Private Law (with merit), Cairo University, May 1973.
Diploma of Islamic (Sharia) Law (with merit), Cairo University, October 1975.
Completed Studies in Political Science - Pol. Sciences Institute, Geneva, May 1979.
B.A. Faculty of Arts, Cairo University, September 1983.
Masters in Political Sciences, Boston University, May 1987.
Languages
Fluent English and French; good command of Russian.
Positions occupied
1954 District Attorney
1963 Judge in Egyptian courts
1963 First Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)
1963-1966 First Secretary, Judicial Department (MFA)
1971-1973 Counsellor, Legal and Treaties Department (MFA)
1973-1976 Counsellor, Foreign Minister's Cabinet
1976 Head of Legal Treaties Department (MFA)
1976-1980 Minister Plenipotentiary and Deputy to Head of Permanent Representative, Geneva
1980-1984 Minister Plenipotentiary and Ambassador, Foreign Minister's Cabinet
1984-1988 Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg and the European Community
1988-1990 Director of Diplomatic Institute (MFA)
1990-1992 Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs
1993-1995 Advisor to the Foreign Minister of Qatar
Missions and special tasks
Member of the Egyptian delegation in many conferences and negotiations. Represented Egypt in the diplomatic conference for the revision of the Paris Convention.
Conference on the Law of the Sea (several sessions).
Spokesman of the Group of 77 in the conference on transfer of technology, Geneva (several sessions).
Twice Chairman of the Legal Sub-Committee for Outer Space, Geneva.
Spokesman of the Group of 77 and Chairman of the Preparatory Conference of the World Intellectual Property Organization, Geneva and Vice-President of the Conference.
Member of the International Center of Arbitration, Cairo, since 1989.
Represented Egypt in the Sixth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly.
Member of the Egyptian delegation to the Euro-Arab Dialogue.
Represented Egypt in the Legal Committee of the Arab League (several sessions).
Organized and participated in many sessions and conferences (Latin-African Dialogue, Euro-African Dialogue, Korean-Egyptian Dialogue, Seoul, 1989).
External Lecturer at Cairo University, the American University in Cairo and the Institute of Arab Studies, Cairo.
Took part in the most of the peace negotiations with Israel.
Head of the Egyptian delegation in the Multilateral Peace Negotiations.
Water Resources Committee (several sessions).
Deputy Chairman of the Committee against Torture.
Decorations
Order of Republic, Second Degree, Egypt, 1976.
Order of Merit, First Degree, Egypt, 1982
Order of Merit, Belgium, 1988.
Olimpo Aníbal Sáez Marcucci (Panama)
Date of birth: 12 September 1947
Chitré, Province of Herrera, Panama
Marital status: Single
Education
1971 University of Panama, Faculty of Law and Political Science
1966-1970 Nicólas Victoria Jaén Institute
Bachiller en Letras
1961-1965 Don Bosco Technical Institute
Press Typographer's Diploma
Positions occupied
1966-1968 Press typographer
1968-1973 Sales executive
1974-1976 Secondary school teacher, history and civics
1974-1979 Director of children's courses
National Federation of Catholic Women
1979-1981 Sales executive, self-employed
1981-1989 President of the People's Nationalist Party
Political activities
1972 Founder of the Camilo Torres Association,
Faculty of Law and Political Science,
University of Panama
1979 Founder of the Nationalist Action Association,
Faculty of Law and Political Science,
University of Panama
1978-1980 President of the Law Students' Centre, Faculty of Law and Political Science, University of Panama
1980 Independent candidate for election to the Legislative Assembly by the Province of Panama in the by-elections of 1980
1981 Founder and President of the People's Nationalist Party
1984 Candidate for the office of Vice-President of the Republic for the People's Nationalist Party
1989 Candidate and legislator elect in the elections of 1989
1990-1994 Legislator in the National Legislative Assembly
1993-1994 Member of the Human Rights Commission of the Legislative Assembly
1991-1994 President of the Foreign Relations Commission of the Legislative Assembly
1992-1994 Alternate Vice-President of PARLATINO
Member of the Presidential Commission on Matters Relating to the Panama Canal
At present
1995 Government Procurator's Office
Assistant in the International Affairs Division
A list of other activities may be consulted in the files of the Centre for Human Rights.
-----
