CCPR
UNITED
NATIONS
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.
GENERAL
CCPR/SP/43/Add.7
29 August 1994
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
MEETING OF STATES PARTIES
Fourteenth meeting
New York, 8 September 1994
ELECTION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLES 28 TO 32 OF THE
INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS,
OF NINE MEMBERS OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TO
REPLACE THOSE WHOSE TERMS ARE DUE TO EXPIRE ON
31 DECEMBER 1994
Note by the Secretary-General
Addendum
The present document contains a nomination for election to the Human Rights Committee received after the submission of the list of candidates by the Secretary-General on 24 June 1994 (CCPR/SP/43). Biographical data of the person nominated, as furnished by the State party concerned, are contained in the annex to the present document.
Name of candidate Nominated by
Mr. Louis René Kêké Benin
94-34861 (E) 060994 060994 /...
Annex
BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
Mr. Louis René KEKE (Benin)
Surname: Kêké
Names: Louis René
Date and place of birth: Adjarra, Porto-Novo, 18 April 1949
Family status: Married, five children
Education
Primary:
Catholic Mission, 1956-1963
Awarded certificate of primary studies
Secondary:
Secondary course, Mgr. Steinmetz, Bohicon, 1964-1971
Secondary course, Père Aupiais, Cotonou, 1971-1972
Awarded the brevet d'études du premier cycle, successfully
completed the examen probatoire d'entrée dans les classes
terminales; awarded baccalaureate diploma.
Higher education:
Faculty of Law and Economics, Dakar, Senegal
Awarded the Diplôme d'études universitaires générales and the
Licence ès sciences juridiques droit privé (old system)
Professional training:
Centre de formation administrative et de perfectionnement (CEFAP)
15 June-30 October 1982
Awarded the diplôme professionnelle de magistrat major with the fourth group of senior civil servants to be trained at CEFAP
Ecole Nationale de la Magistrature de la République Française
Awarded the certificat de perfectionnement
Current position: Technical Adviser to the Minister of Justice and Legislation
Former positions: Government Procurator, Lokossa Court of First Instance
1 April 1984-3 February 1988
Deputy Procurator-General, Cotonou Court of Appeal
February 1988
Counsellor, Provincial People's Court (Court of Appeal)
3 December 1988-August 1990
Head of mission, Office of the Minister of Justice and
Legislation, from 27 August 1990
Experience in the field of human rights
Training and seminars:
International training course on the promotion and protection of human rights, Ecole Internationale de Bordeaux, France, 29 June-10 July 1992. A certificate was awarded upon completion of the course.
Study tour and training course on the judicial system and constitutional rights (human rights) in the United States of America, February-March 1993
Meetings and conferences:
United Nations African workshop on international human rights standards and the administration of justice, Cairo, 8-12 July 1991
Arab-African seminar on criminal justice and penal reform, sponsored by the Arab Institute for Human Rights and Penal Reform International with the Vienna International Centre (United Nations), Tunis, 29 November-December 1991
Representative of the President of the Republic of Benin, President of the Economic Community of West African States, at the West African subregional workshop on human rights, held at Lomé, 15-17 October 1992, in preparation for the Regional Meeting for Africa of the World Conference on Human Rights
Regional Meeting for Africa of the World Conference on Human Rights, Tunis, 2-6 November 1992
World Conference on Human Rights, Vienna, 14-25 June 1993
Articles
"Les mesures d'ordre législatif ou autres prises par le Bénin en vue de donner effet aux droits et libertés reconnus et garantis dans la Charte africaine des droits de l'homme et des peuples" (report submitted by Benin in 1992 to the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights)
"Les textes, les voies et les moyens de promotion des droits de l'homme au Bénin"
"La réformation du traitement pénal et pénitentiaire pour une meilleure réinsertion"
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