CCPR
UNITED
NATIONS
International covenant
on civil and
political rights
Distr.
GENERAL
CCPR/SP/48
15 June 1996
Original: ENGLISH/
FRENCH/SPANISH
MEETING OF STATES PARTIES
Sixteenth meeting
New York
12 September 1996
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 1996
Note by the Secretary-General
1. In conformity with articles 30, paragraph 4, and 32 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the sixteenth meeting of States parties to the Covenant will be convened by the Secretary-General at United Nations Headquarters on Thursday, 12 September 1996, for the purpose of electing nine members of the Human Rights Committee from a list of persons nominated by States parties, to replace those whose terms are due to expire on 31 December 1996 (see annex I below). The names of the other nine members who will continue to serve on the Committee until 31 December 1998 appear in annex II below.
2. In accordance with article 30, paragraph 2, and article 34 of the Covenant, the Secretary-General, in a note verbale dated 1 March 1996, invited the States parties to submit, in conformity with article 29 of the Covenant, their nominations for the election of nine members of the Committee within three months, i.e. by 1 June 1996.
3. In compliance with the provisions of article 30, paragraph 3, of the Covenant, the Secretary-General has the honour to list below, in alphabetical order, the names of the persons nominated for election to the Human Rights Committee, indicating the States parties which have nominated them:
GE.96-16804 (E)
Name of candidates Nominated by
AGUILAR URBINA, Mr. Francisco José COSTA RICA
BÁN, Mr. Tamás HUNGARY
BRUNI CELLI, Mr. Marco Tulio VENEZUELA
COLVILLE, Lord UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND
DAUTBASIC, Mr. Ismet BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
EVATT, Ms. Elizabeth AUSTRALIA
FAZILHODJAEVA, Ms. Istora UZBEKISTAN
FRANCIS, Mr. Laurel B. JAMAICA
GAITAN DE POMBO, Ms. Pilar COLOMBIA
KRIUKOV, Mr. Vitali UKRAINE
LALLAH, Mr. Rajsoomer MAURITIUS
MAVROMMATIS, Mr. Andreas CYPRUS
MOGHAIZEL, Ms. Laure LEBANON
NAHUM, Mr. Fasil ETHIOPIA
POCAR, Mr. Fausto ITALY
RAMANITRA, Mr. Victor MADAGASCAR
SCHEININ, Mr. Martin FINLAND
SHIVJI, Mr. Issa G. UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
SVEDAS, Mr. Gintaras LITHUANIA
TÜRK, Mr. Danilo SLOVENIA
URRUTIA-CERUTI, Mr. José PERU
VADAPALAS, Mr. Vilenas LITHUANIA
YALDEN, Mr. Maxwell CANADA
Annex I
LIST OF THE NINE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
WHOSE TERMS EXPIRE ON 31 DECEMBER 1996
Mr. Francisco José Aguilar Urbina (Costa Rica)
Mr. Tamás Bán (Hungary)
Mr. Marco Tulio Bruni Celli (Venezuela)
Lord Colville (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Ms. Elizabeth Evatt (Australia)
Mr. Laurel Francis (Jamaica)
Mr. Rajsoomer Lallah (Mauritius)
Mr. Andreas V. Mavrommatis (Cyprus)
Mr. Fausto Pocar (Italy)
Annex II
LIST OF THE NINE MEMBER WHO WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE
ON THE COMMITTEE UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1998
Mr. Nisuke Ando (Japan)
Mr. Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati (India)
Mr. Thomas Buergenthal (United States of America)
Mrs. Christine Chanet (France)
Mr. Omran El Shafei (Egypt)
Mr. Eckart Klein (Germany)
Mr. David Kretzmer (Israel)
Mrs. Cecilia Medina Quiroga (Chile)
Mr. Julio Prado Vallejo (Ecuador)
Annex III
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DATA
Mr. Francisco José Aguilar Urbina (Costa Rica)
EDUCATION:
1986-1987 Harvard University (Harvard Law School), Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.:
- "Master of Laws" (Fulbright Scholar).
- Research Assistant to Professor Frederick E. Snyder, Ph.D., Assistant Dean for the Graduate Programme.
1975-1985 Universidad de Costa Rica (School of Law), Ciudad Universitaria Rodrigo Facio, San José, Costa Rica.
- J.D. and Notary Public
- Honour Student: 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981.
- Teaching and Research Assistant to the Chairs of legal History (1978, 1979) and Public International Law (1981, 1982).
- Graduate courses in diplomatic and consular law, and international economic law (1982).
SPECIALIZATION COURSES:
1995 The Hague Academy of International Law, San José, Costa Rica
- XXIV External session of the Hague Academy of International Law.
1986 Georgetown University (Georgetown University Law Center/International Law Institute), Washington, DC, USA.
- "Orientation course on the US legal system" (Fulbright Scholar).
1983 Princeton University (Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs), Princeton, New Jersey, USA:
- Courses on international affairs.
1980 University of Cambridge (Trinity College), Cambridge, United Kingdom:
- Comparative law courses.
1978 Université de Grenoble (Faculté de droit and Centre d'Enseignement Audiovisuel), Saint-Martin d'Hères, Isère, France:
- Courses on international law, constitutional law and advanced French.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
1996- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, San José, Costa Rica:
- Member of the Advisory Commission on Human Rights Issues.
1995- Universidad Nacional Autónoma (School of International Affairs), Heredia, Costa Rica:
- Assistant Professor (International Human Rights and Public Law).
1995- Fundación para el Ecodesarrollo Sostenido en Costa Rica y Centroamérica, San José, Costa Rica:
- Consultant and member of the Board of Trustees.
1989- United Nations, Human Rights Committee (International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights), Geneva, Switzerland
- Member-Chairman (Chairman for the period 1995-1996), Rapporteur (1993-1994) and Vice-Chairman (1991-1992).
1994-1995 Inter-American Institute of Human Rights, San José, Costa Rica:
- Consultant (Adviser to the Executive Director)
- Consultant (Head of the Administration of Justice Programme and The Editorial Unit, until February 1995).
1994 University of Limburg and International Human Rights Law Group, Maastricht, the Netherlands:
- Consultant (Member of the Group of Experts that drafted an Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women).
1993-1994 Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Lund, Sweden:
- Consultant (Resource person in Human Rights Training Courses in Africa) (in coordination with the African Commission of Human and Peoples' Rights, The Ministry of Justice of Zimbabwe, the United Nations Centre for Human Rights and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees).
1993 Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France:
- Consultant (Resource person on cooperation for sustainable development in developing countries).
1990-1994 Fundación Arias para la Paz y el Progreso Humano (Centro para la Paz y la Reconciliación), San José, Costa Rica:
- Head of the Demilitarization and Disarmament Programme, Programme Officer.
1989-1993 Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights, New York, USA:
- Pro Bono Adviser
1988-1990 Government of Costa Rica, Office of the President, San José, Costa Rica:
- Adviser to the President on human rights, international law and international affairs issues.
- Ad interim Director of the President's Office (July-October 1988)
- Member-Coordinator of the Costa Rican Government Observer Group for the presidential elections in Nicaragua (25 February 1990)
- Representative of the President on the National Commission on the draft United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
- Representative of the President on the Inter-Institutional Commission for the Celebration of the Fortieth Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and of the American Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Man, and the Forty-fifth Anniversary of the United Nations.
1987-1988 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, San José, Costa Rica:
- Pro Bono adviser to the Minister.
LANGUAGES:
SPANISH: Native tongue;
ENGLISH: Excellent;
FRENCH: Excellent;
ITALIAN: Very good;
PORTUGUESE: Good;
GERMAN: Has taken basic courses.
WRITINGS: (A full list of books and articles written by the candidate is available for consultation in the files of the Secretariat)
Comité de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas: Breve Guía para presentar un infomre independiente (To be published).
Lasting Human Security (Co-authored with Joaquín Tacsan, S.J.D.) (in Demilitarization and Development in Central America, Fundación Arias para la Paz and Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, under the auspices of the US Institute of Peace; Medford, Massachusetts, 1995).
Demobilisation, Demilitarisation and Democratisation in Central America (Bilingual English-Spanish Edition) (Editor, compiler and co-author) (Fundación Arias para la Paz y el Progreso Humano and Centre International pour les Droits de l'Homme et le Développement Démocratique, San José, Costa Rica; 1994).
Lasting Security: Investing in the Population's Well-Being (Co-authored with Joaquín Tacsan, S.J.D.) (Bilingual English-Spanish edition) (Centro para la Paz y la Reconciliación de la Fundación arias para la Paz y el Progreso Humano; San José, Costa Rica; June 1994).
Reconciliación nacional y Derechos Humanos (in Memoria del ... Taller Centroamericano de educación para la Vida y la Paz; San Salvador, ACAFADE, 1992).
Analyse des principales différences existant entre les mécanismes prévus par le Protocol facultatif se rapportant au Pacte International relatif aux Droits Civils et Politiques et par la Convention Américaine sur les droits de l'Homme en ce qui concerne les Communications émanant de particuliers (Bilingual English-French edition) (in Canadian Human Rights Yearbook 1991-1992; Ottawa, University of Ottawa, Human Rights Research and Education Centre, 1992).
Mr. Tamás Ban (Hungary)
Born in 1932, in Budapest.
Graduated from the Faculty of Law, University Eötvös Lóránd, Budapest, in 1955.
In 1956 he entered the legal profession and in 1960-61 studied comparative law with professor René Dávid, Law Faculty of the Sorbonne University, Paris. Between 1963 and 1966, attended the summer courses of the International Comparative Law Faculty, in Strasbourg.
Joined the Ministry of Justice in 1962. Since then he has been serving in this Ministry. Between 1962-1972, member of the legislative section, dealing with the drafting of laws, mostly in the field of civil law. In 1972 he was appointed Director-General of the International Law Department. Responsibilities included the preparation of laws in the field of private international law, international trade law, and international criminal law. As head of many Hungarian delegations, he negotiated more than 30 treaties covering legal assistance in both: civil and criminal matters, extradition, transfer of sentenced persons, recognition and enforcement of foreign judgements in civil and commercial matters.
He initiated and played a key role in Hungary's re-entry to the Hague Conference on Private International Law in 1984.
Personal adviser to the Minister of Justice from 1988 to 1990, charged with the task, following the accession to the first Optional Protocol to the Covenant of analysing the compatibility of the Hungarian legislation with the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, with a view to fully harmonize the Hungarian legal system with the obligations set forth in the Covenant. In pursuance to his proposals several basic laws have been enacted, including the amended human rights Chapter of the Constitution.
The periodic reports of hungary submitted to United Nations human rights treaty-bodies have since long been drawn up with his active cooperation.
Since the earliest days of Hungary's entry into the Council of Europe he has been one of the Hungarian negotiators on setting up a cooperation programme in the legal and human rights field. Since 1990, he has been representing Hungary in the European Committee on Legal Cooperation, between 1993-1994 he was the Committee's vice-Chairman. Represented Hungary in the Council of Europe Committee of experts in charge of drafting Protocol II, to the European Convention on the protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (merger of European Commission and the Court of Human Rights).
He was one of the two personalities appointed by the Government in 1990 to prepare the signature, later the ratification by Hungary of the European Convention on the protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. The fact that his interest and activity have been focusing on human rights is well documented by the enclosed list of his recent publications, which have been fully dedicated to this subject. From among his publications it is worth to mention his study summarizing the conclusions of the two year-long scrutiny of the Hungarian legal system to ensure greater conformity with the Convention requirements.
Regularly gives lectures on international human rights law in the Central European University and in different Hungarian law faculties.
Since 1980, when he was elected judge to the Arbitration Court of the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce, he has sat, in more than 150 cases either as presiding judge or as a member of the panel.
In 1994 he was elected member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee. The Committee elected him one of its vice-chairmen in 1995.
His working languages are English and French which he speaks fluently. In addition, he understands German and Russian.
List of main publications
- Effects of the Hungarian membership in the Council of Europe on the evolution of the laws in Hungary (Review of Legal Sciences, 1992)
- Report summing up the two year-long activity to prepare the ratification of the European human rights convention. Conclusions, proposals for legislation (Acta Humana 1992; this issue has been published with the financial assistance of the Council of Europe)
- Important tendencies in international procedural law: multilateral treaties on the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgements in civil and commercial matters (Hungarian Law Review, 1993)
- Cooperation between the United Nations Human Rights Committee and the International Labour Office to prepare consideration of States' reports (Acta Humana, 1996)
- Hungarian communications before the United Nations Human Rights Committee; an overview of the implementation by Hungary of the Optional Protocol (Gazette of the Supreme Court, 1996)
Mr. Marco-Tulio Bruni Celli (Venezuela)
1. Personal Information
Born in Anzoátegui, Estado Lara, Venezuela.
Married to Sonia Rojas de Bruni Celli.
Father of three children: Josefina, Marco Tulio and Carmen Sofía.
2. University education
Degree in Sociology, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas.
Lawyer, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas.
Master's degree and Ph.D candidate in political science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
3. Offices in the public service
Ambassador of Venezuela to the United Nations, Geneva.
Ambassador of Venezuela to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
Representative of Venezuela to the International Labour Conference and at meetings of the Governing Body of the International Labour Organization.
Director, Ministry of Justice, Venezuela.
Vice-Minister of Internal Affairs (served on various occasions as Minister of Internal Affairs ad interim), 1975-1977.
Member and Vice-President (for a period of ten years) of the Advisory Commission on External Affairs of the Government of Venezuela (1985-1994).
Member of the Presidential Commission for State Reform (COPRE) from its creation in 1984 until 1994.
Representative of the Government of Venezuela in the Third Committee of the General Assembly of the United Nations, New York, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992.
4. Parliamentary work
Representative of Estado Lara in the Congress of the Republic of Venezuela for three consecutive legislative periods, i.e. 15 years (1979-1994).
Member of the Internal Affairs Commission, External Affairs Commission and Planning Commission, National Congress of Venezuela, from 1978 to 1994.
Member of the Human Rights Committee of the Latin American Parliament (1990-1994).
5. Activities and offices held in the field of human rights
Member from 1986 to 1993 and President on two occasions (1988 and 1992) of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States (OAS), Washington, D.C.
As a member of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, made visits in loco for the purpose of investigating the human rights situations in Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Panama, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Paraguay and Peru.
Representative of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights at several sessions of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States: San Salvador (1988), Washington (1989, 1990), Santiago de Chile (1991), Bahamas (1992).
Representative of the Government of Venezuela in the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Geneva, sessions of 1990, 1991, 1992 and 1993.
Representative of the Government of Venezuela in four preparatory meetings at Geneva for the World Conference on Human Rights (1991, 1992, 1993).
Member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee (elected in September 1992 and currently in office).
Member of the governing body of the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights from 1987 to the present.
As independent expert and Special Rapporteur (Haiti), appointed by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995), submitted reports on the human rights situation in Haiti to the Commission on Human Rights at Geneva (1993, 1994, 1995) and to the Third Committee of the General Assembly of the United Nations (1992, 1993, 1994).
Member of the delegation of Venezuela to the World Conference on Human Rights, Vienna, 1993.
President of the Fundación Venezolana de Derechos Humanos (since its creation in 1992).
Professor of Human Rights in the Department of Political and Judicial Sciences of the Universidad Central de Venezuela.
6. Academic activities and distinctions
Professor in the Schools of Political Science and Law in the Department of Political and Judicial Sciences of the Universidad Central de Venezuela.
Vice-Rector of the Universidad de Oriente, Venezuela, from 1965 to 1967.
Visiting professor at the Instituto de Altos Estudios de la Defensa Nacional (IAEDEN), Caracas, Venezuela.
Visiting professor at the Escuela Superior de Guerra Naval, Venezuela.
Visiting professor at the Inter-American Defense College, Washington, D.C.
Visiting professor in interdisciplinary courses at the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights (San José de Costa Rica).
Visiting professor in the Academia Diplomática "Pedro Gual" of the Ministry of External Affairs, Venezuela.
Professor in courses on human rights designed for the Metropolitan Police, Caracas, Venezuela.
Lecturer at the third meeting of the interparliamentary Latin American Commission of Human Rights, San José de Costa Rica, March, 1995.
Guest lecturer at the Universidad Nacional del Ecuador, March 1995.
Honorary professor of the Universidad "Fermin Toro" of Barquisimeto, Estado Lara, Venezuela.
Honorary professor of the Universidad "Rafael Urdaneta" of Maracaibo, Estado Zulia, Venezuela.
Speaks and writes Spanish, speaks French and English.
Has written books and essays concerning the social sciences. Contributor to major Venezuelan and foreign periodicals and newspapers.
Lord Colville, (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Personal
John Mark Alexander Colville, 4th Viscount and 13th Baron (Scotland) Colville of Culross. Born 19 July 1933. Educated Rugby School (scholar) and New College Oxford (scholar) MA. Married; five sons.
Legal Career
1960 Barrister-at-Law Lincoln's Inn (Buchanan Prize)
1978 Queen's Council (senior barrister)
1986 Bencher Lincoln's Inn
1990-93 Recorder
1993- Circuit Judge
1995- Resident Judge Harrow Crown Court
Parliament
1954- Member House of Lords
Active in Legislation and on committees - currently Scrutiny Committee on European Union (sub-committee, Law and Institutions)
1972-74 Minister of State, Home Office (portfolio included prisons, parole, mentally disordered offenders, Channel Islands and Isle of Man)
Now Independent member.
Appointments
Official
1979 Observer, Elections Zimbabwe-Rhodesia
1980-84 Leader, United Kingdom delegation, United Nations Commission on Human Rights
Independent
1981-85 Member, Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, UNCHR (Chairman 1982-85)
1983-86 Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Guatemala, UNCHR
1984-88 Chairman, Mental Health Act Commission (England and Wales) (interests of compulsorily detained mental patients)
1988-92 Chairman, Parole Board for England and Wales (release on licence of long-term prisoners)
1986-93 Annual Report and Recommendations to Government and Parliament on Operation of Prevention of Terrorism Legislation
1987-93 Annual Report and Recommendations to Government and Parliament on Operation of Emergency Provisions (Northern Ireland) Acts
1992 Annual Report on Operational Policy in Belfast Prison for Management of Parliamentary Prisoners
1987-93 Director, Securities and Futures Authority (financial services regulator)
1993- Chairman, Revolving Doors Agency (mentally disordered offenders)
Other Activities
1964 Member, Archbishop of Canterbury's Commission on Divorce Law Reform
1968-72 Member, Council of University of East Anglia
1982-84 Member, Council of Confederation of British Industries
1984-90 Chairman, Alcohol Education and Research Council
1990 Participant in 4-day seminar on human rights, Minsk
1995 Key-note opening speech at OSCE seminar on the Rule of Law, Moscow
Mr. Ismet Dautbašić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
PERSONAL DATA
Place and date of birth: Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 4 June 1933
Address: Staka Skenderova 6, 71000 Sarajevo
Telephone: 387 071 664-776 (home)
378 071 443-414 (office)
Fax: 387 071 663-784
Married, has two sons and granddaughter
EDUCATION
High School in Sarajevo
Faculty of Law in Sarajevo 1961
Doctorate at Faculty of Law of Belgrade 1969
CAREER
Assistant at Faculty of Law in Sarajevo 1962
Docent at Faculty of Law in Sarajevo 1970
Visiting professor at Faculty of Law in Sarajevo 1975
Full professor at Faculty of Law in Sarajevo 1980
Chief of Katedra at Faculty of Law in Sarajevo 1983
Pro-dean at Faculty of Law in Sarajevo 1988
Member of the Legal Council of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
Member of Legislative-juridical Commission of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina's Assembly
Member of the Law Committee of the Academy of Arts and Sciences of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Member of the Society of Victimology of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Judge of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina 1989
President of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina
PUBLICATIONS
1. Finances and Financial Law
Sarajevo, 1980, 1982 and 1992
2. Currency Finances and Currency Law
Mostar, 1991
3. Constitut of Dayton and human rights protection
Sarajevo, 1996
4. Constitutional - juridical reform of financial system
- And about 200 articles, reviews and published in various scientific and expert publications.
Numerous participations in international consultations and symposiums in Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland, the former USSR, Romania, Poland, Bulgaria, USA, Hungary etc.
LANGUAGES
Mother tongue: Bosnian
Foreign languages: Russian and English (passiv knowledge)
OTHER
Participation in numerous research projects
Ms. Elizabeth Andreas Evatt (Australia)
Born: 11 November 1933
LLB. University Medal, University of Sydney, 1955
LLM. Harvard University, 1956
NSW Bar, 1955
Inner Temple, London, 1958
University of Sydney (LLD honoris causa) 1985
University of Newcastle, Australia (D Univ honoris causa) 1988
Macquarie University (LLD honoris causa) 1989
University of Queensland (LLD honoris causa) 1992
Flinders University (LLD honoris causa) 1994
Positions held
Current:
Member, Human Rights Committee (monitoring body of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights) 1993 -
Previous:
Australia
Part time member, Australian Law Reform Commission, 1993-1994
President, Australian Law Reform Commission, 5.1.1988-10.11.1993
Chair, Family Law Council, 1976-1979
Chief Judge, Family Court of Australia, 5.1.1976-4.1.1993
Chair, Royal Commission on Human Relationships, 1974-1977
Deputy President, Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission, 1973-1989
Deputy President, Australian Industrial Commission, 1989-1994
International
Member of the UNESCO Forum of Reflection, 1992-1993
Member of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, 1984-1992; Chairperson 1989-1991
Career Outline
1957-1962: Practice as Barrister, Sydney and London
1962-1968: British Institute of International and Comparative Law, editor and librarian
1968-1973: Law Commission, of England and Wales, Senior Legal Officer
1973-1975: A presidential member of the Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission, dealing with industrial disputes in various industries, including the meat and building industries
1974-1977: Presided over the Royal Commission on Human Relationships which dealt with the legal, social, educational and sexual aspects of male and female relationships including contraception and abortion, discrimination, family law and education for human relationships
1976-1988: First Chief Judge of the Family Court of Australia
1984-1992: Elected as a member of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, an independent expert Committee which monitors the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
1988-1993: President of the Australian Law Reform Commission which advises the Commonwealth Government on matters of federal law
1993-1994: Part time member of the Australian Law Reform Commission
1993- Member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee, an independent expert Committee which monitors the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Honorary Advisor, ADARDS, 1987-
Member, Advisory Board of Peace Research Centre, ANU Research School of Pacific Studies, 1987
Some recent papers
(A full list of publications by the candidate is available for consultation in the files of the Secretariat)
"The Implementation of the ICCPR in Japan", Japan, 1994
Mitchell Oration, "Women, Citizenship and the Law in the Coming Century" Adelaide, September 1994
"Cultural Diversity and Human Rights", in Towards an Australian Bill of Rights, 1994
Pamela Denoon Lecture, "The Myth of Equality" 1993
"Serial Sponsorship and Abuse of Filipino Women in Australia", 1992
Ms. Istora K. Fazilhodjaeva (Uzbekistan)
Born in 1954, in Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan
Citizenship - Uzbekistan
Graduated from Tashkent State University, the Faculty of International Law in 1977 and Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Federation in 1993
Speaks fluently and works in English, Russian and German
1972-1977 - International Law Faculty student, Tashkent State University
1976-1977 - Technician of manufacturing amalgamation "Signal" in Tashkent
1978-1982 - Post-graduate student of the Institute of Philosophy and International Law of Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences
1982-1988 - Junior, senior scientific worker of the Tashkent High Political School
1988-1992 - Senior lecturer of the Institute of Politology and Management, Tashkent
1992 until now
- Head of International Law Department of the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations of Uzbekistan
Mr. Laurel B. Francis (Jamaica)
Consultant in International Law
Special Adviser to the Minister of National Security and Justice
Member of the Human Rights Committee since 1992
Date of Birth 9 June 1920
Academic Qualifications
- Passed Bar finals (taking five distinctions out of the ten sections of the Examination) (1953); Barrister-at-Law: Called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn, London (1955)
- Post-graduate certificate in International Studies (London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London)
- LLM in International Law (London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London): (Received post-graduate award from London School of Economics and Political Science, S.H. Bailey Scholarship in International Law to attend session of the Hague Academy of International Law)
International Activities
- Member of Jamaica's delegation to 17 regular sessions of the United Nations General Assembly
- Chairman of the Sixth (Legal) Committee of the Forty-first Session of the United Nations General Assembly
- Preparatory Conference of the Conference of Non-Aligned Countries, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania (1970)
- Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Non-Aligned Countries, Lusaka, Zambia (1970)
- The 1968 and 1969 Sessions of the United Nations Plenipotentiary Conference on the Law of Treaties
- The International Conference on Human Rights, Teheran, Iran (1968)
- The Preparatory and Plenipotentiary Conferences on the Denuclearization of Latin America (Treaty of Tlatelolco) 1969 (led Jamaica's delegation to the Plenipotentiary Conference)
- The Third Special Session of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States on Terrorism in Latin America, Washington D.C., USA (1970)
- All Sessions of the United Nations Sea-bed Committee (1970-1973)
- The Geneva Session of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (1975)
- The New York Session of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (1976)
- Elected member of the Commission by the United Nations General Assembly for the period 1977-1981
- Elected President of the Fourth Conference of the American Association of Jurists, Kingston, Jamaica (1979)
- Represented the International Law Commission at the General Assembly of the United Nations - presented the Commission's Report to the General Assembly (1983)
Public Offices held 1962 - Present
- Assistant Crown Counsel, Attorney-General's Chambers
- Crown Counsel, Attorney-General's Chambers
- Senior Assistant Attorney-General
- Legal Adviser, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Acting Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Deputy High Commissioner for Jamaica in Canada
- Divisional Director responsible for International Law and International Organizations, Attorney-General's Chambers
- Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice (January 1976-August 1977)
- Special Adviser on International Law to the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, August 1977-December 1981
- Special Adviser to the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General 1990-1991 and to the Ministry of National Security and Justice in January 1992 to present
Selected Publications
(A full list of the author's publications is available for consultation in the files of the Secretariat)
- "Third World Approach to International Law" (Lecture delivered on 22 April 1980 at the London School of Economics, University of London) (Monograph)
- "State Succession to Rights and Obligations for Namibia"
(A comprehensive study prepared for the United Nations Institute for Namibia, and presented to a Seminar of Experts in International Law, and students of the Institute at Lusaka, Zambia, 27-29 November 1984)
- "International Peace and Security: Some Legal Implications of Linking Independence for Namibia to the Withdrawal of Cuban Forces from Angola" Indian Journal of International Law, vol. 26, No. 2, 1986
- "Caribbean Perspectives on International Law and Organizations"
(Edited by B.G. Ramcharam and L.B. Francis) (Published by Martinus Nijhoff, 1989)
- "Caribbean Community States and States Succession"
(see: "Caribbean Perspectives in International Law and Organizations", supra. pp. 84-111)
Lectures Delivered
- Visiting Professor at the School of Diplomacy, City University of Madrid, delivered a series of lectures and led seminars on "Analysis of Foreign Policy Formation in the English-speaking Caribbean" (1966)
- International Law Commission's seminar for young Jurists
Topic: "The Exclusive Economic Zone in the Context of Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea" (1978)
- International Law Commission's seminar for young Jurists
Topic: "Producers Associations with reference to the New International Economic Order" (1979)
- London School of Economics and Political Science
Topic: "Third World Approach to International Law" (1980)
Ms. Pilar Gaitan de Pombo (Colombia)
A. PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 30 June 1955
Nationality: Colombian
Status: Single
B. STUDIES
High School: Gimnasio de Nuestra Señora, Bogotá, 1972
University: Political Science, University of Los Andes,
Bogotá, 1973-1979
Postgraduate: Master in Political Science, Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, Autonomous University of Mexico, 1979-1981
C. ADVANCED STUDIES
Seminary of Specialization in
Political Theory and Research
Methodology
Masters programme in Political University of Los Andes, Bogotá, 1978-1979
Science:
Sociology of Urban Social Institute for Social Research, Autonomous
Movements in Latin America: University of Mexico, 1992
Interdisciplinary Course in Inter-American Institute for Human Rights,
Human Rights: San José de Costa Rica, 1993
Methods and Techniques for Faculty of Public Law, Externado University
Legal Research: of Colombia, Bogotá, 1985
Specialized programme in Inter-American Institute for Human Rights,
Electoral Processes: San José de Costa Rica, 1993
D. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Research Scholar of the Center School of Mexico, Mexico, 1980-1981
for International Studies:
Research assistant of the Autonomous University of Mexico,
Institute for Social Research: January-December 1982
Researcher, Department of Externado University of Colombia, Bogotá,
Public Law: 1983-1987
Researcher, Institute for National University of Colombia, Bogotá,
Political Studies and February 1987-1994
International Relations:
E. TEACHING EXPERIENCE AND LECTURES
Professor, Faculty of Public Externado University of Colombia,
Law February 1983-1987
Political institutions Faculty of Economic Sciences, 1983-1985
Special studies in political Faculty of Law, 1983-1987
science
Lecturer Faculty of Political Science, University of
Seminary on local government Los Andes, Bogotá, 1991-1992
Seminary on political
governability in Colombia
Seminary on political processes
in Latin America
Lecturer in the Seminary on National University of Colombia, Bogotá,
Colombian problems 1991-1994
F. PUBLICATIONS
(A full list of books and articles written by the candidate is available for consultation in the files of the secretariat.)
Analysis of the First National
Poll of Mayors and Council
Presidents. Gaitan de Pombo,
Pilar, and others. Community,
Mayors and Fiscal Resources FESCOL, Bogotá, 1991
The Constitution of 1991:
territorial organization and
decentralization. Gaitan,
Pilar and Fernando Cuzmán.
Analisis Politico, No. 13 Bogotá, May-August 1991
Local Power: Reality and Utopia
of Decentralization in Colombia.
Gaitan, Pilar and Carlos Moreno.
IEPRI-Tercer Mundo Editores Bogotá, 1991
Stability and Crisis in Colombian
Politics. Gabriel Murillo, Ed.,
Towards Andean Democratic
Consolidation: Transition or
destabilization. Faculty of
Political Science, University
of Los Andes Bogotá, 1993
Some Thoughts on the Debate
Concerning Democracy.
Analisis Politico, No. 20 Bogotá, October-December 1993
G. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR
Coordinator of the Preparatory Commission on Political Parties and
Commission of the National Opposition. Bogotá, September-December 1990
Constitutional Assembly:
External consultant in the field Presidency of the Republic, Bogotá,
of Citizen Participation. June-August 1994
Presidential Advisory Office for
the Modernization of the State:
Director. Secretariat for Human National Defense Ministry, Bogotá,
Rights and Political Affairs: September 1994-October 1995
Representative of the Minister National Commission of Human Rights
of National Defense: (Decree 1533 of 1994)
Representative of the Minister Commission of Investigation into the Violent
of National Defense: Occurrences at Trujillo (Decree 265 of 1995)
President: Commission for the development of a Draft Penal and Procedural Penal Military Code (Decree 265 of 1995)
General Director for Special Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bogotá,
Affairs: October 1995 to date
Representative of the Minister Committee on Advancing the Administration of
of Foreign Affairs: Justice in relation to the Happenings at
Villatina, Caloto and Los Uvos (Decree 318
of 1996)
Representative of the Minister Commission for the Analysis and Advice on
of Foreign Affairs: the Application of the Recommendations put
forth by International Human Rights
Organizations (Decree 1290 of 1995)
Mr. Vitali Kriukov (Ukraine)
Born 4 July 1948 in Kyiv, Ukraine
1980 - graduated from Kyiv State University (Law)
1987 - Ph.D. (Law)
1980-1995 - Research Fellow, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of State and Law of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
At present - Chief consultant at the Administration of the President of Ukraine
Head of research group on elaborating an alternative Law of Ukraine "On electoral system and elections in Ukraine" (1989)
1995 - Head of the Delegation of Ukraine to the fifty-fourth session of the Human Rights Committee, which considered the fourth periodic report of Ukraine
One of the founders of the Ukrainian-American human rights bureau, registered in 1993 by the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine. Chairman of the Commission "Law science" of the national programme "The reform of humanitarian education in Ukraine"
Member of the editorial board on the bulletin "Human rights in Ukraine", journals "Philosophical and sociological thinking", "Political thinking". The author of chapters in collective monographs, articles in scientific journals and public articles
Field of scholarly endeavour: human rights, theory of law and State, State management, political science
Has taken part in the international conferences on the problems concerning development of democracy and observance of human rights
Married, has two children
Mr. Rajsoomer Lallah, Q.C. (Mauritius)
PERSONAL STATUS:
Born in MAURITIUS in 1933
Citizen of the REPUBLIC OF MAURITIUS
Married. Two daughters
EDUCATION:
Royal College, Curepipe, MAURITIUS (1947-1953)
Balliol College, OXFORD UNIVERSITY, United Kingdom (1954-1957)
The Middle Temple, London, United Kingdom (1954-mid-1958)
SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS:
ANDERSON Scholarship at OXFORD UNIVERSITY (1954-1957)
United Kingdom Law Officers Fellowship (1968)
UNITAR Fellowship at Hague Academy of International Law (1970)
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS AND DISTINCTIONS:
B.A. (Honours) in Jurisprudence at OXFORD UNIVERSITY, United Kingdom
Barrister-at-law, the Middle Temple, LONDON, United Kingdom (1958)
M.A. OXFORD UNIVERSITY (1960)
Queen's Counsel (1976)
Honorary Professor of Law, UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS (1980)
International Gold Mercury Award ad personam for contribution to DEVELOPMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS LAW (1985)
FUNCTIONS IN THE LEGAL AND JUDICIAL FIELDS IN MAURITIUS:
Judge of the SUPREME COURT and retired as CHIEF JUSTICE (1980-1995)
Parliamentary Counsel (1978-1980)
Assistant Solicitor-General (1976-1978)
OTHER FUNCTIONS IN MAURITIUS:
Chairman of the Council of Legal Education of Mauritius (1988-1994)
Chairman of the Commission on the Review of Legal Studies leading to the establishment of a Law School at the University of Mauritius and of the Council of Legal Education (1983)
Chairman of the Commission of Enquiry in connection with the General Elections (1982)
Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Council of the University of Mauritius (1970-1980)
Seconded from the Ministry of Justice to the Electoral Commission as Deputy to the Electoral Commissioner for the registration of electors, the drafting of electoral regulations and the administration of the general elections leading to independence (1965-1967)
INTERNATIONAL WORK IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS FIELD:
Member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee since 1977. Vice-Chairman (1977-1978), Rapporteur (1978-1982) and Chairman (1989-1991)
Member of the High-Powered Commission appointed by Commonwealth Heads of State and Government for the setting up of human rights machinery for the Commonwealth (1980-1981)
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Chile (1983 and 1984)
Member for the International Commission of Jurists, Geneva since 1980
Member of the Advisory Council of Interrights, London (1988-1994)
Has addressed colloquies for Chief Justices and other Judges on the domestic application of international human rights norms under the auspices of the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Ford Foundation at Bangalore (1988) and Harare (1989) and at the invitation of the Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom at Oxford (1992)
OTHER INTERNATIONAL WORK:
Member of the London Court of International Arbitration (1995)
Appointed by the International Labour Organisation as one of a three-member Commission to investigate industrial complaints made by COSATU against the then Government of South Africa (1991-1992)
Participated in work on a Post-Apartheid Constitution for South Africa at the invitation of the Constitutional Committee of the African National Congress, the University of Witwatersrand and the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights under Law of Washington (1991)
Special Adviser at the Commonwealth Secretariat and lawyer member of Resources Team of Experts advising Commonwealth Governments in all matters of Resources Development, assisting them in negotiations with multinationals; drafting agreements and implementing legislation; setting up central banking institutions and drafting of fiscal and tax legislation for various Commonwealth Governments; assisting Commonwealth Governments in independence negotiations and the drafting of their Constitutions (1970-1975)
Legal Adviser in the delegation of Mauritius at the United Nations Law of the Sea Conference and negotiations with International Financial Institutions; and with other Governments for air services and double taxation agreements (1968-1970, 1976-1980)
LANGUAGES:
French, English, Hindi and Creole.
Mr. Andreas Mavrommatis (Cyprus)
A. Personal information
Date of birth: 1932
Place of birth: Larnaca, Cyprus
Family status: Married. Four grown-up children
B. Educational background: Law Studies in the United Kingdom
1954 - Called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn, London
C. Professional record
1989-1992 Permanent Representative of the Republic of Cyprus to the United Nations, New York
1983-1989 Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus
1982-1988 Representative of Greek Cypriot Community at the Intercommunal Talks
1979-1982 Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Cyprus to the United Nations, New York
1975-1979 Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Cyprus to the United Nations, Geneva
1972-1975 Special Legal Adviser at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Published "List of Treaties of the Republic of Cyprus in Force on January 1973"
1970-1972 Cabinet Minister of Labour and Social Insurance
1958-1970 Judge
1954-1958 Practised law
D. Committees/Delegations
1973-1975 Head, Cyprus Delegation to the second phase of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe held in Geneva
1974 Chairman, ILO (International Labour Organisation) and ECOSOC (Economic and Social Council) Fact-Finding and Conciliation Commission which carried out investigations into allegations of violations of Trade Union and other Human Rights
1975 Member, Cyprus delegation to the CSCE Summit at Helsinki, August 1975
1977-1978 Head, Cyprus delegation to CSCE at Belgrade
1979-1982 Chairman, Committee on Relations with the Host Country, United Nations
1980 President of the ECOSOC (Economic and Social Council)
1975-1988 Representative of Cyprus to the Commission on Human Rights
September 1989 Secretary-General of the NAM Foreign Ministers Conference in Nicosia, Cyprus
1977-present Member of the Human Rights Committee
1977-1987 Chairman, Human Rights Committee
1989-1990 Chairman, Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations
December 1992- Government Spokesman
February 1993
1994-Present Honorary Consul General of Indonesia
1995-Present President of the FICAC (Fédération Internationale des Corps et Associations Consulaires)
Ambassador MAVROMMATIS took part in Seminars, Round Tables and Symposia on Human Rights in several parts of the world, lectured on human rights to lawyers and other professional associations and at universities. Wrote several monographs and articles on the same subject and was called upon to assist developing and other countries in their efforts to protect and promote human rights and fundamental freedoms.
Ms. Laure Moghaizel (Lebanon)
Profession: Lawyer
Marital status: Married to Joseph Moghaizel - five children
Languages: Arabic, French, English
Diplomas
Degree in French law from the University of Lyon
Degree in Lebanese law from St. Joseph University
Recent activities
At the national level:
Founder member of the National Family Association (1992)
Member of the National Commission for the Beijing Conference (1995)
Founder member of the Joseph Moghaizel Foundation for Democracy and Human Rights
Member of the National Office for Women (1996)
Founder member of the Lebanese Association for Democratic Elections (1996)
Honorary President of the Lebanese Human Rights Association (1996)
Former Vice-President of the Arab Women Federation
Member of the governmental delegation to the Regional Conference on Human Rights (1968)
Delegate of the International Council of Women to the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
Member of the Arab Council for Childhood and Development (1987)
Vice-Chairman of the Committee on follow-up of the Arab NGO Coordinating
Conference (1989)
Member of the Arab Association for Women and Development
Member of the Alliance for Arab Women
Member of the Advisory Committee on Arab Women and Development (UNDP)
- Regional Bureau for Arab States and Europe (1990)
Member of the Arab Committee for the Empowerment of Women (1994)
Member of the official Lebanese commission to the regional preparatory
meeting for the Beijing Conference (1995)
At the international level:
Former First Vice-President of the International Council of Women
Former representative of the International Council of Women to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women
Former representative of the International Council of Women to ESCWA
Member of the International Federation of Women in Legal Careers
Member of International Abolitionist Federation
Publications
(A full list of articles written by the candidate is available for consultation in the files of the Secretariat)
Collective work on the status of Arab women, published by the National
Council of Lebanese Women, 1975, Beirut (in Arabic)
Collective work: "Empowerment and the Law: Strategy of the Third World Women", published by OEF International, Washington, 1986 (in English)
Collective work on women and economic development in the Arab world, published by the Institute for Women's Studies in the Arab World - BUC, Beirut, 1988 (in Arabic and English)
Collective work: "La Femme Libanaise témoin de la guerre", published by the Mission of the League of Arab States to UNESCO (in French), Paris (1988)
Collective work: "Women, Employment and Development", published by the Arab Association for Women and Development, Amman, Jordan, 1993 (in Arabic)
Collective work: "Lebanese studies in tribute to Joseph Moghaizel", 1996 (in Arabic)
Conferences
Took part in organizing or made presentations at numerous seminars and conferences at the national, Arab and international level, of which a full list is available in the Secretariat.
Mr. Fasil Nahum (Ethiopia)
Birth: 5 July 1942
Nationality: Ethiopian
Marital status: Married, with three children
1. Academic qualifications:
1.1 Doctor of the Science of Jurisprudence (J.S.D), Yale University 1975.
1.2 Master of Laws (LI.M), Yale University, 1972.
1.3 Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) (honours) and Chancellor's Gold Medal, Haile Selassie I University, 1968.
2. Working experience:
2.1. Special Adviser, Prime Minister's Office, the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia 1995 - (Ministerial rank).
2.2 Special Adviser, Prime Minister's Office, the Transitional Government of Ethiopia 1991-1995 (Ministerial rank).
2.3 Head of Legal and Foreign Relation Division, Council of State, Ethiopian Government 1987-1991 (Ministerial rank).
2.4 Head of Constitutional and Legal Studies Division, ISEN, Addis Ababa 1984-1987.
2.5 Dean of Faculty of Law (1979-1981) and Associate Professor of Law, Addis Ababa University, for over 12 years up to 1984.
2.6 Served as Legal Advisor to the Ethiopian Government Constitutional Commission in 1974.
2.7 Member of the Ethiopian Government Delegation for the OAU African Charter of People's and Human Rights 1982.
2.8 Head of Ethiopian Government delegation to the United Nations Human Rights Conference, Vienna 1993.
2.9 Member of Group of International Advisers to the International Red Cross Committee 1991-1995.
3. Conferences and publications:
Listed below are selected researches, publications and conferences attended:
3.1 "The Protection of War Victims" paper presented in Yaounde, Cameroon, 1981.
3.2 "The New International Economic Order-African Perspective" United Nations University and A.A. University seminar paper published in 1982.
3.3 Participated in IXth International Penal Law Congress, Hamburg, Germany 1979.
3.4 Participated in Comparative Law Academy IXth Congress in Tehran, Iran, 1974.
3.5 Various articles and book chapters published over the years in several academic publications.
Mr. Fausto Pocar (Italy)
Born in Milan, 21 February 1939
LL.D., Milan Law School (1961)
Member of the Milan Bar (since 1963)
"Libero docente" of International Law (1969)
Professor of EC Law, University of Milan (1970-1978)
Professor of International Law, University of Milan (since 1976)
Dean, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Milan (1981-1984)
Vice-Rector, University of Milan (since 1984)
Director, Institute of International Law and Politics (1980-1984); Institute of Private International Law (1986-1987); Institute of International Law (1991-1994), University of Milan
Director, Post-graduate School of EC Law and Economics, University of Milan (since 1989)
Member, Advisory Committee on Legal Research of the National University Council (1981-1987)
Member, Ministry of Justice Commission for the Reform of Private International Law (1985-1989)
Editor-in-Chief, Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale
Member of the board of editors of the following periodicals: La Comunita internazionale; Diritto comunitario e degil scambi internazionali; I diritti del'uomo. Cronache e battaglie; Comunicazioni e studi; Relazioni internazionali.
Courses at the Hague Academy of International Law: 1983, 1993 (General Course of Private International Law); director of studies at the same academy (1981)
Courses at the "Institut universitaire international", Luxembourg (1979) at the School of International Organization, University of Parma (1981-1983) at the John Hopkins University, Bologna Center (1983-1984); at the Faculty of Diplomatic and International Sciences, Gorizia (1989-1993); at the Institute of International Public Law and International Relations, Thessaloniki (1994) at the School and Faculty for Public Relations, IULM, Milan (since 1987).
Member, Human Rights Committee under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (since 1985); Vice-Chairman (1987-1988), Rapporteur (1989-1990), Chairman (1991-1992), Special Rapporteur for New Individual Communications (since 1995)
Special Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for a visit to Chechnya (1995)
Member of the WG of the UN Commission on Human Rights on the elaboration of a draft Declaration on the rights of persons belonging to minorities (1991)
Invited speaker to several Workshops organized by the Center for Human Rights of the United Nations in various countries: Lomé, 1988; Kigali, 1988; Moscow, 1988, 1989, 1991; Conakry, 1989; Banjul, 1989; Tokyo, 1989; Ottawa, 1990; Belgrade, 1990; Sofia, 1990; Barcelona 1992; Jakarta 1993; Tunis 1994; Turin, 1994
Legal Adviser of the Italian delegation 38th-41st, 45th-49th session of the United Nations General Assembly (1983-1986, 1990-1994)
Member of the Italian delegation XIVth Hague Conference of Private International Law (1980)
Italian delegate, European Patent Organization "Building" Commission, Munich (1980-1981)
Legal Adviser of the Italian delegation, United Nations Committee for the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space and Member of its Legal Subcommittee (since 1984)
Member of the delegation of Unidroit, XVIth Hague Conference of Private International Law (1988)
Member of the Scientific Council of the European Union Program "Alfa" (America Latina Formación Académica)
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Member of the Italian Commission on Human Rights (Commissione per i diritti urnani presso la Presidenza del Consigilo del Ministri)
Member of the National Board, Italian Society for International Organisation (SIOI) and Chairman of its Milan section.
Member of the Advisory Board, Institute for the promotion of arbitration (ISDACI), Milan
Member of the Scientific Board, Institute for Studies in International Politics (ISPI), Milan
Member of the Council of the International Institute of Humanitarian Law (Sanremo)
Member of the Italian Society for international law
Member of ASIL, ILA, and other scientific associations
Rapporteur at several scientific meetings and visiting lecturer in various Italian and foreign universities and institutes
Principal publications
(A full list of books and articles written by the candidate is available for consultation in the files of the Secretariat)
Diritto della comunita europee (1973) 4th edition, Milan 1991 (Albanian translation: E drejta e Komunitets e europiane, Tirana 1995)
Diritto comunitario del lavoro, Padua, 1983, and in Spanish, Derecho comunitario del trabajo, Madrid, 1988
La protection de la partie faible en droit international privé, Hague Academy Collected Courses, 1984
Codice delle convenzioni di diritto internazionale privato e processual (with M. Giuliano and T. Travas) 2nd edition, Milan, 1981
Codice delle convenzioni sulla giurisdizione e l'esacuzione delle sentenze nella CEE, Milan, 1980
Norme fondamentali della Comunita economics europes (ed. with M. Tamburini) 7th edition, Milan, 1994
La politiche delle Comunita europee (ed.), Milan, 1986.
La convenzione di Bruxelles sulla giurisdizione e l'esecuzione delle sentenze, 2nd ed, Milan, 1989.
Il regime giuridico internazionale dello spazia (ed., with F. Francioni), Milan, 1993
Il trattato di Maastricht sull'Unione europee (ed., with C Sacchi), Milan, 1993
Articles and essays concerning public and private international law, published in various Italian and foreign periodicals, many of which devoted to problems related to the international protection of human rights among which:
"A propos de l'invocabilité de l'article premier du Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques aux termes du Protocole facultatif", in Verfahrengarantien im nationalen und internationaien Prozessrecht. Festschrift Franz, Matscher, Wien, 1993.
"Recent Developments in International Procedures for the Protection of Human Rights", in Law at the Turn of the 20th Century, Thessaloniki, 1994; also in Prospects for Reform of the United Nations System, Padua, 1993
"Il contributo italino alla protezione de diritti umani nel sistema delle Nazioni Unita" in L'Italia e i diritti umani (S. Marchisio and F. Raspadori, eds.), Padua, 1995
"Codification of Human Rights Law by the United Nations" in Perspectives on International Law (N. Jasantuliyana ed.), The Hague, 1995
"Crossover Linkages and Overlaps between Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and Human Rights", in The Contributions of Specialized Institutes and NGOs to the United Nations Criminal Justice Program (Ch. Bassiouni, ed.) The Hague, 1995
Mr. Victor Ramanitra (Madagascar)
Date and place of birth: 1 June 1923 at Antananarivo
Current position: Inspector in the Ministry of Justice
University diploma: Degree in law
Administrative career
1946: Entered the French Administration as Drafting Secretary
1952: Entered the French Magistrature
1961: Entered the Malagasy Magistrature as Deputy Procurator- General, Court of Appeal of Madagascar
October 1961: Appointed Procurator-General, Court of Appeal of Madagascar
March 1975: Appointed Technical Adviser in the Ministry of Justice, and later inspector (current position)
Juridical activities
1952: Lecturer in the Law School of Antananarivo. Continued this teaching until March 1975 (the University replaced the School in 1962).
1964-1974: Responsible for the practical training of magistrates. Personally took part in training in the field of procedural law.
1968, 1969: Taught criminal procedure at the Ecole des gradés de la gendarmerie at Moramanga.
1969 to date: Vice-President of the Institut international de droit d'expression et d'inspiration françaises (IDEF). Participated in that capacity in most of the Institute's conferences, which often focused on human rights issues. These include:
Paris 1984: Hospital law
Paris 1989: Labour law
Montreal 1992: Legal and social protection of children.
1984-1992: Member of the Committee on Crime Prevention and Control of the United Nations.
Participated in that capacity in three sessions of the Committee at Vienna.
October 1989: Participated in the Eighth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, at Havana, Cuba.
1992-1993: Represented his country in the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, United Nations, Vienna.
1969, 1971, 1973: Participated in human rights seminars at Addis Ababa, Paris and Geneva.
Writings
Delivered many speeches on the solemn occasions of the reopening of the Court of Appeal. These have been reproduced in various legal works, Penant, Annales de l'Université de Madagascar (on the death penalty, the abolition of witchcraft in Madagascar, etc.).
Wrote some 10 articles in the IDEF periodical Revue Juridique et Politique et Indépendence.
Other activities
1962-1974: President of the Malagasy Athletics Federation
1964-1974: Vice-President and President of the Malagasy Olympics Committee.
Mr. Martin Scheinin (Finland)
Professor of Law (Constitutional Law)
University of Helsinki, Finland
1954: Born in Helsinki
1982: Graduate from the Law Faculty of the University of Turku
1985-86: Assistant Secretary of Parliament
1987: Licenciate in Laws, University of Turku
1991: Doctor iuris, University of Helsinki
1992: Special Advisor to the Ministry of Justice
1992: Docent of Constitutional Law, University of Helsinki
1993: Professor of Law, University of Helsinki
1993-94: Visiting Professor at the University of Tartu (Estonia), as part of the "Eurofaculty" cooperation
1995: Docent of Constitutional and International Law, Åbo Akademi University
1982-83: 1989-92 and 1992-93
Secretary to three Government Commissions for constitutional reform, including the Bill of Rights Commission that drafted new Chapter II of the Finnish Constitution Act, effective as of 1 August 1995
1988- Member of the Finnish Advisory Board on Human Rights Affairs, Vice-Chairman since 1993
1991-94: Permanent External Expert of the Ministry of Justice in matters relating to constitutional and international law
1993-94: Member of a Working Group on Priorities in Health Care
1993- Member of an Expert Group on HIV issues
1994- Expert to the Finnish National Commission against Racism, Xenophobia, Anti-semitism and Intolerance
1995- Chairperson of the Finnish League for Human Rights (Finnish affiliate of the FIDH). (Also board member of the Finnish sections of the International Commission of Jurists and Minority Rights Group).
1987- Counsel of applicant in several cases before Finnish courts and international human rights bodies
Selected publications:
1991 Ihmisoikeudet Suomen oikeudessa. [Human Rights in Finnish Law, Doctoral thesis]. (With an English Summary). Finnish Lawyers' Association.
1993 "A Comparative Study on the Monitoring Mechanisms and the Important Institutional Frameworks for Human Rights Protection within the Council of Europe, the CSCE and the European Community" (together with Merja Pentikäinen). In Arie Bloed, Liselotte Leicht, Manfred Nowak and Allan Rosas (eds.), Monitoring Human Rights in Europe; Comparing International Procedures and Mechanisms. Kluwer Academic Publishers.
1994 "Direct Applicability of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: A Critique of the Doctrine on Self-Executing Treaties". In Krzysztof Drzewicki, Catarina Krause and Allan Rosas (eds.) Social Rights as Human Rights: A European Challenge, Åbo Akademi Institute for Human Rights.
1994 Co-author in Asbjorn Eide, Catarina Krause and Allan Rosas (eds.), Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: A Textbook, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers.
1995 General editor and co-author in International Human Rights Norms in the Nordic and Baltic Countries. Kluwer Law International.
Mr. Issa G. Shivji (Tanzania)
DATE OF BIRTH 15 July 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Kilosa, Tanzania
MARITAL STATUS Married
NUMBER OF CHILDREN 2
1. ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Ph.D. 1982 University of Dar es Salaam
LL.M. 1971 University of London (LSE)
LL.B.(Hons.) 1970 University of East Africa
2. PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Advocate of the High Court and the Court of Appeal of Tanzania since September 1977
Advocate of the High Court of Zanzibar since 1989
3. MEMBERSHIP OF AND POSITIONS HELD IN PROFESSIONAL BODIES
Member, Tanganyika Law Society 1977-
Member, Tanganyika Law Society Governing Council 1979-1980
1983-1986
1994-1995
Member, Tanganyika Law Society Standing Committee
on Law 1983-1986
Chairman, Tanganyika Law Society Standing Committee
on Law 1990-1991
Member, Tanganyika Law Society Legal Aid Committee 1986-1988
Member, Drafting Committee of the Constitution of
the Law Association of Tanzania 1986
Secretary, Tanzania Professional Centre 1980-1981
Chairman, Ad hoc Committee on Private Legal Practice
Reform of the Law Reform Commission of
Tanzania 1984-1986
Honorary Legal Advisor,
Tanzania Society (Publisher of Tanzania
Notes and Records) 1985-
4. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Professor at the University of Dar es Salaam since 1 July 1986-
Director, International Third World Legal Studies
Association (USA) 1983-1989
Visiting Research Professor, El Colegio De Mexico, April-July 1982
Visiting Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe 1987-1988
Visiting Professor, School of Law, University of Warwick,
United Kingdom 1993-1995
Fullbright Scholar, University of California,
Berkeley, USA July-Oct. 1984
Other posts and duties
Head, Department of Legal Theory 1985-1987
1988-1991
Chairman, Graduate Studies Committee, Law 1986-1987
1988-1991
Chief Editor, UDASA Newsletter 1983-1984
Chief Editor, Eastern Africa Law Review 1972-1974
1983-1984
Editor, TAAMULI (Department of Political Science) 1984-
Editor, African Review (Department of Political Science) 1984-
Editor, IDS Maendeleo Series (Institute of Development
Studies) 1984
Member, Committee of Inquiry into the Detention of
Students (Sarungi Committee) 1989
Chairman, Drafting Committee to draft the Dar es Salaam
Declaration on Academic Freedom and Social
Responsibility of Academics 1990
Chairman, Board of Directors, Tanzania Breweries Ltd. 1986-1987
Chairman, Presidential Commission of Inquiry into Land
Matters (Tanzania) 1991-1992
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Eastern Africa Social
Science Research Review (Addis Ababa) 1987-
Chairman, Drafting Committee to draft the "Kampala
Declaration on Intellectual Freedom" 1990
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Social and Legal
Studies: An International Journal (Sage) 1991-
Editorial Advisor, Development in Practice (Oxfam Journal) 1995
Member of UNDP Mission to Eritrea to assist the Eritrean
Land Commission in National Capacity Building May 1994
5. SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
(A full list of books and articles written by the candidate is available for consultation in the files of the Secretariat.)
1993 Intellectuals at the Hill: Essays and Talks, 1968-1993, (Dar es Salaam: DUP) viii + 270 pp
1991 (Ed. and contributor) State and Constitutionalism: An African Debate on Democracy, (Harare: SAPES) vi + 287 pp
editor's: 27-54 pp. and 253-260 pp
1989 The Concept of Human Rights in Africa, (Dakar: CODESRIA)
vii + 126 pp
1990 State Coercion and Freedom in Tanzania (Lesotho: Institute of Southern African Studies) xii + 107
1994 "Electoral Politics, Liberalization and Democracy" in Othman, H. and Mukandala, R. (eds.) Liberalization and Politics: The 1990 Election in Tanzania (Dar es Salaam: DUP) 12-35 pp
Dr. Gintaras Švedas (Lithuania)
Date and Place of birth: 8 February 1964, Vilnius, Lithuania
Marital Status: Married
Education: In 1989, graduated from Law Faculty of Vilnius University; in 1993, courses at Law School of Southampton University (England); in 1993, a Doctor of Law
Specialization: Criminal law, punishment law, human rights law. Author of a number of publications
Languages: Lithuanian, English, Russian
Professional Activities
1989-1993 Assistant to the Criminal Law Department, Faculty of Law, Vilnius University
1993-since now Senior Assistant to the Criminal Law Department, Faculty of Law
1990-1993 Adviser to the Committee of State and Legislation of the Seimas (Parliament)
1993-since now State Secretary, Ministry of Justice
Since 1995 Governmental Agent of the Republic of Lithuania before European Human Rights Commission and Court
Other Activities
Member of the Commission on Citizenship to the President of the Republic of Lithuania; Deputy Chairman of the working group established for the preparation of ratification of the European Convention of Human Rights; Deputy Chairman of the working group for preparation of the draft Punishment Code; member of the working group for preparation of the draft Criminal Code.
Mr. Danilo Türk (Slovenia)
Personal data: Born in Maribor, Slovenia on 19 February 1952. High School in Maribor, with distinction
Graduated from the Faculty of Law, University in Ljubljana in 1975, with distinction
LLM at the Faculty of Law, University in Belgrade in 1978
Doctorate of Law at the University in Ljubljana, 1982
Languages: Slovene, English, French, German, Serbo-Croatian
Current position: Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Republic of
Slovenia to the United Nations
Teaching and research
1978-1988, Assistant Professor of International Law, Faculty of Law, University in Ljubljana
1983-1992, Director, Institute of International Law and International Relations, Faculty of Law, University in Ljubljana. Research in international law, in particular human rights, use of force by States, international legal regulations of trade and investment
Since 1988, Professor of International Law and International Organizations, Faculty of Law, University in Ljubljana
1987, Visiting Scholar, Institute of Human Rights, Oslo, Norway
1992, Specialized Course on the Protection of Minorities in Europe, European Academy of Law, Florence, Italy
1993, Specialized Course on Human Rights, University at Buffalo, State University of New York
1994, Specialized Course on the Protection of Minorities in International Law, Université du Panthéon - Assas, Paris II
Professional organizations
Since 1990 Chairman of the International Law Association of Slovenia
Human rights work
1988-1992, co-founder and Vice-Chairman of the Council for Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in Slovenia
Since 1988, participation in various activities of the International Helsinki Federation, Amnesty International, International Commission of Jurists and Human Rights Watch
Since 1989, member of the International Institute of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France
Participation in the expert organs of the United Nations
1981-1984, member, Working Group on the Right to Development
1985-1988, alternate member of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities
1988-1992, member of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities and its working groups on (a) detention and (b) indigenous populations
1988-1992, Special Rapporteur of the Sub-Commission on (a) freedom of expression and (b) the implementation of economic, social and cultural rights
1990, Chairman of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities
Other relevant activities in the United Nations
1992-1996, Deputy Head of the Delegation of Slovenia to the forty-seventh, forty-eighth, forty-ninth and fiftieth sessions of the General Assembly
1993, Deputy Head of the Delegation of Slovenia to the World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna
Since 1994, Chairman of the Working Group of the Third Committee of the General Assembly
Some recent publications
Protection of Economic and Social Rights in the United Nations, in F. Matscher (ed.), The Implementaiton of Economic and Social Rights, National, International and Comparative Aspects (1991)
The Realization of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Final Report by D. Türk, the Special Rapporteur (series of four reports to the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities (E/CN.4/Sub.2/1989/19; 1990/19; 1991/17 and 1992/8))
Le droit des minorités en Europe in Henri Jordan (ed.) Les minorités en Europe, Droits Linguistique et Droits de l'Homme, Editions Kimé, Paris 1993, pp. 447-469
International Mechanisms for the Monitoring and the Protection of Minority Rights: Their Advantages, Disadvantages and Interrelationships (with Gudmundur Alfredsson) in Monitoring Human Rights in Europe, Arie Bloed et al. (eds.), Nijhoff, Dordrecht, 1993
Protection of Minorities in Europe, Collected Courses of the Academy of European Law, Volume III, Book 2, pp. 143-206, Kluwer, 1994
Mr. José Urrutia (Peru)
Studies
Degree in International Relations, Academia Diplomatica del Peru
Bachelor's Degree in Law, Universidad Catolica del Peru
Bachelor's Degree in Liberal Arts, Universidad Catolica del Peru
Languages
Spanish, English, French and Italian
Professional background
Permanent Representative of Peru to the United Nations Office at Geneva, since February 1993
Director-General of Multilateral Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru
Director-General of Drug Control, Alternative Development, Human Rights and Environment, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru
Ambassador of Peru to Yugoslavia and Albania
Deputy Permanent Representative of Peru to the United Nations, Headquarters, New York
Posted to the Permanent Mission of Peru to the United Nations, Headquarters, New York
Director of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru
Posted to the Embassy of Peru in Japan
Posted to the Embassy of Peru in France
Recent duties
Chairman of the working group on a draft United Nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples, in the Commission on Human Rights (since 1995)
Vice-Chairman of the Commission on Human Rights, fiftieth session (1994)
Vice-Chairman of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Desertification (since 1992)
Deputy Head of the Peruvian Delegation to the World Conference on Human Rights, Vienna, 1993
Member of the Executive Committee of the International Organization for Migration (since 1995) and member of the IOM Appeals Board (since 1994)
Alternate Head of the Peruvian Delegation to the Commission on Human Rights, since 1993
Head of the Peruvian Delegation to the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, since 1993
Member of the Peruvian Delegation to the General Assembly of the United Nations (1978-1986)
Head of the Peruvian Delegation to numerous meetings on human rights, environment, disarmament, trade and development
Mr. Vilenas Vadapalas (Lithuania)
1954- Born in Vilnius, Lithuania
1961-1972 Primary and secondary schools, Vilnius, Lithuania
1972-1977 Studies at the Faculty of Law, Vilnius University, Lithuania
1977-until now Assistant, doctorant, senior assistant, docent, Chairman of the Department of International and Comparative Law, Vilnius University
Academic titles
1982- Doctor of Law at Faculty of Law, Moscow University (thesis - Circumstances excluding international responsibility of States)
1995- Habilitated Doctor of Law, Warsaw University (thesis - La mise en oeuvre de la responsabilité internationale des Etats)
Legal practice, scientific and practical experience
1989-1990 Chairman of group of legal experts of the Parliamentary Commission of the Supreme Soviet of Lithuanian SSR on legal consequences to the Republic of Lithuania of the secret Soviet-German treaties of 1939-1941
1991- Legal adviser, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania
1991-1993 Member of Lithuanian delegation in Lithuanian-Russian negotiations on withdrawal of Russian army from Lithuania
1991-1993 Adviser on foreign affairs of the Prime Minister of Lithuania; special envoy of Lithuanian Government in negotiations with the EBRD (London), Swiss Government (Bern), the International Labour Organization (Geneva)
1993- Trainee solicitor, Norton Rose Law Firm, London
1994- State Adviser on foreign affairs
1995- Director, Lithuanian Center for Human Rights
1995-until now Legal expert of Ministry of Foreign Affairs (boundary and maritime delimitation negotiations with Latvia and Russia)
1996-until now Attorney at Law, member of the Lithuanian Bar (K. Stungys Law Firm, partner)
1987- Stagiaire, L'Institut des hautes études internationales, Université de Paris II
1988- Diploma fellow, l'Académie de droit international de La Haye, Centre des études, diplome
1990- Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht
1992- Stagiaire, l'Institut suisse de droit comparé, Lausanne
Spoken languages
Lithuanian, English, French, German, Polish, Russian.
Married, a son.
Selected publications
La mise en oeuvre de la responsabilité internationale de l'Etat. Lausanne/Disentis: Stampa Romontscha, 1994, 196 p.
L'intérêt pour agir en responsabilité internationale. Polish Yearbook of International Law 1993, pp. 17-35.
Aspects de procesus de la responsabilité internationale. Polish Yearbook of International Law 1994, pp. 87-104.
Opinion of the Constitutional Court of Lithuania in the Case Concerning the Conformity of the European Convention of Human Rights with the Constitution of Lithuania. Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht. 1995, Band 55, Nr. 4, S. 1077-1094.
Incorporation and Implementation of Human Rights in Lithuania. In: M. Scheinin (ed.). International Human Rights Norms in the Nordic and Baltic Countries. Dordrecht, etc., Kluwer, 1996, pp. 111-167.
Mr. Maxwell F. Yalden (Canada)
A. Date and place of birth: 12 April 1930
Toronto, Ontario
B. Marital status: Married, two children
C. Education: 1958 Russian Language Studies, Cambridge University
1956 Ph.D., University of Michigan
1954 M.A., University of Michigan
1952-53 Graduate Studies, University of Paris
1952 B.A. (Hons.), University of Toronto
D. Doctoral dissertation: The Influence of Language on Perception and Thought
E. Scholarships, fellowships, awards:
1995 Good Servant Medal, Canadian Council of Christians and Jews
1993 The International Human Rights Award, International Association of Official Human Rights Agencies
1992 The Commemorative Medal for the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada
1988 Officer, Order of Canada
1986 Commandeur, Ordre de la Pléiade (Association des Parlementaires de langue française)
F. Professional Experience
1987 Chief Commissioner, Canadian Human Rights Commission
1984 Canadian Ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg
1977 Commissioner of Official Languages
1973 Deputy Minister of Communications, Department of Communications
1969 Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Secretary of State
1967 Special Advisor to the Under-Secretary of State for External Affairs, Department of External Affairs, Ottawa
1965 Counsellor, Canadian Embassy, Paris
1963 First Secretary, Canadian Embassy, Paris
1960 Department of External Affairs, Ottawa
1958 Second Secretary, Canadian Embassy, Moscow
1956 Joined the Department of External Affairs, Ottawa
G. Publications
As Chief Human Rights Commissioner, Dr. Yalden is responsible for a series of Annual Reports to Parliament on human rights issues, and of evaluating the performance of federally regulated institutions in this area. Similarly, as Commissioner of Official Languages, his main publications were his seven Annual Reports, representing a comprehensive review of language-related issues in Canada in the period 1977-84, and an evaluation of progress achieved in that area by the Federal Government, the provinces, educational authorities and the private sector. As Deputy Minister of Communications, he was closely associated with the preparation of policy studies entitled Proposals for a Communications Policy for Canada (Department of Communications, 1973) and Communications: Some Federal Proposals (Department of Communications, 1975). During his career as a public servant in the Department of External Affairs, Dr. Yalden was the author of a white paper on Federalism and International Relations (Ottawa, Queen's Printer, 1968), and the principal author of a second white paper on Federalism and International Conferences on Education (Ottawa, Queen's Printer, 1968).
Selected Articles
1995 Review by Maxwell Yalden of Ethnicity and Human Rights in Canada (Second Edition), February 1995
1994 "The Relationship Between Human Rights and Language Rights", Étude juridique en l'honneur de Jean Beetz, Revue juridique Thémis, March 1994
1993 "Collective Claims on the Human Rights Landscape: a Canadian View", International Journal on Group Rights: 13-21, 1993
1992 "The Duty to Accommodate - A View from the Canadian Human Rights Commission", Canadian Labour Law Journal, Fall 1992
1991 Preface to book The Future of Francophone and Acadian Communities in a Pluralistic Society: Facing Pluralism by Stacy Churchill and Isabel Kaprielian-Churchill, Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne du Canada
H. Selected Addresses and Lectures (a full list of lectures is available for consultation in the files of the Secretariat)
24 March 1995 "Human Rights: New Challenges, New Prospects", First Canadian Conference on United Nations Reform, Montreal, Quebec
February 1995 Statement before the United Nations Commission on Human Rights
9 December 1994 "The Time is Now: Supporting National Infrastructure for Human Rights", Canadian Committee for the Fiftieth Anniversary of the United Nations, Ottawa, Ontaria
9 September 1993 "Language, Human Rights and the New World Order", Conference on "Multilingualism in an Interdependent World" organized by the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education and the Goethe Institute, Toronto, Ontario
5 November 1992 "Human Rights in Transition: the Former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe", Carleton University Research Centre for Canada and the Soviet Successor States, Ottawa
I. Selected International Meetings (a comprehensive list is available in the files of the Secretariat)
July 1995 Poland, Vienna, Belgium and France: Met with representatives of OSCE, European Union and Council of Europe to discuss efforts to promote the creation and strengthening of national human rights machinery
May 1995 Romania: Headed the Canadian delegation to an OSCE Seminar on Tolerance
April 1995 Manila: Attended the Third International Workshop of National Human Rights Institutions
February 1995 Geneva: Statement before the fifty-first session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights; chaired a meeting of the Coordinating Committee of National Institutions
February 1994 Geneva: Attended meeting of the National Institutions Coordinating Committee during sitting of the fiftieth session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights.
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