UNITED

NATIONS

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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