CERD
UNITED
NATIONS
International Convention
on the Elimination
of all Forms of
Racial Discrimination
Distr.
GENERAL
CERD/SP/55/Add.1
23 November 1995
ENGLISH
Original: ENGLISH/SPANISH
MEETING OF THE STATES PARTIES
Sixteenth Meeting
New York, 16 January 1996
ELECTION OF NINE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION
OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION TO REPLACE THOSE WHOSE TERMS WILL
EXPIRE ON 19 JANUARY 1996, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS
OF ARTICLE 8 OF THE CONVENTION
Note by the Secretary-General
Addendum
1. In addition to the nominations contained in document CERD/SP/55, the Secretary-General has received the following further nomination for the election of nine members of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to replace those whose terms are due to expire on 19 January 1996 in accordance with the provisions of article 8 of the Convention:
Mr. José L. BAPTISTA MORALES (Bolivia)
2. The biographical data of the nominee, as furnished by the State party concerned are contained in the annex to the present document.
GE.95-19720 (E)
Annex
José Luis Baptista Morales (Bolivia)
Date of birth 15 April 1934
Professional training
Law degree, Universidad de San Simón - 1973
Lawyer's diploma - 1974
Courses
Course on training and guidance in educational techniques organized by the Latin American Services Office (OSAL), Bogotá, Colombia, 1968.
University activities - student and lecturers' union work
1958 Cultural Secretary, Law Students' Centre, Cochabamba.
1958-1959 Cultural Secretary, Bolivian University Confederation, La Paz.
1959-1960 Executive Secretary, Bolivian University Confederation, La Paz.
1985 Law lecturers' delegate at the First Internal Teachers' Conference at the Universidad Mayor de San Simón (UMSS), Cochabamba.
University activities - administrative posts held
1972-1978 Secretary-General, UMSS.
1976 Director, University Social Security Board, Cochabamba.
1982-1983 Secretary-General, UMSS.
University activities - teaching posts held
1974-1975 Lecturer in Forensic Ethics and Oratory, Faculty of Law, UMSS.
1975-1978 Professor of Forensic Ethics and Oratory, Faculty of Law, UMSS.
1977 Lecturer in Rural Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, UMSS.
1982 Lecturer in Administrative Law, Faculty of Law, UMSS.
1982-1983 Lecturer in Criminology, Faculty of Law, UMSS.
1983-1995 Professor of Criminology, Faculty of Law, UMSS.
1986-1987 Lecturer in the Preparatory Course, Faculty of Law, UMSS.
1988-1989 Lecturer in Criminal Law, Faculty of Law, UMSS.
1990 Lecturer in the Preparatory Course, Faculty of Law, UMSS.
1992-1995 Lecturer in Criminal Procedure, Faculty of Law, UMSS.
1992-1995 Lecturer in Criminal Forensic Practice, Faculty of Law, UMSS.
University activities - elective offices held
1983 Teaching delegate in the Faculty of Law Council.
1983-1984 Acting Dean of the Faculty of Law, UMSS.
1984-1987 Dean of the Faculty of Law, UMSS.
1989 Law lecturers' delegate at the First Institutional Congress, UMSS.
1992-1995 Dean of the Faculty of Law and Member of the University Council, UMSS.
Professional work
1978-1979 Independent exercise of the profession of lawyer.
1980-1982 Independent exercise of the profession of lawyer.
1981 Legal adviser to the Banco de la Vivienda S.A.
1981 Legal adviser to the Social Security Oil Fund.
1981-1982 Director of the Legal Advisory Service, Municipality of Cochabamba.
1987-1992 Regional Criminal Court Judge, District of Cochabamba.
Administrative posts held in the public sector
1970-1971 Secretary-General, Ministry of Energy and Hydrocarbons, La Paz.
1979 Senior administrative official, Municipality of Cochabamba.
1980 Secretary-General of the Departmental Prefecture, Cochabamba.
Posts held in the private sector
1961-1964 Secretary-General of the Departmental Chamber of Industry, Cochabamba.
1964-1971 Administrative Secretary, Centre for Social and Economic Development, La Paz and Cochabamba.
1978 Deputy Secretary, National Association of Medium-Size Mine Operators, La Paz.
Participation as speaker or author of papers at congresses and seminars
A list is available for consultation in the files of the secretariat.
Membership of professional bodies
1992 Active Member of the Ateneo Jurídico Boliviano, Cochabamba Branch.
1993 Senior Member of the Inter-American Bar Association.
Publications
"Un Nuevo Codigo Penal", paper submitted to the Second Judicial Seminar held at Sucre from 4 to 9 June 1990, published in Segundas Jornadas Judiciales, Editorial Judicial, Sucre, October 1990, pp. 270-275.
"Independencia del Poder Judicial", article published under the heading "On the bench" in the periodical Cuarto Intermedio, No. 20, Cochabamba, August 1991, pp. 32-51.
"Analisis de la ley de necesidad de reformas constitucionales", lecture given in the series of lectures on this subject held on 30 July 1993 at the Cochabamba Bar Association, published in Revista Juridica, UMSS, No. 1, Cochabamba, September 1993, pp. 59-70.
"La ley del regimen de la coca y sustancias controladas", paper submitted at the Fourth Extraordinary National Congress of the Bolivian Bar Association, held in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, 26-29 October 1994, published in IV Congreso Nacional Extraordinario de Colegios de Abogados de Bolivia, Imprenta Editora Sirena, Santa Cruz, May 1995, pp. 47-62. Reproduced in Apuntes de Derecho Procesal Penal by Williams Herrera Añez, Imprenta Editora Sirena, Santa Cruz, June 1995, pp. 486-502.
A complete list of publications and unpublished works is available for consultation in the files of the secretariat.
-----
