MEETING OF STATES PARTIESTwenty-seventh meetingNew York4 September 2008
ELECTION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLES 28 TO 32 OF THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTSOF NINE MEMBERS OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE,TO REPLACE THOSE WHOSE TERMS ARE DUE TO EXPIREON 31 DECEMBER 2008
Note by the Secretary-General
Addendum
1.In accordance with articles 30, paragraph 4 and 32 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the twenty-seventh meeting of States parties to the Covenant will be convened by the Secretary-General at United Nations Headquarters on Thursday, 4 September 2008.
2.The curricula vitae of 13 candidates received by 14 May 2008 and one candidate received after 14 May 2008 are reproduced in document CCPR/SP/71 and CCPR/SP/71/Add.1 and the withdrawal of one candidacy is recorded in document CCPR/SP/71/Add.2.
3.The present document contains in the annex the biographical data of two further candidacies submitted by Algeria and Niger respectively on 15 June 2008 and on 20 June 2008.
Annex
Curriculum Vitae
Bouzid LAZHARI
Date of birth:1 January 1953
Profession:Senator and member of the Foreign Affairs Commission, at the Algerian Council of the Nation
Nationality:Algerian
Working languages:Arabic, English, French
I.Education
1976Bachelor of Law, University of Constantine, Algeria
1978Diploma in public international law, University of London
1979LL.M in public international law, University of London
1990PhD in international law, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
II.Professional experience
June 2007 to presentMember of the Foreign Affairs Commission, Council of the Nation
April 2007Nominated for a third term as Senator - the term will end in January 2013
October 2006 to presentPresident of the Algerian-British Parliamentary Friendship Group
December 2005President of the National Liberation Front party’s (FLN) Commission in charge of revising the constitution and the laws on elections and political parties
2004-2007Member of the Defence Commission, Council of the Nation
February 2004Nomination for a second term as Senator
2003-2004Member of the Commission in charge of drafting the Presidential programme for the 2004 electoral campaign
2001-2004Chairman of the Economic and Financial Affairs Commission, the Council of the Nation
2000-2001Member of the National Education and Higher Education Commission, Council of the Nation
1998-2000Member of the Legal and Administrative Affairs and Human Rights Commission, Council of the Nation
December 1997Nominated by the President of the Republic as Senator
1997Professor of law at the Faculty of Law, University of Constantine, Algeria
1996Member of the National Commission in charge of drafting the 28 November 1996 Constitution
1992Associate professor at the Institute of Law, University of Constantine, Algeria
1989 to presentLawyer before the Supreme Court and the State’s Council
1980Lecturer at the Institute of Law, University of Constantine, Algeria
III.Subjects taught at university
International institutions
Public international law
Human rights
Constitutional law
International humanitarian law
Public liberties
IV.List of publications and lectures in human rights
The Algerian Constitutional Experiment and Human Rights, African Journal of International and Comparative Law, London, 1990
Sovereignty in the Era of Globalization, African Journal of International and Comparative Law, London, 1991
Human rights and the Constitutional Revision of 1996, Journal of Administration, Algiers, 1997
“The Universal Declaration of Human Rights after Forty Years of Existence”, presentation given at the invitation of the Algerian Observatory of Human Rights, Algiers, December 1998
“Article 4 of the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights”, a presentation given at the invitation of the Mediator of the Republic, University of Oran, 1999
“The Mechanisms of the Protection of Human Rights in International Human Rights Conventions”, a presentation given at the invitation of the Algerian Observatory of Human Rights, Algiers, December 2000
“Constitutional Development in Algeria”, a presentation given at Wilton Park, United Kingdom, March 2005
Parliament and Human Rights, Parliamentary Thought Review, Algiers, 2005
Remarks on Article 120 of the Algerian Constitution, Parliamentary Thought Review, Algiers, 2005
Parliamentary Permanent Commissions, Parliamentary Thought Review, Algiers, 2006
“Parliament and the Fight against Corruption”, a presentation given at the University of Guelma, Algeria, 2006
“Policies of Stability in Algeria”, a presentation given at Chatham House, London, 7 February 2008
“Remarks on the Concept of Civil Society”, a presentation given on the invitation of the Ministry of Relations with Parliament, Algiers, 2008
“International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights”, a presentation given at the International Seminar on Emir Abdelkader and Human Rights organized by the Council of the Nation, Algiers, May 2008
V.Diplomatic activities
Member of the delegation which accompanied the President of the Republic on his first visit to the United States of America (July 2001)
President of the parliamentary group which visited the European Parliament on the invitation of the latter on the eve of the vote of the European Parliament on the association agreement between the European Community and Algeria, September 2003
Member of different parliamentary groups which visited Morocco, Angola, Switzerland, the United States, Austria and the United Kingdom
Participation in a seminar organized by Wilton Park in March 2005 at the invitation of the Government of the United Kingdom
Participation in a seminar organized by Chatham House concerning the state of relations between the United Kingdom and Algeria, 7 February 2008
President of the parliamentary group which visited the United Kingdom in February 2008
Mounkaila NOUHOU HAMANI
Date and place of birth:20 November 1962 in Niamey, Niger
Working language: French
Current position/function
Supreme CourtJudge since 2003, assigned to the Audit and Budgetary Oversight Chamber, and examining magistrate of the High Court of Justicecompetent to try offences committed by members of the Government and the President of the Republic constituting high treason
Main professional activities
September 2000-June 2003Judge, Niamey Appeal Court
March 2000-September 2000Public Prosecutor, Niamey Court
August 1999-March 2000Senior Deputy Public Prosecutor, Zinder Appeal Court
1996-1999Public Prosecutor, Zinder Court
1994-1996Presiding judge, Tillabery section
1989-1994Examining magistrate, Niamey CourtExamining magistrate, State Security CourtExamining magistrate, High Court of Justice
Education
1988-1989National College of Magistrates, ParisJudge’s diploma (grade: excellent)
1982-1986University of Niamey, Faculty of Economics and LawMaster’s degree in private law
1998International Institute of Public Administration, ParisAdministration and protection of human rights
2000United States of AmericaThe rule of law and the independence of judges
Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the treaty body concerned
Training activities for the Niger Association for the Defence of Human Rights (ANDDH), the Army and Democracy Committee and the Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR).
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