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 RIGHTS,OF NINE MEMBERS OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TO REPLACE THOSE WHOSE TERMS ARE DUE TO EXPIRE ON 31 DECEMBER 2006
Note by the Secretary-General
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 are reproduced in document CCPR/SP/71.
3.Attached to the present document is the curriculum vitae of the candidate proposed by Senegal after 14 May 2008.
Annex
CURRICULUM VITAE*
Surname and first name:BOUSSO El Hadj Lamine Moctar
Date and place of birth: 20 March 1951, Thiès (Senegal)
Working language(s):French
Current position/function
Judge of Courts and Tribunals
Advocate-general at the Court of Cassation of Senegal
Main professional activities
1978-1992:Deputy Public Prosecutor at the district courts in Kaolack, Diourbeland Dakar.
1992-1997:Judge of the Criminal Division of the Dakar Court of Appeal.
1997-2006: Advocate-general at the Dakar Court of Appeal, with responsibility for the Saint-Louis Assize Court.
From March 2006:Advocate-general at the Court of Cassation of Senegal.
Education
Master’s degree in private law, University of Dakar
National School of Administration (Ecole nationale d’administration) of Senegal (judiciary section)
Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the treaty body concerned
Vice-President of the National Human Rights Organization of Senegal since 1992, responsible for international relations
Member of the committee responsible for reform of the Senegalese Criminal Code and Code of Criminal Procedure
Vice-President of the Senegalese Criminal Law Association
Member of the drafting committee on reform of the Senegalese Code of Criminal Procedure, to align it with the Rome Statute
Most recent publications in the field
“L’État de droit au Sénégal” in Revue de l’Association s é n é galaise de droit p é nal
“L’Assistance de la victime dans le procès pénal” (ibid.)
“Situation de l’exécution des peines au Sénégal”
“Protection de l’enfance délinquante”, talk given at the Judicial Training Centre of Senegal
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