Meeting of States parties
Thirty-sixth meeting
New York, 14 June 2018
Item 5 of the provisional agenda
Election, in accordance with articles 28–34 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 2018
Election of nine members of the Human Rights Committee to replace those whose terms are due to expire on 31 December 2018
Note by the Secretary-General
1.In conformity with articles 28 to 32 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the thirty-sixth meeting of States parties to the Covenant is to be held at United Nations Headquarters on 14 June 2018 for the purpose of electing nine members of the Human Rights Committee from a list of persons nominated by States parties (sect. II), to replace those whose terms of office will expire on 31 December 2018 (sect. I).
I.Members of the Committee whose terms will expire on 31 December 2018
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Name of member |
Country of nationality |
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Mr. Yadh Ben Achour |
Tunisia |
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Ms. Sarah Cleveland |
United States of America |
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Mr. Olivier de Frouville |
France |
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Mr. Yuji Iwasawa |
Japan |
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Ms. Ivana Jelić |
Montenegro |
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Mr. Duncan Laki Muhumuza |
Uganda |
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Ms. Photini Pazartzis |
Greece |
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Mr. Mauro Politi |
Italy |
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Ms. Margo Waterval |
Suriname |
II.Persons nominated by States parties
2.In accordance with article 30 (2) of the Covenant, the Secretary-General, in a note verbale dated 15 December 2017, 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 by 9 April 2018. All curricula vitae received by 9 April 2018 are included in the present document (see annex). Nominations received after that date will be issued in addenda to the present document.
3.Pursuant to article 30 (3) of the Covenant, listed below, in alphabetical order, are the names of the persons nominated for election to the Committee, and the State parties that nominated them.
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Candidate |
Nominated by |
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Mr. Alexei Avtonomov |
Russian Federation |
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Mr. Yadh Ben Achour |
Tunisia |
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Mr. Christopher Bulkan |
Guyana |
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Mr. Shuichi Furuya |
Japan |
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Ms. Alvina Gyulumyan |
Armenia |
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Mr. Koku Dzifa Kokoroko |
Togo |
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Mr. Duncan Laki Muhumuza |
Uganda |
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Ms. Photini Pazartzis |
Greece |
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Mr. Renzo M. Pomi |
Uruguay |
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Mr. Pierre-Richard Prosper |
United States of America |
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Mr. Hernán Quezada Cabrera |
Chile |
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Mr. Milan Radović |
Montenegro |
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Ms. Vasilka Sancin |
Slovenia |
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Mr. Nicolaas Schrijver |
Netherlands |
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Ms. Hélène Tigroudja |
France |
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Mr. Imeru Tamerat Yigezu |
Ethiopia |
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Mr. Xavier Zavala Egas |
Ecuador |
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Mr. Gentian Zyberi |
Albania |
Annex
Curricula vitae *
Alexei Avtonomov (Russian Federation)
Date and place of birth: 9 March 1959
Working languages: English, French, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Italian, Bulgarian, German, Serbian, Finnish
Current position/function
2001–present: Professor of the State University of Humanitarian Sciences.
1994–present: Senior research fellow and the head of a section. of the Institute of State and Law (Russian Academy of Science).
Main professional activities
1985–present: Member of the Russian Political Science Association.
1993–present: Member of the Council of the Centre for Volunteer Effort.
1997–present: Member of the Expert Council on constitutional Law under the Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, 2002 — Co-Chair of the Council.
1999–present: Member of the Expert council of the Russian. Ombudsman.
1999–present: Head of the Council of the Institute on the Development of the Election Systems.
2000–present: Member of the International Consultative Council of the International Foundation on Election Systems.
2002–present: Member of the Commission on drafting the Constitutional Act of the Union State of Russian and Belarus, Head of the Russian Expert Group.
2003–present: Member of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (within the International Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination).
Educational background
1981: Graduate of Moscow State Institute for International Relations (International Law faculty).
1984: PhD in Law, Moscow State Institute for International Relations.
1986: Graduate of the Social and Economic Stream of the Department for the Professional Skill Improvement, Moscow State Institute for International Relations.
1995: Graduate of the 16th Summer Human Rights School organized by the Canadian Human Rights Foundation.
1999: Doctor of Juridical Science, Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Science.
Other main activities in the field of human rights
Participated in the preparation of the analytical materials for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in drafting the following laws: “On Political Parties”, “On Charities and on Non-profit Organizations” within the Working groups of the Supreme Soviet; “On Public Organizations”, “On Voluntary Activities”, “On Legal Guarantees of Opposition Activities”, “On Noncommercial Funds” and “On Juvenile Courts in the Russian Federation” within the working groups of the State Duma of the Russian Federation.
List of most recent publications in the field
Author of numerous publications in Russian, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, United Kingdom — total number of pages — more than 9,500.
Member of the Editorial Board of the journal “Representative Power”, (Moscow, since 1995).
Member of the International Research Group “Forum Eastern Europe”.
Member of the Editorial Council of the Russian Edition of the journal “Constitutional Law, East European Review” (Moscow, since 1999).
Member of the Editorial Board of the journal “Perspectives on European Politics: Journal of Intra-European Dialogue” (Leiden, the Netherlands, since 2000).
Chief Editor of the anthology “Questions of Juvenile Justice”.
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Yadh Ben Achour (Tunisia)
Date and place of birth: 1 June 1945, La Marsa, Tunisia
Working languages: French, Arabic
Current position/function
Professor, Tunis Faculty of Juridical Sciences; Chair of the High Authority for the Achievement of the Goals of the Revolution, Political Reform and Democratic Transition of Tunisia.
Main professional activities
Courses on constitutional law, administrative law and international relations; research in the same fields, with the publication of 12 books and more than 86 articles; member of several academic search committees for the recruitment of professors and assistant professors; director of several doctoral dissertations; participant in numerous academic activities and missions; speaker at numerous seminars and colloquia; former Dean of the Tunis Faculty of Juridical, Political and Social Sciences.
Educational background
Doctorat d’État en droit (PhD in Law) from the Paris Law Faculty; subsequently awarded the agrégation (national competitive examination for higher education) and full professorship in public law; Doctor honoris causa from Laurentian University (Canada); Diplôme d’études supérieures (DES) in public law (postgraduate degree) and DES in political science from the Paris Law Faculty.
List of most recent publications in the field
Administrative disputes (in Arabic). Tunis: CERES, 1995, 2nd ed. 1998, 3rd ed. 2006.
La Cour européenne des droits de l’homme et la liberté de religion. Paris: Pedone, 2005.
Aux fondements de l’orthodoxie sunnite . Paris: PUF, 2008; Tunis: CERES, 2009.
L’islam et la Cour européenne des droits de l’homme. Revue générale de droit international public, No. 2 (April–June 2007), pp. 387–406.
Islam et droits de l’homme. In L’odyssée des droits de l’homme, vol. I, Fondations et naissances des droits de l’homme, J. Ferrand and H. Petit, eds., L’Harmattan, Librairie des Humanités collection, 2003, pp. 113–129.
Les droits de l’homme et leurs contraires. Revue Aspects, special issue (2008), pp. 113–114.
Christopher Bulkan (Guyana)
Date and place of birth: March 25, 1967; Georgetown, Guyana
Working languages: English
Current position/function
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago.
Areas of teaching: International Human Rights Law; Caribbean Human Rights Law; Constitutional Law; Criminal Law.
Other responsibilities: supervision of graduate students; independent examiner for other departments (including International Relations); Deputy Dean (2013–2016).
Main professional activities
Co-founder and joint co-ordinator (with Tracy Robinson) of The University of the West Indies Rights Advocacy Project (U-RAP), 2009–present. U-RAP’s aim is to promote human rights and social justice in the Caribbean by undertaking and participating in strategic litigation, socio-legal research and legal education in collaboration with Caribbean lawyers, scholars, civil society organisations and students. In 2010 U-RAP launched two ground-breaking challenges to discriminatory colonial laws in Belize and Guyana, both of which are still ongoing. I serve as lead counsel in the Guyana case. In 2015 U-RAP partnered with the Caribbean Coalition of Vulnerable Communities (CVC) on various activities aimed at strengthening regional human rights frameworks to improve access to justice for marginalised populations and reduce stigma and discrimination as one strategy for tackling the regional HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Educational background
Doctor of Philosophy in Law (PhD) (Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto, Canada) 2008; Dissertation: The Land Eights of Guyana’s indigenous Peoples.
Master of Laws (University College London) 1997, Awarded with Merit.
Bachelor of Laws (UWI) 1988, (Hons).
Legal Education Certificate (Hugh Wooding Law School) 1990.
Other main activities in the field of human rights
Long-standing advocate of Indigenous Peoples’ rights, both in Guyana and in the wider Caribbean region (paid and voluntary legal work for the State and Indigenous communities on issues of land and resource rights; research and writing; public education through conferences).
Advocate of human rights of persons living with HIV/AIDS (drafted a national assessment in Guyana on the legal framework in relation to HIV issues; public regional advocacy on behalf of individuals; named CARICOM/PANCAP Champion for Change in September 2017).
Involved in litigation, advocacy and public education on a range of civil and political rights issues, including SOGI rights and capital punishment.
Activist and commentator on issues of governance, constitutionalism and democracy through membership of Transparency Institute Guyana Inc. (2011–2015) & public commentary.
List of most recent publications in the field
“The Death Penalty in the Commonwealth Caribbean: Justice out of Reach?” (UN-OHCHR 2014).
“The Limits of Constitution (Re)-making in the Commonwealth Caribbean: Towards the Perfect Nation” (2013) “The Poverty of Equality Jurisprudence in the Commonwealth Caribbean” (2013) 10 Equal Rights Review 11–32; The Survival of Indigenous Rights in Guyana (institute of Development Studies, UG, 2014).
Fundamentals of Caribbean Constitutional Law (Sweet & Maxwell 2015) [with Robinson & Saunders].
Shuichi Furuya (Japan)
Date and place of birth: 30 September 1958; Kanagawa, Japan
Working languages: English, Japanese, knowledge of French and Chinese
Current position/function
Professor of International Law, Waseda Law School (2003–present) and Dean of the Academic Affairs Division, Waseda University (2014–present), Japan.
Member, International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission (IHFFC) (2012–present); Vice-President (2015–2017).
Member, Executive Council of Japan Branch (2016–present) and Committee on Complementarity in International Criminal Law (2014–present), International Law Association.
Member, Editorial Board of Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights (2003–present).
Main professional activities
Prof. Shuichi FURUYA has been lecturing and researching in the area of international law ¾ in particular, international human rights law, international humanitarian law, and international criminal law ¾ for more than 30 years.
He has an extensive international career, including serving as a member (2012–present) and Vice-President (2015–2017) of IHFFC, Co-Rapporteur on the Committee on Reparation for Victims of Armed Conflict of the International Law Association (2003–2014), member of the Planning Committee for establishing the Asian Society of International Law (2005–2007), Visiting Fellow at the Lauterpacht Research Center for International Law at Cambridge University, UK (1999–2000), and Visiting Professor at the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM) at Utrecht University, Netherlands (1998–1999).
He has been frequently invited to report or lecture at international conferences and workshops organized by academics and civil societies in Europe, USA and Asia.
Educational background
LL.M., Waseda University Graduate School of Law, Japan (1983).
B. Jur., Chuo University, Faculty of Law, Japan (1981).
Other main activities in the field relevant to the manda te of the treaty body concerned
Presentation on “Generating respect for IHL in Asia through the International Fact-Finding Commission”, ICRC and S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, International Humanitarian Law in Asia: Regional Conference on Generating Respect for the Law (2017, Singapore).
Presentation on “Cooperation with Differences or Basic Value without Cooperation?: Issue of Death Penalty in the Agreement between Japan and the EU on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters”, Roundtable “EU-Japan Strategic Partnership in Criminal Matters”, 2016 EU-Japan Forum (2016, Brussels).
Presentation on “Strengthening a Legal Framework for Preventing Conflicts in the Asia-Pacific Region”, United States-Japan Research Institute, Session on ‘Seeking for an Effective Framework of International Legal Order in the Asia-Pacific Region’ (2015, Washington D.C.).
List of most r ecent publications in the field
“Victim Participation, Reparations and Reintegration as Historical Building Blocks of International Criminal Law”, in Morten Bergsmo, CHEAH Wui Ling, SONG Tianying and YI Ping eds., Historical Origins of International Criminal Law: Volume 4 (Torkel Opsahl Academic Publisher, November 2015), pp. 837–863. (English).
“Draft Procedural Principles for Reparation Mechanisms”, in The International Law Association, Report of the Seventy-Sixth Conference held in Washington D.C. (2014), pp. 782–813. (English).
“The Crime of Aggression as a Leadership Crime: The Best Comes Last?”, Chinese Review of International Law, vol. 9 (2013), pp. 135–146. (Chinese).
“Role of International Human Rights Law in ‘War against Terrorism’”, Kokusai Jinken (International Human Rights) (2006), pp. 2–7 (Japanese).
“Implementing International Refugee Law through a National Legal System: Practice in Japan”, Japanese Annual of International Law, vol. 47 (2004), pp. 1–33 (English).
Alvina Gyulumyan (Armenia)
Date and place of birth: 20 January 1956; Azerbaijan SSR
Working languages: Armenian, English, Russian, French
Current position/function
2014 to present — Judge of the Constitutional Court of Armenia.
2015 to present — Lecturer on human rights at the Russian-Armenian Slavonic University, Yerevan.
2017 to present — Lecturer on European law and international protection of human rights at the European University, Yerevan.
Main professional activities
2012 to 2014 — Vice-president of third section of European Court of Human Rights.
2003 to 2014 — Judge at the European Court of Human Rights elected with respect to Armenia.
1996 to 2003 — Judge of the Constitutional Court of Armenia.
1998 to 2001 — Member of the State Commission on Constitutional Amendments.
1997 to 1999 — Member of the State Commission on Judicial Reforms in Armenia.
1985 to 1996 — Judge of the Supreme Court of Armenia.
1978 to 1985 — Lawyer, member of the Armenian Association of Advocates.
1998 — received High Judicial Qualification of a Judge, granted by the Decree of the President of Armenia.
Educational back ground
1972 to 1978 — Yerevan State University, Law Department.
1997 — Certificate from the Training Program at the International Law Institute, Georgetown University in Washington D.C.
Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the treaty body concerned
September 2014 — Lecturer on the jurisprudence of European Court of Human Rights at the Beijing Renmin University, China.
2001–2003 — Lecturer on the human rights at the Yerevan State Linguistic University.
1997 to 2003 — President of the Association of Judges of the Republic of Armenia.
1998 to present — Member of the Armenian Association of International Law.
1996 to present — Member of the Constitutional Law Centre of the Republic of Armenia.
Participation in the research conducted by the Armenian Association of International Law on the scientific comparative analyses of 45 international treaties on human rights and national legislation.
List of most r ecent publications in the field
The supremacy of the European Convention on Human Rights: Armenia’s path (The impact of the ECHR on democratic change in the Central and Eastern Europe: Judicial Perspectives), Cambridge University press, 2016.
Legal positions of the Constitutional court of Armenia and their implementation (Yerevan, 2016).
“Positive obligations of Contracting Parties under the European Convention on Human Rights”, (Yerevan, 2013), “Constitutional Justice in the new millennium”, Yearly Almanac.
“Margin of Appreciation of State Authorities” (Yerevan 2012), “Constitutional Justice in the new millennium”, Yearly Almanac.
“The Rule of Law principle in the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights” (Yerevan 2004), “Constitutional justice in the new millennium”, Yearly Almanac.
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Koku Dzifa Kokoroko (Togo)
Date and place of birth: 28 March 1974, Womé, Kloto Prefecture, Togo
Working languages: French, English, Ewe
Current position/function
President of the Aného Court of First Instance (second class), Lacs Prefecture (Togo); judge dealing with civil, commercial and criminal cases at the Court; visiting professor at the two public universities in Togo, namely the University of Lomé (Law Faculty) and the University of Kara (Faculty of Law and Political Sciences), and at two private universities in Lomé (Togo), namely the Higher Institute of Law and Interpretation and the Institute of Higher Studies in International Relations and Strategies; consultant on civil rights and liberties for civil society and other organizations.
Main professional activities
President of the Aného Court of First Instance, Lacs Prefecture (Togo), with administrative and judicial functions. Administrative tasks include being responsible for the organization and functioning of the Court and the management of administrative and judicial staff.
Judicial functions include serving as President of the First Civil, Commercial and Criminal Chambers of the Court and adjudicating on civil, commercial and criminal cases.
Visiting professor at public and private universities in Togo, giving courses on civil and criminal procedure, criminal law, criminal business and corporate law, and judicial and court practice. Consultant on human rights and civil liberties for the Group for Policy and Action, Women, Democracy and Development, Amnesty International, the Collective of Associations against Impunity in Togo, the Embassy of the United States, Public Affair-Togo and the Togolese Public Law Centre, among others.
Educational background
Master of Laws (LL.M) in judicial careers and business; Diplôme d’études supérieures spécialisées / Diplôme d’étude approfondie in business law (postgraduate degree), third cycle, University of Lomé (Togo).
Diploma in judicial studies from the National School of Administration (Togo), third cycle.
Inter-university diploma in fundamental rights, international and European human rights law, third cycle, University of Nantes (France).
Academic and Pre-Academic English Training Certificate, Eugene, Oregon; U.S. Master of Laws (LL.M) in human rights and international law; diploma in electoral law, American University Washington College of Law (United States of America).
Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the treaty body concerned
2015–2017: National consultant for Handicap International in the context of a project to raise awareness of and implement appropriate methods of restraint in police detention facilities and prisons, and to prepare training modules on mental and psychiatric issues and appropriate methods of restraint in detention centres, prisons and short-stay prisons in Togo for police and prison staff training centres.
2014–2017: National consultant for the Embassy of the United States in Cotonou and the United States Department of Justice in the context of drafting a procedural manual on the suppression of drug trafficking in Togo.
2014–2017: National consultant for the Konrad Adenauer Foundation on establishing the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary in sub-Saharan Africa.
2014–2016: Consultant and coordinator of a programme to disseminate media law entitled “Projet : Lumière sur nos droits et devoirs” (“Shedding light on our rights and responsibilities”) and carried out by the Global Alumni Association of Togo with the financial support of the Embassy of the United States in Togo and Public Affair-Togo.
2012–2016: National consultant for the Group for Policy and Action, Women, Democracy and Development on violence against women and girls, women’s rights and gender issues.
2009–2011: Consultant in the context of the implementation of a programme to educate the public about the law. Entitled “Allo Justice”, it was funded by the Embassy of the United States in Togo and carried out by the National Association of Magistrates of Togo.
List of most recent publications in the field
L’État et la religion: Les expériences de la laïcité dans les pays Africains Francophones. Legon, Accra: January 2013.
Activités du CACIT et Amnesty International au Togo sur les questions de la vindicte populaire et le lynchage au Togo. Lomé: 2015–2016, unpublished.
Le nouveau code pénal et la répression des infractions liées au genre. Lomé: 8 March 2016, unpublished.
La poursuite des infractions à caractère sexuelle , action publique et action civile . Lomé: 9 March 2018, unpublished.
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Duncan Laki Muhumuza (Uganda)
Date and place of birth: 9 November 1962, Uganda
Nationality: Ugandan
Educational background
Master of Financial Services Law (LL.M), Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago (United States of America).
Postgraduate diploma in legal practice, Law Development Centre, Kampala (Uganda).
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B), Makerere University, Kampala (Uganda).
Main professional activities
Legal adviser, Permanent Mission of Uganda to the United Nations, 2005 to present.
Vice-Chair of the Sixth Committee, seventy-second session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Member/expert, United Nations Human Rights Committee, 2015 to present.
Rapporteur on reprisals.
Vice-Chair, Finance Committee, International Seabed Authority, 2011 to present.
Vice-Chair, International Seabed Authority — Assembly, sixteenth session, 2010.
Principal partner, Muhumuza-Laki, Twesigire & Co. Advocates, Uganda, 1997–2005.
Secretary-General, Nile Bank Ltd., Uganda, 1998.
Legal adviser, Macroeconomic Policy Department, Ministry of Finance, Uganda, 1996–1998.
Registrar of titles, Ministry of Lands and Surveys, 1986–1996.
Part-time lecturer, Uganda Cooperative College Bukalasa, 1987–1990.
Part-time lecturer, Institute of Public Administration, Uganda, 1986.
Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the treaty body concerned
Facilitator in an ongoing national reconciliation process in an African country (confidential).
Facilitated the review of the election process for the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.
Adviser on missions concerning international criminal law, international humanitarian law and international law.
Successfully coordinated the team for hosting the Review Conference of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, 2010.
Adviser to the Security Council team ensuring compliance with the mission charter during the tenure of Uganda, 2009–2010.
Key member of the delegation of Uganda at several sessions of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute.
Major advocate of the principle of complementarity under the Rome Statute.
Active participant in Assembly and working group deliberations leading to major milestones, such as the adoption of regulations on recently accepted evidence.
Team leader of the working group on the establishment of the capital markets regulation agency (precursor to the Uganda Capital Markets Authority).
Team leader of the working group on the establishment of Post Bank Ltd., Uganda, a leading banking institution in the country.
Team leader of the working group established to restructure NPART Uganda, a trust fund created to recover all non-performing assets formerly belonging to restructured banking institutions.
List of most recent publications in the field
The Challenge of Privatisation in a Developing Economy — A case for a Uganda Stock Exchange, 1992.
The Financial Crisis of the East Asian Economies — Economic power houses turned Paper Tigers? 1997.
A lawful sovereign act — Did Uganda commit international torts by Idi Amin’s compulsory acquisition of departed Asians’ properties?, Makerere University, Kampala, 1984.
Membership of professional associations
Uganda Law Society (Bar Association).
Lawyer, Supreme Court of Uganda and all courts subordinate thereto.
Admitted to the Bar, 1991, Uganda.
Relevant skills
Excellent negotiation skills.
Appropriate knowledge of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law, particularly the Rome Statute.
Team builder with the ability to balance the interests of Member States and other stakeholders.
Ability to work in multicultural environments and embrace diversity.
Photini Pazartzis (Greece)
Date and place of birth: 28 June 1959, Athens, Greece
Working Languages: Greek, English (fluent), French (fluent), Italian (working)
Current position/function
Professor of International Law, Director of the Athens Public International Law Center, Faculty of Law, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens.
HRC ICCPR, member (2015–2018): Special Rapporteur to Follow-up to Views, Chair, Working Group on Rules of Procedure.
Main professional activities
Visiting Fellow at the Lauterpacht Research Centre for International Law and Wolfson College, University of Cambridge (2017–2018), Director of Studies, Hague Academy of International Law (2003), Visiting Professor and lecturer at various Universities, including the Universities of Bordeaux, Vienna, Paris-I (Panthéon-Sorbonne), Paris-II (Panthéon-Assas), Oxford, Xiamen Academy of International Law, Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Member of the Greek Delegation to the Sixth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly (1999–2007); Member of the Scientific Council of the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2005–2006, 2017–), Member of the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration (2013–); Vice-President of the European Society of International Law (2017–).
Educational background
Doctorat d’Etat en droit, Université Paris-II (Pantheon-Assas), 1990.
D.E.A. in Public International Law, Université Paris-II (Pantheon-Assas), 1983.
BA Degree, University of Athens (1981).
Other main activities in the field
Member of the Hellenic National Committee for the Implementation and Dissemination of International Humanitarian Law (since 2000), Member of the Hellenic Council of Nationality (2009–2010, 2013–2016), Member of the Drafting Committee of the Hellenic Ministry of Justice for the preparation of the legislation implementing the ICC Rome Statute (2009–2010), Member of the Governing Board of the Kalliopi Koufa Foundation for the Promotion of International Law & Human Rights Law (2012– ), International Law Association, Committee on Reparation for Victims of Armed Conflict (2008–2014).
List of most r ecent publications in the field
La répression pénale des crimes internationaux, Paris, Pedone, 2007, La jurisprudence de la Cour internationale de justice, Paris, Pedone, 2008 (with P.-M. Eisemann, Prix Charles Aubert-Droit 2008, Institut de France, Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques), The Judicial Function in International Law, Athens, Nomiki Vivliothiki, 2014, Nicolas Politis, La justice internationale . Une introduction historique, (Preface P. Pazartzis), Paris, Editions Panthéon-Assas, 2017, “Tribunaux pénaux internationalisés: une nouvelle approche de la justice pénale (inter)nationale?”, A.F.D.I., 2003, 395–495, “The Issue of Secession: the European Dimension”, in M. Kohen (ed.), Secession: International Law Perspectives, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2006, 355–373, “Le droit coutumier revisité: quelque remarques à propos de l’étude du CICR sur le droit international humanitaire”, in S. Perrakis & D. Marouda (eds.), Armed Conflicts and International Humanitarian Law, Athènes/Bruxelles, Ant. N. Sakkoulas/Bruylant, 2009, 183–198, “La responsabilité internationale de l’Etat pour génocide: l’affaire du crime de genocide devant la CIJ”, in A. Yotopoulos & P. Pazartzis (dir.), Le génocide revisité, Athènes/Bruxelles, Ant. N. Sakkoulas/Bruylant, 2010, 65–82,” The Ambit and Limits of the Advisory Function of the International Court of Justice”, in E. Rieter & H. De Waele (eds.), Evolving Principles of International Law. Studies in Honour of Karel C. Wellens, Leiden/Boston, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2012, 265–280, “Judicial Activism and Judicial Self-Restraint: The PCIJ’s Lotus Case”, in C. Tams & M. Fitzmaurice (eds.), Legacies of the Permanent Court of International Justice, Leiden/Boston, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2013, 319–335.
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Renzo M. Pomi (Uruguay)
Date and place of birth: 15 December 1960, Montevideo, Uruguay
Working languages: Spanish, English
Current position/function
Representative of Amnesty International to the United Nations, New York, United States of America.
Main professional activities
Representing Amnesty International before the United Nations system and diplomatic missions in New York.
Planning and developing advocacy strategies related to human rights, international law and justice, including the right to life, the use of the death penalty, the absolute prohibition of torture, the fight against impunity and ensuring justice and other accountability measures.
Participating in fact-finding and advocacy missions to countries in Africa and Latin America.
Leadership on issues related to the participation of organized civil society in United Nations affairs.
Chair of the NGO Working Group on the Security Council.
Advocacy and advice on issues related to human rights and peace and security.
Educational background
Doctorate in law and social sciences, University of the Republic, Montevideo, Uruguay, 1985.
Master’s degree in international law and human rights (LL.M.), Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA., United States of America, 1998.
Graduate of the Artigas Foreign Service Institute (Diplomatic Academy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay).
Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the treaty body concerned
Professor of human rights advocacy and research, New York University, New York, United States of America.
Participation in the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security and member of the Steering Committee of the Central Africa Policy Forum.
Activism on various human rights and transitional justice issues.
List of most recent publications in the field
Co-edited and contributed to the publication: Uruguay en el Consejo de Seguridad de Naciones Unidas — Reflexiones en el marco del primer año de membresía no permanente , published by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, 2017.
Various articles published on the inter-American human rights system.
Pierre-Richard Prosper (United States of America)
Date and place of birth: September 19, 1963; Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Working languages: English and French; working knowledge of Italian and Spanish
Current position/function
Partner at the law firm Arent Fox, LLP, headquartered Washington D.C. USA; Arbitrator, International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), Washington, D.C.; Among his clients, he represents, advises and assists foreign governments on a range of issues, including developing countries in building and strengthening domestic institutional capacity and infrastructure development.
Main professional activities
As U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues from July 2001 until October 2005, Ambassador Prosper formulated and coordinated U.S. policy responses to atrocities and attacks against civilians in conflicts throughout the world; served as chief negotiator responsible for engaging nations regarding their nationals captured in combat; and conducted diplomatic negotiations and consultations with heads of state, ministers, and senior government officials from over 60 countries throughout the world. He engaged foreign parliaments and multilateral and international organizations. He regularly visited conflict zones in an effort to secure peace, stability, and respect for the rule of law. From 1999–2001, as a career attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice (Criminal Division) he advised on development of international justice initiatives and, on assignment to the Department of State, travelled to conflict areas to build coalitions in response to serious violations of international humanitarian law.
Educational background
Pepperdine University School of Law, Malibu, California.
Juris Doctor, May 1989.
Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
Bachelor of Arts, May 1985, College of Arts and Science (Major: Romance Languages)
Serves as a trustee on the Boston College Board of Trustees
Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the treaty body concerned
Member, Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), February 2007–December 2012, serving as Vice-Chair the last two years of his term.
Head of Delegation, International Republican Institute Election Observation Mission to Nigeria, November 2006–April 2007.
War Crimes Prosecutor, United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (1996–98); appointed lead trial attorney and successfully prosecuted the matter of The Prosecutor v. Jean-Paul Akayesu under the Genocide Convention; successfully persuaded the UN Tribunal to recognize rape as an act of genocide and a crime against humanity.
Special Legal Consultant, U.S. Government Mission to Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda, 1995, assessing post-war Rwandan justice system and assisting in developing a U.S. action plan, in consultation and coordination with Rwanda, the United Nations, and donor countries.
Most recent recognition in the field
Prominently featured in the film The Uncondemned by Film @ Eleven that tells the story of the obstacles that prosecutors faced in Akayesu case before the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.
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Hernán Quezada Cabrera (Chile)
Date and place of birth: 15 December 1951, Santiago, Chile
Working languages: Spanish, French
Current position/function
Director of Human Rights at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with the rank of ambassador (from 11 March 2014 to 10 March 2018).
Main professional activities
Lawyer in the Directorate of Legal Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1998–2007 and 2011–2014) and Head of the Department of International Law (2002–2003). Legal adviser at the Permanent Mission of Chile to the United Nations (2008–2010). Lawyer in the Human Rights Programme of the Ministry of the Interior (1996–1998) and the National Compensation and Reconciliation Board (1995–1996). Consultant with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Chile (1992–1995). Lawyer with the Fundación Ayuda Social de las Iglesias Cristianas (Christian Churches Social Assistance Foundation, FASIC) representing the relatives of victims of the dictatorship before the courts (1993–2007). Head of the Exile-Return Programme of the Vicaría de la Solidaridad (1992). Lawyer at Vicaría de la Solidaridad, responsible for defending political prisoners and relatives of executed persons and disappeared prisoners before the military and civil courts during the military dictatorship (1978–1985).
Educational background
Doctorate in law (major in public law), University of Strasbourg III, France (1993).
Doctorate in law, University of Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany (1990).
Specialist diploma in international relations. Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (1978).
Bachelor’s degree in legal and social sciences, University of Chile (1978).
Other main activities in the field relevant to the manda te of the treaty body concerned
Professor in the human rights master’s programme, University of Arts and Social Sciences (Chile 2012–2013). Professor of international public law, Christian Humanism Academy University (Chile 1998–2007 and 2010–2013), University of Arts and Social Sciences (Chile 1993–2005) and Andrés Bello University (Chile 1996–1999). Head of the delegation of Chile to the XXIX meeting of High Authorities on Human Rights, MERCOSUR (Buenos Aires, 2017). Member of the delegation for the review of the fourth periodic report of Chile at the fifty-fifth session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2015). Head of the delegation of Chile to the XXVI meeting of High Authorities on Human Rights, MERCOSUR (Brasilia, 2015). Head of the delegation of Chile to the XXV meeting of High Authorities on Human Rights, MERCOSUR (Buenos Aires, 2014). Member of the delegation for the review of the sixth periodic report of Chile at the 111th session of the Human Rights Committee (2014).
List of most recent publications in the field
Sentencia dictada por la Corte Suprema en el Caso Prats. In Anuario de Derechos Humanos 2011, University of Chile. Santiago, 2011.
Memoria, para qué y por qué. In regional seminar Memoria, Verdad y Justicia de Nuestro Pasado Reciente, MERCOSUR. Montevideo, 2006.
Chile y el derecho internacional de los refugiados. University of Chile, 1993.
Chile und der Schutz der Menschenrechte auf Internationaler Ebene . Düsseldorf: HBS, 1990.
Milan Radović (Montenegro)
Date and place of birth: 2 May 1979, Mojkovac, Montenegro
Working languages: Montenegrin (Croatian/Serbian), English
Current position/function
1.Coordinator of Human Rights Program in NGO “Civic Alliance”, from 2007.
2.Member of the Council of Radio and Television of Montenegro/RTCG on behalf of NGO for Human Rights from 2014 (the term expires on 18 June 2019).
3.Member of the Working Body of National Preventive Mechanisms in line with the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (from 2015).
Main professional activities
Work on the research and documentation of human rights violations in Montenegro in the fields of politically motivated violence, attacks on journalists, torture committed by the police and prison officers, the position of minority rights, the rights of the Roma population, the rights of religious communities and hate speech. Monitoring of work of Parliamentary Board for Human Rights, monitoring of work of Fund for Minorities Rights, monitoring of implementation of laws and public policies in the field of human rights, work with human rights victims and provision of free legal aid, media and other project activities. Work with young political leaders, journalists, NGO activists on education in human rights. Participant of working groups on creating laws in the human rights area.
Educational background
1.Formal education: Year 1999–2005, Philosophy Faculty — Montenegro — qualification sociologist.
2.Informal education: Summer University for Democracy of the Schools of Political Studies of the Council of Europe, 2010, Council of Europe; Interethnic relations, anticorruption and Norwegian political system, 2009, Nansen Humanistic Academy.
Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the treaty body concerned
Work on the UPR process, Coordinator of projects related to Roma issues and disability, CoE national consultant on the project “Enhancing Human Rights Protection for Detained and Sentenced People in Montenegro”, lecturer at seminars of School of Democratic Leadership on topics related to human rights, work on the regional project “Civil Monitoring of the Regional Housing Program with a Special Emphasis on Care for Roma Population and other displaced people”, Consultant on the Project “Promoting Human Rights and Minority Protection in South East Europe” Council of Europe, Coordinator of the regional project “Building Free of Torture and Impunity Societies in Western Balkans”.
List of most recent publications in the field
1.Human rights of persons deprived of their liberty in Montenegro 2017.
2.Discrimination in terms of employment in Montenegro, 2016.
3.Rights of persons deprived of liberty in the prison system of Montenegro and other closed institutions, 2016.
4.Mechanisms for the prevention of torture in the Western Balkans sub regional report: Albania, Montenegro and Serbia, 2016.
Vasilka Sancin (Slovenia)
Date and place of birth: 22 March 1979, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Working languages: English, French and several other foreign languages at lower level of proficiency
Current position/function
Vice-Dean for Quality Assurance, Associate Professor of International Law, Head of the Department of International Law, Director of the Institute for International Law and International Relations, Researcher at the Institute for Comparative Law, Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana (Slovenia); President of the Slovene Branch of the International Law Association (ILA).
Main professional activities
Manager of quality assurance and Lecturer on Public International Law (PIL), including Human Rights (HR), at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in Slovene and English language at the Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana and other Slovene and foreign universities. Mentor of student teams at various moot court competitions (e.g. Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, World Human Rights Moot Court Competition). Founder of the All-European International Humanitarian and Refugee Law Moot Court Competition organized annually at the Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana with support of the ICRC and the UNHCR. Member of the National Inter-ministerial Commission for HR, committee on IHL and the Slovenian National Commission for UNESCO. Author or editor of numerous books and articles on HR issues. Member of Editorial Boards of various legal journals.
Educational background
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Law, Ljubljana, Slovenia: PhD in PIL, 2007; LL.B., “magna cum laude”, 2002; Administration Academy, Slovenia, Proficiency examination for Civil Servants, 2003; Advanced Seminar in International Humanitarian Law for University Lecturers, 2015, Geneva; International Law Seminar, Office of the United Nations at Geneva, 2007, Geneva; The Hague Academy of the International Law, 2004, Den Haag, The Netherlands.
Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the treaty body concerned
Lecturer on international HR law; Author of books and articles on matters covered by the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR); Conference Chair of biannual international scientific conferences organized at the Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana (Responsibility to Protect in Theory and Practice — www.R2Pconference.com), with many issues falling within the purview of the HRC are being discussed; Co-founder and co-mentor of the International Environmental Legal Clinic at the Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana, where concrete cases are analyzed and solutions proposed, including on the basis of the ICCPR; Supervisor of master and doctoral theses including issues requiring in-depth knowledge and understanding of the ICCPR; Lecturer and examiner of the Straniak Academy for Democracy and Human Rights; expert of the OSCE Moscow mechanism.
List of most recent publications in the field
SANCIN, V. (ed.): Are we “manifestly failing” R2P?, 1st ed. — Ljubljana: Faculty of Law, 2017, ISBN 978-961-6447-66-9; SANCIN, Vasilka. Izzivi OZN pri uveljavljanju odgovornosti zaščititi. Teorija in praksa, ISSN 0040-3598, jan.–feb. 2016, Vol. 53, Issue 1, pp. 118–134, 261; SANCIN, Vasilka. Odgovornost zaščititi in njeno globalno, regionalno in državno uveljavljanje Ljubljana: FDV, MZZ, 2016, pp. 373–397 [COBISS.SI-ID 15395153].
Nicolaas Schrijver (Netherlands)
Date and place of birth: 21 May 1954, Warmenhuizen, The Netherlands
Working languages: Dutch (mother tongue), English (fluent), French (fair), Spanish (reading), Chinese (rudimentary understanding)
Current position/function
State Councillor, Council of State (Conseil d’État), independent and principal legal advisory body of the Government and Parliament and the highest administrative court of the NL.
Professor of Public International Law (part-time), Leiden University, Grotius Centre, Leiden University.
President, Institut de droit international/International Law Institute, Geneva (member since 2007).
Honorary professor of The European Union and Co-operation with Developing Countries, Université libre de Bruxelles.
Main professional activities
Member (2009–2016) of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, including vice-chair.
Appeared as legal counsel before the International Court of Justice, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, ad hoc law of the sea tribunals and as legal expert in international investment/ICSID proceedings.
Member of the Committee of Inquiry on the War in Iraq, established by the Dutch government (2009–2010).
Working experience in UN system, including legal officer, Office of the Legal Counsel, United Nations.
Chair of Public International Law, Leiden University and Academic Director Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, Leiden University (2005–2017).
Member of the Curatorium of the Hague Academy of International Law, Peace Palace, The Hague (since 2016).
Member of the Dutch Senate (2011–2017, part-time position) and Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Development Co-operation.
Member of the Parliamentary Assemblies of the OSCE and the Council of Europe, including member of its Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights and the leader of the Dutch delegation to Parliamentary Assembly.
Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration.
President of the International Law Association, London, 2010–2012; President Royal Netherlands Society of International Law, 2003–2011; Chair Academic Council on the United Nations System, New York/New Haven, 2000–2004; Co-founder European Society of International Law.
Educational background
Ph.D., Faculty of Law, University of Groningen, doctoral thesis Sovereignty over Natural Resources: Balancing Rights and Duties in an Interdependent World, 481 p., 2 March 1995.
LL.M., Master’s Degree in Law (LL.M), 18 August 1978.
LL.B., Faculty of Law, University of Groningen, 30 June 1974.
Diploma, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki: Post-graduate diploma, cum laude, in International Law and Relations, August 1980.
Hague Academy of International Law, 1980–1981.
Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the treaty body concerned
Member (2009–2016) of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, including vice-chair.
Member of the 5-member high-level UN Task Force on the Right to Development (2007–2010).
Chairperson Committee for the Freedom of Scientific Pursuit, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.
From early career an expert member, chair or co-chair of various advisory committees of the Dutch government on issues relating to human rights, peace and security and development.
Member of the Committee of Legal Affairs and its Subcommittee on Human Rights, Parliamentary Assembly, Council of Europe.
Various consultancy missions for UNDP and other UN organs on the human rights situation in specific countries.
In-depth knowledge of the system for the global protection of human rights; acquired through academic education, advisory committees, NGO work, international consultancy, work in relation to Dutch parliament and international organizations, most notably United Nations, Council of Europe and European Union.
Author of many publications on human rights, development and international co-operation.
List of five most recent publications in the field
“Fifty Years International Covenants. Improving the Global Protection of Human Rights by Bridging the Two Covenants”, in Netherlands Journal of Human Rights/NJCM-Bulletin, vol. 41 (2016), no. 4 (December 2016), pp. 457–464.
Counter-terrorism strategies in a fragmented international legal order: meeting the challenges (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013), co-edited with L.J. van den Herik, p. 760.
“The UN Human Rights Council: a new ‘society of the committed’ or just old wine in new bottles?”, in Leiden Journal of International Law, vol. 20 (2007), no. 4, pp. 809–823
Sovereignty over Natural Resources: Balancing Rights and Duties, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 1997, p. 456 (paperback re-issue, 2008).
The Evolution of Sustainable Development in International Law: Inception, Meaning and Status, Brill-Martinus Nijhoff Publishers: Leiden, 2008, 276 p. (second edition forthcoming in 2018).
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Hélène Tigroudja (France)
Date and place of birth: 19 July 1975, Lille, France
Working languages: French (mother tongue), English (fluent), Spanish (fluent)
Current position/function
Professor of international public law and international human rights law at the University of Aix-Marseille (France).
Director of the summer school on human rights practice (Aix-Marseille, France).
Listed as an expert in the field of reparations by the International Criminal Court.
Main professional activities
Senior Global Fellow at New York University, professor of public international law at the University of Aix-Marseille, director of the summer school on human rights practice.
Co-author of Traité de droit international des droits de l’homme (Treatise on International Human Rights Law), with Prof. Ludovic Hennebel, published by Pédone in 2016. Since 2002, expert and field missions for the United Nations, the Council of Europe and the European Union in the area of human rights.
Main areas of expertise, teaching and research cover a wide array of human rights issues, including international and regional human rights law, mass violations, women’s rights, migration, reparations, immunity of States and international organizations, the law of armed conflict, the domestic implementation of international obligations, combating terrorism, etc.
Educational background
Passed the national competitive examination for higher education (agrégation) in public law (2004)
Doctoral thesis in public law (2001, Lille 2 University, subject: Contribution à l’étude du statut de la victime en droit international des droits de l’homme (Contribution to the study of the status of victim in international human rights law).
Master’s degree in constitutional theory of the State and public law (1999, Lille 2 University).
Master’s degree in international and European law (1997, Lille 2 University).
Graduate of the Institute of Political Studies (1996, Lille).
Master’s degree in philosophy (1996, Lille 3 University).
Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the treaty body concerned
Training on several continents to strengthen the enforcement of rights and public policies on various issues related to human rights/humanitarian law (migrants in administrative detention, rights of displaced persons, judicial safeguards, legal aid, freedom of expression/media, human rights in periods of armed conflict, judicial rights in the fight against terrorism, reparation for serious/mass violations of human rights, enforced disappearances, sexual violence during armed conflict, combating domestic violence, combating all forms of discrimination and stereotypes, legal status of minorities and religious groups, etc.).
As director of the summer school on human rights practice (Aix-en-Provence), practical training of NGO staff, lawyers, university students and civil servants of various nationalities on good human rights practice.
List of most recent publications in the field
Traité de droit international des droits de l’homme, Paris: Pédone, 2016 (1706 p.) (co-author). Aspects de droit international des activités des organes conventionnels des Nations Unies dans la protection des droits de l’homme (2013–2016), AFDI, 2016 (co-author).
Droits et libertés protégés par le PIDCP à l’épreuve du terrorisme global, in S. Grosbon, 1966–2016, Résilience et résistance des Pactes de droits de l’homme à l’épreuve d’une société post- moderne (future publication).
Imeru Tamerat Yigezu (Ethiopia)
Date and place of birth: 15 November, 1958, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Working languages: English
Current position /function
Managing Director, Multi-Talent Consultancy Plc since 2006.
Member, Advisory Committee of the United Nations Human Rights Council (2012–to date).
Chairperson/Rapporteur, Working Group on Communications of the Human Rights Council Complaints Procedure, August 2015–to date.
Main professional activities
Consultant in the field of environmental governance; land rights; climate change, child rights, international law, water rights and governance; negotiation skills.
Associate Professor (part time), International law, Human Rights law, International Environmental Law, Law Faculty, Addis Ababa University (2006–2017).
Member of the International Board, Plan International (2016–to date).
Educational background
LLM (Merit) International law, School of Oriental and African Studies (1991/92).
LLB (Chancellor’s Medal), Law Faculty, Addis Ababa University (1983–1987).
Other main activities relevant to the mandate of the treaty body concerned
As member and Chair of the Working Group on Communications of the Human Rights Council, he was responsible for initial screening of complaints submitted to the body and to deal with complaints alleged against human rights violations and fundamental freedoms.
List most recent publications in the field
As a rapporteur of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee produced two reports, namely:
“Study on the Implementation of the Principles and Guidelines for the Elimination of Discrimination Against Persons Affected by Leprosy and their Family Members”, A/HRC/35/38, OHCHR, 4 May, 2017.
“Progress Report containing recommendations on mechanisms to assess the negative impacts of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights”, A/HRC/28/74, OHCHR, 10 February, 2015.
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Xavier Zavala Egas (Ecuador)
Date and place of birth: 31 July 1955, Guayaquil, Ecuador
Working languages: Spanish
Current position /function
Member of the Transparency and Anti-Corruption Front (FTLCC), appointed by the President of Ecuador, Lenín Moreno Garcés, under Executive Decree No. 21 of 5 June 2017.
Main professional activities
Member of the Transparency and Anti-Corruption Front, June 2017.
Adviser to the Special Ad Hoc Committee on Communications of the National Assembly, 2010.
Chair of the National Commission for University Assessment and Accreditation, 2002–2007.
Member of the Anti-Corruption Committee, under Executive Decree No. 107-A of 4 March 1997 of the Office of the President of Ecuador.
President of the High Court of Justice of Guayas and Galápagos, 1991.
Judge of the First Chamber of the High Court of Justice of Guayaquil, 1990.
Educational background
Master’s degree in international criminal law, University of Granada, Spain, 2015.
Doctor en Jurisprudencia (Doctor of jurisprudence), Santiago de Guayaquil Catholic University, Ecuador, 1 September1989.
Abogado de los Tribunales y Juzgados de la República (law degree), Santiago de Guayaquil Catholic University, Ecuador, 5 October 1979.
Licenciado en Ciencias Sociales y Políticas (degree in social and political science), 4 May 1976.
Other main activities relevant to the mandate of the treaty body concerned
Joint counsel for petitioner, judgment of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (case 12.091, Chaparro Alvarez and Lapo Iñiguez v. Ecuador, 21 November 2007).
Legal adviser to the Ecuadorian Environmental and Ecological Committee (CEDHAE), 2008.
Legal adviser to the Mochica Sumpa Employment and Support Board, 2013.
Research, teaching and publications on civil and political rights.
Vice-president of the National Association of Faculties of Jurisprudence, 2000.
Dean of the Faculty of Jurisprudence of Santiago de Guayaquil Catholic University, 1997–2004.
Editor of the legal journal of the School of Law of the Santiago de Guayaquil Catholic University, 1995.
Director of the School of Law of the Santiago de Guayaquil Catholic University.
Main professor representing the School of Law of the Santiago de Guayaquil Catholic University.
Main professor of criminal law, Santiago de Guayaquil Catholic University, 1986.
List most recent publications in the field
Declaratoria de Inconstitucional de la Detención en Firme. Revista del Tribunal Constitucional del Ecuador, No. 9-IV (2006).
Amnistía e Indulto, El Delito de Violación, Ley Anticorrupción and La Función Judicial. Revista Jurídica Universidad Católica.
Régimen Punitivo del Mercado de Valores. Edino, 1994.
El Delito de Aborto : Realidad Jurídico Social. Edino, 1990.
Gentian Zyberi (Albania)
Date and place of birth: 1 August 1977/Dajç, Lezhë, Albania
Working languages: English (preferable), French
Current position/function
Professor of International Law and Human Rights, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo.
Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague, the Netherlands.
Main professional activities
Over the last 15 years I have researched, published, and taught in the areas of international human rights, international humanitarian law, international criminal law, and public international law for universities in the Netherlands, Norway, the US, China, and Albania. Some of my main current professional activities include:
Teaching, research, and training in the field of international human rights law, legal writing, and oral advocacy.
Director of the Master Program on the Theory and Practice of Human Rights, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, University of Oslo, Norway.
Director of the Faculty Research Group on Human Rights, Armed Conflicts, and the Law of Peace and Security, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo, Norway.
Educational background
Bachelor of Law (jurist), Faculty of Law, University of Tirana, Albania (1996–2000).
Master of Laws (LL.M), specialization International Law, Faculty of Law, Utrecht University, the Netherlands (2001–2002).
Doctoral degree in International Law (PhD), Faculty of Law, Utrecht University, the Netherlands (2003–2008).
Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the treaty body concerned
Alongside my academic work, from 2004 to 2012 I have worked as legal assistant and interpreter in two cases tried before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). In 2009, I acted as legal adviser and coordinator of the Albanian legal team in a case before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). My current research focuses on the contribution of international courts and quasi-judicial bodies to interpreting and developing rules and principles of international human rights law; protection of community interests under international law; issues concerning the operationalization of the responsibility to protect doctrine; and, issues concerning transitional justice. I am a member of the Executive Committee of the International Law Association and a member of the Committee on “Human Rights in Times of Emergency”.
List of most recent publications in the field (for a full list see my web page)
1.G. Zyberi and Q. Qerimi, “International Law of Human Rights” (university textbook in Albanian), second edition (Prishtina: February 2015).
2.G. Zyberi (ed.), “An Institutional Approach to the Responsibility to Protect” (Cambridge University Press, 2013).
3.G. Zyberi, “Responsibility of States and Individuals for Mass Atrocity Crimes”, in André Nollkaemper and Ilias Plakokefalos (eds.), The Practice of Shared Responsibility in International Law (Cambridge University Press, 2017), pp. 236–262.