COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND

CULTURAL RIGHTS

2003





I List of Members of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights


II List of Addresses of Members of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights


III Curriculum Vitae of 18 Members of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights









I List of Members of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights


Name

Mr. Clement ATANGANA
Ms. Rocío BARAHONA RIERA
Ms. Virginia BONOAN-DANDAN
Ms. Maria Virginia BRAS GOMES
Mr. Dumitru CEAUSU

Mr. Abdessatar GRISSA
Ms.Chokila IYER
Mr. Azzouz KERDOUN
Mr. Yury KOLOSOV
Mr. Giorgio MALINVERNI
Mr. Jaime MARCHAN ROMERO
Mr. Sergei MARTYNOV
Mr. Ariranga Govindasamy PILLAY
Mr. Kenneth Osborne RATTRAY
Mr. Eibe RIEDEL
Mr. Waleed M. SADI
Mr. Philippe TEXIER
Mr. Alvaro TIRADO MEJIA

Nationality

Cameroon
Costa Rica
Philippines
Portugal
Romania

Tunisia

India

Algeria

Russian Federation
Switzerland
Ecuador

Belarus

Mauritius
Jamaica

Germany

Jordan

France

Colombia

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II List of Addresses of Members of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

As of 1 August 2004
Name and address: Telephone/Fax/Email: Language:
Mr. Clement ATANGANA

Membre du Comité des Droits F

Economiques, Sociaux et Culturels des

Nations Unies Tel/Fax: +00 237-222-05-76

Cour Suprême du Cameroon To call first &ask to change for Fax mode

Yaounde, CAMEROON Tel. +00-237 232 00 88pr.


Ms. Rocío BARAHONA RIERA

Miembro, Comité de Derechos Económicos,

Sociales y Culturales Tel.:00-5932-2232-121 S

Profesora de Derecho Internacional, Fax: 00-5932-2901-596

Universidad de Costa Rica E-mail: rbarahona@hoy.net

COSTA RICA


Ms. Virginia BONOAN-DANDAN Private Tel/Fax: +632 926-11-10

Chairperson, Committee on Economic, E-mail: vbdsline@vasia.com E

Social and Cultural Rights Tel:00-632-4348218

College of Fine Arts Tel:00-632-4348533

University of the Philippines Fax.: 00-632-4348221

Diliman, Quezon City 1101

Republic of the PHILIPPINES


Ms.Maria Virginia BRAS GOMES Tel.. 00-351-21-79-20-117 E

Ministerio de Seguranca Social e do Trabalho Fax.. 00-351-21-79-34-739

Direccao-Geral da Solidariedade e E-mail: Virginia.B.Gomes@seg-social.pt

Seguranca Social

Avenida da Republica, 67-5

1050-189 Lisboa

PORTUGAL


Mr. Dumitru CEAUSU

Membre, Comité des droits économiques Tel/Fax: +00-40-21-326-82-46 F/E

sociaux et culturels Tel.: 00-40-21-224-4041

Str.Radu Boiangiu N.4-6, apt.22

Sector 1 Bucarest, ROUMANIE


Mr. Abdessatar GRISSA

Membre, Comité des droits économiques, Tel/Fax: +216-3-246-030 A/E/F

sociaux et culturels

176 rue El Kali

Narjes II Port El Kantaoui

Hammam Sousse 4089, TUNISIA


Ms. Chokila IYER

Member, Committee on Economic,

Social and Cultural Rights

46 Vasant Enclave

Vasant Vihar P.O. Tel. & Fax: (00 91 11) 615 2122

New Delhi 110057 (00 91 11) 615 212

INDIA E-mail: giridel1@vsnl.net

chokila@nic.in E/S/Nepali

Mr. Azzouz KERDOUN

Membre, Comité des droits économiques,

sociaux et culturels

Laboratoire d'études et de recherches Tel.&Fax: + 213-31-61-21-51 F/A/E

sur le Maghreb et la Méditerranée E-mail:akerdoun2002@yahoo.fr

Université Mentouri-Constantine

Route d'Ain El Bey Constantine

25000 Constantine,

ALGÉRIE


Mr.Yury KOLOSOV

Member, Committee on Economic, Tel. +007- 095-434-85-23prof. R/E

Social and Cultural Rights E-mail: kolosov@mgimo.ru

MGIMO,Prospect Vernadskogo, 76 Fax: + 007-095-434-93-13prof.

119454 Moskow,

RUSSIAN FEDERATION


Professeur Giorgio MALINVERNI Tel: + 41 022 705.85.30 F/E

Membre, Comité des droits économiques, Fax: + 41 022 705.85.36

sociaux et culturels Email: Giorgio.Malinverni@droit.unige.ch

Université de Genève

Département de droit constitutionnel

UNI MAIL, 40, Bd. du Pont-d'Arve

1211 GENEVE 4,

SWITZERLAND


Mr. Sergei N. MARTYNOV

Member, Committee on Economic Social

& Cultural Rights

Minister of Foreign Affairs

of the Republic of Belarus Tel: 00-375-017-227-29-41

the Republic of Belarus Fax: 00-375-017-227-45-21 E/R

Lenina St. 19

220030 Minsk E-mail: mail@mfabelar.gov.by

BELARUS


Mr. Jaime MARCHAN ROMERO

Miembro, Comité de Derechos Económicos,

Sociales y Culturales

Embassade de Ecuador In Suiza Tel. (00-41-31)351-52-42 S/E

Ensingerstrasse 48 Fax: (00-41-31)351-27-71

CH-3006 Berne E-mail: jaimemarchan@hotmail.com

SWITZERLAND



Mr. Ariranga Govindasamy PILLAY

Member, Committee on Economic, Tel: + 230-212-19-05 / +230-211-14-11 E/F

Social & Cultural Rights Fax: + 230-211-87-87

Chief Justice, Supreme Court E-mail: ag.pillay@intnet.mu

Jules Koenig St.

Port Louis, MAURITIUS


Mr. Eibe RIEDEL

Member, Committee on Economic Tel: + 49 621-181-1417/8 E/F/D

Social and Cultural Rights Fax: + 49 621-181-1419

Schloss, Westflügel Email:riedel@jura.uni-mannheim.de

University of Mannheim

68131 Mannheim, GERMANY


Mr. Kenneth Osborne RATTRAY Business: E

Member, Committee on Economic, Tel: + 1-876-922 61-40

Social and Cultural Rights Fax: + 1-876-922 51-09

Attorney General's Chambers

79-83 Barry Street

Kingston, JAMAICA


Mr. Waleed M. SADI Tel: +962 6 569 9634/560 6678 (work)

Member, Committee on Economic,

Social and Cultural Rights E/A

Attorney at Law Fax: +962 6-569-61-83

Columnist, Jordan Times +962 6-567-78-37

P. O. Box No. 940715 E-mail: Sadi_Waleed@yahoo.com

Amman, JORDAN


Mr. Philippe TEXIER Tel.:+ 33 1 44-32-50-50 F/S

Membre, Comité des droits économiques,

sociaux et culturels

Conseiller à la Cour de Cassation Fax: +33 1 44-32-78-28

5, quai de l'Horloge E-mail: Philippe.Texier@justice.fr

75055 Paris RP, FRANCE


Mr.Alvaro TIRADO MEJIA

Miembro, Comité de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales

Sociales y Culturales

Calle 79A No. 8-04, Apto. 201

Bogotá, COLOMBIA Tel: +57-1-2552359 or +57-1-6006536 S/E

e-mail: alvarotirado@hotmail.com


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Mr. Alexandre TIKHONOV R/E/F/S

Secretary of the Committee:

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Room 1-025

United Nations Office at Geneva, 8-14 avenue de la Paix

1211 Genève, Switzerland

Tel: +41 22 917-93-21

Fax: 4122 917-90-46/22

E-mail: atikhonov@ohchr.org






III Curriculum Vitae of 18 Members of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights




Clément ATANGANA (Cameroon)


Date of birth: 20 September 1941

Occupation: Judge

Current position: Supreme Court judge


Education


Graduate of the National College of Administration and

Magistrates (Yaoundé)

Graduate of the International Institute of Public Administration

(Paris)


Professional activities


1971-1981 successively President of the Court at: Eséka; Bafia; Mora; Sangmélima; Yaoundé


1981-1988 Deputy Director of Legal Affairs and Justice


1988-1989 Procurator-General of the Court of Appeal of the Northern District


1989-1991 President of the Court of Appeal of the Central District (Yaoundé)


1997-1999 President of the Administrative Chamber of the Supreme Court


Seminars and conferences abroad


1986 Seminar at the International Law Institute, Rome


1987 Colloquium on human rights, Lomé (Togo)


1993-1995 Observer on the Committee against Torture, Geneva


1996 Seminar on human rights, New York


from 1999 Member of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Rocío BARAHONA RIERA (Costa Rica)



Date of birth: 26 October 1952

Nationality: Costa Rican

University degrees


Bachillerato universitario (Bachelor’s degree) in Political Science, University of Costa Rica, 1978

Licenciatura (Master’s degree) in Law, University of Barcelona, 1982

Advanced graduate study


Graduate courses in International Law, University of Costa Rica, 1986

Doctorate in International Law, Universities of Perugia and Rome, 1988-1990

Doctoral courses in Political Science towards a doctorate in Latin American studies, Arcis University, Chile, 1997

Other diplomas and courses


Diploma in Criminology, Complutense University, Madrid, 1979

Diploma from the School of Juridical Practices, University of Zaragoza, 1983

Course on transfer of technology and patents, World Industrial Property Organization, Moscow, 1985

Internship in Argentina, Chile and Peru in industrial property and transfer of technology, 1985

Interdisciplinary human rights course, Inter-American Institute of Human Rights (IIDAH), Costa Rica, 1986

Course on globalization, markets and technology in contemporary societies, United Nations Office in Vienna, 1997

Course on gender, education and politics in the countries of the European Community, United Nations Office in Vienna, 1997

Professional experience


Project coordinator, Centro de Orientación Familiar (Family Guidance Centre), 1975-1976

Research director, United Nations Latin American Institute for the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders (ILANUD), 1976

Coordinator, Fund for Technological Development and International Affairs, National Council for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICIT), 1984-1986

Diplomatic activities


Consul in Moscow, 1978

Minister Counsellor, Chargé d’affaires a.i., Rome, 1992-1993

Consul-General, Milan, 1993-1995

Academic activities


Professor of research methods; theory of the State; public international law, University of Costa Rica

Researcher, CERCI Centre for the Study of International Law, National Research Council (CNR), Rome, 1988-1991

Consultancies


External Legislative Assembly consultant on the Constituent Treaty of the Central American Parliament and other Political Forums, 1986-1987

Adviser on crisis and modernization of political parties in Latin America. 1995

Consultant to the Centre for the Study of International Law, Rome, 1995-1998

Consultant on economic integration systems in the Andean countries, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), 1996-1997

Publications


The Central American Parliament, Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences, (FLACSO), 1987

Economic Integration Systems in the Andean Countries, Quito, Ecuador, 1997

“Negotiating Formulas for the Resolution of Conflicts in International Law in Latin America”, 1992

Commentaries and contributions to newspapers El Financiero, La Nación, Rumbo, La República












Virginia BONOAN-DANDAN (Philippines)

Current positions


Professor of Fine Arts, University of the Philippines

Chairperson, Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights since 1999

Chairperson, President’s Committee on Culture and the Arts, University of the Philippines

Education


Bachelor of Fine Arts-Sculpture, cum laude, University of the Philippines, 1978

Master of Arts, cultural anthropology, University of the Philippines, 1989

PhD, anthropology, University of the Philippines, 1995

Past position and appointments


Research Fellow for Human Rights, University of the Philippines, 1997-2000

Commissioner, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization National Commission

Director for Publications, University of the Philippines, 1989-1992

Research Programme Leader, University of the Philippines, 1987-1991

Training Director, Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) Projects for Archaeology and Fine Arts (SPAFA), 1980-1985

Selected completed research


Dimensions of the right to take part in cultural life

Violations of article 15 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Traditional art forms in Luzon

Peace and human rights education through art

In-depth study of international education in South-East Asia

Philippine icons and the concept of worship

Human rights education through popular theatre, University of the Philippines, 1986

Peace and art, National Research Council of the Philippines, 1986

Selected publications


Virginia B. Dandan, “Monitoring supervision and dialogue in the human rights system: challenges for the United Nations development agencies”, SCN News, No. 18, pp. 34-38 (Geneva, WHO, 1999)

Virginia B. Dandan “A view beyond Beijing”, in Symposium on Human Rights in the Asia-Pacific Region Toward Partnership for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (Tokyo, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1995)

Virginia Bonoan Dandan, “The work of the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights”, in Hong Kong and the Implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Hong Kong, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong, 1994)

Virginia B. Dandan, “Profile of the Samoki woman”, Review of Women’s Studies, vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 2-14 (Quezon City, University of the Philippines, 1990); The Philippines at the Dawn of the 21st Century (Manila, Office of the Press Secretary, Republic of the Philippines, 1989); ed., Readings on the Tasaday (Pasig, Tasaday Community Care Foundation, 1989); “Traditional art forms in Luzon”, Research Gems (Quezon City, University of the Philippines, 1988)

Virginia Dandan and R.D.F. Defeo, The University Art Collection General Catalogue, vol. Two, The Jorge Vargas Collection (Quezon City, Art Inventory Committee, Office of the President, University of the Philippines System, 1987); The University Art Collection General Catalogue, vol. One (Quezon City, Art Inventory Committee, Office of the President, University of the Philippines System, 1987)

Virginia B. Dandan, “Images of the Filipino woman”, Woman, Policy and Action (Manila, National Commission on the Status of Woman, March 1987)

Papers read in international conferences as keynote speaker, guest speaker or resource speaker


Remedies available for victims of acts of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance

Economic, social and cultural rights and the right to development

Universal values in cultural rights

Culture, sports and human rights

Cultural imperatives in human rights education

Monitoring violations of economic, social and cultural rights

The Limburg Principles on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Defining the role of non-governmental organizations

Human rights of women

Human rights approaches to women’s health

The rights of women and the work of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Economic and political empowerment of women

A view beyond Beijing

Developing a gender perspective in the United Nations

Development policy and human rights

The United Nations and human rights education: towards universal human rights values

Intellectual property rights in the context of the community



Maria Virginia Bras Gomes (Portugal)



Date and place of birth 10 March 1951, Goa, India

Current position: Head of the Department for Social Research and International Relations of the Directorate General of Solidarity and Social Security of the Ministry of Labour and Solidarity, in charge of activity planning and evaluation and staff monitoring and supervision in the fields of social research and analysis, and international cooperation.

Main professional activities: coordination of and/or participation in:

The preparation of reports on the implementation of international instruments (European Union (EU), Council of Europe, United Nations

Interdepartmental and multidisciplinary groups on several aspects of social security and social action

Participation as national expert in conferences, seminars and meetings

Ministerial appointments to carry out special missions

Oral presentations and written papers on themes related to social policies and practices

Supervision and training activities:


Bachelor of Arts (English Special)/Bombay University, recognized by the Portuguese Ministry of Education

Seventh year of the Course, Diplôme d’Etudes Françaises (eight years), University of Toulouse

Four-month training in the field of social services, part of which at University of Western Michigan

At the request of PROFISS, a national qualification system that provides initial training for university graduates seeking jobs in the field of solidarity and social security (1999/2000):

7 hours training modules on cooperation with African Portuguese speaking countries, negotiation and partnership in the field of international cooperation and policies for Social Groups;
definition of the syllabus and supervision of the Course on Social Action (September 1999 to January 2000)
Lectures on several aspects of social action, social security and international cooperation at:

Catholic University
Higher Institute of Social Services
training Program for volunteers for the telephone help line for children victims of abuse
training program for public relations managers and staff of the local social security services
Coordination and supervision of trainees:

2 engineers working in the area of social services in Macau, during 2 months (1990/1991)
supervision of the final assignment and report of a student of Social Policy at the University of Social and Political Science, during the academic year of 1996
supervision of the final assignment and report of a university student of Social Security Management (November 1996 to February 1997)
supervision of the final assignment and report of a university student of the Secretariat and Public Relations (January to April 1998)
Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the treaty body concerned:


Member of the delegations to the session for the consideration of the reports submitted by Portugal on the implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Participant in the preparatory process and in the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly, as negotiator, on behalf of EU, in respect of further initiatives on poverty eradication, full employment, social integration, health and education, equality between men and women, and international, and regional and subregional cooperation for social development

Oral presentations and papers on social and multicultural issues

Publications


Crianças e Jovens em Risco: Integraçã de Serviços (Integrated Services for Children and Young People at Risk), 1997

Situar a Accão Social numa Lógica de Intervençã (The Logic of Intervention for Social Action), 1998.

Por deniro das negociações (The negotiations seen from within), 2000.




Dumitru CEAUSU (Romania)



Date and place of birth: 8 May 1937 in Corbu-Olt, Romania

University education


1956-1960 Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest

1966-1969 Graduate Institute of Advanced I nternational Studies, Geneva

Diplomas


1971 Doctorate in Political Science, niversity of Geneva

Professional experience


1960-1966: Attaché, then Third Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania

1969-1972 Second Secretary, then First Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1972-1977 First Secretary, then Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Romania to the United Nations

1978-1981 Counsellor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Counsellor, Embassy of Romania in Bonn
1985-1990 Counsellor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1990-1992 Deputy Director, Legal, Treaties and Human Rights Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1992-1993 Minister Counsellor, Chargé d’affaires a.i., Embassy of Romania in Oslo

1994-1996 Director, Legal Affairs and Treaty Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Sept.-Dec. 1996 Minister Counsellor, Embassy of Romania in Paris

Jan.-July 1997 State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

July1997-Jan.2001Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Romania to France

International meetings and conferences


1962 and 1969 Expert on the Romanian delegation to the United Nations General Assembly

1966 Expert on the Romanian delegation to the Economic and Social Council

1965 Expert on the Romanian delegation to the General Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO)

1972-1977 Alternate member of the Romanian delegation to the United Nations General Assembly

1972-1974 Alternate member of the Romanian delegation to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights

1973 and 1974 Member of the Romanian delegation to Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (New York and Caracas sessions)

1976-1977 Alternate representative of Romania to the United Nations Security Council

1978-1983 Member of the Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities

1993 to present Member and Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, established under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Publications

Doctoral thesis entitled “Peaceful settlement of international disputes through direct negotiation procedures” (1971, in French)

Articles in Romanian journals on subjects such as the law of the sea, the definition of aggression, the principles of international law and human rights

“Exercises in freedom” (collection of press articles), 1997


Foreign languages: English, French and German

Abdessatar GRISSA (Tunisia)



Nationality: Tunisian

Date and place of birth: 22 August 1929 at Ouardanine, Tunisia

Education


B.A. in Economics, University of Nottingham, England

Ph.D. in Economics, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Experience


1963-1965 Teaching assistant, Brown University, United States

1966-1967 Assistant professor, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States

1967-1970 Consultant, Ministry of Planning and Economics, Tunisia

1970-1972 Research consultant, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris

1972 Professor of Economics, University of Tunis, Tunisia

1982-1984 Director of the Management Institute, Tunis

1984-1985 Consultant, International Monetary Fund, Washington, D.C.

Since 1992 Expert on the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, United Nations

1998 Professor Emeritus, Université du Centre, Sousse, Tunisia

Publications


“Speculation and the stability of flexible exchange rates: the case of the French and British experience in the 1920s”, Brown University, 1967 (English)

“Agricultural Policies and Employment: The Case of Tunisia” (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, 1973) (English)

“The International Sugar Trade and its Effects on Developing Countries” (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, 1976) (French)

“International commerce and economic development” (Revue Africaine du Management, 1977) (French)

“Reciprocal trade and economic growth in developing countries”, (United Nations Conference, March 1977) (English)

“Commercial and financial relations between the Arab countries and Japan”, Arab League, 1980 (Arabic)

“The EEC-Maghreb agreements and development aid”, Faculté de Droit et des Sciences Economiques, Tunis, 1981 (French)

“The privatization of state enterprise in Tunisia”, published in Politics of the Tunisian Economy, Paul Zartman, ed., Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991 (English)

“Prospects for Arab economic integration”, World Bank, 1993 (English)

Preparation of annual economic reports for the Arab Institute of Business Managers from 1988 to 1995 (English)

The external debt of Tunisia and its economic impact, Ministry of International Cooperation, Tunis, 1998 (French)

“The evolution of the Tunisian economy and its capacity to absorb foreign investment”, 1999 (Arabic)



Chokila Iyer (India)



1.Present Assignment







2. Previous post held

Vice Chairperson, Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes Commission – an independent Commission set up under the Constitution by the President of India to report on the Government’s implementation of special legislative enactments for the benefit of the (vulnerable) Tribal Populations granted special protection under the Constitution of India. Vice Chairperson holds the rank of Minister of State.
Foreign Secretary, Government of India

New Delhi


3. Date of Birth
June 29, 1942
4. Marital Status; Family details Married; 1 daughter (22)

5. Mailing Address

46 Vasant Enclave
Vasant Vihar P.O.

New Delhi 110057

6.Telephone, Fax, Email
(00 91 11) 615 2122
(00 91 11) 615 2123

giridel1@vsnl.net

chokila@nic.in


6. Educational Qualification

B.A. (Economics) Hons.
North Bengal University


7. Language Skills
Spanish and Nepali




8. Career Profile & Experience


I was appointed to the Indian Foreign Service after my graduation on the basis of the competitive Civil Services examination held in 1963: 1964 is the year of my allotment to the Foreign Service. My 37 years as a Foreign Service officer have provided me with ample experience and exposure to divers facets of diplomacy. My tenure as Foreign Secretary in particular, was singular for the series of history making events that impacted on our foreign policy and which called for responses and diplomatic finesse of high order. These provide me with skill and competence to function effectively and with ease in a multilateral organization and in a multicultural environment. Posts held by me as an IFS officer are listed in the following sheet.




Posts Held (in reverse order)


Posts held


Period


Highlights

1. Vice Chairperson, Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes Commission





2. Foreign Secretary, Government of India

New Delhi

July 2002 onwards





February 2001 to

June 2002


An independent Commission set up under the Constitution by the President of India to report on the Government’s implementation of special legislative enactments for the benefit of the (vulnerable) Tribal Populations granted special protection under the Constitution of India. Vice Chairperson holds the rank of Minister of State.

Senior most civil service post in the Ministry of External Affairs vested with the overall responsibility of planning, coordinating and implementing government’s foreign policy initiatives. Country desks under my immediate supervision were: USA, EU, SAARC, China, Afghanistan and Myanmar. During my tenure as FS I had the opportunity to participate in and contribute to history making bilateral and multilateral parleys necessitated by world events. Member, Indian Delegation to the-UNGA, the 8th SAARC Conference in Katmandu, CHOGM, Coolum, Australia, Preparatory Meeting of UNEP, Bali, World Racism Conference, Durban.




Ambassador of India to the Irish Republic, Dublin





March 1999 –
February 2001


As the Indian ambassador to the ‘Celtic Tiger,’ Ireland I was able to play an significant role in bringing the two ‘soft ware superstars’ closer and observe at close quarters the emergence of Ireland as an important member of the EU. Observed closely the vicissitudes of Irish peace talks. Catalysed proposals for direct foreign investments between the 2 countries.




Ambassador of India,
Mexico, Mexico City.






December 1994-
January 1999


The period of my tenure as Ambassador to Mexico was a period of great socio-economic drama in the country’s history – a sudden collapse of the economy, followed by a painful period of economic and social restructuring followed by steady and substantial (economic) recovery. The whole tenure was a useful lesson in development economics – especially, of effects of globalization and regional trade agreements. My 4 years saw good improvement in bilateral ties and trade between the 2 countries. One of the largest direct investment in Mexico during that period was by an industrialist of Indian origin.


4. Additional Secretary,
Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi



October 1990- November 1994
Division Chief for Africa desk. Apart from close interaction with the countries of the African Block, which looked to India as the voice for the Third World, the period was significant for the emergence of Namibia and South Africa as independent republics. India’s special role in the smooth transition of power called for delicate and skillful diplomacy, orchestration of which was one of my responsibilities.


High Commissioner of
India, Seychelles
Mahe.



November 1987- October 1990
I was posted as the first Indian HC to Seychelles when Seychelles was of considerable strategic importance as an Indian Ocean island. The close links that existed between the 2 countries were greatly strengthened by my efforts by quantum increase in technical and material aid. Facilitated Indian investment in tourism and hotel industry sector of Seychelles.








6. Joint Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, N. Delhi.





September 1982- November 1987
Division Chief, Policy Planning and Special Coordination. A special cell was set up by the PM under Mr.G.Parthasarthy a doyen foreign policy expert to carry out an appraisal of the foreign policy. Initiated policy papers on different aspects of India’s foreign policy. Special Coordination work related to devising policy and responses to the special needs of the Indian diasporas which had acquired significance.

7.Director, Ministry of External Affairs, N. Delhi
November 1978- September 1982
Second level supervisory officer Europe West Division in the Ministry. Measures to introduce computers for the issue of passports was initiated during this period.



8. Secondment as Dy. DG, Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR)

June 1975- November 1978
ICCR is a high powered autonomous body with the Vice President of India as the Chairman. Was set up as the vehicle for the conduct of cultural diplomacy for the Government. The organization which was under the HRD Ministry was put under the charge of the EA Ministry and I was deputed as Dy. Secretary/Director to revitalize and reorient its functioning. It is today an active and dynamic cultural ambassador of India.


9. First Secretary Embassy of
India, Berne, Switzerland




June 1975-November 1978

10.Under Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs
July 1968-November 1978
Desk Officer in charge of Burma

11. Second Secretary, Embassy of India, Mexico
December 1965-June 1968
Azzouz Kerdoun (Algeria)



Date of birth: 17 July 1947 at Constantine, Algeria

Prior academic position


Professor of Public International Law and Political Science

Chairman of the Laboratory on the Maghreb and the Mediterranean (LERMM)

Educational background


General Certificate of Education (advanced level), Baccalaureat ès-liettres, secondary school in Paris, 1969-1970

Bachelor’s degree in law, University of Constantine, 1975

General Certificate in Human Rights, International Centre of Human Rights, University of Strasbourg, 1977

Master of Arts in international law, University of Montpellier, 1978

Master of Arts in political science, University of Montpellier, 1979

PhD, doctorate in public law, University of Montpellier, 1981

Professor of International Law, Algiers, 1993

Professional background


Director of Research since 1992

Professor (full) in Public International Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Constantine since 1993

Chairman of Laboratory on the Maghreb and the Mediterranean since 2000

Visiting Professor at the Multidisciplinary Chair of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization/Association des Études Internationales, Tunis, 1991 and 1992

Visiting Professor at the University of Toulouse (France), 1993 and 1995

Visiting Professor at the University of Aix-Marseille (France), 1996, 1997 and 1999

Visiting Professor at the University of Strasbourg (France), 2001

News Reporter of Maghreb-Magazine (Morocco), 1992-1993

Expert in the African Biotechnology Agency, Algiers, since 1998

Expert in the Permanent Conference on Historical Towns in the Mediterranean (Italy) since1999

Member of the Juridical and Economical Commission of the High Algerian National Council of Environment and Sustainable Development, 1997-1999

Consultant to the National Institute of Global Strategic Studies (Algiers), 1987-2001

Consultant to the Mediterranean Foundation of Strategic Studies (France), 1995-2000

Barrister at the Supreme Court of Justice since 1984

Prior administrative occupations


Chairman of the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Law, 1989-1992

Founder and Chairman of a Research Unit on Africa and the Arab World, 1987-2000

Founder and Chairman of publication and review Annals of URAMA, 1997-1998

Founder and Chairman of Laboratory of Studies and Research on the Maghreb and the Mediterranean since 2000

Membership in professional associations and learned societies


Member of the ISPROM (Italian Institute of Mediterranean Studies) since 1992

Founder and member, Board of the Algerian Association of International Relations since 1997

Member, Board of Scientific Council of the Academy of the University of Constantine, 2000

Member of the International Association of Mediterranean Historians (SIHMED), Italy, since 1998

Member of the International Association of Consumers Law (Belgium) since 1999

Member of several working groups on the Maghreb and the Mediterranean

Member of the Editorial Board of Human Science Review (University of Constantine) since 1992

Director of publication, Annals of LERMM review since 2000

Member of the National University Commission for promoting Lecturers and Professors (Algiers) since 1999

Member of the Commission of the National Research Programme in Law and Justice (Algiers) since 1999

Chairman of the National Inter-sectorial Research Programme (Algiers) since 2000

Linguistic knowledge


French, Arabic, English

List of scientific publications

Books


Arab-African Cooperation: Dimensions and Prospects (Paris, Berger-Levrault, 1987), 251 pp.

The Technology Transfer to Developing Countries: Juridical and Institutional Aspects (Algiers, University Publications Office, 1991), 381 pp.

The Security in the Mediterranean: Challenge and Strategy (Paris, Publisud, 1995), 200 pp.

Environment and Sustainable Development: Stake and Challenge (Paris, Publisud, 2000), 229 pp.

Environment in Algeria: Impacts on Ecological System and the Strategy of Protection, edited by A. Kerdoun and others (Constantine, University Editions, 2001), 341 pp.

More than 40 contributions in books edited by several authors and articles




Yuri M. Kolosov (Russian Federation)



Born on 7 September 1934 in Saint Petersburg (Leningrad) region, Russian Federation (former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)).

Educational and professional activities


1959 Graduate of Moscow State Institute of International Relations

1959-1963 Legal Adviser of the Department for Foreign Relations, USSR Ministry of Civil Aviation

1963-1966 Postgraduate course at Moscow State Institute of International Relations

1966 PhD degree

1966-1970 Diplomatic service, USSR Ministry for Foreign Affairs

1970-1973 Senior Researcher, State and Law Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences

1973-1987 Diplomatic Service, Legal and Treaty Department, Department of Humanitarian and Cultural Relations, USSR Ministry for Foreign Affairs

1987 Head, Department of International Law, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University)

1976 LLD degree

1982 Professor of International Law

1986-87 Deputy Chief, Department of Humanitarian and Cultural Relations, USSR Ministry for Foreign Affairs

1995 Award: “Merited Scientist of the Russian Federation”

1996 Diplomatic rank: Minister Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

1991-1999 Member, United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child

2002 Elected to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to fill the vacancy in the Committee for the remainder of the term of office of the resigning member (Mr. V. Kouznetsov, Russian Federation)

Professional activities at present


Member, Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague (since 1990)

Member, International Academy of Astronautics (since 1985)

Member, International Institute of Space Law (since 1980)

Member, Executive Board, Russian Association of International Law (since 1988)

Vice-President, Moscow Association of International Law (since 1992)

Editor-in-Chief, Moscow Journal of International Law (since 1991-1997), President of the editorial board (since 1998)

Director, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Chair for Human Rights and Democracy, Moscow (since 1994)

Member, Board of Governors, Russian Children’s Foundation (since 1994)

Participation in international events


Lecturing on different issues of international law at the universities of Montreal, Vienna, Thessaloniki, Milan, Florence, Ghent

Member of Soviet (Russian) delegations in various organs at several sessions of the United Nations General Assembly, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, the Geneva meeting of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), the Vienna meeting of CSCE, the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space and its Legal Subcommittee, UNESCO meetings, diplomatic conferences on the Hague and Montreal conventions against unlawful interference in civil aviation, the establishment of the International Maritime Satellite Organization (INMARSAT), the Joint Consultative Group on the reduction of conventional armed forces in Europe, the Third Hague Peace Conference of 1999 etc.

Academic activities


Author of more than 200 publications dealing with international cooperation in the field of human rights, law of treaties, outer space law, air law, law of international organizations, humanitarian law, international responsibility etc.

Supervisor of 17 postgraduates, including foreigners, on writing of PhD thesis

Principal publications


Responsibility in International Law, Moscow, 1975 (also published in Slavonic in Bratislava)

Working towards Peaceful Outer Space, Moscow, 1984

International Space Law, New York, 1984 (co-authorship: G. Zhukov)

Mass Media and International Law, Moscow, 1974 (also published in German in Leipzig)

International Law, textbook, Moscow, 1994 (author of several chapters and co-editor-in-chief); 1998, 2nd ed., amended and revised

The USSR and International Cooperation in the Sphere of Human Rights, Moscow, 1989 (documents and materials with commentary co-editor)

International Cooperation in the Sphere of Human Rights, Moscow, 1993 (documents and materials with commentary co-editor)

International Law in Contemporary World, Moscow, 1991 (co-author and editor)

International Humanitarian Law, Moscow, 1995 (documents with commentary co-editor)

Current International Law, vols. I-III, Moscow, 1996-1997 (documents with commentary; co-editor)

International Law, textbook, Moscow, 2000 (author of several chapters and co-editor)




Giorgio MALINVERNI (Switzerland)



Born 3 October 1941; Swiss national

Diplomas


Licence in Law, University of Fribourg (Switzerland), 1965.

Doctorat from Institut universitaire de hautes études internationales, Geneva, 1974

Current position


Full Professor of constitutional law and international human rights law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Geneva

Other activities


Swiss representative to the European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission — Council of Europe), Vice-Chairman from 1995 to 1997;

Swiss expert on the roster of experts on the human dimension mechanism of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe;

International adviser to the Constitutional Court of Croatia (1997-1999)

Prior academic positions


Assistant professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Geneva (1974-1980)

Visiting professor, Faculty of Law, University of Lausanne (1982 and 1989)

Visiting professor, Faculty of Law and Economics, University of Neuchâtel (1990-1991)

Head, Department of Constitutional Law, University of Geneva (1983-1989 and 1995-1998)

Chairman, Public Law Section (Assistant Dean) University of Geneva (1989-1993)

Visiting professor, University of Nice (1994)

Visiting professor, University of Paris II (Panthéon-Assas) (1994)

Visiting professor, University of Strasbourg (2000)

Presented papers at the first (Belgrade 1983) and second (Paris, Aix-en-Provence, 1987) World Congresses of the International Association of Constitutional Law

Presented papers at the Munich (1987) and Belgrade (1989) Congresses of the International Association of Legal Sciences

Prior professional activities


Jurist with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) (1971-1973)

Member of the ICRC delegation to the Conference of Government Experts and the Diplomatic Conference (Geneva, 1974-1977) on international humanitarian law applicable in armed conflicts (1972-1977)

Memberships


Member of the International Association of Constitutional Law; member of its Executive Committee

Member of the Swiss Society of International Law

Member of the Swiss Bar Association

Member of the Geneva Society of Law and Legislation

Member of the Editorial Board of the “Swiss International and European Law Review”

Member of the Scientific Committee of the “Quarterly Review of Human Rights”

International activities


Member of missions to China by Swiss human rights experts (December 1991 and July 1994)

Member of a Swiss delegation studying the causes of violence in South Africa (April 1992)

Participant in the International Congresses on Human Rights Teaching, Information and Documentation of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) (Vienna, 1978; Malta, 1987)

Swiss expert at the Seminar of Experts on Democratic Institutions of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki, 1991)

Chairman of the United Nations group of experts to address the issue of the political status of Abkhazia (Republic of Georgia) (1993 and 1994)

Publications


Le règlement des différends dans les organisations internationales économiques Leiden, Sijthoff, Geneva, Institut universitaire des hautes études internationales, 1974, 251 pp.

La liberté de réunion, Geneva, Georg, 1981, 206 pp.

La Suisse et les Pactes des Nations Unies relatifs aux droits de l’homme (in collaboration with W. Kälin and M. Nowak), Basel, Helbing and Lichtenhann, 2nd ed., 1997, 713 pp.

L’indépendence de la Suisse dans un monde interdépendant, report presented to the Swiss Bar Association, Swiss Law Review, Reports and Communications, Basel, 1998, 137 pp.

Droit constitutionnel suisse (in collaboration with Andreas Auer and Michel Hottelier) vol. 1, (L’Etat), 799 pp., vol. 2 (Les droits fondamentaux), 738 pp., Bern, Stampfli, 2000.

About 130 articles on constitutional law and international human rights law.



Jaime Marchan Romero (Ecuador)



Place of birth: Quito, Ecuador

Date of birth: 15 March 1947

Academic studies


Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador, Faculty of Law (1966-1972)

George Washington University Space Law (1986)

Positions held


Within the Ecuadorian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Head of Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs (1978-1980)

Administrative Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1987-1988)

Political Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1988-1990)

Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs (1992-1995)

Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs (January 2001)

Abroad


Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to Belgrade (1989-1990)

Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to Rome (1990-1992)

Extraordinary and plenipotentiary Ambassador to Vienna (1995-1997)

Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to Santiago de Chile (1997-2000)

Other activities


Ordinary Member of the Hispano-Luso-American Institute of International Law (Madrid)

Life Membership of the International Institute of Space Law (Paris)

Member of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Geneva)

Academic Member of the Inter-American Commission of Legal Experts in Air and Space Law (Lima)

Publications (books)


Derecho Internacional del Espacio (International Space Law) (Quito, Central Bank of Ecuador, 1987)

Régimen Jurídico de la Orbita Sincrónica Geoestacionaria (Legal Regulations of Synchronic Geo-Stationary Orbits) (Quito, Central Bank of Ecuador, 1987)

Derecho Internacional del Espacio: Teoría y Política, 2nd. ed. (International Space Law: Theory and Politics) (Madrid, Editorial Civitas, S.A, 1990)

La Otra Vestidura (The Other Dress) (Madrid, Editorial Verbum, 1991) novel

Special mention on occasion of the “Pegaso Award of Literature for Latin America, 1994”

Destino Estambul (Destination Istambul) (Madrid, Editorial Verbum, 1997), novel

Itinerario de Trenes (Railway Timetable) (Madrid, Editorial Verbum, 2000), novel

Publications (articles)


“Los derechos económicos, sociales y culturales en el derecho internacional” (Economic, social and cultural rights in international law), lecture at the First Seminar on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, organized by Ecuador’s National Congress (Quito, Ecuador, 1997)

“El sentido de las obligaciones de los derechos económicos, sociales y culturales” (The sense of obligations of economic, social and cultural rights) Asociaciónde Functionarios Ecuatorianos del Servicio Exterior (AFESE) magazine (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Quito, Ecuador 1998)

“La justiciabilidad de los derechos económicos, sociales y culturales” (The actionability of economic, social and cultural rights), lecture at the workshop on “Elaborating Strategies for the promotion of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 2001)

Awards


“Encomienda de Número de la Orden del Mérito Civil de Su Majestad el Rey Juan Carlos de España” (Madrid, 1980)

Great Cross of the “Orden Antonio José de Frisarri” of Guatemala (Guatemala, 1993)

Great Cross of the “Orden Nacional al Mérito” of Paraguay (Asuncion, 1993)

Great Cross of the “Ordem Nacional Do Cruzeiro Do Sul” of Brazil (Brasilia, 1994)

Great Cross of the “Orden del Libertador San Martín” of Argentina (Buenos Aires, 1994)

Great Cross of the National Order to the Merit “Bernardo O’Higgins” of Chile (Santiago, 2000)

Great Cross of the “Orden de San Carlos” of Colombia (Bogota, 2001)




Sergei N. MARTYNOV (Belarus)



Date of birth: 1953

Place of birth: Leninakan, Armenia

Nationality: Belarusian

Education


1970-1975 Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Professional background


1975-1980 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR), Department of International Organizations (International Labour Organization, European Economic Commission)

1980-1988 Assistant to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of BSSR

1988-1991 Deputy Head, Department of International Organizations, Ministry for Foreign Affairs (responsible for political, social and economic issues)

1991-1992 Deputy Permanent Representative of BSSR to the United Nations, New York (responsible for political, social and economic issues)

1992-1993 Chargé d’affaires of the Republic of Belarus to the United States of America

1993-1997 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the United States of America

First Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus (political, social and economic issues)
2001-present Ambassador, Embassy of the Republic of Belarus to the

Kingdom of Belgium; Permanent Representative, Mission of the Republic of Belarus to the European Communities; Permanent Representative, Mission of the Republic of Belarus to the NATO

Conferences


1978-2000 All Sessions of the United Nations General Assembly

Sessions of the Economic and Social Council

General Conferences of the International Labour Organization

Annual sessions of the Economic Commission for Europe

Annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank

Professional experience


1991-1997 Vice-Chairman of the First Committee of the General Assembly

Chairman of Nuclear Disarmament Group of the United Nations Disarmament Commission (three times)

Vice-Chairman and Rapporteur of the United Nations Disarmament Commission (several times)

1991 Vice-President of the Amendment Conference of the States Parties to the (1963) Treaty Banning Nuclear Tests in the Atmosphere in Outer Space and under Water

Chairman of the United Nations Disarmament Commission
2000 President of the Conference on Disarmament, Geneva

Professional membership and publications


Board of the Ramapo Children of Chernobyl Fund

Association on Third World Affairs

Minsk International Education Centre

International Consultative Board of the Centre of European and Transatlantic Studies, European Humanities University

Author of numerous publications on different issues of politics, social and economic issues, and so forth

Languages


Belarusian (mother tongue), English, Russian, French, Swahili



Ariranga Govindasamy PILLAY (Mauritius)



Date of birth: 14 June 1945

Place of birth: Mauritius

Languages (spoken): English and French

Current position/function


Chief Justice of Mauritius

Education


Royal College — Port Louis — Mauritius (1957-1964)

London School of Economics (1966-1968)

Merton College, Oxford (1969-1970)

Lincoln’s Inn (1972)

Academic and professional qualification


Bachelor of Science (BSC) Econ. (Hons) (1969)

Bachelor of Arts (BA) (Hons) in jurisprudence (1971)

Barrister-at-law (1972) of Lincoln’s Inn (United Kingdom)

Scholarship and fellowship


English Scholarship awarded by the State of Mauritius (1965): came out first at the Higher School Certificate Examinations

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Fellowship on copyright (1974)

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Fellowship on patents and trademarks (1976)

United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Fellowship in International Law (1979)

United Nations Human Rights Fellowship (Constitutional Law and Human Rights) (1981): attended course at the London School of Oriental and African Studies

Fellowship on trademarks awarded by the Government of Australia (1982)

United Nations Fellowship for participation in International Law Seminar (1985)

Fellowship awarded by the United States of America for research study on Minority Rights and the American Judicial System (1994)

Professional activities


Appointments in Mauritius


1972-1987 Legal adviser at the Ministry of Justice, successively as Crown Counsel, Senior Crown Counsel, Principal Crown Counsel, Assistant Solicitor General and Parliamentary Counsel

Advised and appeared for the State in Criminal and Civil matters

Drafted all kinds of legislation

1987-May 1996 Puisne Judge, acting Senior Puisne Judge

1994-1996 Chairman of the Council of Legal Education of Mauritius

1995-1996 Member of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission of Mauritius

1996 to date Chief Justice of Mauritius

Chairman of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission of Mauritius

Work in international field


Negotiated bilateral air services and loan agreements on behalf of the State of Mauritius

Represented Mauritius at international forums in various fields, namely, human rights, intellectual property and international law matters

Drafted human rights reports on behalf of Mauritius for the Human Rights Committee and for the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Chaired moot competitions on human rights

Member of the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1997 to date)

Appointed adviser by the Governing Council of the African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies (1998 to date)

Member of the Court of Appeals of Seychelles (1999 to date)


National Honours

Grand Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean (G.O.S.K.), 1996.



Kenneth Osborne RATTRAY (Jamaica)



Date of birth: 27 September 1932

National honours


Commander of the Order of Distinction (C.D.), 1973

Order of Jamaica (O.J.), 1983

Substantive position


Ambassador Extraordinary and Special Adviser/Consultant to the Cabinet Office

Other posts held


Privy Councillor

Member of the Inter-American Juridical Committee, 1973-1977; 1986-1989; 1998 to date

Member of the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 1987 to date

Academic and professional qualifications


Bachelor of Laws (Honours), London University, 1956

Bar Final Examination, 1959; Buchanan Prizeman (being placed first in Lincoln’s Inn)

First Class in Public International Law

Barrister-at-Law, Lincoln’s Inn, 1960

Master of Laws, London University, 1960

Commonwealth Scholar, 1964

Doctor of Philosophy (Company Law, London University, 1966)

Queen’s Counsel, 1970

Legal service


Since 1961, various legal positions, including Crown Counsel, Assistant Attorney General, Senior Assistant Attorney General

Solicitor General, 1972-2000

Advocate before the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (United Kingdom) in important civil, criminal, commercial, constitutional and human rights cases

Negotiated wide range of commercial agreements including debt rescheduling, aircraft financing, international loans, natural resources exploration, privatization and public sector reform

Adviser on public sector reform, privatization and telecommunications reform

Diplomatic service and international negotiations


Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Jamaica, being Ambassador-at-Large since 1974 and representative of Jamaica on several missions and sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations, as well as the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea

Rapporteur-General of the Conference on the Law of the Sea

Rapporteur-General of the Preparatory Commission for the International Seabed Authority and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

Permanent Representative of Jamaica to the International Seabed Authority

Wide experience in the field of civil aviation, holding executive positions within the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), including the President of the Assembly in 1977

Chairman of the Group of 77 for Law of the Sea, 1989

Representative of Jamaica in negotiation of the legal instruments establishing the Caribbean Community

Commonwealth service


Member of the Commonwealth Group of Observers to the Gibraltar Referendum, 1967

Member of the Commonwealth Expert Group on Good Governance and the Elimination of Corruption in Economic Management

Chairman of the Commonwealth Senior Law Officials Meeting, 1998

Experience in the field of international civil aviation


President of the Assembly of ICAO, 1977

Member of the Panel of Experts of ICAO

Leader or member of Jamaica’s delegation to several Assemblies of ICAO

Representative of Jamaica to the Diplomatic Conferences to elaborate the Hague Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft (1970), the Montreal Convention on the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation (1971) and the Supplementary Protocol to the Montreal Convention (1988)

Legal Adviser, Air Jamaica, 1981-1994

Member of the Group of Experts on the Future Regulatory Arrangements for International Air Transport (appointed August 1992)

Chairman of the Economic Commission of ICAO, 1992

Chairman of the Legal Commission of ICAO, 1995

President of the International Conference on Air Law for the Revision of the Warsaw Convention — May 1999

International honours


Awarded ICAO’s 50th Anniversary Medal of Honour for Eminent Contribution of Civil Aviation (1994)

Awarded the Edward Warner Award by ICAO for outstanding contribution to the development of international civil aviation, particularly in the legal field (1998)

Other honours


Recipient of the Gleaner Honour Award on two occasions: first in 1981 as a member of the Jamaican delegation which secured for Jamaica the headquarters of the International Seabed Authority and second in 1985, for the contribution to the bauxite industry through the establishment of Clarendon Alumina Production, Limited



Eibe H. Riedel (Germany)



Date and place of birth: 26 January 1943, Zwittau

Working languages: English, French, German

Current position/function


Professor of German and Comparative Public Law, European and International Law, University of Mannheim, Germany

Main professional activities


Public international law, European law, German constitutional law, comparative public law, particularly human rights law, international peacekeeping, environmental law; Board Member, National German Institute of Human Rights

Educational background


Degrees in law and theology, King’s College London; first and second State examination in German Law, Kiel; Doctor of Jurisprudence dissertation, 1974, on comparative administrative law; postdoctoral dissertation (Habilitation), 1983, on theory of human rights standards in economic, social and cultural rights; professorships in Mainz, Marburg, Jena and Mannheim (at present); Honorary Professor, University of Adelaide, Australia

Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the treaty
body concerned


Member of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Vice-Chair); Rapporteur of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on right to health, General Comment No. 14

Currently writing on General Comment concerning intellectual property rights (article 15.l (c) of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) and revision of working methods of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

List of most recent publications in the field


“Universality of human rights and cultural pluralism”, in Ch. Starck, ed., Constitutionalism, Universalism and Democracy: Studien und Materialien zur Verfassungsgerichtsbarkeit, vol. 75 (1999), pp. 25-52

“Negotiation solutions under the Social Covenant of the United Nations” (in German), in J. Ipsen and E. Schmidt-Jortzig, eds., Recht-Staat-Gemeinwohl (2001), pp. 441-456; “Commentaries to article 55 (c) and article 68 of the United Nations Charter”, in B. Simma, ed.: The Charter of the United Nations: A Commentary, 2nd ed. (forthcoming); “Global responsibilities and bioethics: reflections on the Council of Europe’s Bioethics Convention”, in Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies, vol. 5 (1997), pp. 179-190



Waleed M. SADI (Jordan)



Date of birth: 19 August 1939

Nationality: Jordanian

Education


High school diploma, Friends Boys School (Quaker), Ramallah, Jordan

B. A. (Economics), Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas

J. D. (Doctor of Law), University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, Illinois

Scholarship: National Honor Scholarship

Human rights profile


Member of the Commission on Human Rights, 1975-1981

Vice-Chairman of the Commission on Human Rights, 1979

Chairman of the Commission on Human Rights, 1980-1981

Member of the Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, 1978-1982

Vice-Chairman of the Subcommission, 1979

Member of the Human Rights Committee (on civil and political rights), 1978-1982, 1990-1994

Member of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 1996-2000

Member of the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Fund for Victims of Torture, 1982-1989

Member of the Jordanian delegation to the Vienna World Conference on Human Rights, 1993

Head of the Jordanian delegation to the Rome United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court

Chairman of the Working Group on Crimes against humanity at the Rome International Criminal Court Conference

Head of the Jordanian delegation to the Diplomatic Conference on the Drafting and Adoption of the two additional protocols to the Geneva Conventions, 1977-1980

Other activities


First Secretary at the Jordanian mission to the United Nations, 1966-1969

Counsellor at the Jordanian embassy in Washington, D. C., Moscow,, London and Paris

Ambassador to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva, 1975-1980

Ambassador to Ankara, 1982-1986

Chief Editor, Jordan Times, 1988-1989

Adviser at the Office of the Crown Prince of Jordan, 1997-1999

Columnist and Attorney-at-Law, 1999-

Professor, Institute of Diplomacy, Amman

Publications


The Economic Theory in Islam



Philippe TEXIER (France)



Born: 24 May 1941 at Nimes (Gard)

Professional background and experience


1966-1967 Technical cooperation in Colombia:

Technical Cooperation Attaché at the Embassy of France in Bogota; gave a course on the history of political ideas at the Escuela Superior de Administración Pública

1967-1970 Ecole nationale de la magistrature

1970-1971 Examining judge in Chalons-sur-Marne

1971-1972 Deputy to the Procureur de la République in Marseille

1972-1977 Examining judge in Marseille

1978-1983 Examining judge in Paris

1977-1979 Director of the Judicial Division at the Ecole nationale d’administration et de magistrature, Cameroon

1983-1984 Technical Adviser to the Secretary of State for the Family, Population and Immigrant Workers

1984-1985 Vice-President of the Tribunal de grande instance of Paris

1985-1988 President of the Tribunal de grande instance of Melun

President of the Tribunal de grande instance of Evry
1988-1990 Expert indépendent de la Commission des droits de l'homme pour Haïti

1991 Director of the Human Rights Division of ONUSAL (United Nations Mission in El Salvador)

1992-1996 Presiding judge at the Cour d’appel of Paris

1996 Judge to the Cour de cassation (Social division)

1976-1995 Numerous human rights missions in South America, Central America, Africa and Asia, as a consultant of the United Nations Centre for Human Rights or on behalf of non-governmental organizations

1983-1987 Represented the French Government as an expert on the Sessional Working Group of Governmental Experts on the Implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

1987-1995 Expert member of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; re-elected for 4 years in 1988, and again in 1992; re-elected in 1996 and 2000

1984-present Member of the National Advisory Commission to the Prime Minister on Human Rights


Foreign languages: English, Spanish









Alvaro Tirado Mejia (Colombia)



Date of birth 10 December 1940

Place of birth Medellín, Colombia,

Working languages Spanish, French, English

Current position/function United Nations consultant, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) project, Colombia

Main professional activities


Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Colombia

President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) of the Organization of American States (OAS), 1995

Full professor at the National University of Colombia, Institute of International Relations

Ambassador on special mission to present the report of Colombia to the Human Rights Committee of the United Nations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Presidential Adviser on Human Rights in Colombia

Permanent member of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights in Colombia

Academic studies


Law and political science, University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia

Postgraduate studies in agricultural development and planning, Institute of Economic and Social Development Studies (IEDES), Paris

Doctorate in history (mention très bien), University of Paris

Other main activities in the field relevant to the body concerned


Delegate of Colombia to the forty-fifth session of the Commission on Human Rights, 1989

Participant at the preparatory meeting for the World Conference on Human Rights, held in Costa Rica, and participant at the United Nations World Conference on Human Rights, held at Vienna in 1993, as a member of IACHR

Presentation, in the capacity of President of IACHR, of report on Haiti at the meeting of Ministers for Foreign Affairs held during the General Assembly of the OAS in Haiti

Participant at the Regional Conference on Extreme Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean, Cartagena, Colombia, 1988

Most recent publications in the field


Introducción a la Historia Económica de Colombia (Introduction to the economic history of Colombia), National University of Colombia, 1971

Integración y Democracia en América Latina y el Caribe (Integration and democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean) (Buenos Aires, Institute for Latin American and Caribbean Integration (INTAL), 1997)

Sobre Historia y Literatura (On history and literature) (Bogotá, Simón and Lola Guberek Foundation, 1991)