36/17 Election of members of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee - Note by the Secretary-General

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Human Rights Council Thirty-sixth session

11-29 September 2017

Agenda item 1

Organizational and procedural matters

Election of members of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee*

Note by the Secretary-General

1. In accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 5/1, the Human Rights

Council Advisory Committee, composed of 18 experts serving in their personal capacity

and nominated by States Members of the United Nations following States’ consultations

with national human rights institutions and civil society organizations, are to be elected by

the Council by secret ballot from the list of candidates whose names have been submitted in

accordance with the agreed requirements.

2. The geographic distribution of members is as follows:

(a) Five from African States;

(b) Five from Asia-Pacific States;

(c) Two from4 Eastern European States;

(d) Three from Latin American and Caribbean States;

(e) Three from Western European and other States.

3. At its sixth session, the Human Rights Council adopted decision 6/102 on follow-up

to Council resolution 5/1, in which it described the technical and objective requirements for

the submission of candidatures, which include:

(a) Recognized competence and experience in the field of human rights;

(b) High moral standing;

(c) Independence and impartiality.

4. When selecting their candidates, States are requested to apply the following

guidelines on technical and objective requirements for the submission of their candidates:

(a) Competence and experience:

(i) Academic studies in the field of human rights or related areas, and/or

experience with and exposure to leadership roles in the human rights field at the

national, regional or international levels;

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(ii) Substantial experience (at least five years) and personal contributions in the

field of human rights;

(iii) Knowledge of the United Nations system and of institutional mandates and

policies related to the work in the area of human rights, as well as knowledge of

international human rights instruments, norms and disciplines; familiarity with

different legal systems and civilizations will be preferable;

(iv) Proficiency in at least one official language of the United Nations;

(v) Availability of time to fulfil the work of the Advisory Committee in an

effective manner, both to attend its sessions and to carry out mandated activities

between sessions;

(b) High moral standing;

(c) Independence and impartiality: individuals holding decision-making

positions in Government or any other organization or entity which might give rise to a

conflict of interest with responsibilities inherent to the mandate will be excluded; elected

members of the Advisory Committee will act in their personal capacity;

(d) Other considerations: the principle of non-accumulation of human rights

functions at the same time is to be respected.

5. In electing members of the Advisory Committee, the Human Rights Council should

give due consideration to gender balance and appropriate representation of different

civilizations and legal systems.

6. At its seventh session, the Human Rights Council conducted the first elections of the

18 members of the Advisory Committee. Four members were elected for a one-year term,

seven for a two-year term and seven for a three-year term.

7. At its thirty-sixth session, the Human Rights Council will elect, in accordance with

its annual programme of work, Advisory Committee members for the seven vacant seats.

Of the seven vacancies, there are two vacancies for African States, two for Asia-Pacific

States, one for Eastern European States, one for Latin American and Caribbean States and

one for Western European and other States.

8. Pursuant to paragraph 71 of Human Rights Council resolution 5/1, the list of

candidates is to be closed two months prior to the election date, and the secretariat is to

make available the list of candidates and relevant information to Member States and the

public at least one month prior to the election.

9. On 7 April 2017, the secretariat of the Human Rights Council addressed a note

verbale to the regional coordinators concerned to encourage proposals of candidates,

informing them that the deadline for the submission of nominations was 7 June 2017,

which was later extended.1

10. Further to this, the secretariat received nominations of seven candidates for the

elections to membership of the Advisory Committee from the Governments of Belgium,

India, Mauritius, Peru, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea and Romania.

11. The nominations received are listed below; biographical data relating to the

candidates are contained in the annex.

African States

Nominating State Expert nominated

Mauritius Dheerujlall Baramlall Seetulsingh

1 The present report includes all candidatures received by 11 July 2017. Any additional candidatures

will be included in an addendum.

Asia-Pacific States

Nominating State Expert nominated

India Ajai Malhotra

Philippines Virginia Dandan

Republic of Korea Changrok Soh

Eastern European States

Nominating State Expert nominated

Romania Ion Diaconu

Latin American and Caribbean States

Nominating State Expert nominated

Peru Elizabeth S. Salmón

Western European and other States

Nominating State Expert nominated

Belgium Ludovic Hennebel

Annex*

Ludovic Hennebel (Belgium)

Full Professor of Law Aix-en-Provence Law School (France)

Director of the Institute for International Humanitarian Studies

NOHA (Network of Humanitarian Assistance) Director

Director of the Legal Clinic on Human Rights Aix-Marseille University

Chair of Excellence A*MIDEX in human rights law

Member of the Alumni College of the Belgian Royal Academy

Languages: French/English/Spanish

Education

• PhD in international human rights law, under the dir. of B. Frydman and A.A.

Cançado Trindade, Université Libre de Bruxelles at the Law School, Brussels,

Belgium, 2005

• Diploma in international human rights law (top of the class), René Cassin

Institute, Strasbourg, France, 2001

• Development cooperation Certificate, Training on International Cooperation

and North-South Relations, Belgian Development Agency, Brussels, 1999

• LL.M in human rights, University of Leicester at the Law School, Dissertation on

Humanitarian Assistance under the dir. of Malcolm Shaw, Leicester, United

Kingdom, 1999

• M.A. & B.A. in law, Université Libre de Bruxelles at the Law School, Brussels,

Belgium, 1998

Faculty Appointments/Professional and Academic Experience

Academic Career: Visiting scholar at New York University, at Harvard Law School, and

Visiting Prof. at the Law School of Sciences Po Paris, Prof. dr. Hennebel has developed a

solid network of academic and institutional partners in his field of research with some of

the best research centers in Europe and in the United States. Moreover, he is trained to

work in complex and international environment and to negotiate long-term partnerships. He

has gained field experience in human rights and rule of law program including in Africa

and in Latin America.

• Aix-Marseille University (AMU): Full Professor at the Law School (since 2016

Sept.); Chair of excellence in International Human Rights Law and Global Law,

Law School, A*MIDEX, member of the CERIC, Aix-en-Provence, 2015 — in

progress

• Université Libre de Bruxelles at the Law School & Fund for Scientific Research

FNRS (Belgian research agency): Research Prof. of Law (Tenure), member of the

Perelman Center for Legal Philosophy, Brussels, 2009 — in progress / Research

Fellow, Law School, Brussels, 2000-2007.

• Harvard University Law School: Visiting Fellow (with G. Neuman), Human

Rights Program, Law School, Cambridge MA, 2012-13, 2011.

* Curricula vitae are issued without formal editing.

• Sciences Po Paris: Visiting Prof. at the Law School, Business and Human Rights /

Strategic litigation / International Human Rights Law, 2011, 2012 / Lecturer 2009-

2012.

• New York University (NYU): Visiting Fellow (with Ph. Alston), Global Hauser

Program, Law School, New York, 2007-2008

• Inter-American Court of Human Rights: Visiting Fellow (with A.A. Cançado

Trindade), San José, Costa Rica, 2003-2004

Faculty Director/Management

Management: His managerial tasks involved leading research functions, financial

management and human resources management, organization of international scientific

events including conferences, colloquium and seminars on international human rights law

and international law. The current managerial responsibilities include:

• Director of the Institute of International Humanitarian Studies, Aix-en-

Provence Law School, since 2016. [www.aixhumanitaire.org]

• Director of the LL.M in Humanitarian Law and Action, Aix-en-Provence Law

School, since 2016 [www.aixhumanitaire.org]

• NOHA (Network of Humanitarian Assistance) Director, since 2016

[www.aixhumanitaire.org]

• Director of the Legal Clinic on International Human Rights Law Aix Global

Justice, Aix-en-Provence Law School, since 2015 [www.aixglobaljustice.org]

Scholarship and Teaching

Focus: International Law — International human rights law — International Criminal Law

— International Humanitarian Law — International Human Rights Litigation — European

System of Human Rights — Inter-American System of Human Rights — African system of

Human and People’s rights — Universal (United Nations) System of Human Rights —

Transnational Law — Strategic Litigation — International Justice — Terrorism and Human

Rights — Business and Human Rights — Law and Globalization — Global Law.

Teaching: Experienced law professor, Hennebel is regularly invited to teach in Master

programs of French Universities and in other academic programs abroad. He is the founder

and the director of the Doctoral Clinic in international human rights law at Aix-Marseille

University.

Scholarship: International legal scholar in the field of international law, international

human rights law, global law, international justice, and governance after 17 years dedicated

to academic work in highly regarded research centers in Europe and in the US.

Conferences/Speeches: Regular conferences and invitations as a keynote speaker in

international conferences on human rights, international law and global justice issues,

which include speeches and participation to conferences or seminars under invitation in the

following institutions: Harvard University; New York University; Laval University

(Canada); Vienna University; Freiburg University; Max Planck Institute; St Andrews

University; Hong Kong University; Renmin University (China); Oslo University; Stockholm

University; Geneva University; Saint-Cyr Coetquidan School; Université Mohammed V de

Rabat, Université d’Abomey Calavi (Bénin), French Society of International Law;

European Society of International Law; Indian Society of International Law; Institut des

hautes études sur la justice (Paris); Institute of International Human Rights Law René

Cassin; Caen University; Toulouse University; Paris Ouest Nanterre University; Aix-

Marseille University; Sciences-Po Paris; United Nations; European Parliament; European

Council; European Commission; United Nations; French Embassy in Lima, Port-au-Prince

and New Delhi.

Project Leadership

Leadership: Project leader and director of several research international programs since

2000 in international human rights law, governance and global justice. These programs

were funded by donors such as the European Union or National Governments and

conducted in partnership with foreign top-level universities and international organizations

such as the United Nations.

• Summer School on The Practice of International Human Rights Law, Aix-en-

Provence, since 2016.

• Chair of Excellence in International Human Rights Law at Aix-en-Provence Law

School, 300.000 €, 2015 — in progress.

• Project Leader of the Bilateral Research Program on the Criminalization of

International Human Rights Law, Université Libre de Bruxelles / UQAM, 10.000

€, 2014-2015.

• Project Leader of the Global Research Program on Global Law, the New Law of

Nations, Transnational Law & Litigation, Global Justice, Center Perelman for

Legal Philosophy, Université Libre de Bruxelles & F.N.R.S. — Various sources of

funding. Academic research, Global Fellow, Budget: 400,000 €, 2006 — in progress

• Project Leader of the European Research Program, 7th Framework-Program,

ATLAS — on International Humanitarian Law, with Paris 1 University, Brussels

University, Collège de France, British Institute of International and Comparative

Law, Jaume 1 University, Bucarest University, Magna Carta Institute, Project

Leader for Brussels University and Magna Carta Institute, Global Budget:

1,000,0000 €, 2008-2012

• Project Leader of the European Research Program, European Commission (DC

Office) — Transatlantic Collaboration, The Global Challenges of International

Terrorism and the Rule of Law: Reflections and Discussions on the EU-US

relationship in the fight against terrorism, with Paris 1 University, New York

University, Vienna University, UNODC, Project Leader, Global Budget: 200,000 €,

2008-2009

• Project Leader of the European Research Program, European Commission (Better

regulation) & Brussels Research Funding, Social Responsibility — Business &

Human Rights, Brussels University, Project Leader, Global Budget: 10, 000 €,

150,000 €, 2005-2007

• Project Leader of the Global Training Program for Judges, Swedish Government and

ILAC, Ministry of Justice of Algeria, with UNODC, Training “Terrorism and the

rule of Law” for Algerian Judges, Project Leader, Global Budget: 300,000 €, 2007-

2008

• Project Leader of the Global Training Program for Judges, Swedish Government and

ILAC, Ministry of Justice of Morocco, with UNODC, Training “Terrorism and the

rule of Law” for Moroccan Judges, Project Leader, Global Budget: 200,000 €,

2006-2007

Expertise [Selection]

Expertise: for international organizations, national governments and NGOs in the field of

international law, human rights, justice and the rule of law. He is a judicial capacity and

institution building expert with substantial experience in training judges, prosecutors, and

lawyers, and with substantial experience in strategic litigation.

Scientific assessments [Selection]

• Expertise and evaluation for the National Research Agency (2013), JCJC SHS 1

program (in law).

• Expertise and evaluation (for doctoral, post-doc, and permanent positions) for the

National Fund for Scientific Research (Belgium, since 2010) and member of the

Fund’s Accompanying Committee in charge of the implementation of the reform of

the FNRS and the composition of the scientific commissions (in 2010).

• Expertise and evaluation for the Austrian Scientific Fund (Fonds zur Förderung

der wissenschaftlichen Forschung), Law Research Program, 2007.

• Expertise and evaluation for the Canadian Research Chairs, International Law

Research Program, 2012, 2013.

Legal expertise [Selection]

• Legal advice and geopolitical expertise in the context of asylum applications:

scientific leadership on geopolitical and legal reports in support of asylum

applications, mandated by a Center for the reception of asylum seekers, 2016-in

progress, Marseille.

• Legal advice and litigation strategy — cases concerning massive violations of

human rights: development of international strategic litigation in the context of

complex cases relating to serious human rights violations, mandated by NGOs,

associations and lawyers, 2016-ongoing, Brussels, Paris.

• Legal and strategic advice — Rights of the Roma: legal advice to support the

defense of the rights and freedoms of Roma in Brazil, mandated by the Instituto de

Desenvolvimento e Direitos Humanos — IDDH, 2015, Sao Paulo.

• Training of judges and lawyers in Haiti, Senegal and Lebanon: Participation as a

trainer at the first session of teaching of international human rights law in Port-au-

Prince, Haiti, on the initiative of the René Cassin Institute and with the support of

the embassy of France, 2012, Port-au-Prince; Participation as a trainer at the fifth

teaching session in Dakar, Senegal, 2013, Dakar; Training session in Beirut,

Lebanon, 2015.

• Expertise on decentralization in Tunisia: analysis of comparative law and

development of a strategy in partnership with civil society, NGO Democracy

Initiative, 2014, Tunis.

• Expert on the Fight against terrorism: Team leader of a long term research

project (2 years) on The Fight against terrorism: A transatlantic perspective for the

European Commission DG RELEX Washington DC, in partnership with New York

University, Vienna University, Paris 1 University and UNODC, 2009-2012,

Brussels, New York.

• Expert on Armed conflicts, peacekeeping and transitional Justice: Team co-

leader of a long term research project (4 years) on a cooperative project regarding

Armed Conflicts, Peacekeeping, Transitional Justice: Law as Solution for the

European Commission, in partnership with inter alia Brussels University, Paris 1

University, the Collège de France, the British Institute of International and

Comparative Law, Bucharest University, Report and recommendations addressed to

the EU on international humanitarian and human rights law in situations of Armed

Conflict for the European Commission, 2009-2012, Brussels.

• Recommendations in international humanitarian law: Co-author of the report

containing recommendations to the European Union on international humanitarian

law and international human rights law commissioned by the European Commission

as part of a research program, 2010, Brussels.

• Training on “United States and Human Rights” training: Expert for the

European Institute of Public Administration at the European Commission DG

RELEX, Training on the United States’ human rights policy, 2010, Brussels.

• Expert for training on terrorism and human rights for UNODC, UNODC, 2009,

Vienna.

• Training on Human Rights in Brazil: Training program “The UN Human Rights

System”, Audience: NGOs’ representatives and public prosecutors, Acting as: Legal

expert and trainer, Organization: Institute for Human Rights and Development,

2009, Sao Paulo.

• Report on economic sanctions and international human rights law, study in the

context of a seminar on “Burma and human rights” at the initiative of the

International Federation of Human Rights, 2009, Bangkok.

• Training of Judges and Lawyers on the Fight against terrorism and the respect

of human rights in Algiers and Rabat: Team Leader and Program Director for the

Training program “Judging terrorism and Human Rights” (100 hours), Audience: 60

Algerian Judges and lawyers, in partnership with ILAC, Swedish Ministry of foreign

affairs funding in partnership with the Algerian Ministry of Justice and UNODC,

2008, Algiers; Team Leader and Program Director for the Training program

“Judging terrorism and Human Rights” (80 hours), Audience: 35 Moroccan Judges,

in partnership with ILAC, Swedish Ministry of foreign affairs funding in partnership

with the Moroccan Ministry of Justice and UNODC, 2006, Rabat.

• Expert on Corporate social responsibility, Business and Human rights: Report

on Self-Regulation and Co-Regulation of Corporate Social Responsibility in Europe,

for the European Commission, Directorate-General Enterprise and Industry, 2007,

Brussels; Report and recommendations on corporate social responsibility for the

Belgian Ministry of Economy, Region Brussels-Capital, 2007, Brussels

• Training for Belgian Magistrates, Theory of Legal Argumentation, 2005, Brussels

• Expertise on Business and Human Rights: Field and research investigation

“Transnational Corporations, Human Rights and Corporate Social Responsibility in

Hungary” — Report, Acting as: Legal expert — Co-author, Organization:

International Federation of Human Rights, 2005, Budapest

Awards/Academic Distinctions

• Harvard Law School: appointed as Visiting Fellow for the academic year 2012-

2013 at the Human Rights Program of Harvard Law School

• Royal Belgian Academy: appointed member of the Alumni College of the Royal

Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts since 2010

• Belgian Research Agency (Fund for Scientific Research): appointed as permanent

Research Professor in Law (tenure contract) since 2009

• New York University Law School: appointed as Visiting Global Fellow for the

academic year 2007-2008 at the Hauser Global Program of New York University

Law School

• Hoover Fellowship from the Belgian American Educational Foundation, 30 000 $,

New York, 2007

• Brussels University: Academic award: for the monograph “La Convention

américaine des droits de l’homme”, Law School, University of Brussels, 2008; Prize

Academic International Appeal, 20 000 €, Brussels University, 2007.

Languages skills

• French: Native language

• English: Fluent (4 years spent in English speaking countries — Publications in

English)

• Spanish: Good (1 year spent in Latin America — occasional working language)

Main Publications

Books — Monographs

Publications: He has published 12 books, as sole author or co-editor, and more than 50

book chapters and articles in peer-reviewed journals, in French, in English and in Spanish,

including for Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Dalloz, Pedone,

Bruylant. Additionally, he is the Director of the book Series Jus Gentium at Bruylant

Publishers.

1. L. Hennebel, Commentary of the American Convention on Human Rights, Oxford

University Press, New York, OUP, 2016, 850 pages (editorial agreement signed)

2. L. Hennebel, Traité de droit international des droits de l ’homme, with H.

Tigroudja, Pedone, Paris, 2016, 1706 pages.

3. L. Hennebel, La Convention américaine des droits de l’homme: étendue des droits

et libertés et mécanismes de protection, Collection Publications de l’Institut International

des Droits de l’Homme René Cassin, Foreword by Antonio A. Cançado Trindade, Brussels,

Bruylant, 2007, 732 pages.

4. L. Hennebel, La jurisprudence du Comité des droits de l’homme des Nations Unies,

Collection Droit et Justice, Preface by Manfred Nowak, Brussels, Bruylant, 2007, 582

pages

Books — Collection of Essays

1. Humanisme et droit, Pedone, Paris, 2013, Edited Collection Book, Co-editor with H.

Tigroudja

2. Balancing Liberty and Security: The Human Rights Pendulum, Wolf Legal

Publishers, Nijmegen, 2012, Edited Collection Book, Co-editor with H. Tigroudja

3. Genocide Denials and the Law, Oxford University Press, New York, 2011, Edited

Collection Book, Co-editor with Th. Hochmann

4. Le particularisme interaméricain des droits de l’homme, Pedone, Paris, 2009, 416

pages, Edited Collection Book, Co-editor with H. Tigroudja

5. Exceptionnalisme américain et droits de l’homme, Dalloz, Paris, 2009, 366 pages,

Edited Collection Book, Co-editor with A. Van Wayenberghe

6. Juger le terrorisme dans l’Etat de droit, Bruylant, Brussels, 2009, 542 pages, Edited

Collection Book, Co-editor with D. Vandermeersch

7. Juger les droits de l’homme: Europe et Etats-Unis face à face, Collection Penser le

Droit, Bruylant, Brussels, 2008, Edited Collection Book, Co-editor with G. Haarscher et al.

8. Responsabilités des enterprises et corégulation, Collection Penser le Droit,

Bruylant, Brussels, 2007, Edited Collection Book, Co-editor with Th. Berns et al.

9. Classer les droits de l’homme, Collection Penser le Droit, Bruylant, Brussels, 2004,

396 pages, Edited Collection Book, Co-editor with E. Bribosia

Chapters in Books/Selected Articles published in International Journals

“The Human Rights Committee: A Critical Appraisal” in Ph. Alston and F. Mégret (Dir),

The United Nations and Human Rights, Oxford University Press, New York, 2018, 63

pages

«L’influence de la jurisprudence de la Cour européenne des droits de l’homme en droit

interaméricain », in O. Delas (Dir.), Intégration européenne et droits de la personne,

Cowansville: Yvon Blais, 2018, 12 pages.

«Libres propos autour du projet universaliste du Comité des droits de l’homme des Nations

Unies», in S. Touzé et al. (Dir.), Mélanges en hommage à Jean-François Flauss, Pedone,

Paris, 2014, 16 pages

«Le droit administratif global» in B. Frydman et al. (Dir.), Les théories du droit global,

Editions de Sciences-Po, 2018, 22 pages

«Les défis de la démocratie globale », in R. Medhi, La méditerranée, espace démocratique?

», Actes des 5e assises de l’Ecole Doctorale des Juristes Méditerranéens, Marseille: Presse

universitaires d’Aix-Marseille, 2015, 10 pages

«La Convention américaine des droits de l’homme» in M. Hottelier et al. (Dir.), Manuel

d’introduction aux droits de l’homme, Genève, 2013, 20 pages

«Le système interaméricain des droits de l’homme» in M. Hottelier et al. (Dir.), Manuel

d’introduction aux droits de l’homme, Genève, 2013, 18 pages

«Du constitutionnalisme global au contentieux transnational», in Internationalisation des

constitutions, Cahiers de l’Institut Louis Favoreu (Aix-Marseille Université), 2013, 12

pages

«La Cour internationale de Justice face au droit international des droits de l’homme», in

Mélanges Marc Bossuyt, Intersentia, 2013, 18 pages

«Aspects de droit international dans la pratique des Comités établis par les Nations Unies

dans le domaine des droits de l’homme», avec Y. Kerbrat, Annuaire français de droit

international, 2013, 22 pages

«Translating Unocal: The Liability of Transnational Corporations for Human Rights

Violations», avec B. Frydman, in M. Kumar Sinha (Dir.), Business and Human Rights,

Sage, New Delhi, 2013, 23 pages

“Le complexe du cannibale: réflexions sur la dignité de l’ennemi du genre humain”, in L.

Hennebel and H. Tigroudja (Dir.), Humanisme et droit, Pedone, Paris, 2012

“Réflexions sur le commerce transnational entre juges”, with A. Van Waeyenberge, in

Hachez et al. (dir.) Les sources du droit revisitées, 2012, 18 pages

“Droit administratif global: entre scepticisme et idéalisme” in C. Bories (Dir), Le droit

administratif global en question, Pedone, Paris, 2012, 12 pages

“Conjugalités et droit international des droits de l’homme”, in A.-C. Van Gysel (Dir.),

Conjugalités et discriminations, Anthemis, 2012, 17 pages

«Public Strategies of Co-Regulation in United States, Europe and China », avec B.

Frydman and G. Lewkowicz, in Governance, Regulations and Powers of the Internet,

Cambridge University Press, 2012, 20 pages

“Courts, Terrorism and Human Rights”, in L. Hennebel and H. Tigroudja (Dir.), Balancing

Liberty and Security: The Human Rights Pendulum, Wolf Legal Publishers, 2012, 67 pages

“Les droits de l’homme dans les théories du droit global”, in J-Y. Chérot et B. Frydman

(Dir.), La science du droit et la globalisation, Bruylant, Bruxelles, 2012, 30 pages.

“Questioning the Criminalization of Denials”, with Th. Hochmann in L. Hennebel and Th.

Hochmann (Dir.), Genocide Denials and the Law, Oxford University Press, New York,

2011, 20 pages

“Classifcation et hiérarchie des droits de l’homme”, Annuaire international de justice

constitutionnelle, 2011, 30 pages

“Chronique de la jurisprudence du Comité des droits de l’homme 2007-10”, Revue

trimestrielle des droits de l’homme, 2011, 51 pages

“Classer les droits fondamentaux” in M. Verdussen & Bonbled (Dir), Les droits

constitutionnels en Belgique — Les enseignements jurisprudentiels de la Cour

constitutionnelle, du Conseil d’Etat et de la Cour de cassation, Bruylant, Brussels, 2011, 20

pages.

“L’hostis humani generi: entre proscription et protection”, co-authored with H. Tigroudja in

Proscription et droit, Bruylant, Brussels, 2011, 24 pages.

Le Forum Shopping transnational et l’Alien Tort Statute”, in J.-F. Flauss (Dir.), Le forum

shopping en droit international des droits de l’homme, Bruylant, Brussels, 2011, 24 pages

“The Inter-American Human Rights Law’s particularism”, Revue Québécoise de Droit

International, 2010, 35 pages

“La Convención Americana de Derechos Humanos y la Protección de los Derechos de los

Pueblos Indígenas”, Boletin Mexicano de Derecho Comparado, 2010, 20 pages

“Chronique de la jurisprudence de la Cour interaméricaine des droits de l’homme” (with H.

Tigroudja), Revue Trimestrielle des Droits de l’Homme, 2010, 30 pages

“Transnational”, in A.-J. Arnaud (Dir.), Dictionnaire de la globalisation: Droit, science

politique, sciences sociales, André-Jean Arnaud, ed., L.G.D.J., 2010, 8 pages

“La Convention américaine des droits de l’homme et la protection universelle: une filiation

retrouvée” (with H. Tigroudja), Observateur des Nations Unies, 2009, 30 pages

“Le contentieux transnational des droits de l’homme: une analyse stratégique” (with B.

Frydman), Revue Trimestrielle des Droits de l’Homme, 2009, 45 pages

« La contractualisation des droits de l’homme», co-authored with G. Lewkowicz, in G.

Lewkowicz et M. Xifaras (Dir), Repenser le contrat, Dalloz, Paris, 2009, 30 pages.

« La destinée manifeste des droits de l’homme aux Etats-Unis », in L. Hennebel et A. Van

Waeynberge (Dir), L’exceptionnalisme américain des droits de l’homme, Paris, Dalloz,

2009, 40 pages.

« Le droit interaméricain des droits de l’homme: du particulier à l’universel », in L.

Hennebel et H. Tigroudja (Dir), Le particularisme interaméricain des droits de l’homme

(Ouvrage anniversaire 40 ans après l’adoption de la Convention américaine), Paris, Pédone,

2009, 70 pages.

« Le Juge, le terroriste et l’Etat de droit » L. Hennebel co-authored with Hélène Tigroudja,

in L. Hennebel et D. Vandermeersch (Dir), Juger le terrorisme dans l’Etat de droit,

Bruxelles, Bruylant, 2009.

« The Inter-American System of Human Rights: Achievements and Challenges », in F.

Gomez Isa et K. de Feyter (Dir), International Protection of Human Rights: Achievements

and Challenges, University of Deusto, 40 pages.

« Le problème de la définition du terrorisme » co-authored with Gregory Lewkowicz, in L.

Hennebel et D. Vandermeersch (Dir), Juger le terrorisme dans l’Etat de droit, Bruxelles,

Bruylant, 2009.

« A Reference Instrument But Without Binding Force», avec P. Lemmens & al., in V.

Jaichand et M. Suksi (Dir.) «60 Years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in

Europe», Intersentia, 2009, 12 pages

« Les amici curiae : acteurs de la « convergence » des droits de l’homme », in J. Allard, G.

Haarscher, L. Hennebel et G. Lewkowicz, Juger les droits de l’homme : Europe et

Etats-Unis face à face, Collection Penser le droit, Brussels, Bruylant, 2008, 46 pages.

“Chronique de la jurisprudence de la Cour interaméricaine des droits de l’homme” (with H.

Tigroudja), Revue Trimestrielle des Droits de l’Homme, 2008, 33 pages

“Le rôle des amici curiae devant la Cour européenne des droits de l’homme”, Revue

trimestrielle des droits de l’homme, 2007, 24 pages

« Les références croisées en droit international des droits de l’homme », in Le Dialogue des

juges, Collection « Les Cahiers de l’Institut d’Etudes sur la Justice », Brussels, Bruylant,

2007, 46 pages.

« Corégulation et responsabilité sociale des entreprises » co-authored with Gregory

Lewkowicz, in Th. Berns et al., Entreprise responsable et corégulation, Brussels, Bruylant,

79 pages.

« L’entreprise, titulaire et garante des droits de l’homme » co-authored with Pierre-François

Docquir, in Th. Berns et al., Entreprise responsable et corégulation, Brussels, Bruylant,

2007, 67 pages.

“L’usage des drogues à des fins religieuses devant la Cour Suprême des Etats-Unis”, Revue

des droits fondamentaux, 2006, 17 pages

“La protection de l’intégrité spirituelle des indigènes: l’affaire Moiwana”, Revue

trimestrielle des droits de l’homme, 2006, 24 page

Le droit des peuples autochtones à disposer d’eux-mêmes, in Th. Berns (Dir), Le droit saisi

par le collectif, Brussels, Bruylant, 2005, 21 pages

Classer les droits de l’homme, co-authored with E. Bribosia, in E. Bribosia & L. Hennebel

(Dir), Classer les droits de l’homme, Brussels, Bruylant, 2004, 7 pages

Les droits intangibles, in E. Bribosia & L. Hennebel (Dir), Classer les droits de l’homme,

Brussels, Bruylant, 2004, 23 pages

“La protection des travailleurs migrants dans le système interaméricain”, Revue

trimestrielle des droits de l’homme, 2004, 14 pages

“La dépénalisation de l’euthanasie en Belgique”, Journal de l’Institut international des

droits de l’homme, 2002, 15 pages

“Propriété intellectuelle versus communisme informationnel”, Actuel Marx, n°39, La

Propriété, P.U.F., 2001, 15 pages

Amici Curiae

• Inter-American Court of Human Rights, I.V. Bolivia, 30 November 2016 [on

Medical Consent], with the Aix Global Justice Clinic

• Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Gonzalez Lluy v. Ecuador, September 1,

2015 [case of contaminated blood], with Clinic Aix Global Justice and the Catholic

University of Argentina.

Ajai Malhotra (India)

Ajai Malhotra holds an M.A. in Economics from Delhi School of Economics, University of

Delhi. He joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1977.

From 1979-1982, he handled India’s ties with Kenya and Seychelles at the High

Commission of India, Nairobi, also serving as the Focal Point for India to UNEP and UN-

HABITAT. From 1982-1985, he was Second/First Secretary at the Embassy of India,

Moscow. From 1985-1989, he was First Secretary (Political) at the Permanent Mission of

India to the UN, Geneva, handling ILO, WHO, WIPO, and other UN agencies, representing

India on the ILO Committee on Freedom of Association and participating in annual

meetings of the UN Human Rights Commission.

From 1989-1993, he was initially Deputy Secretary (UN) at the Ministry of External

Affairs, New Delhi, handling human rights and international environmental issues and later

Director (UN), supervising all multilateral work of the Ministry, except disarmament. This

included guiding processes leading to the ratification by India of the UN Convention on the

Rights of the Child in 1992 and UN CEDAW in 1993, and the establishment of India’s

National Human Rights Commission.

He was Counsellor at Embassy of India, Moscow, from 1993-1996, returning to the

Ministry of External Affairs as Director/OSD in 1996. As Joint Secretary in that Ministry

from 1997-1999, he guided India’s relations with the Russian Federation and Central and

East European countries. From 1999-2003, he was Minister, Embassy of India, Washington

DC, also serving from 2002-2003 as Chairman of the International Cotton Advisory

Committee, Washington DC. From 2003-2005, he was India’s Ambassador to Romania,

concurrently accredited to Albania and Moldova.

From 2005-2009, he was Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of India to the

UN, New York. He participated in the negotiations leading to the setting up the UN

Democracy Fund, the UN Peacebuilding Commission and the UN Human Rights Council.

He was India’s Ambassador to Kuwait from 2009-2011 and the Russian Federation from

2011-2013, prior to retiring on November 30, 2013, after 37 years of distinguished service.

Ambassador Malhotra has been on the Indian team negotiating issues such as biological

diversity, climate change, desertification, education, energy, forestry, health, human rights,

human settlements, intellectual property rights, international law, labour rights, ozone

depletion, sustainable development, international trade, etc. He has participated in meetings

ranging from the 1st UN Conference on New and Renewable Sources of Energy (Nairobi;

1981) and UNEP Session of a Special Character: Ten Years after Stockholm (Nairobi;

1982) to the Diplomatic Conference on the Intellectual Property of Integrated Circuits

(Washington DC; 1989) and UN Conference on Environment and Development (Rio de

Janeiro; 1992); from the WTO Summit (Seattle; 1999) to numerous meetings of the World

Health Assembly, WIPO Assembly, International Labour Conference, and UN Human

Rights Commission; from UN General Assembly and ECOSOC sessions (2005-2009) to

NAM, G77 and Commonwealth Summits (1989-1993 and 2005-2009); from UNEP

Governing Council sessions to UNESCO and UN Democracy Fund meetings.

He has contributed to the evolution of the concept of ‘common concern of humankind’ and

written on issues such as the rights of future generations. In 2004, he was awarded an

Honorary Doctorate by Western University of Arad, Romania, in recognition of his work in

support of environmental causes and human development.

He is presently Independent Director of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC),

Chairman and Managing Trustee of CHIKITSA and SHIKSHA, which provide free

primary health care and education/vocational training respectively to the underprivileged,

Chairman of the NAB India Centre for Blind Women & Disability Studies, Chairman of the

Nehru Trust for the Indian Collections at the Victoria & Albert Museum, and Distinguished

Fellow and Senior Adviser on Climate Change at The Energy and Resources Institute

(TERI).

Dheerujlall Baramlall Seetulsingh (Mauritius)

Current Position Chairperson National Human Rights Commission, Mauritius since April 2001

Previous Positions Member and Vice President Human Rights Committee, Geneva International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights June 2014-End 2016

Member Human Rights Council Advisory Committee 2008-2014

Judge Supreme Court, Mauritius (1998- 2001)

Solicitor General Ministry of Justice and Attorney’s General’s Office (1994-1998)

Chairman Tax Appeal Tribunal (1984-1994) and Termination of Contracts of Service Board

Member of Council and Chairman of Staff Committee

University of Mauritius (1984-1994)

Part Time Chairman Stock Exchange Commission

Head of Department of Law University of Mauritius (1992-1994)

Visiting Lecturer University of Aix en Provence, France

Member Law Reform Commission

Member Council of Legal Education

From State Counsel to Principal State Counsel

Attorney General’s Office and Office of Director of Public Prosecutions (1974-1984)

Professional experience

Mr. Seetulsingh has produced important reports on the sugar cane industry, relations

between millers and planters, the duties of Local Government councillors, the University of

Mauritius, Legal studies and functioning of private secondary education.

As a Judge of the Supreme Court he has been responsible for several ground breaking

judgments, namely on the electoral system and on human rights.

At the level of the National Human Rights Commission he has reported regularly on human

rights issues in the country, especially the rights of suspects and victims, changing the

attitude of the police, improving conditions of detention in prisons, respect for

environmental laws, compliance with international norms and treaty obligations. He has

contributed widely to imparting human rights education to police officers, prisons officers,

trade unionists, teachers, students and members of the public at large.

He has assisted in setting up a National Preventive Mechanism to protect the rights of

detainees as required by ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against

Torture. He is responsible for making recommendations for reviews of criminal convictions

by the Supreme Court where there is fresh and compelling evidence.

Mr. Seetulsingh has participated actively in International Workshops and Conferences on

issues linked to human rights such as HIV/AIDS, International and Regional Cooperation

on Human Rights, the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Rights of Older Persons

at the level of the African Union, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights,

the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Commonwealth and

Francophone Associations.

As Chairman of the Stock Exchange Commission he drafted rules to protect shareholders’

rights to enable greater participation in the running of public companies and to ensure good

governance and democratization of the economy.

As Solicitor-General he was responsible for providing legal advice to Government and for

drafting of laws, among others, on human rights and protection of citizens’ rights and for

reporting to Treaty Bodies. He strengthened the mechanism to improve relations between

employers and employees, thereby ensuring the protection of workers’ rights.

As a member of the Advisory Committee to the Human Rights Council. Mr. Seetulsingh

participated actively in the drafting of the Declaration on Human Rights Education and

Training. He contributed to the work on the right to food, on the rights of peasants, on the

right to international solidarity, on the right to peace and more specifically on the Principles

and Guidelines for the protection of persons affected by Leprosy. He chaired the Working

Group on the enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights. He was

on the Advisory Committee Working Group on Communications which deals with

complaints against violations of human rights worldwide.

As a member and Vice-President of the Human Rights Committee set up under the

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Mr. Seetulsingh played an active part

as Rapporteur or Member in Task Forces examining Country Reports and in Working

Groups on Communications dealing with complaints of violations of human rights from

individuals and contributed constructively to the jurisprudence of the Human Rights

Committee. He participated in the discussions on the General Comment of the Committee

dealing with the right to a fair trial and on the new draft General Comment on the right to

life.

Elizabeth S. Salmón (Peru)

Studies

1992-1994 Universidad de Sevilla (España) PhD in Public Law

Doctorate in Public Law, attached to the Department of

Administrative and Public International Law. For the development

and dissertation of the Thesis: Implementation of International

Humanitarian Law in Latin American legal systems. Mention:

Outstanding cum laude

1992-1993 Universidad de Sevilla

Diploma in European Community Law

1984-1990 Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

Degree in Law. For the development and dissertation of the Thesis:

The lockout. Mention: Outstanding

Work Experience

March 1997-current Main Professor (fulltime) assigned to the Law Department of the

Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP)

August 2011-current Director of the Instituto de Democracia y Derechos Humanos de la

Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

February 2004-current Director of Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú’s Master’s

Program on Human Rights

Oct. 2008-current Visiting professor at the Universidad Externado de Colombia

July 2013-Current Visiting lecturer at the Annual Course of the Institute International

des Droits de l’Homme of the International Institute of Human

Rights

August 2003-July 2011 Academic Director of the Instituto de Democracia y Derechos

Humanos de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

(IDEHPUCP)

May 2001-July 2003 Main researcher of the Instituto de Estudios Internacionales de la

Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

Published works

Recent Books

March 2017 Nociones básicas de Derecho Internacional Público. Colección

esencial del derecho. PUCP. Lima, Perú.

December 2016 La progresiva incorporación de las empresas en la lógica de los

derechos humanos. IDEHPUCP — KAS — Second edition.

January 2016 Introducción al Derecho Internacional Humanitario. IDEHPUCP —

CICR — Fourth edition

June 2015 La verdad nos hace libres. Sobre las relaciones entre Filosofía,

Derechos Humanos, Religión y universidad. Miguel Giusti, Gustavo

Gutiérrez y Elizabeth Salmón (editors), PUCP University Press

January 2015 Nueve conceptos claves para entender la Convención sobre los

Derechos de las Personas con Discapacidad. (Coeditor). IDEHPUCP

October 2014 Curso de Derecho Internacional Público — University Texts PUCP

Law- PUCP University Press

July 2014 La condena de Alberto Fujimori Fujimori y el Derecho Internacional

de los derechos humanos. Un capítulo fundamental de la lucha contra

la impunidad en el Perú. Topics of Public Law No. 91. Universidad

Externado de Colombia — Institute for Constitutional Studies Carlos

Restrepo Piedrahita.

2012 El derecho al debido proceso en la jurisprudencia de la Corte

Interamericana de Derechos Humanos. Second Edition. IDEHPUCP/

GIZ / Universidad del Rosario, Colombia

August 2012 La consulta previa, libre e informada en el Perú. La inclusión del

interés indígena en el mundo de los derechos humanos. IDEHPUCP /

KAS

2011 Jurisprudencia de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos.

Collection Texts of Jurisprudence. Universidad del Rosario —

University Press

2011 El crimen de agresión después de Kampala: Soberanía de los estados

y lucha contra la impunidad. Coalition for the International Criminal

Court / IDEHPUCP

2009 Estándares jurisprudenciales de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos

Humanos en materia de pueblos indígenas, niños y derechos

económicos, sociales y culturales. GTZ

2007 El Derecho Internacional Humanitario y su relación con el Derecho

interno de los Estados. Lima, PUCP Faculty of Law — Palestra

2001 Encuentros y Desencuentros: El Perú y el Derecho Internacional

Humanitario. Lima: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

2001 La Corte Penal Internacional y las medidas para su implementación

en el Perú (coordinator). Lima — PUCP — University Press

2000 y 2002 Las obligaciones internacionales del Perú en materia de Derechos

Humanos (coauthor). Lima — PUCP — University Press

Chapters in books

2016 Inclusión y gestión de la diversidad: hacia la afirmación de un

modelo de inclusión desde el DIDH. Memoria: XII Congreso de

Derecho Constitucional: el diseño institucional del Estado

democrático / César Aguado Renedo [y otros]; Magdalena Correa

Henao y Paula Robledo Silva (editores) — Bogotá: Universidad

Externado de Colombia. 2016. pp. 261-289.

2015 Dignidad y su impacto en el desarrollo de los derechos humanos de las

personas con discapacidad, págs.139-161. El respeto a la dignidad de

la persona humana. IV Curso Brasileño Interdisciplinario en Derechos

Humanos. Coordinadores Antonio Augusto Cancado Trindade y César

Barros Leal. Fortaleza, Brasil, 2015

June 2015 Who is a Protected Civilian?” in: The 1949 Geneva Conventions in

Context: A Commentary, edited by Andrew Clapham, Paola Gaeta,

Marco Sassòli, Oxford University Press.

August, 2014 El derecho frente a la crisis del agua en el Perú. In: Primeras jornadas

de derecho de aguas. Center for Research, Training and Legal Affairs

of the Department of Law — Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

April, 2014 El buen gobierno en la jurisprudencia del Sistema Interamericano de

Derechos Humanos y su relevancia para el Estado Peruano. In: Buen

gobierno y derechos humanos. Nuevas perspectivas en el derecho

público para fortalecer la legitimidad democrática de la

administración pública en el Perú. Alberto Castro (editor). Law

School of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Abril 2014.

Pages 131-143

March, 2013 The Struggle for Laws of Free, Prior and Informed Consultation in

Perú: Lessons and Ambiguities in the Recognition of Indigenous

Peoples, published by The Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal,

University of Washington School of Law, vol. 22, Nº 2,

2013 The control of conventionality and its impact on the dialogue between

national courts and the Inter-American Human Rights. In: Basic

Concepts of Public International Law: Monism and Dualism, edited

by Marko Novakovic.

2012 Introduction au droit international humanitaire. Travaux de l’institut

de sciences criminelles et de la Justice de Bordeaux, sous la direction

de J.-C. Saint Pau, n° 2, p. 289. 2012

2011 The Long Road in the Fight against Poverty and its Promising

Encounter with Human Rights Human Rights, part III, chapter nine

from the book: Debates: Perspectives from the South. Proceedings of

the First Joint Conference of The International Journal on Human

Rights (sur) & Partners in Development for Research, Consulting and

Training (PID). Cairo, Egypt.

2011 Reflections on international humanitarian law and transitional justice:

lessons to be learnt from the Latin American experience. In:

Transitional Justice: handbook for Latin America, edited by Félix

Reátegui, Brasilia: Amnesty Commission of the Ministry of Justice;

New York: International Center for Transitional Justice, 2011.

Published in Spanish, Portuguese and English.

2011 Entre las promesas de consulta previa y la continuidad de la protesta

social: las ambigüedades de la participación política indígena en el

Perú”. Bolivia, 2011, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung e.V.

Articles

2017 El Sistema de Ejecución de Decisiones Internacionales sobre

Derechos Humanos en el Perú. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de

México (Forthcoming)

Discapacidad y derechos humanos: o cuando el principio de no

discriminación surte sus mejores efectos al servicio de las personas

con discapacidad. In: Óscar Parra, Romina Sijniensky y Gabriela

Pacheco Arias (eds.) La Lucha por los derechos humanos hoy:

Estudios en homenaje a Cecilia Medina Quiroga. Tirant lo Blanch,

pp. 517-540

July 2016 Aproximación Institucional del DIH y el DIDH: tendencias actuales

en la jurisprudencia de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos

Humanos. In: Revista IUS ET VERITAS Nº 52, pp. 330-354.

2015 Dignidad y su impacto en el desarrollo de los derechos humanos de las

personas con discapacidad, págs.139-161. In: El respeto a la dignidad

de la persona humana. IV Curso Brasileño Interdisciplinario en

Derechos Humanos. Antonio Augusto Cançado Trindade y César

Barros Leal (Coord.). Fortaleza, Brasil

June 2015 Las comisiones de la verdad y la jurisprudencia de la Corte

Interamericana de Derechos Humanos. ¿Hacia la parajudicialización

de las comisiones de la verdad? Págs. 291-313. In: La verdad nos

hace libres. Sobre las relaciones entre filosofía, derechos humanos,

religión y universidad. Miguel Giusti, Gustavo Gutiérrez y Elizabeth

Salmón (editors). Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú —

University Press. Lima (Peru).

2014 The contribution of international law to the respect for human rights

and the establishment of a real state of law in Latinamerica. In: Hendu

— Latin American Journal of Human Rights, vol. 5, Nº 2, pp. 3-14.

2014 The struggle for laws of free, prior, and informed consultation in Peru:

Lessons and ambiguites in the recognition of indigenous peoples. In:

Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade and César Barros Leal (Coord.),

Equality and Non-Discrimination — II Interdisciplinary Brazilian

Course on Human Rights, Fortaleza: IBDH/IIDH/SLADI, pp. 119-

164.

2014 Institutional Approach between IHL and IHRL: Current Trends in the

Jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, in:

Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies, Volume 5, pp.

152-185.

2014 Rusia y la anexión de Crimea o la crisis de la post Guerra Fría

(coauthor) with Pablo Rosales. In: Derecho PUCP, N° 73, Lima:

Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú — University Press, pp.

185-204.

2014 Una buena noticia para todos: Perú y Chile ante la Corte Internacional

de Justicia. In: Anuario de Derecho Público, Santiago de Chile:

Universidad Diego Portales, p. 473-497.

Committee Member

2015 Member of the Editorial Board of the Faculty of Law at the

Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia, April 2015

Member of the Editorial Board of the Mexican Yearbook of

International Law. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México,

Institute for Legal Research.

Member of the International Referees State Law Journal, published by

the Universidad Externado de Colombia.

Correspondant du Comité, La Revue des droits de l’homme, Revue du

Center des recherches et d’etudes sur les droits fondamentaux de

l’Université Paris Ouest Nanterre-La Défense

2010 Member of the Scientific Committee of the magazine Processi Storici

and Politiche di Pace, Rome, Italy.

2004-2014 Member of the Editorial Board of the International Review of the Red

Cross (ICRC) (Headquarter in Geneva, Switzerland)

Others academic or professional contributions

Peer reviewer of the Commentaries on the 1949 Geneva Conventions. Commentary on the

First Geneva Convention. Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the

Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field. Cambridge University Press, ICRC, 2016.

Languages English: University of Cambridge.

French: French Alliance of Lima (complete studies) and Language

Center of Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (French for Law

course).

Participation in Conferences and Events

Takes part as speaker in numerous Seminars, Conferences and Events, across the world.

Virginia B. Dandan (Philippines)

Ms. Virginia B. Dandan was appointed by the Human Rights Council as the

independent expert on human rights and international solidarity in June 2011. She assumed

her functions on 1 August 2011.

Ms. Dandan is an internationally recognized expert in economic, social and cultural

rights and served as the Chairperson of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and

Cultural Rights for eight years from 1999 to 2007, having been a member of the Committee

for twenty years (1990-2010). She retired from teaching in 2009, from the University of the

Philippines College of Fine Arts, where she was a faculty member until 2009, and Dean

from 2001 to 2006.

She has extensive experience in human rights work on the ground, providing

technical assistance on UN treaty body reporting, and training courses on economic, social

and cultural rights, human rights in development, human rights education and training, the

rights of indigenous peoples, cultural rights, gender issues, and sustainable development.

Changrok Soh (Republic of Korea)

Education

1987-1992 Ph.D. in International Relations Fletcher School of Law and

Diplomacy, Tufts University

1984-1987 Masters of Arts in Law and Diplomacy Fletcher School of Law and

Diplomacy, Tufts University

1980-1984 Bachelor of Arts in Political ScienceDepartment of Int’l Relations,

Seoul National University

Work experience

Mar. 1996-Present Professor

Korea University Graduate School of International Studies

Apr. 2016-Present Director

Korea University Human Rights Center

Oct. 2014-Present Member

United Nations Human Rights Council Advisory Committee

Dec. 2010-Present President

Human Asia

Jul. 2015-Present Member of Central Committee

The National Unification Advisory Council

Mar. 2015-Present Outside Director, Ildong Pharmaceutical

Mar. 2015-Present Outside Director, Paradise Group

Apr. 2014-Present Member

The Korea Foundation Committee for Recommendation of

Executive Directors

Oct. 2013-Present Commissioner,

The Deliberation Committee on Compensation and Support for

Abduction Victims, Prime Minister’s Office

Jul. 2013-Present Commissioner,

National Human Right Commission of Korea The Consultative

Council of Human Right Policy Officials

Jul. 2012-Present Commissioner,

Ministry of Unification Policy Advisory Committee

Jun. 2010-Present Commissioner,

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Self-Evaluation Committee

Jan. 2007-Present Director,

The Korean Association for Public Administration Steering

Committee

Mar. 2005-Present Board Member,

Citizens’ Alliance for North Korean Human Rights

Jan. 2002-Present Director

The Korean Association of International Studies

Mar. 1996-Present Research Associate,

Telco Research Institute (Former International Trade and Business

Institute (ITBI)

Apr. 2012-Apr. 2015 Members of the Board of Trustees

KEPCO International Nuclear Graduate School

Jan. 2012-Jan. 2014 Commissioner

Korean Social Science Research Council

International Affairs Committee

Jul. 2010-Present Commissioner

National Human Right Commission of Korea

International Human Rights Committee

Aug. 2009-Mar. 2010 Visiting Professor

Sam Nunn School of International Affairs,

Georgia Institute of Technology

Mar. 2009-Jun. 2009 Visiting Scholar

East-West Center (Honolulu, Hawaii)

Mar. 2008-Feb. 2010 Research Director

The International Society of Chomsky Studies

Sep. 2007-Dec. 2008 Dean

Korea University Division of International Studies

Dec. 2006-Dec. 2008 Dean

Korea University Graduate School of International Studies

Dec. 2006-Feb. 2008 Director

Korea University Global Research Institute

Jan. 2006-Nov. 2010 Deputy Director

Asia Center for Human Rights

Jan. 2006-Dec. 2006 Research Director

The Korean Association of International Studies

Jan. 2005-Dec. 2007 Director

The Korean Association for Policy Studies

The Steering Committee

Feb. 2002-Feb. 2003 Visiting Professor

New York University Wagner School of Public Services

Mar. 1998-Feb. 2002 Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Korea University Graduate School of International Studies

Jun. 1992-Feb. 1994 Research Associate

Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy (BRIE)

University of California, Berkeley

Jun. 1992-Jun. 1993 Research Fellow

Pacific Basic Research Center

Harvard University J. F. Kennedy School of Government

Dec. 1991-Jun. 1993 Visiting Research Associate

Center for Technology and International Affairs

The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University

May. 1991-Oct. 1991 Intern

East-West Center (Honolulu, Hawaii)

Jun. 1989-Dec. 1989 Intern

United Nations (Geneva, Switzerland) Secretariat’s Office

Publications

“Once Resolved, Stay Resolved? The Refugee Policy of Jordan toward Palestinian

Refugees.” Journal of International and Area Studies, 23(1), 2016.

“The Evolution of Corporate Human Rights Responsibility Norms.” Journal of

International and Area Studies, 25(2): 151-181, 2016.

“The Motivations for Voluntary Compliance with International Corporate Human Rights

Responsibility (CHR) Guidelines by Korean Companies (In Korean).” Journal of East and

West Studies, 28(2): 175-207, 2016.f

International Organization: Politics of Global Governance, 2nd Edition (in Korean). Dasan

Publishing Co., 2016.

International Organization in Human Rights, Refugees and Migration Issues: UN Human

Rights Organizations∙UNHCR∙IOM (in Korean). Oruem, 2015.

“The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee’s Contribution to Global Human

Rights.” The Institute of Korean Studies, Korea Observer, Vol. 46, No. 5, 2015.

“Human Rights, Official Development Assistance (ODA), and Globalization: Quantitative

Studies and the Case of South Korea.” The Institute of Korean Studies, Korea Observer,

Vol. 46, No. 5, 2015.

“The Current Status of National Human Rights Institutions and its Implications on the

National Human Right Commission on Republic of Korea: Based on 69 National Human

Rights Institutions Accredited with an “A” Status”, Peace Studies, Vol. 22, No. 2, 2014.

“UN Charter-Based Human Rights System and East Asian Human Rights (in Korean)”.

Korean Journal of International Relations, Vol. 54, No. 4, 2014

“The Refugee Act of Korea: The Limits of Civil Society Influence.” Korean Political

Science Review, Vol. 48, No. 3, 2014.

“Regional Governance of North Korean Human Rights.” Journal of International Politics,

Vol. 19, No. 1, 2014.

“Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Implementation in South Korea: Lessons from

American and British CSR Policies.” Institute of international Affairs, Journal of

International and Area Studies, Vol. 21, No. 2, 2014.

“Cosmopolitan Memories in East Asia: Revisiting and Reinventing the Second World

War.” International Journal of Transitional Justice, Vol. 21, No. 1, 2014.

“Regional Governance of North Korean Human Rights.” Journal of International Politics,

Vol. 19 No. 1, 2014.

“The Refugee Act of Korea: The Limits of Civil Society Influence.” Korean Political

Science Review, Vol. 48 No. 3, 2014.

“Extending Corporate Liability to Human Rights Violations in Asia.” Journal of

International and Area Studies, Vol. 20, No. 1, 2013.

“Forced Repatriation of North Korean Defectors: Granting Refugee Status under

International Law.” Journal of Peace and Unification, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2012.

“Representation of Human Rights Violations by Human Right NGOs.” Journal of

International Politics, Vol. 17, No. 1, 2012.

“Comprehensive Security Governance in East Asia: Converging Concepts, Institutions and

Approaches.” East West Studies, Vol. 24, No. 2, 2012.

“Characteristics of the Korean Human Rights Governance and Possibility of Diffusion into

the Asian Region (In Korean).” Korean Unification Studies, Vol. 15, No. 2, 2011.

Improving North Korean Human Rights Situation- Peaceful Engagement and International

Experiences (In Korean). Hanul, 2010.

“A Study on Good Governance of Support Policy for North Korean Defectors: Focusing on

Employment Policy.” East and West Studies, Vol. 22, No. 1, 2010.

“Theoretical Considerations Why Countries Provide Development Aid.” Journal of

International Politics, Vol. 15, No. 1, 2010.

Diffusion and Internalization of Governance (In Korean). DaeKyung, 2009.

Institutionalization of Regional Meta governance Framework to Enhance Human Security

in East Asia. GIARI Working Paper, Vol. 2008-E-2, 200.

“Multilateral Cooperation to Advocate Human Security in East Asia.” Korea Review of

International Studies, Vol. 10, No. 2, 2007.

A Method of Improvement and Vitalization for Peace and Prosperity of Korean Peninsula

(In Korean). Korean Institute of National Unification, 2007.

“Enhancing Human Security in North Korea through Development of a Human Rights

Regime in Asia.” Korea Review of International Studies, Vol. 10, No. 1, 2007.

Enhancing Human Security in North Korea: A Multilateral Approach. Non-Governmental

Six Party Talks on Cooperation in Northeast Asia, Korea Association of International

Studies, 2006.

Global Governance and Korea (In Korean). Hanyang University Press, 2006.

Survey Study on Peace and Prosperity of Korean Peninsula (in Korean). Korean Institute of

National Unification, 2006.

Establishing Desirable Governance of Unification Policy for Integration of South and

North Korea (In Korean). Korean Institute of National Unification, 2005.

“North Korean Human Rights and East Asian Human Rights Governance: Focusing on

International Regime Theory.” The Institute of Peace Affairs, Vol. 44, 2005.

“United States Foreign Policy and United Nations: The Case of the War in Iraq.” The

Korean Journal of International Relations, Vol. 44, No. 5, 2004.

“The Role of NGOs in International Economic Organizations: Critical Theory

Perspectives.” Korea Review of International Studies, Vol. 7, No. 1, 2004.

“Heavy and Chemical Industrialization (HCI) Policy as a Mega-policy.” Korea Journal of

Policy Studies, Vol. 18, No. 2, 2004.

International Organization: Politics of Global Governance, 1st Edition (in Korean). Dasan

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“Theories of Global Governance,” Korea Review of International Studies. Vol. 5, No. 1,

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Globalization and Korea. Eulyoo Publishing Co., 2003.

“Theoretical Approaches to Global Governance.” Korea Review of International Studies,

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“The Influence of the United States on ‘WTO Plus’ in the Asia-Pacific Economic

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“Dilemma of Politics of Reform in North Korea: Where Is It Going?” East Asian Review,

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“Global Governance and International Organization (in Korean).” A paper presented at

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Realism in Theories of International Political Economy (in Korean). Contemporary

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“Political Economy of Trade Negotiation: The Case Analysis of Korean Trade Negotiations

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The World after the Cold War: Issues and Dilemmas. Graduate School of International

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Comparative Study of Korean and Japanese Trade Negotiations with the United States: The

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“From Investment to Innovation?: The Korean Political Economy and Changes in Industrial

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“International Competitiveness of Korean Semiconductor Industry,” Korea Review of

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the Age of Globalization: Implications for Korean Political Economy and Unification,

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Integration in the Asia-Pacific,” Co-authored with Denis F. Simon. Economic and Regional

Cooperation in Northeast Asia, University of Chicago, 1996.

“Comparative Study of Industrial Strategies of the United States and Japan: The Case of

Co-Research and Development Program of Government and Enterprise in High-tech

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“Orbital Mechanics of South Korea’s Technological Development: An Examination of the

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“Korea’s Technological Development,” Co-authored with Denis Simon. Pacific Review,

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“Legacy of Mega-policy (Heavy and Chemical Industrialization): Can Korea Succeed in

High-Technology?” Great Policies in Asia, edited by John Montgomery. Pacific Basin

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Administration, Seoul National University, 1993.

Ion Diaconu (Romania)

Studies:

1956-1960 Bachelor of Law — Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest,

Romania

1965-1968 PhD studies — University of Geneva, Switzerland

1971 PhD in International Law — University of Geneva, Switzerland

Professional activities:

October 2013 to present

University Spiru Haret, Bucharest

Professor Associate main topics — “The right of fundamental

freedoms” and “Public international law” University of Bucharest,

Faculty of Law

Professor Associate coordinator for master studies in “International

Responsibility of States”;

2010-2013 University Spiru Haret, Bucharest

Professor Associate main topics — “Juridical protection of human

rights”, “Diplomatic and consular relations”, “European and Euro-

Atlantic Organizations”;

2008-2010 University Spiru Haret, Bucharest

Professor-Lecturer, main topics — „Juridical protection of human

rights”, “Diplomatic and Consular Law” and “International Relations

in Modern and Contemporary Times”, “European and Euro-Atlantic

Organizations”;

2006-2008 Spiru Haret University, Bucharest

Professor-Lecturer main topics — “Juridical Protection of Human

Rights” and “European and Euro-Atlantic Organizations”;

2005-2008 Commission on Foreign Policy;

Chamber of Deputies — Parliament of Romania;

Chief Adviser.

1960-2005 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania:

Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;

Ambassador of Romania to Denmark;

Ambassador of Romania to the Russian Federation;

Director General, Legal Department;

Director General Consular Affairs Department;

Director General, Department for Security and Cooperation in Europe;

Deputy Director, International Organizations and Legal Department;

Diplomatic Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Romanian to the United

Nations, New York;

Diplomatic Counsellor, Embassy of Romanian in Brussels;

Academic activities:

1990-1993 National School of Political and Administrative Studies

Professor International Law Studies;

2001-2006 National School of Political and Administrative Studies, Romanian

Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;

Faculty of History — University of Bucharest;

Faculty of Law and Administrative Studies — “Dimitrie Cantemir”

University;

Professor-Lecturer of International Law;

1993-2001 Miscellaneous lectures on human rights issues in Copenhagen, Oslo,

Lund, Stockholm and Moscow.

Participation in major international conferences:

1963 Vienna, Conference for the codification of consular law;

1972-1975 Helsinki and Geneva, Conference on Security and Cooperation in

Europe;

2009 Geneva Review Conference on the implementation of Durban

documents.

2001 Durban, World Conference against racism, racial discrimination,

xenophobia and related intolerance;

1999 Sankt Petersburg, United Nations meeting, Decade of International

Law;

1996 Copenhagen, World Conference on Social Development;

1988 United Nations Commission on Human Rights;

1986 Vienna, General Meeting of the Conference on Security and

Cooperation;

1985 Ottawa, Meeting on Human Rights, Conference on Security and

Cooperation in Europe;

1980 Madrid, General meeting of the Conference on Security and

Cooperation in Europe;

1978 Belgrade, General meeting of the Conference on Security and

Cooperation in Europe;

1964, 1981-1985, sessions of the General Assembly of the U.N. and other U.N. bodies in

New York;

Membership of international legal bodies:

2013-2016 Member of the Committee for Regional or Minority Languages,

Council of Europe;

2012-2016 Member Compliance Committee of the Aarhus Convention on Access

to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to

Justice in Environmental Matters, of the United Nation Economic

Commission for Europe — UNECE;

2012-2015 Member of the Committee for the Elimination of Racial

Discrimination;

2008-2011 Member of the Committee for the Elimination of Racial

Discrimination, Rapporteur of the Committee;

2002-2003 Chairman of the Committee for the Elimination of Racial

Discrimination;

1991-2002 Member of the Committee for the Elimination of Racial

Discrimination;

1988-2002 Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration;

1988-1991 Member of the U.N. Sub commission for the Protection of Minorities

and the Prevention of Discrimination;

Scientific activities and publications:

• Imperative Norms of International Law (Jus Cogens), 1971 (in French language),

1977 (in Romanian language);

• Handbook on Public International Law, 1993 (in Romanian language), 1995 —

second edition, 2010 — third edition;

• Human Rights (in Romanian language), 1993;

• Human Rights in the Contemporary International Law (2001 — in Romanian

language);

• Human Rights in the Contemporary International Law, theory and practice (in

Romanian language- 2010);

• Juridical Protection of Human Rights, 2007 and 2010 — in Romanian language;

• Minorities — Status and Prospects, 1996 — in Romanian language;

• Minorities — Identity and Equality, 1998 — in Romanian language;

• Minorities in the Third Millennium, 1999 — in Romanian language;

• Minorities in International Law, 2001 — in English language;

• Minorities from Non-Discrimination to Identity, 2004 — in English, published with

financial support of UNESCO;

• Minorities in the Contemporary International Law, 2009 — in Romanian language;

• European and Euro-Atlantic Organizations, 2009, second edition 2011 — in

Romanian language;

• International Relations in Modern and Contemporary Times, 2008 — in Romanian

language;

• Treaties of international law, vol. I (Introduction and Sources), 2002 — in Romanian

language;

• Treaties of international law, vol. II (Representation, Spaces and Population), 2003

— in Romanian language;

• Treaties of international law, vol. III (Economic Relations and Ways and Means of

International Cooperation, 2005-in Romanian language;

• The International Criminal Court — a new stage, 2002 — in English language;

• Racial Discrimination, 2005 — in Romanian language;

• Racial Discrimination, 2007 — in English, published by the UNDP Office of

Bucharest;

• Racial Discrimination, 2011 — in English, published by Eleven Publishers, The

Hague;

• Culture and Human Rights, 2012, in Romanian language, Ed. Pro Universitaria;

• International Responsibility in International Law, 2013, in Romanian language, Ed.

Pro Universitaria;

• Introduction to public international law, 2014, in Romanian language, Ed. Pro

Universitaria;

• Speaking Different, Living Together; Linguistic Rights, Ed. Al Ata, 2015;

• La Culture et les Droits de L’homme, 2015, Le Harmattan, Edilivre, Paris ;

• More than 100 studies and articles on different issues of international law and

human rights in Romanian language and foreign publications and books, in

Romanian language, English and French.

Languages:

Romanian — native

English, French and Russian — Full professional proficiency