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Economic and Social Council
Distr. GENERAL
17 April 1996
ENGLISH
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH/FRENCH/SPANISH
Resumed organizational session for 1996
ELECTIONS, NOMINATIONS AND CONFIRMATIONS
Election of nine members of the Committee on Economic, Social
and Cultural Rights
Note by the Secretary-General
1. By its resolution 1985/17, the Economic and Social Council decided
to establish a Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to
undertake functions relating to the implementation of the
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and to
assist the Council in fulfilling its responsibilities under the
Covenant.
2. In accordance with that resolution, the Council, at its resumed
organizational session of 1992, elected by secret ballot, from a list
of persons nominated by States parties to the Covenant, nine experts
as members of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,
for a four-year term beginning on 1 January 1993 and ending on 31
December 1996 (decision 1992/216). The current membership of the
Committee is given in annex I below.
3. At its present session, the Council is to elect nine members of
the Committee for a four-year term, beginning on 1 January 1997. The
terms of the following members expire on 31 December 1996: Madoe
Virginie AHODIKPE (Togo), Juan ALVAREZ VITA (Peru), Dumitru CEAUSU
(Romania), Abdessatar GRISSA (Tunisia), Mari'a de los Angeles JIMENEZ
BUTRAGUEN~O (Spain), Kenneth Osborne RATTRAY (Jamaica), Chikako TAYA
(Japan), Philippe TEXIER (France), Margerita VYSOKAJOVA' (Czech
Republic).
4. In a note verbale dated 22 December 1995, the Secretary-General
invited the States parties to the International Covenant on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights to submit their nominations for membership
in the Committee. The names of the persons nominated as at 15 March
1996 are set out below, together with the States parties that
nominated them.
Name Proposed by
Madoe' Virginie AHODIKPE Togo
Ivan ANTANOVICH Belarus
Dumitru CEAUSU* Romania
Krzysztof DRZEWCKI Poland
Tarik EZZAKI Morocco
Abdessatar GRISSA* Tunisia
Luvsandanzangiin IDER Mongolia
Mari'a de los Angeles JIME'NEZ BUTRAGUEN~O* Spain
Fe'lix LOMPO Niger
Jose' Roberto MEJIA TRABANINO El Salvador
Ariranga Govindasamy PILLAY Mauritius
Kenneth Osborne RATTRAY* Jamaica
Nicos SYMEONIDES Cyprus
Philippe TEXIER* France
Vojtech TKA'þ Slovakia
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* Nominated for re-election.
5. Biographical information on the persons nominated is contained in
annex II below. Any further nominations received by the Secretary-
General will be brought to the attention of the Council in addenda to
the present note.
6. As at 15 March 1996, there were 133 States parties to the
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The
number of States parties by regional group and the number of seats to
be allocated to each region under subparagraph (b) of Council
resolution 1985/17 are as follows:
States parties as
Seats
Regional group at 15 March 1996
allocated
African States 40 4
Asian States 21 3
Eastern European States 22 3
Latin American and Caribbean States 27 4
Western European and other States 23 4
Total 133 18
7. Accordingly, the number of vacancies in each geographical region
to be filled by the Council is as follows:
Regional group Number of vacancies
African States 2
Asian States 1
Eastern European States 2
Latin American and Caribbean States 2
Western European and other States 2
Total 9
Annex I
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS
(18 members; four-year term)
Term expires on
31 December
Ade Adekuoye (Nigeria) ............................ 1998
Mahmoud Samir Ahmed (Egypt) ....................... 1998
Madoe Virginie Ahodikpe (Togo)* ................... 1996
Philip Alston (Australia) ......................... 1998
Juan Alvarez Vita (Peru)* ......................... 1996
Virginia Bonoan-Dandan (Philippines) .............. 1998
Dumitru Ceausu (Romania)* ......................... 1996
Abdessatar Grissa (Tunisia)* ...................... 1996
Mari'a de los Angeles Jime'nez Butraguen~o (Spain)* .. 1996
Valeri I. Kouznetsov (Russian Federation) ......... 1998
Jaime Alberto Marchan Romero (Ecuador) ............ 1998
Kenneth Osborne Rattray (Jamaica)* ................ 1996
Bruno Simma (Germany) ............................. 1998
Chikako Taya (Japan)* ............................. 1996
Philippe Texier (France)* ......................... 1996
Nutan Thapalia (Nepal) ............................ 1998
Margerita Vysokajova' (Czech Republic)* ............ 1996
Javier Wimer Zambrano (Mexico) .................... 1998
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* Retiring member.
Annex II
BIOGRAPHICAL DATA ON CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION TO THE COMMITTEE
ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS
Madoe Virginie AHODIKPE (Togo)*
(* Current member of the Committee.)
Education and degrees
1975: First degree (licence) in law, University of Dijon.
1974-1975: Judicial studies certificate I and II, Dijon.
1976: Second degree (diplome d'e'tudes approfondies) in
Criminal Sciences, University of Montpellier.
1976: Diploma in magistrature.
Professional experience
1976-1977: National College of Magistrates, Paris.
1978: Practical training at the Tribunal de grande instance at
Dijon.
1978-1982: Deputy Public Prosecutor at Lome'.
1982-1984: Dean of examining magistrates at the Court of Lome'.
1984-1986: President of the First Correctional Division of the
Court of Lome'.
1986-1989: President of the Court of First Instance at Vogan, Togo.
1989-1993: Counsellor at the Appeals Court, Lome'.
June 1993-present: Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions at the Appeals
Court, Lome'.
Other activities
1988: - Training course in the implementation of international
standards, held in Lome' by the United Nations Centre
for Human Rights.
- Study trip to the United States of America on the topic
of women in the development process.
1990: - Headed the Togolese delegation to the Congress of the
African Federation of Women Lawyers and Women in Legal
Careers in Abidjan.
- Member of the International Association of the African
Federation of Women Lawyers and Women in Legal Careers.
- Founding member of the Togolese Association of Women
Lawyers and Women in Legal Careers.
- General Treasurer (and Founding member) of the
Association for the Promotion of the Rule of Law.
- Administrative Secretary of the Pan-African Democracy
Watch.
Ivan ANTANOVICH (Belarus)
Employment/political experience
1969-1974: Staff member, United Nations Secretariat; edited the
International Review of Criminal Policy of the United
Nations.
1976-1977: Representative of the former Byelorussian Soviet Socialist
Republic to the Human Rights Commission.
1980-1990: Deputy, Supreme Soviet of the former Byelorussian SSR;
Chief, Commission on Education and Culture of the Supreme
Soviet.
1978-1992: Vice-Chancellor in Charge of Research, Academy of Social and
Political Sciences, Moscow.
1992-1995: Director, Research Institute "Belinformprognose".
1995 to present: Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Belarus.
Academic qualifications
Ph.D. in Philosophy and Anthropology; Professor of Social
and Political Sciences; full member (academician), Russian
Academy of Social and Political Sciences; full member
(academician), Academy of Geopolitics of the Republic of
Belarus.
Publications
Author of 15 books on the problems of social development,
the modernization of transitory societies, and the dynamics
of socialization and culture. Among the latest:
Sociodynamics of Power (Moscow, 1990) and Sociodynamics of
Ideology (Minsk, 1994).
Other relevant experience
Adviser to Mr. Gorbachev on social reform issues, 1987-1991;
adviser and political analyst to the Prime Minister of
Belarus, 1992-1994; political adviser to the President of
Belarus, 1994 to present.
Extensive lecturing experience at, for example, the
University of Quebec, the University of New Delhi, Harvard
University and Atlantic University. Participant in a number
of international research teams studying contemporary social
problems, such as poverty, migration, social stratification
and crime prevention and control.
Dumitru CEAUSU (Romania)*
(* Current member of the Committee.)
Education
1956-1960: Law Faculty, University of Bucharest.
1966-1969: Docteur e`s sciences politiques, Graduate Institute of High
International Studies, University of Geneva.
Employment
1960-1966: Attache', thereafter Third Secretary, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of Romania.
1969-1972: Second Secretary, thereafter First Secretary, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs.
1972-1977: First Secretary, then Counsellor, Permanent Mission of
Romania to the United Nations.
1981-1985: Counsellor and Minister-Counsellor, Embassy of Romania to
the former Federal Republic of Germany.
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, Charge' d'affaires a.i., Embassy of
Romania to Norway.
1994 to present: Director, Legal Affairs and Treaty Division, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs.
International meetings
and conferences
1967 and 1969: Expert on the Romanian delegation to the General Assembly.
1966: Expert on the Romanian delegation to the Economic and Social
Council.
1965: Expert on the Romanian delegation to the International
Labour Conference.
1972-1977: Alternate member of the Romanian delegation to the General
Assembly.
1976-1977: Alternate representative of Romania to the Security Council.
Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (New
York and Caracas sessions).
1978-1983: Representative of Romania to the Subcommission on Prevention
of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities.
1993 to present: Representative of Romania to the Committee for Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights.
Publications
Thesis entitled "Peaceful settlement of international
disputes through procedures of direct understanding" (1971,
in French); articles in Romanian magazines on the law of the
sea, the definition of aggression, the principles of
international law, and human rights.
Languages English, French and German.
Krzysztof DRZEWICKI (Poland)
Education
Silesian University, Katowice: LL.M., 1972.
University of Gdaþsk: LL.D., 1978 and Dr. Hab., 1989.
Employment/work experience
Participated in sessions of the International Institute of Human Rights
(Strasbourg, 1979 and 1980); in 1986, received Diploma from the Centre for
Studies and Research in International Law and International Relations of The
Hague Academy of International Law. Research and teaching in international
public law; specialization in international law of human rights, international
humanitarian law and international organizations. Lecturer and researcher,
University of Gdaþsk, Faculty of Law and Administration (1973 to present);
Professor of Public International Law (1992 to present); Senior Researcher,
Norwegian Institute of Human Rights, Oslo (1989-1991). Delivered guest
lectures at the Universities of Oslo, Lund, Sheffield, Nottingham, Aberdeen,
Barcelona (Universidad Auto'noma), Syracuse (Maxwell School of Citizenship and
Public Affairs) and Buffalo (State University); and taught at international
courses on human rights law (Strasbourg, Poznaþ, bo/Turku and Barcelona) and
on international humanitarian law (Warsaw Summer School). NSZZ Solidarnoþþ
Trade Union, National Commission, International Department, Gdaþsk: adviser
on international labour standards and human rights (1994); in that capacity,
member of the Polish ILO Tripartite Committee, Warsaw (1990-1994).
International meetings and conferences
Representative of the Government of Poland to the control organs of the
European Convention on Human Rights (1994 to present). Participated in the
International Labour Conferences of the ILO (Geneva, 1989-1994) (Committee on
the Application of Standards) as a workers' adviser on behalf of NSZZ
Solidarnoþþ Trade Union within the tripartite delegation of Poland.
Representative of the Government of Poland as an adviser at the Commission on
Human Rights (Geneva, 1993 and 1995). Member of the Committee of Experts for
the Improvement of Procedures for the Protection of Human Rights, the Council
of Europe (1993-1995), and member of the Steering Committee for Human Rights,
the Council of Europe (1995 to present).
National expert proposed by the Government of Poland for the needs of the
Human Dimension Mechanism of the Conference/Organisation for Security and
Cooperation in Europe (CSCE/OSCE) (1992 to present); in that capacity, expert
member of the mission by the CSCE/OSCE High Commissioner on National
Minorities to Albania (August 1993).
Head of the Polish delegation to the CSCE/OSCE implementation meetings on
human dimension issues (Warsaw, 1993 and 1995).
Chairman of the Working Group on Assistance to Democratic Institutions of the
Council of the Baltic Sea States (1995 and 1996).
Publications
Of a total of more than 70 publications, some recent examples are: "The right
to work and rights in work", in Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: A
Textbook, A. Eide, C. Krause and A. Rosas, eds. (Dordrecht/Boston/London:
Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1995); "Implementation of social and economic
rights in Central and Eastern Europe: transforming from planned economy to
market economy", Nordic Journal of International Law, vol. 64, No. 3 (1995);
"The European social charter and Polish legislation and practice" and (with
A. Rosas) "Social rights in a united Europe", in Social Rights as Human
Rights: A European Challenge, K. Drzewicki, C. Krause and A. Rosas, eds.
(bo: Institute For Human Rights, 1994); "Pluralism and freedom of
association: the case of trade unionism", in The Strength of Diversity:
Human Rights and Pluralist Democracy, A. Rosas and J. Helgesen, eds.
(Dordrecht/Boston/London: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1992). A more
extensive list of publications is available for consultation in the files of
the Secretariat.
Tarik EZZAKI (Morocco)
University degrees and diplomas
1974: First degree (licence) in economic sciences, Faculty of Law,
University of Rabat.
1979: Second degree (diplo^me d'e'tudes superieures) in economic
sciences, Faculty of Law, University of Casablanca.
1986: Doctorate in economic sciences, Faculty of Law, University of
Casablanca.
Professional experience
1971-1972: Urban tax inspector, Casablanca.
1974: National service in the merchant navy, Casablanca.
1975: Assistant lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Casablanca.
1979: Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Casablanca.
1984: Adviser, International Chamber of Commerce, Casablanca.
1985-1993: Lecturer, School of Banking, Casablanca.
1986: Senior lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Casablanca.
1990: Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Casablanca.
1991: Professor and co-founder, School of Advanced Management Studies,
and academic adviser.
Publications, research and lectures
Infrastructure et de'veloppement au Maroc (Rabat: Editions Stouky, 1981); Le
ro^le de l'infrastructure des transports dans la transformation de
l'environnement e'conomique et le de'veloppement re'gional, essay on industry
location; "La diffusion de l'influence economique par l'infrastructure des
transports" (1990); "Des transports au Maghreb dans la perspective d'un
regroupement economique regional", paper presented at the symposium organized
by the Association of Engineers of the Hassania School of Public Works,
31 October and 1 November 1991; "Ame'nagement du territoire et
de'centralisation industrielle a` l'heure de l'ecologie", lecture delivered to
the Rotary Club International, Casablanca, on 22 June 1992.
Political activities
1984: Member of the commission of senior officials of the Union
Constitutionelle (UC); drafted economic programme of UC.
1985: Participated in various events and studies; Chairman of the
Regional Planning Commission of UC.
1989-1993: Member of the Advisory Commission to the Political Bureau.
Abdessatar GRISSA (Tunisia)*
(* Current member of the Committee.)
Education
1962: B.A. in Economics, University of Nottingham.
1967: Ph.D. in Economics, Brown University.
Employment/other relevant experience
1963-1965: Teaching assistant, Brown University.
1966-1967: Assistant professor, University of Connecticut.
1967-1970: Consultant, Ministry of Planning and Economics of the Government
of Tunisia.
1972: Teacher and consultant in international finance and trade,
economic development, micro- and macroeconomics.
1970-1972: Research consultant, OECD development centre.
1972: Professor of Economics, University of Tunis.
1982-1984: Dean of business school.
1984-1985: Consultant, International Monetary Fund; also taught postgraduate
courses on international finance at the School of Business
Administration, George Washington University.
1989: Fulbright Scholar, Northern Arizona University; taught
international finance.
1985-1988: Member of the Tunisian Economic and Social Council.
1993-1996: Expert on the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Committee.
Publications
"Speculation and the stability of flexible exchange rates: the case of the
French and British experience in the 1920s", doctoral thesis (Providence,
Rhode Island: Brown University, 1967); Agricultural Policies and Employment:
The Case of Tunisia (Paris: OECD, 1978); The International Sugar Trade and
its Effects on Developing Countries (French); "International commerce and
economic development", Revue Africaine du Management (1977, French);
"Reciprocal trade and economic growth in developing countries", paper
presented at a United Nations conference (March 1977); "The EEC-Maghreb
agreements and development aid", paper presented at a seminar in May 1979
(Faculte' de droit et des sciences economiques de Tunis, 1981, French);
Evolution of the Tunisian Economy from Independence in 1956 to the Present
(Arab League, 1984, Arabic); State Enterprises and the Growth of External
Indebtedness of the Developing Countries (IMF, 1985); "Bureaucracy, State
enterprise and the Tunisian economy", in Institutional Environment and
Economic Development, Jeffrey Nugent and Mustapha Kamel Nabli, eds. (North
Holland Publishing Co., 1989); "The privatization of State enterprise in
Tunisia", in Politics of the Tunisian Economy, P. Zartman, ed. (Johns Hopkins
University Press, forthcoming, French).
Luvsandanzangiin IDER (Mongolia)
Education
1963: Diploma, Institute of International Relations, Moscow.
1981: Diploma, Diplomatic Academy, Moscow.
1965: Six-month English language course, Leeds University.
Professional experience
1963-1972: Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of Mongolia.
1973-1976: Second Secretary, Embassy of Mongolia to the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
1977-1979:
1981-1986: Director, Department of International Organizations, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs.
1986-1989: Counsellor, Embassy of Mongolia to France; Permanent
Representative of Mongolia to UNESCO.
1989-1992: Director, Department of Treaty and Legal Affairs, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs.
1992-1993: Adviser, Department of Treaty and Legal Affairs, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs.
January 1993
to present: Adviser, Supreme Court of Mongolia.
Participation in international conferences and bodies
1962-1985: Attended sessions of the General Assembly as a member, adviser
and expert of the delegation of Mongolia.
1972: Rapporteur of the Third Committee of the General Assembly.
1977: Vice-Chairperson of the Third Committee of the General Assembly.
1977-1985: Representative of Mongolia to the Commission for Social
Development.
1979: Vice-Chairperson of the Commission for Social Development.
1985: Chairperson of the Commission for Social Development.
1991-1994: Member of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Mari'a de los Angeles JIMENEZ BUTRAGUEN~O (Spain)*
(* Current member of the Committee.)
Academic qualifications
First degree (licencia) in philosophy and letters from the University of
Alcala' de Henares, Madrid.
Doctorate studies at the University of Alcala' de Henares, Madrid.
Professional activities
Member of the Cuerpo Superior de Administradores Civiles del Estado
(retired).
Posts occupied: for 39 years, held various positions at the Ministry of
Labour and Social Security, working in the Documentation and Publications
Service, the General Directorate of Employment, and the General Technical
Secretariat, where she drafted reports on national and international matters
(Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Council of Europe,
International Labour Organization, United Nations). She currently works for
the journal Economi'a y Sociologi'a del Trabajo (Economics and Sociology of
Labour) published by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security.
Participation in United Nations activities
- Presentation of the two initial reports on articles 6 to 9 and 10 to
12 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
(New York, April 1980 and April 1982).
- Appointed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a member of the
Spanish delegation to a seminar on the economic role of women in the Economic
Commission for Europe region (Vienna, 15-19 October 1984).
- Appointed by the Economic and Social Council as a member of the
Sessional Working Group of Governmental Experts on the Implementation of the
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1983-1986).
- Instructor for a human rights training course in San Jose', Costa
Rica (November and December 1987).
- Participated in a seminar on economic, social and cultural rights
organized in Maastricht by the International Association of Lawyers and the
University of Limburg, and in the drafting of the final document (known as the
Limburg Principles).
- Elected by the Economic and Social Council for three consecutive
terms (1987 to 1988, 1989 to 1992 and 1993 to 1996), as an independent expert
on the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; participated in a
total of 13 sessions.
- Participated in the European Conference on International Human
Rights Standards (Barcelona, 13 to 17 January 1992).
- Participated in a seminar of experts on the use of indicators to
supervise the progressive realization of economic, social and cultural rights,
and presented the communication "Evaluacio'n del nivel y forma actual de
utilizacio'n de los indicadores en los diversos o'rganos de las Naciones
Unidas" (Assessment of the current level and manner of the use of indicators
in the various United Nations bodies) (Geneva, 25 to 29 January 1993).
Participation in International Labour Organization activities
- Participated in the sixty-sixth and sixty-seventh sessions of the
International Labour Conference (1980 and 1981), as a member of the Committee
for Equal Opportunities and Equal Treatment for Men and Women Workers:
Workers with Family Responsibilities, which adopted Convention No. 156 and
Recommendation No. 165.
- Published the article "Legislacio'n protectora e igualdad de
oportunidades y de trato para las mujeres en Espan~a" (Protective legislation,
equal opportunities and equal treatment for women in Spain), in the
International Labour Review (Vol. 101, No. 1) (January to March 1982).
Participation in Council of Europe activities
- Participated, as the representative of the Ministry of Labour and
Social Security, in the sixth and seventh meetings of the committee of experts
on protection against unemployment (Strasbourg, May and November 1979).
Professional activities in the field of women's rights
- Member of the delegation of the General Directorate of Employment of
the Ministry of Labour and Social Security to the first Ibero-American
Congress on the Occupational Advancement of Workers; presented the report "La
promocio'n profesional de la mujer, factor de desarrollo econo'mico y social"
(Professional Advancement of Women as a factor for economic and social
development) (1967).
- Appointed by the Ministry of Labour to the National Commission for
Women's Employment (1972-1975).
- Drafted the report of the Commission, "Women and Work", for the
first World Conference on Women (Mexico City, 1975).
- Participated in the drafting of the two reports submitted by the
Ministry of Labour to the second and third World Conferences on Women
(Copenhagen, 1980, and Nairobi, 1985).
- Participated in the special events organized by the United Nations
Centre for Human Rights and the International Centre for Human Rights and
Democratic Development (Canada) during the fourth World Conference on Women
(Beijing, 4 to 8 September 1995).
DECORATIONS
- Cordon of Dame of the Order of Civil Merit.
- Commendation of the Order of Civil Merit.
- Commendation of the Orden de Isabel la Cato'lica.
Fe'lix LOMPO (Niger)
Positions held
1980 to 1983: Deputy Head of District at the Service de l'animation (rural
development and education service) in Agadez.
Legal adviser, CONAPO Division (Population Directorate).
Academic qualifications
1983: Baccalaure'at (secondary school diploma).
1990: Master's degree in law.
1993: Certificate in population and development.
Education
1983 to 1990: Faculty of Law, University of Niamey.
Training
1993: Course in population and development at the Institut d'e'tudes
politiques, Paris.
1995: Course in design and management of population programmes at the Centre
d'e'tudes et recherches sur la population pour le de'veloppement.
Publications
Discrimination a` l'e'gard de la femme nige'rienne quant a` la transmission du
droit de la nationalite': regards sur la population (1993); La
planification familiale dans le droit musulman: regards sur la population
(1993); La Politique nationale de population dans l'ordonnancement juridique
nige'rien: regards sur la population (1993); Etude juridique en vue de la
mise en oeuvre de la politique nationale de population; Vers la de'finition
d'un cadre juridique pour la protection de l'enfant au Niger.
Technical notes
"Etude juridique sur la nuptialite' au Niger" (1992); "Observations sur le
document d'accord du Projet Population" (1992); "Observations et propositions
sur la Convention relative a` l'e'limination de toutes les formes de
discrimination a` l'e'gard des femmes a` l'intention du ministre du
De'veloppement social, de la Population et de la Promotion de la Femme"
(1992).
"Observations sur le code de la famille a` l'intention du ministre du
De'veloppement social" (1992); "Note technique sur la participation de la
de'le'gation nige'rienne a` la Confe'rence Internationale sur la Population et
le De'veloppement a` l'intention du ministre du De'veloppement social, de la
Population et de la Promotion de la Femme"; "Note technique sur les the`mes et
concepts mis entre crochets a` la Pre'-Confe'rence de New York"; "Note
technique sur les projets Subvention au secteur sanitaire et Sante' familiale
et de'mographie".
National committees and other bodies
Member of the Comite' technique national sur la population (National Technical
Committee on Population).
Member of the Comite' de se'lection et de suivi du programme Entreprenariat
jeunesse (Selection and Supervision Committee of the Youth Entrepreneurship
Programme).
Member of the Comite' de pre'paration de l'Anne'e internationale de la Famille
(Preparatory Committee for the International Year of the Family).
Country focal point for the development of the Projet population-sante'
(Population and Health project).
Country focal point for the assessment of the Subvention au secteur sanitaire
(Health Sector Subsidy) and Sante' familiale et de'mographie (Family Health
and Demography) projects.
Jose' Roberto MEJI'A TRABANINO (El Salvador)
Holds a degree in International Relations from the National Autonomous
University of Mexico. Member of the University of El Salvador. Has taught
university classes in international relations. Acted as presidential
commissioner for human rights up to and including 1994, and served in the same
capacity on an international level. Currently works on social programmes and
projects at the National Secretariat for the Family, and acts as its technical
representative on the Central American Council for Social Integration, which
coordinates the region's human development activities, pursuant to agreements
entered into by Central American social agencies.
Was in charge of the Central America Directorate, and later the
International Organizations Directorate (including responsibility for human
rights), in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador. From 1986 to
1994, he was a member of the delegation of El Salvador to the meetings of the
Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly, of the United Nations
Commission on Human Rights, and of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of
Discrimination and Protection of Minorities. From 1988 to 1994, at the
sessions of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States, he
participated in the committee which considered human rights issues. In 1994,
he took part in the International Conference on Population and Development,
the fourth Conference of First Ladies of Latin American and Caribbean
Countries, and the expanded meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional
Conference on the Integration of Women into the Economic and Social
Development of Latin America and the Caribbean. In 1993, he participated in
the Regional Meeting for Latin America and the Caribbean of the World
Conference on Human Rights.
He is a career civil servant, and a member of the diplomatic
establishment of the Republic of El Salvador.
He participated in the ninth Training Course on International Law,
organized by the Inter-American Juridical Committee in Rio de Janeiro, 1982;
the fourth Interdisciplinary Course on Human Rights at the Inter-American
Institute of Human Rights in San Jose', Costa Rica, 1986; and various national
and Central American courses and seminars on human rights and social issues
(1990 to 1996).
Ariranda Govindasamy PILLAY (Mauritius)
Education
1966-1969: B.Sc. Econ. (Hons.), London School of Economics and
Political Science, University of London.
1971: LL.B. and B.A. (Hons.), Merlon College, Oxford.
1972: Bar Examination (Second-class Hons.), Lincoln's Inn.
1974: UNESCO fellowship on copyright; practical training in France
and Tunisia.
1976: WIPO fellowship on patents and trademarks; research work at
the Max Planck Institute, Munich.
1979: UNITAR fellowship in international law; studied at the Hague
Academy of International Law, and did practical training at
the World Bank and United Nations Headquarters.
1981: United Nations Human Rights fellowship; did research on
constitutional law and human rights at the School of
Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
1985: United Nations fellowship for a one-month international law
seminar, United Nations Office at Geneva.
Employment
1972-1981: Successively Crown Counsel, Senior Crown Counsel and
Principal Crown Counsel.
1982-1984: Assistant Solicitor-General, responsible for drafting many
important legislative enactments; co-founder and secretary,
Mauritius Law Review.
1984: Parliamentary Counsel; in that capacity, drafted many
important pieces of legislation, such as the Sales Tax Act
of 1984 and the Copyright Act.
1987 to present: Judge of the Supreme Court of Mauritius; has acquired a rich
and varied experience in all kinds of cases, including all
aspects of human rights, given that the Supreme Court has
unlimited original and appellate jurisdiction in civil and
criminal matters, as well as a special constitutional
jurisdiction.
1994-1995: Acting Senior Puisne Judge on several occasions.
As Judge of the Supreme Court, had the opportunity of twice
chairing moot competitions in Zimbabwe and Swaziland as the
representative of the Chief Justice of Mauritius on the
subject of human rights; also took part in various seminars
organized for judges on copyright, trademarks, patents and
human rights.
1994 to present: Chairman, Council of Legal Education, a body that conducts
vocational and training courses and examinations for
prospective law practitioners, issues certificates of
competency and prescribes a code of ethics for law
practitioners.
1995 to present: Member, Judicial and Legal Service Commission (three-year
term); the Commission is the body responsible for the
appointment of all judicial and legal officers.
Kenneth Osborne RATTRAY (Jamaica)*
(* Current member of the Committee.)
Substantive position
Solicitor General and a principal legal adviser to
the Government of Jamaica.
Other posts held
Privy Councillor.
1973-1977 and 1986-1989: Member of the Inter-American Juridical Committee.
Member of the Committee on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights.
Academic and professional qualifications
1956: Bachelor of Laws (Hons.), London University.
1960: Master of Laws, London University. Specialized in
the law of international institutions, comparative
private international law and company law.
1966: Doctor of Philosophy, Company Law, London
University.
1959: Bar examination, Buchanan Prizeman placed first in
Lincoln's Inn.
First Class in public international law.
1960: Barrister-at-Law, Lincoln's Inn.
1964: Commonwealth Scholar.
1970: Queen's Counsel.
Legal service
1961-1971: Various legal positions, including Crown Counsel,
Assistant Attorney General and Senior Assistant
Attorney General.
1972 to date: Solicitor General.
Advocate before Supreme Court in important civil,
criminal, commercial and constitutional cases.
Negotiated a wide range of commercial agreements,
including agreements in the areas of debt
rescheduling, aircraft financing, international
loans and natural resources exploration.
Diplomatic service
1974 to date: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of
Jamaica. Ambassador-at-Large. Representative of
Jamaica on several missions, to sessions of the
General Assembly and to the Third United Nations
Conference on the Law of the Sea. Rapporteur-
General of the Law of the Sea and of the Preparatory
Commission for the International Sea Bed Authority
and the International Tribunal for the Law of the
Sea. Member of the Team of Commonwealth Observers
on the Gibraltar Referendum. Wide experience in the
field of civil aviation, holding executive positions
in the International Civil Aviation Organization
(ICAO).
1977: President of the ICAO Assembly.
1989: Chairman of the Group of 77 for Law of the Sea.
Wide professional and administrative experience in
international law and relations.
Member of the Panel of Arbitrators of the
International Centre for Settlement of Investment
Disputes.
Other positions in the public
commercial sector
Chairman of the Prospectus Committee for vetting
prospectuses offering shares, debentures and other
investments under the Companies Act.
Representative of Jamaica in bauxite and alumina
negotiations for joint ventures.
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Clarendon
Alumina Production Limited.
Member, Regional Labour Board.
Legal Adviser, Air Jamaica.
Chairman, Company Law Review Committee.
International honours
1994: Awarded the ICAO Fiftieth Anniversary Medal of
Honour for Eminent Contribution to Civil Aviation.
Nicos SYMEONIDES (Cyprus)
Education
Barrister-at-Law, Middle Temple School of Law, London; B.Sc. Economics,
University of Southampton; M.A. in Economics, University of Toronto.
Employment
Various posts at the Planning Bureau.
1982: Director of Planning.
1982-1985: Director-General of the Ministry of Justice.
1985-1989: Director-General of the Ministry of Education.
1989-1991: Director-General, Ministry of Communications and Works.
1991-1995: Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health.
1995 to present: Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Industrial Training
Authority, Cyprus Productivity Centre, Higher Technical
Institute, Higher Hotel Institute of Cyprus, Advisory
Committee on Tertiary Education, Air Transport Licensing
Authority, Advisory Committee on Broadcasting, Drugs Council
and School of Nursing.
Cyprus Fullbright Commission, Eastern Mediterranean Region
Committee on Health Systems Research of WHO; actively
participated in the Preparatory Committee for the
Establishment of the Cyprus University.
Representative of Cyprus to the European Committee on Crime
Problems and the Council of Cultural Cooperation of the
Council of Europe; Member of Cyprus delegations to annual
meetings of the ILO, UNESCO, IMO and WHO. Awarded an
Eisenhower fellowship in 1985.
Publications
"The unity of the economy and economics of separation", Cyprus Review
(Nicosia, 1977).
The Energy Problem and the Impact of Energy Conservation in Cyprus (Technical
Chamber of Greece, 1980).
"The insurance industry in Cyprus and its role in the economy" Proceedings of
the International Insurance Seminar, Journal VII, part II (December 1982).
"Famagusta: a case of balanced development" Cyprus Today, vol. XX (May-
August 1982).
Philippe TEXIER (France)*
(* Current member of the Committee.)
Experience
1966-1967: Technical cooperation in Colombia:
Technical Cooperation Attache' at the Embassy of France in
Bogota'; gave a course on the history of political ideas at
the Escuela Superior de Administracio'n Pu'blica.
1967-1970: Ecole nationale de la magistrature
1970-1971: Examining judge in Chalons-sur-Marne.
1971-1972: Deputy to Procureur de la Re'publique 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.
1988-1991: President of the Tribunal de grande instance of Evry.
1991: Director of the Human Rights Division of ONUSAL.
since
October 1992: Presiding judge at the Cour d'appel of Paris.
Activities in the area of the protection of human rights
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 four years in 1988, and
again in 1992; standing for re-election in 1996.
1984-1995: Member of the National Advisory Commission to the Prime
Minister on Human Rights
Foreign languages
English, Spanish.
Vojtech TKA'þ (Slovakia)
Education
1972: Labour Department, Faculty of Law, Comenius University,
Bratislava.
1980: Doctoral graduate in the area of labour law and social
science.
Languages
French.
Employment
1970 and 1971: Labour law department, Comenius University.
1972: University teacher in the field of labour law and social
security law.
1982: University lecturer in the field of labour law.
1987: Central office of trade union organizations in Prague, head
of the department responsible for the social care of
employees, later of the department responsible for social
policy.
1990: Head, Department of Legislation, Czech and Slovak
Confederation of Trade Unions; Member, Council for
Legislation of the Government of former Czechoslovakia,
expert for a new concept of social insurance, a
complementary pension scheme and a new labour law.
1993: Czech and Moravian Chamber of Trade Unions.
1993: Member, Committee of International Labour Office, Geneva.
1994 and 1995: Member of Parliament (National Council of the Slovak
Republic); Chairman of the Constitutional and Legislation
Committee of Parliament.
1995: State Secretary, Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and
Family of the Slovak Republic. Work in expert groups for
new concepts of social security, social policy, and the
legislation of labour and the economy, with the ILO, ISSA,
the Council of Europe, PHARE programmes etc., specializing
in problems of labour law, social security law, social
policy, and tripartite and collective bargaining.
Publications
Author of 10 monographs and more than 300 articles and textbooks for students.
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