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Ms
Carmen QUESADA
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Education and academic and other
qualifications
PhD in
Law, Universidad Nacional de Educación a
Distancia (National University of Distance
Learning), Spain, 2003.
LL.M in
Human Rights, University Complutense of
Madrid, Spain, 1995.
Professional activities
(a) Current positions:
Associate Professor of Public
International Law and International
Relations, National University of Distance
Learning, Madrid, Spain.
Secretary
of the Spanish Association of Professors of
International Law and International
Relations.
(b) Work at
national level:
2002/2013: Teaching and national
coordination of human rights courses for
prison officials, Ministry of Interior,
Spain.
2012: Co-author, Handbook
for security forces in identifying and
recording racist or xenophobic incidents,
for the Secretary General for Immigration
and Emigration of the Ministry of Employment
and Social Security and the Secretary of
State for Security of the Ministry of
Interior.
2009: Awarded the
national prize for security.
2008:
Co-author, Equal treatment and
non-discrimination: Recommendations guide
for training security forces, Ministry of
Labour and Social Affairs, Spain.
2002: Legal Assistance to the Human Rights
Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs during
the Spanish Presidency of the European
Union.
(c) International
work:
2009-now:
Coordinator of the Group of Experts
consulted by the Working Group on
Mercenaries of the United Nations, to
regulate the activities of private security
companies.
2010-2012: Research
Group Coordinator of an EU sponsored project
entitled “Stop Hate Crimes in Europe”,
implemented by the Spanish NGO Movement
against Intolerance.
2004-2008:
Member of the Spanish delegation in the
Assembly of States Parties, International
Criminal Court, The Hague (Netherlands), New
York (USA).
2004-2008: Member of
the Spanish delegation in the
inter-sessional meeting of the Working Group
on the definition of the crime of aggression
of the Rome Statute of the International
Criminal Court, Princeton (USA).
Publications:
Over
50 publications in the field of human
rights.
Over 15 publications on
discrimination.
Language
skills:
Spanish (native
speaker), English (fluent), French
(excellent)
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