Term of office expires: 4 November 2025
Member since 5 November 2015
Vice-Chair from 22 June 2017 to 31 December 2019
Chair from January 2020

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Postdoctoral research (National Scholarship), on “Humanitarian space discourse in the 21st century: legal framework for an effective and safe humanitarian action”, published I. Sideris, 2012.
• Ph.D. in International Law (“International responsibility for violations of international humanitarian law: state and individual responsibility in motion”), 2004.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Current positions

• Assistant Professor of International Law, International Humanitarian Law and Humanitarian Action, Panteion University of Social and Political Studies, Athens, since 2008.
• Member of the Comité pour le Concours Jean Pictet (www.concourspictet.org), since 2003.
• Alternate Director, European Training and Research Centre on Human Rights and Humanitarian Action, Panteion University of Social and Political Studies, since 2000.
• Consultant on International Humanitarian Law, Hellenic Red Cross, since 2000.
• Professor of International Law, National Defence School and the Police National Security Academy.
• Trainer of secondary school teachers, as well as of NGO volunteers and staff on the principles of humanitarian action.

Work at national level

• Member of the National Committee for Human Rights, 2009-2012.
• Counsellor of Greece before the International Court of Justice in the case on Jurisdictional Immunities of the State (Italy v. Germany, Greece intervening), 2011-2012.
• Legal Advisor  of the Interministerial Committee for the Implementation of Humanitarian Law in Greece, working on a compatibility study of the Greece’s  international humanitarian law obligations, 1999-2005.

Work at international level

• Member of the Greek Delegation in the United Nations Preparatory Commission for the adoption of the International Criminal Law Statute, 2000-2002.
• Protection Delegate of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Sri Lanka, 1997-1999.
• Elections observer, ODIHR/OSCE in Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1996-1997.
• Assistant researcher, UNHCR-Greece, 1995-1996.

Publications

Numerous publications on state responsibility for serious violations of international law; war crimes; crimes against humanity and genocide, as well as on humanitarian law and action; human rights and refugee and migration protection (for more information see https://panteion.academia.edu/DaniellaMarouda).

Term of office expires 25 September 2023
Member since 18 September 2013
Bureau member from January 2021 until December 2021

Reetta Toivanen is a full professor in Sustainability Science (indigenous sustainability) at the Helsinki Institute for Sustainability Science (HELSUS) and a docent in social and cultural anthropology at the University of Helsinki and the University of Eastern Finland. 

She is the vice-director of the Centre of Excellence in Law, Identity, and the European Narratives (EuroStrorie), funded by the Academy of Finland (2018-2025). She is also a non-resident senior research fellow at the European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI) in Flensburg (Germany).

2008-2019, she was a Board member, and 2014-2019, the President of the Finnish League for Human Rights. From 2009-2012 she was the national expert for Finland in the European Commission's network of socio-economic experts in the anti-discrimination field. In addition, she has participated as an expert and senior researcher in several projects of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights. She took part in the EU 7th Framework research project ELDIA (European Language Diversity for All), which ran from 2010-2013, as a sociology expert and co-authored the report of the project.

She completed her master's and Licentiate studies in Helsinki in 1994 and 1995 and was awarded a doctoral degree at the Humboldt University of Berlin in 2000. She was a post-doctoral fellow at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard University (Cambridge, USA) in 2000-2001. She worked as a senior researcher at the Institute for Human Rights at Åbo Akademi (Turku, Finland). In 2003-2007, she led a large research project on human rights education and minorities at the Humboldt University of Berlin. In 2007-2009, she was a senior researcher in Challenging Power: Equality, Diversity and the Integration of Ethnic and National Minorities in Finland. Since 2006 has worked as a senior researcher at the Centre of Excellence in Global Governance Research at the University of Helsinki. 2010-2016 she was an Academy of Finland Research Fellow at the Erik Castren Institute of International Law and Human Rights and 2016-2017 University Lecturer in Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Helsinki. 2018-2020 she was the PI of the research consortium ALL-YOUTH wants to rule their world funded by the Strategic Research Council at the Academy of Finland.

Dr. Toivanen's major research areas and expertise are field research, ethnographic methods, anthropology of law, human rights, ethnic and national minorities, anti-discrimination in Europe, Arctic research, human rights teaching, multilingualism, and language policy and critical feminist theory.

Term of office expires 1 July 2024
Member since 2 July 2014
Bureau member from January 2020 to December 2021

Education and academic and other qualifications

• LLB, Magna Cum Laude, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, 2003.
• Diploma, International Institute for Human Rights, Strasbourg, 2005.
• Croatian State Exam, 2005.
• Master’s degree in European and Comparative Law, Faculty of Law,  University of Oxford (Comparative Human Rights, EU Law, EU as an Actor in International Law, European Employment and Equality Law), 2007.
• Croatian Bar Exam, 2009.
• Master’s degree in International Relations, Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb  (thesis “Prohibition of racial and ethnic discrimination in the EU”), 2013.

Professional Activities

a) Present

• Ombudswoman (elected by the Croatian Parliament for an eight-year term) 2021-.
• Chair, Executive Board, European Network of Equality Bodies (EQUINET), 2017-.
• Coordinator, Policy Formation Working Group, EQUINET, 2014-2015.
• Alternate Management Board Member, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA).
• Visiting lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb (course “Migrations, asylum and foreigners”).
• Lecturer, State School for Civil Servants (programme “Implementation of the Anti-discrimination Act”).

(b) Past work

Primary posts

• Deputy Ombudswoman (elected by the Croatian Parliament for an eight-year term) 2013-2021.
• Coordinator, Non-discrimination field, Office of the Ombudsman, 2008-2013.
• Diplomat, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration - Independent Service for International Legal Affairs, 2005-2008.
• Civil servant, Ministry of European Integrations, 2003-2005.

Other activities

• Member, Executive Board, European Network of Equality Bodies (EQUINET), 2011-2017.
• Visiting lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb (course “Anti-discrimination employment and social law”), 2012-2013.
• Member of the Working Group for amendments to the Croatian Anti-discrimination Act, 2012.
• Member of the Evaluation Committee for choosing civil society regional contact points for PROGRESS 2001-2013 programme project “Equally Diverse” (JUST/2011/PROG/AG/1935)
• Deputy Senior Programme Officer (Resident Twinning Advisor (RTA) Counterpart and Leader of the Component 3 “Development of a comprehensive system of assistance to potential victims of discrimination” of IPA 2009 CROATIA project  “Establishing a comprehensive system for anti-discrimination protection“ (HR2009-01-36-02).
• Member of the Working Group for amendments of the Croatian Anti-discrimination Act, 2010.
• Representative of the Office of the Ombudsman as the Croatian A status NHRI, 74th Session of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), Geneva, 2009.
• Project Coordinator of the PROGRESS 2001-2013 programme project “Supporting the implementation of the Anti-discrimination Act” (VS/2008/0512).
• Member of the Working Group for Anti-discrimination Legislation; member of the Expert Working Group which drafted the Croatian Anti-discrimination Act, 2008.
• Member of the National Committee of the Republic of Croatia for the Council of Europe campaign “Link diversity” as the Representative of Students and Youth, 2001-2002.
• Member of the Steering Committee of the Human Rights Documentation and Training Centre established in Croatia by the OHCHR, 2001-2002.

Publications:

• EU Law in the Fight against Discrimination of Roma in Perspectives of anti-discrimination law (editors Potočnjak, Grgurev, Grgić), Zagreb, 2014. 
• Guide for trade unions: How to recognize discrimination in the field of employment and occupation, Zagreb, 2012 (Co-author).
• How to recognize discrimination in the field of employment and occupation: Guide, Zagreb, 2011 (Co-author).
• The Significance of the Directive 2000/43/EC and 2000/78/EC and the Case-law of the ECJ for the Implementation of the Anti-discrimination Act, Zagreb, 2011.
• Have you been discriminated against? Zagreb, 2011. 
• How to suppress discrimination? Report on the Implementation of the Anti-discrimination Act in Croatia for 2009 and the Case-law of the European Court of Human Rights, (editor J. Novak) Zagreb, 2010 (Co-author).
• A Guide to the Anti-discrimination Act, Zagreb, 2009 (Co-author and editor).
• Far But Not Far Enough: An Idealist Critique of the Racial Equality Directive in Croatian Yearbook of European Law and Policy Vol. 4, 2008.
• Freedom of Assembly with a Special Accent on Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights in Pravnik No. 75/76, 2003.
• Violence against Women in the Family in Pravnik No. 71/72, 2001.
• Is Male to Female as Culture is to Nature? in Pravnik No. 67/68,1999.

Languages

• Croatian
• English
• German
• French  

Term of office expires 29 November 2026
Member since 24 November 2011
Bureau member from January 2018 to December 2019
2nd Vice-Chair from January 2020 to December 2021

Education and academic and other qualifications

• BA (English), Queens University, Belfast
• MSc. (Politics), University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
• Diploma in Legal Studies, Dublin Institute of Technology
• Solicitor at Law, Law Society of Ireland

Professional activities

(a) Present positions

• Senior Solicitor, Free Legal Advice Centres of Ireland, 2005 to date

(b) Work at national level

• 2012- Member, Irish Council of State
• 2001-2011, Member of the Irish Human Rights Commission (IHRC) and Convenor of its Committee on Racism; also member of the Joint Committee of the IHRC and the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
• 2001-to date, Member of the Human Rights Committee of the Law Society of Ireland
• 2001-2003, Member of the Steering Group drawing up the National Action Plan Against Racism
• 1995-2000, Chair, Irish Council for Civil Liberties
• 1990-2005, Solicitor in private practice
• 1981-1990, Journalist with several national newspapers

(c) International Work

• Represented the IHRC at UN CERD hearings in 2005 and 2011 and in meetings with the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and the Framework Convention on National Minorities
• Worked on 'Shadow' Reports to various UN and Council of Europe monitoring bodies and special expert committees
• Represented the IHRC at the World Conference Against Racism in 2001
• Took legal cases to the European Court of Human Rights, the European Committee of Social Rights and the UN Human Rights Committee
• 2011-to date, Member of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), Council of Europe

Publications and other works

• Lecturer on the European Convention on Human Rights for the Law Society of Ireland
• Numerous articles on human rights law and public interest law in legal and human rights journals

Term of office expires 7 October 2025
Member since 8 October 2015
Vice-Chair from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2021

Academic education

1985–1991: Master of Laws (LL.M) in Dutch Private Law, with additional specialisation in International Law, Immigration Law and Administrative Law, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Professional activities

Work at national level

2014- present : Independent strategic adviser, coach and trainer on Equity, Inclusiveness and Diversity.

1989–present: Freelance trainer, consultant and keynote speaker in the areas of transcultural and inclusive leadership; transcultural communication; diversity management; equal treatment and anti-discrimination on the grounds of gender, race, LGBTI, handicap and chronic illness. Expert also on migration, diaspora and refugee issues

2014–present: Vice-Chair, Geschillencommissie Passend Onderwijs (Commission for Disputes on Inclusive Education), Utrecht.

2014–2017: Deputy Human Rights Commissioner, Netherlands Institute for Human Rights, Utrecht, Netherlands.

January 2015–December 2015: Interim Director, Stichting Vrolijkheid, a foundation that organises art projects for children, young adults and their parents in centres for asylum-seekers around the Netherlands.

2012–2014: Human Rights Commissioner, Netherlands Institute for Human Rights, Utrecht.

2005–2012: Equal Treatment Commissioner, Dutch Equal Treatment Commission, Utrecht.

International work

2009–2013: Executive Board member, Equinet, the European Network of Equality Bodies, Brussels.

2012: Responsible for the contribution of the Netherlands Institute for Human Rights to the second cycle of the UPR submission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

2010: Co-organised and addressed the Global Forum on Migration and Development in Mexico.

1997–1998: Project coordinator, Immigration and Naturalisation Department, Ministry of Justice for the project “Facilitated Return of Rejected Asylum Seekers from Angola and Ethiopia”.

Other work

2018- present: Board member at the Martin Luther King speech Foundation, Amsterdam

2017- present: Member of the Advisory Board of Atria, kennisinstituut voor emancipatie en vrouwengeschiedenis, (Knowledge Institute on gender equality and women's history) Amsterdam

2014–present: Member of the Supervisory Board of Nidos Foundation, The guardianship organisation responsible for unaccompanied minor asylum seekers in The Netherlands, Utrecht.

2012–2020: Member of the Advisory Board of ProDemos Huis van Democratie en Rechtstaat (House for Democracy and the Rule of Law), The Hague, Netherlands.

1999–present: Deputy Judge, District Court of Amsterdam, including for the Chamber of Immigration Law up to 2001.

2000–2016: Member of the Club of the Hague, a network of International experts and prominent persons in the field of refugee and migration policy. The network was created as a follow-up to and implementing body of the “Declaration of The Hague on the Future of Refugee and Migration Policy”, The Hague.

1985–present: Co-founder, board member of several refugee (women’s) grass-roots organisations and think-tanks of the African diaspora.

2006–2013: Independent member of the Selection Commission for the Judiciary, The Hague. My position was meant as a contribution to enhance the diversity of the judiciary and contribute to a selection procedure free from cultural bias.

Publications

Author of numerous publications (books, articles and other works in Italian and other languages) on diaspora, hybrid identity, refugee issues, diversity and human rights.)

Language skills

Dutch, fluent; English, fluent; Italian, fluent; Tigrinya, fluent; Amharic, fluent; French, basic.

Other relevant information

2017: Recipient of the Black Achievement Award for the category Human Rights and Politics, by The National Institute for the study of Dutch slavery and its legacy (NiNsee), Amsterdam.

1995: Recipient of the Clara Meijer-Wichmann medal 1995, a human rights prize awarded by the League of Human Rights, Amsterdam.

Term of office expires 31 December 2022
Member since 1 January 2018

Education and academic and other qualification

2012 – to date full Professor in International Law and International Relations at the Institute for the State and the Law - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

2007 Associate professor in International Law and International Relations at the Institute for Legal Studies Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

2001 Doctor in International Public Law and International Relations – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Ph. D Thesis “International Protection of Persons, belonging to Minorities (an example of Rumania and former Yugoslavia)”

1984 – 1985 Internship Sofia City Court

1980 – 1984 Law Faculty of the Sofia University “St. Kl. Ochridski”.

1975 - 1980 Secondary education, French Lyceé-Sofia, Bulgaria.

Professional experience

2 April 2018 Director of the Institute for the State and the Law – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

September 2016 – March 2018 act deputy for director of the Institute for the State and the Law – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Since 2013– to date professor at the Plovdiv University “Paisii Hilendarski”

2008 – to date Guest Professor at the Sofia University “St. Kl. Ohridski”.

2007 - 2008 Scientific Secretary of Institute for Legal Studies (ILS)

2001 – 2007 Research Fellow first degree at ILS

1993-2000 Bank expert, Legal Adviser and Senior Legal Adviser, State Saving Bank, Branch 1, Sofia, Bulgaria

1992-1993 expert at the Institute for Legal Studies - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Specializations/research projects abroad

1990-1991 - Specialization at the Institute „Nikolae Iorga” - Bucharest, Rumania, Study on minorities rights.

1998 – Management Course on Cross-Cultural Management at the Association for Overseas Technical Scholarship (A. O. T. S.)-Nagoya, Japan. Obtained diploma.

Guest Professor and research at the University of Salzburg in 2011 according the Agreement between the Institute for the State and the Law (BAS) and the Law Faculty of the University of Salzburg for exchanger of doctoral students 2009/2013

Guest Professor and research at the Law Faculty of the University of Bologna in 2011 and 2012 according the Agreement between the Institute for the State and the Law (BAS) and the Law Faculty of the University of Bologna for exchange of doctoral students 2011/2013.

Guest Professor at the University of Salzburg in 2015 Erasmus Plus Programme.

Guest Professor at the Public University of Navarra in 2016 Erasmus Plus Programme.

Guest Professor at the University of Salzburg in 2017 Erasmus Plus Programme.

Guest Professor at the University of Bologna in 2017 Erasmus Plus Programme.

Lecturer at the Law faculty of the University Paris 2 Panthéon Assas in 2017.

Participation in 10 national projects and 26 European and international projects.

Membership in academic networks and professional organizations

Individual member of International Law Association, London

Member of the Bulgarian Association of International Law,

Member of the Bulgarian Association of Comparative Law,

Member of the Association for Overseas Technical Scholarship (A.O.T.S.)-Japan,

Alternate member from Bulgaria in the Management Board of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights June 2007 – June 2010, www.fra.europa.eu

Member of the Editorial board of “Papers of BAS. Humanities and Social Sciences”, edition of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Member of the Editorial Board of “International politics”.

Member of Comitato di direzione Collana Richerche di dirito comparative, diritto ecclesiastico e diritti umani, directed by prof. Giovanni Cimbalo, University of Bologna

Since January 2018 Member of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), Council of Europe

Social activities

Actively participate publishing own views in the sphere of her competences on the site for public consultations of the Council of Ministers. Director of the master Programme “International Relations” at the Law Faculty of the Plovdiv University. In this quality organizes public lectures, books presentations and meetings with foreign delegations.

Foreign languages

• very good command of French, English and German languages
• Good command of Russian and Rumanian languages
• Independent user of Serbian language.

Publications

Studies related to the international protection of minorities on the Balkans; to their legal regulation in the European union member states and Bulgaria; to women’s rights in International law and EU Law; to equality of opportunities, religious rights and freedoms; problems of antisemitism and islamophobia, migration, asylum and the fight against international terrorism.

Author of 6 books, 13 monographies, more than 35 articles, 4 manuals.

Term of office expires 31 December 2022
Member since 1 January 2018 
Bureau member from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2020

Education and academic qualifications

2000–2003, PhD, Law Faculty, Bucharest University

Professional activities

April 2011–to date, Professor of Public International Law, Christian University „Dimitrie Cantemir”, Bucharest

2015– Member of the Radicalization Awareness Network RAN an initiative financed by the EU

April 2010– appointed by the Romanian Parliament for a 5 year mandate, mandate renewed in 2015, State Secretary, Member of the Steering Board, National Council for Combating Discrimination

November 2003–January 2005, State Secretary, Department for Interethnic Relations, Government of Romania

August 2002–November 2003, President, State Secretary, National Council for Combating Discrimination

Expert in various EU financed projects

2012, expert/lecturer on combating discrimination in the project for the module „Strategic planning” within the project „Stimularea ocupării active, a dezvoltării antreprenoriale şi a economiei nonagricole durabile prin formarea şi implicarea resurselor umane neocupate din zonele rurale”, POSDRU 83/5.2/S/5748

2012, expert on combating discrimination and gender equality in the project „FEMINA – Formare pentru jurnalişti, Emisiuni TV, Monitorizare, Informare Naţională şi Advocacy pentru afirmarea egalităţii de şanse şi de gen” POSDRU 97/6.3/S/60732

May 2011, expert – author of the study „The Transposition of EU acquis in national legislation on the field of labor” within the project „Office for Monitoring the Labor Market and the Quality of Working Places” POSDRU 2007 - 2013 ID 29527

24–26 January 2011, lecturer for the module 9 „Electoral education. Participation of Roma Communities at the Social Life” within the project „The National Network of Roma Experts. Mechanisms for Implementation of Social Inclusion Measures of Roma as a Vulnerable Group Socially Marginalized”, financed by POSDRU / 16 / 6.3 / S / 6

21–23 January 2011, lecturer for the module 7 „Income generating activities for the Roma communities. Developing a Business Plan” within the project „The National Network of Roma Experts. Mechanisms for Implementation of Social Inclusion Measures of Roma as a Vulnerable Group Socially Marginalized”, financed by POSDRU / 16 / 6.3 / S / 6

Publications

than 20 books on Public International Law, Human Rights, Combating Discrimination, Sports Law and more than 40 scientific articles published in Romania or abroad.

Awards

1 March 2018 – Special prize awarded by Legal Science Society for the project Legal Days

17 December 2004 – Special prize awarded by the Jurists Union of Romania and ”Titu Maiorescu” Society for the book International Terrorism

19 December 2003 – prize Vespasian V. Pella awarded by Jurists Union of Romania for the book The Role of Nongovernmental Organizations at International Level

Term of office expires: 31 December 2022
Member since 1 January 2018

Academic education

2006-2007: Graduated with distinction in French Studies, Marc Bloch University.

1997: PhD in Pedagogy.

1989-1994: Masters’ Degree in Philology.

Professional activities

Work at international level

2016-to date, Member of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), a global policy-making body dedicated to promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women.

2012-2016, Expert, Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities.

2004-2008, Expert, Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities.

Work at national level

2001-2004, Assistant Professor of Educational Public Policy, Baku State University.

1997-2001, Lecturer, Baku State University.

1994-1997, Administrator, Baku State University

Language skills

Fluent in Azerbaijani, English and Russian. Working knowledge of French, Persian and Turkish.

Publications

The heritage of Nasreddin Tusi

Educational rights of minority children in Azerbaijan

Integration of Caucasian nations in Azerbaijan

New terminology in the multilingual schools

Term of office expires: 6 November 2027
Member since 7 November 2022

Term of office expires: 9 December 2023
Member since 10 December 2008
Bureau member from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2018

Education and academic and other qualifications

University of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro.
Faculty of Law,
Bachelor of Law, November 1987.

Master in Law / MA (UDG University - Podgorica, Montenegro) Thesis: Convergence Between European Convention and EU Law of Human Rights

Professional activities

(a) Present positions

Protector of Human rights and Freedoms of Montenegro

(b) Work at national level

• Head of the Law Faculty Centre for Human Rights - Podgorica, Montenegro
• Trainer of civil servants in Ombudsman Law and European Integrations
• Trainer of Younger Court Servants in ECHR law and practice - NGO Centre for Democracy and Human Rights, Montenegro
• Independent expert on minority rights education - NGO CEZAM - Montenegro
• Lecturer on minority rights - Nansen Dialogue Centre - Montenegro
• UNDP associated expert in working on Montenegro National Program of Implementation of European Partnership in Montenegro
• Member of the Council for the Civic Control of Police Forces in Montenegro (an independent body)
• NGO Media Institute of Montenegro - Lecturer in issue of HR
• OHCHR Office in Montenegro - Legal Study on Petit Crime Law in Montenegro
• Centre for Education in Judiciary - lecturer on European Law
• NGO Human Rights Reporting to the European Commission, Open Society Institute Montenegro
• Lecturing on International Asylum Law - NGO Centre For Civic Education - Podgorica Montenegro
• UNICEF - Local Expert on Evaluation of the Work of UNICEF Office in Montenegro
• Head of Legal Advisory Team in working on Annual Reports of the Child Rights in Montenegro (last three years)
• PRSP (Poverty Redaction Strategy Program) in Montenegro - HR aspect, legal advisor
• Implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Article 6 (Balkan Trust Foundation and Center for Democracy and Human Rights, Montenegro)
• Evaluation of the Strategy on Minority Policy in Montenegro, NGO CEZAM Montenegro
• Member of the National Task Force working on establishment of the national bodies network in preventing torture (UN OPCAT implementation) - OSCE Mission in Montenegro

(c) International work

• Vice president of the Steering Committee of Balkan Human Rights Network, 2002-2004
• Regional HR protection of elderly persons - BHR Network, 2004
• Lecturer on Summer School for the Future Decision Makers, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 2005
• Lecturer on Summer Academy for Human Rights and Democracy, Graz, Austria, 2008
• OSCE - Acting Officer for Human and Minority Rights in Montenegro (July - August, 2008)
• European Space of Justice - Trainer of trainers in Judges education, Bertinoro, Italia, 2004
• MARI Project - NGO sector in SEE, 2004
• Lecturer on European Master in Human Rights and Democracy (MA), Sarajevo - Bologna (three years, 2004-2006) Cluster on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
• Virtual School of Dialogue and Tolerance in the field of Minority Rights (Nansen Dialogue Center of Montenegro) 2006-2007
• HUMSEC (Human Security in SEE) coordinator for Montenegro (EU FP 6 Program)

Publications and other works

• Analysis of institutional protection of HR, USAID ORT/MAP, 2001
• Reform of institutional protection of HR, USAID ORT/MAP, 2002
• Human Rights for Non-Lawyers, HRC SEE Network, 2002
• Legal Aspect of Monitoring of the Protection of Child Rights in Montenegro, 2004, 2005, 2006
• Minority Rights in Practice in SEE – Montenegrin Law (Open Society Institute, King Boudain Foundation, 2008)
• Civil Society and Good Governance in Societies in Transition - Case of Montenegro, 2006

Language skills

• Speaking and writing English - excellent
• Speaking and writing Italian - excellent

Other relevant information

Legal research activities during 90-ties:

• safety at work
• environmental polution
• noise polution
• ESC rights in the World

Participation in NGO campaigns in Montenegro:

• Stop War Crimes
• Days of Religious Tolerance
• Farewell to Arms - Legal bind of arms bearing at public places
• Stop Trafficking of Human Beings (Women NGO in Montenegro and OHCHR Office in Montenegro

Term of office expires 31 December 2023
Member since 1 January 2019

Education and academic and other qualifications

• 1983: Doctor iuris, University of Lausanne; awarded prix Bieber in 1983 and prix de Faculté 1987.
• 1983-1984: Post-doctoral scholarship granted by the Swiss National Research Foundation, visiting scholar at the School of Law of the Columbia University, New York.

Professional activities

(a) Present positions

• Full Professor (Communication Law/Public International Law) and former Dean of the Faculty of Communication Sciences, University of Lugano.
• Associate Professor, Law Faculty, University of Lausanne (Internet Governance); Visiting Professor, Media Law, Academy of Journalism, University of Neuchâtel; Visiting Professorial Fellow, Law Faculty, University of New South Wales (Australia) (2018).

(b) Past work

• 2004-2006: Director of the advanced studies programme on law, criminality and security of new technologies, Universities of Lausanne and Geneva.
• 1987-2005: Deputy Director of the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, Lausanne.
• 1984-1987: Staff legal advisor for the media law and data protection units of the Federal Ministry of Justice, Bern.
• 1977-1983: Court reporter for the newspaper "24 Heures", Lausanne.

(c) Other relevant activities

• Editor of Medialex (Swiss journal of communication law)
• Editor of sui generis (Swiss online law review)
• Member of the Board of the Swiss communication law forum
• Consultant for the Council of Europe, the Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF), the OSCE and the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs on issues of freedom of expression, privacy and access to information (missions in Turkey, Ukraine, Albania, Moldova, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Georgia, Armenia, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Palestine)
• Member of the Board of the Swiss National Science Foundation (2011-2018)
• Member of the Board of the Swiss section of the International Commission of Jurists (2004-2013)
• Member of the Federal Consumer Commission (2005-2011)
• Member of the Data Protection Commission of the canton of Ticino (2008-2015)
• President of the Access to Information Commission of the canton of Vaud (2002-2009)
• Member of the commission in charge of selecting and appointing cantonal judges of the canton of Vaud (2009-2014)

Publications

Numerous publications in the fields of Human Rights, Media Law, Internet Law, Data Protection, Administrative Law and Comparative Law.

Languages: French and Swedish (mother tongues); English, German and Italian (fluent).

Term of office expires: 6 December 2025
Member since 7 December 2015

DIPLÔMES UNIVERSITAIRES

1969 : Licence en Droit (Faculté de Droit de Rennes)
Advanced Certificate of English Proficiency (Institut Franco-Américain de Rennes)

1970 : Diplôme de l’Institut d’Etudes Judiciaires de la Faculté de Droit de Rennes
Maîtrise de Droit I, Droit Judiciaire Privé (Faculté de Droit de Rennes)
Admission à l’Ecole Nationale de la Magistrature

ACTIVITÉS PROFESSIONNELLES

Fonctions actuelles

Depuis le 28/04/2014 : Membre du Haut Conseil de la Magistrature de la Principauté de Monaco

Activité universitaire d’enseignement

1980-1983 : Chargé de travaux dirigés à la Faculté de Droit de Rennes
(Droit pénal 2ème année et droit pénal spécial 4ème année)
- Chargé de formation au Centre régional de la formation professionnelle des Avocats du ressort de la Cour d’appel de Rennes

1994-1995 : Chargé d’enseignement (DESS de sciences de la communication) à la Faculté des lettres de Bordeaux

Fonctions judiciaires exercées

1972-1974 : Auditeur de justice (Ecole Nationale de la Magistrature de Bordeaux)

1974-1976 : Substitut du Procureur de la République près le Tribunal de grande instance de Fort-de-France (Martinique)

1976-1980 : Juge d’instruction au Tribunal de grande instance de Saint-Malo (Ile-et-Vilaine)

1980-1984 : Procureur de la République près le Tribunal de grande instance de Dinan (Côtes d’Armor)

1984-1986 : Conseiller à la Cour d’appel de Rennes
Président de la Cour d’assises des Côtes d’Amor

1986-1990 : Inspecteur des Services Judiciaires du Ministère de la Justice - Paris

1990-1998 : Procureur de la République près le Tribunal de grande instance de Bordeaux

1998-2003 : Directeur des Services Judiciaires et Président du Conseil d’Etat de la Principauté de Monaco

2003-2006 : Directeur des Services Judiciaires du Ministère de la Justice - Paris

2006-2012 : Procureur Général près la Cour d’appel de Toulouse

Missions internationales

Juin 1992 : Mission ONU/PNUCID en Albanie

Décembre 1992 : Mission de coopération en Lituanie

Mai 1993 : Séminaire sur les Institutions judiciaires Américaines et l’entraide répressive entre les Etats-Unis et la France à Washington et à l’Académie du F.B.I.

Décembre 1993 : Mission de l’Institut International d’Administration Publique au Cambodge

Septembre 1994 : Mission du Conseil de l’Europe en Lituanie

Novembre 1994 : Mission du Conseil de l’Europe à Zagreb (Croatie)

Avril 1995 : Mission du Conseil de l’Europe en Macédoine

Novembre 1995 : Mission du Ministère des Affaires Etrangères au Cambodge

Juillet 1996 : Mission du Conseil de l’Europe en Lettonie

Avril 1997 : Mission de l’Agence de Francophonie au Cambodge

Août 1997 : Mission du Ministère des Affaires Etrangères au Cambodge

Novembre 1997 : Mission du Conseil de l’Europe en Arménie

Décembre 2000 : Signature à Palerme, pour la Principauté de Monaco, de la Convention de l’ONU sur la lutte contre la criminalité organisée

Janvier 2005 : Mission d’ACOJURIS au Maroc sur la modernisation de la justice marocaine

Août 2005 : Mission du Ministère des Affaires Etrangères au Cambodge

Décembre 2007 : Mission à Bangkok pour l’UNAFEI

Juin 2009: Mission SAEI en Haïti

Activités administratives

1980-1983 : Membre élu de la Commission d’avancement de la Magistrature

1995-1998 / 2006-2012: Membre du Conseil Supérieur de Médecine Légale

1997-1998 : Membre de la Commission Nationale du Débat Public

2003-2005 : Es-qualité de Directeur des Services Judiciaires

2013-2015 : ENM, Chef de projet création de l’Institut National de Justice du Laos

DISTINCTIONS HONORIFIQUES

- Officier de la Légion d’Honneur

- Officier de l’Ordre National du Mérite

- Officier de l’Ordre de Saint-Charles (Monaco)

Term of office expires 31 December 2022
Member since 9 November 2001

Professional Activities

• 21.11.2008-: Chief Public Prosecutor at the Court of Cassation
• 2002-2008: Deputy Chief Public Prosecutor at the Court of Cassation
• 1997-2002: Legal Adviser to the Italian Government; co-agent of the Italian Government before the European Court of Human Rights
• 1992-1997: Member of the prosecution service at the Court of Cassation
• 1988-1997: Adviser to the Legal Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• 1988-1989: President of the Juvenile Court of Campobasso
• 1972-1988: Rapporteur and Member of the first Criminal Chamber of the Court of Cassation
• 1972-1978: Adviser to the Legal Office of the Ministry of Justice - General Directorate for Jails and Institutes for Criminal Matters
• 1968-1972: District Attorney at the Juvenile Court of Naples

International Work

• Member of ECRI in respect of Italy.
• Served as an ad hoc judge at the European Court of Human Rights.
• Former member of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
• Former head of the Italian delegation to the Council of Europe Steering Committee for Human Rights.
• Former member of the Bureau of the European Committee for Crime Problems.
• Chairman of several other expert committees, including the Select Committee on Violence in Present-Day Society.
• Involved in the drafting of several Council of Europe Conventions, including Protocol Nos 11 and 14 of the European Convention of Human Rights, and Committee of Ministers’ resolutions and recommendations.
• Head of the Italian delegation to the Diplomatic Conference on the Statute of the International Criminal Court (New York, 1992-1998).

Honours

Awarded Ministry of Justice Honour Diploma of second degree for social redemption because of his work on the re-education and rehabilitation of prisoners, inmates, and maladjusted minors, and on assistance to convicts released from prison (Decree of the Minister of Justice of 27 April 1973).

Publications

Authored more than sixty publications. The most relevant are:
i) The role of the national judge for the protection of human rights, in Trial of Reasonable Length, Reports of the Supreme Council of Jurisdiction, 2000, n°113, pages 417-470 and in Giurisprudenza italiana, 2001, pages 1075-1090;
ii) The origin of the Italian fair trial crisis, in Documenti giustizia, 2000, col. 1-44;
iii) The challenge of Association for fair trials, in La Magistratura, n° 1 of 2000, pages 27-33;
iv) For the history of the European Committee for Crime Problems, in Reports of Social Defence, 1999, pages 67-765;
v) The harmonisation of criminal law and European judicial co-operation, in Stranieri, n° I of 1996, pages 73-79;
vi) Ne bis in idem (national, EU, international) in Case-law evolution and Supreme Court decisions, 1993, pages 309-335;
vii) Practical implementation of principles of the European Convention of Human Rights in the Italian criminal trial, in Documenti giustizia, 1992, pages 1057-1079 and in Arch. Pen. 1992, pages 513-538.

Term of office expires 25 September 2023
Member since 26 September 2018

Education, academic and other qualifications

• 01.02.2008-27.07.2015: PhD (Criminal Law), Lisbon Law School, University of Lisbon, Lisbon (Portugal).
• 01.10.2004-27.10.2006: Master’s in Criminal Law, Lisbon Law School, University of Lisbon.
• 15.09.1996-30.06.2001: Law Degree, Lisbon Law School.

Professional experience

• 27.07.2015-present: Professor of Law, Lisbon Law School, University of Lisbon.
• 08.09.2020-present: Member of the High Council of the Judiciary
• 24.11.2017-present: Member of the Commission for Equality and Against Racial Discrimination, Portugal.
• 07.02.2018-01.01.2021: Lawyer.
• 01.01.2017-01.01.2021: Legal consultant, Filipe Azoia and Associados, Lisbon.
• 23.03.2012-present: Researcher, Research Centre for Criminal Law and Criminal Sciences (CIDPCC), Lisbon.
• 01.01.2007-present: Board Member, Institute of Criminal Law and Criminal Sciences (IDPCC), Lisbon. Founding member and member of the board since 2007.
• 08.03.2017-31.05.2017: Scientific coordinator of the postgraduate course in Cinema and Criminal Law, Institute of Criminal Law and Criminal Sciences, Lisbon.
• 01.10.2001-26.07.2015: Lecturer, Lisbon Law School, University of Lisbon.
• 01.09.2007-30.11.2009: Scientific coordinator of the postgraduate course in Investigation and Evidence in Criminal Law, Institute of Criminal Law and Criminal Sciences, Lisbon.
• 01.09.2007-30.11.2009: Member of the Working Group for the Reform of the Law on juvenile criminal offenders and criminal protection of juveniles, Ministry of Justice, Lisbon, Portugal.
• 01.02.2006-30.11.2009: Legal Advisor, Ministry of Justice, Lisbon, Portugal.

Publications and other works

• Author of numerous books and articles which examine, among other topics, human dignity and the welfare state; different aspects of criminal law and its application and impact in various fields, including from a gender perspective; developments in criminal investigation law; legalisation; alternative sentencing to imprisonment and European and international criminal law.

Language skills

• Portuguese (mother tongue), English, Spanish, French, German, Italian.

Term of office expires  31 December 2022
Member since 1 January 2018

Education and other qualifications

• Degree in Law, University of Zaragoza, 2000.
• Postgraduate degree in Human Rights, University of the Basque Country, 2009.
• Course on Management of Non-Governmental Organisations, ESADE Business School, October 2013-June 2014.

Professional activities

Lawyer, Illustrious Bar Association of Huesca (first female Roma lawyer in Aragon), 2003-present.

Director of the Department of Equality and Fight against Discrimination, Fundación Secretariado Gitano (FSG), January 2009-present:

• Legal adviser to the team defending in the case of Muñoz Diaz v. Spain before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), concerning a Roma woman whose survivor’s pension was denied, judgment 8 December 2009.
• Lawyer defending a Romanian Roma woman, Audiencia Provincial de Barcelona, judgment 10 December 2013.
• Legal coordinator of strategic litigation in cases of anti-Gypsyism, led by the FSG; such as in 2014 racist demonstrations in Castellar; in 2016 aggravated racism injury in Castellón (hate crime); in 2016 denial of access to leisure facilities for ethnic reasons in Puertollano.
• Coordinator of the Assistance Service of Victims of Racial or Ethnic Discrimination, Council for the Elimination of Racial or Ethnic Discrimination, Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality, March 2013-present.
• Advocacy against anti-Gypsyism at national level and at European fora and institutions (FRA, EU, Council of Europe, etc.).
• Member of the European Union Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) Advisory Panel, April 2012- April 2014.
• Coordination of actions to combat anti-Gypsyism and hate speech with public and private bodies such as prosecution services, bar associations, law enforcement agencies, audio-visual boards, Google and Facebook, etc.
• Responsible for the development of programmes for the promotion of Roma women of the FSG, involving coordinating the FSG group of Roma women; organising training actions to promote equality for Roma women and materials related to violence against women, etc.
• Participant in the Commission of the General Council of the Judiciary on hate crimes and non-discrimination. Interministerial agreement. 2016 -2017.
• Trainer of key professional actors in the legislation and methodology of intervention in the fight against discrimination of the Roma community (security forces and bodies, civil society experts, media, prosecutors, lawyers, judges, etc.)
• Institutional action with national and European entities related to the defence of human rights (State Council of the Roma People, Ombudsman's Office, Office of the Prosecutor for Hate Crimes and Discrimination, Equinet, FRA, European Platform for Social Inclusion of the Roma community, individual politicians, etc.).
• Responsible for the elaboration and publication of the FSG’s Annual Report concerning discrimination and the Roma community, every year from 2008-2016 and of the methodology for FSG intervention in discrimination cases, annually from 2009-2016.
• Elaboration of a shadow report to the CERD with other NGOs, 2011.
• Participation in debates and opinion polls in various local, regional and state media (TV, radio, print and social media) analysing the situation of the Roma community.
• Participation in research and development projects on the educational rights of the Roma community and multiple discrimination, University of Barcelona, 2001.
• Publication of various articles on interculturalism and human rights, University of Zaragoza.
• Article on a case of discrimination against a Roma woman before the ECtHR, published in the  European Roma Rights Centre review, Roma Rights 2, 2009.
• Publication of various articles on themes such as equality and non-discrimination in education; multiple discrimination and discrimination and the Roma community, 2011-2016.

Other activities

• Participation in a group of experts created for the drafting of the Comprehensive Equality Bill, 2011.
• Organiser and participant in a documentary “Romnia”, about Roma women from Huesca, in collaboration with the Provincial Council of Huesca.

Term of office expires: 26 March 2024
Member since 27 March 2019

Term of office expires 31 December 2022
Member since 1 January 2018

Helena Hofmannová is a lawyer and associate professor of constitutional law and theory of state at the Faculty of Law of the Charles University in Prague. She also serves as an advisor to the Judge of the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic.

From 2012-2016, Ms Hofmannová was a member of the Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities of the Council of Europe. She was also a fellow and visiting professor at the New York University School of Law and the Michigan University School of Law.

She teaches and writes about Czech constitutional law, comparative constitutional law, human rights, minority law and the issues of democratic governance. 

Term of office expires 31 December 2022
Member since 1 January 2003
Bureau member from January to December 2009
Vice-Chair from January 2010 to December 2011

Occupation:

• Part time Professor of Criminology and Penology, Crime Policy, Victimology, Department of Penal Law, Faculty of Law, Tirana University. Tirana, Albania, since 2009.

Education:

• 1985 - University of Tirana, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Diploma obtained “Lawyer”
• 1992 - University of Tirana, Faculty of Law, PhD in criminal sciences
• Dr (1994), Prof.asoc.dr (1999) and Prof.dr (2010)

Qualification:

Training courses for legal professionals in the USA; Criminal Law specialisation at the Faculty of Law of the University "Jean Moulin" in Lyon, France; Human Rights specialisation and its teaching in Strasbourg, France, specialised in the Juvenile Justice System in Florence, Italy, etc.

Work Experience:

Member of Parliament of Albania from 9 September 2009- 9 September 2021

Deputy Speaker of Parliament of Albania (2017- 2021) and Chair of Subcommittee of Human Rights, Parliament of Albania (2013- September 2021)

1985- May 2009, full time professor at the Penal department, Law Faculty, Tirana University

Part time Professor of Criminology at the Magistrate School of Albania (2002-2015)

Executive Director of the Albanian Helsinki Committee (2000- May 2009)

Dean of the Law Faculty, University of Tirana 1998-2000)

Head of the Department of Penal Law (1992-1997)

Membership:

Member of the European Society of Criminology (2003-2016); the Albanian Legal Women Society (1997-2001); the World Association of Victimology (1997-2000); the International Association of Juvenile and Family Court Magistrates (1994-2000, 2007-cont).

Experience as international and national expert:

• Member of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) (2002-cont)
• Member of the European Sourcebook Group of Experts on Crime and the Criminal Justice System (2000-cont); Expert on the Committee of Experts “On Criminal and Criminological Aspects of Organised Crime”, European Committee on Criminal Problems, Council of Europe, Strasbourg (1998-1999); Expert on the Committee of Experts “On Early Psycho-Social Intervention for Crime Prevention, European Committee on Criminal Problems, Council of Europe, Strasbourg (1998-1999).
• Independent expert in the group of experts for non-discrimination reviews on the legislation, Council of Europe (2002-2003); National Expert on "A study on the compatibility of the Albanian Legislation with the European Convention on Human Rights". Ministry of Justice in Albania and the Council of Europe, (1995-1996); Minority Rights Expert, Minority Rights Capacity Building and Advocacy Project, UNDP, Albania (2005-2007)
• Member of the expert group on the research “Organised crime in Europe” Max Plank Institute, Germany (2002 – 2004); Member of the expert group on the research “Trafficking in Human Beings in the Balkans” Pittsburg University and FORD Institute for Human Security, USA (2005-2007).
• National Coordinator for “International Crime (Victim) Survey in Albania" (1995-1996) for “International Crime Victims and Business Surveys in Albania", 2000 – 2001, for the "Plan of Action for Albanian Justice System 2010 ".
• Member of Ad- Hoc Parliamentary Committee for the Justice Reform in Albania (2014- 2016).
• Trainer for judges, prosecutors, police and lawyers in the fields of the juvenile justice system, domestic violence and articles of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Publications:

Several articles in the fields of criminology, penology, victimology, crime policy, organised crime; human rights, minorities, women’s rights; textbooks for law students: “Criminology”, “Penology”, “Criminal Policy”, “Human rights and the police”; co- author of a textbook on legal education for the elementary and high school; co-author of reports and books on organized crime, victimology, human rights; the European sourcebook on crime and the criminal justice system published at international level.

Term of office expires 31 December 2022
Member since 1 January 2008
Bureau member from January to December 2012
Vice-Chair from January 2013 to December 2015
Bureau member from January 2016 to December 2017

Education and academic and other qualifications

• Teacher
• Political Scientist
• Professor of  European Ethnology at Humboldt-University Berlin

Professional activities

(a) Present positions:

• Member of the evaluation commission for the Federal Integration Courses
• Coordinator for language training for migrants at the Berlin State Administration of Education
• Chair of the Berlin welfare organisation “Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband”
• Co-editor of the monthly journal for immigration law and integration policies “ZAR”
• Columnist on social, migration and educational issues since 2009 for a newspaper edited in Berlin

(b) Work at national/state level:

• Commissioner for Integration and Migration of the Berlin Senate (1981 –2003)
• Ms John was appointed by the former mayor of Berlin Richard von Weizsäcker; she was the first commissioner at the state level serving in this office. In this capacity she sat on various national commissions concerning migration and integration.
• Initiator of the Muslim Academy in Germany in 2004 ( an institution for adult education of Muslims and on Muslim issues)
• Chairperson of the Board of the Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency Berlin

(c) International work:

• German member of the Starting Point and of the Starting Line Group under the management of the Commission of the Churches in Europe (CCME) in Brussels from1993 until 1999. This group laid the foundations for the anti-discrimination directives of the European Union.
• Deputy member on the board of the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC) 1999-2005.
• Member of the Migration Policy Group until 2003.
• Project leader of the action programme “Development of co-operation between the state authorities, local governments, law enforcement authorities, scientific and educational institution and civil institutes in the Sverdlovsk region in order to increase the level of tolerance toward religious, national and linguistic minorities” (2005-2006, 18 months, contract 2004/096-854).
• Member of the German Jury for the European Journalist Award “For Diversity-Against Discrimination” since 2003.
• Member of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), Council of Europe, since 2008.

Publications and other works:

Numerous articles on integration, migration, discrimination, citizenship, language learning and related subjects.

Language skills:

• English
• French
• basic Turkish

Term of office expires 31 December 2022
Member since 1 January 2018

Ögmundur Jónasson is a historian with an M.A. from the University of Edinburgh (Scotland). He previously worked in the media as a journalist and radio and television broadcaster. For thirty years he was a part-time lecturer in Modern History at the University of Iceland.

From 1988 until 2009 he was the Chairman of the Federation of State and Municipal Employees in Iceland and sat on the Executive Board of Nordic, European and global trade unions (NFS, ETUC, EPSU and PSI).

Mr Jónasson has been much involved in international work for the labour movement but also in other capacities, such as in recent years for the Council of Europe where he is at present Honorary associate of the Parliamentary Assembly.

He was a Member of Parliament in Iceland from 1995 to 2016 and held a number of ministerial posts, including that of Minister of Interior. Towards the end of his parliamentary career he chaired the Constitutional and Supervisory Committee of the Icelandic Parliament.

Currently he is a writer and commentator.

Term of office expires 31 December 2022
Member since 1 January 2013

Education and academic and other qualifications:

• May 2011: PhD, Graduate School of Legal Science, Faculty of Law, University of Eötvös Loránd (ELTE)
• 2000: Masters’ Degree in European Law, Institute of Postgraduate Legal Studies, Faculty of Law, ELTE
• 1989: Bar examination
• 1981-1986: LLB, Faculty of Law, ELTE

Professional activities:

• 22 July 2010- : Head of the Independent Police Complaints Board
• 25 February 2008- : Member of the Independent Police Complaints Board
• 1999- :Lecturer, Chamber of Hungarian Auditors 
• 1997- : Examiner, Legal Profession Examination Committee, created by the Ministry of Justice
• 1991- :Law lecturer in different further education courses (at the Chamber of Hungarian Auditors; Heller Farkas High School; Budapest Business School, among others)
• 1990- : Attorney at law (since 1991 member of the Budapest Bar Association)
• 1986- : Assistant professor, Department of Civil Procedural Law, Faculty of Law, ELTE

Other work in the field of human rights

• 2008- : Legal work in the field of human rights protection (e.g. in January 2012 brought a petition to the European Parliament concerning the Beneš Decrees) 
• November 2006-March 2008: Member of the NGO Committee of Civil Lawyers (CJB), which investigated police activity in autumn 2006; co-authored the CJB chapter about human rights violations
• 1990-1995: Took part in UNHCR’s legal protection project

Scholarship

• 2001: Tempus scholarship, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, for PhD research

Knowledge of foreign languages

• 2008: Russian – intermediate level B2 complex language examination
• 1989: English – intermediate level state-language examination

Publications

Numerous articles published in academic journals

Term of office expires 25 October 2026
Member since 26 October 2016

Education and academic and other qualifications

Spring 1994: Advanced International Program in Conflict Resolution, Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, Sweden

Autumn 1993: Honorary Visiting Research Fellow in Baltic Studies, Department of European Studies, University of Bradford, UK

1983-1988: M.Phil. English language, English and American literature, English language, University of Latvia, Riga

Professional activities

(a) Present positions

February 2011 to date, Director of the Latvian Centre for Human Rights (LCHR)

Work field: human rights in places of detention, human rights and law enforcement bodies, freedoms, minority rights, citizenship, asylum seekers, refugees, irregular migrants, prevention of discrimination, hate crimes/hate speech and intolerance, supervising a staff of eight.

Monitors developments in fundamental rights, including non-discrimination, hate crimes/hate speech, participates in government working groups, analyses legislation, provides opinions on different fundamental rights issues, conducts research and training, edits reports, provides consultancy, drafts project proposals/supervises projects, engages in fund-raising activities.

Manager of EU FRA FRANET project in eight fundamental rights areas (since 2011) – equality and non-discrimination; racism, xenophobia and related intolerance, information society, privacy and data protection; rights of the child, access to justice, rights of crime victims, asylum/immigration, visas/border control); represents the LCHR in the International Network against Cyberhate.

(b) Work at national level

October 1993-February 2011, Researcher, project manager, deputy director, Latvian Centre for Human Rights

Responsibilities: managed projects related to different human rights issues (fundamental rights, places of detention, hate crimes, minority rights, gender equality issues, etc.); conducted research on a wide range of human rights issues, edited reports.

Monitored places of detention (prisons, police stations, illegal migrant detention facility), drafted reports, organised various types of training for police and prison staff, including on international human rights standards related to police/prisons.

December 2002-June 2006, Programme director, Criminal Justice Programme, Centre for Public Policy “Providus”

Responsibilities: initiated and managed projects on criminal justice issues (bail supervision, non-custodial sanctions, prison based programmes, victims’ rights, domestic violence).

December 1994-December 2002 - Programme director, Soros Foundation - Latvia

Responsibilities: managed numerous projects related to criminal justice reform (alternatives to custody (community service), prison reform, victim support, probation service), minority rights and integration (including Latvian language training to prisoners, prison staff, development of bilingual education in kindergartens/primary school), administered grants for women’s rights’ issues.

Coordinated the development of community service as a non-custodial sanction in Latvia; organised training and study visits; drafted guidelines, raised funding for community service pilot projectss (1999-2002). Promoted community service as an alternative to imprisonment in Mongolia, Romania and Moldova by conducting training for judges, placement providers, local governments, etc., and organising study visits.

Participated in a government working group on the establishment of probation service to draft legislation governing the operation of probation service.

(c) International work

December 2011-present - European Legal Network of legal experts in gender equality and non-discrimination (EU)

Main responsibilities: Drafting annual reports on non-discrimination directives (grounds of race/ethnic origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, religious or other belief); thematic reports on different issues; reports on legal developments, case law concerning discrimination in Latvia.

December 2000-2004 - Member of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) in respect of Latvia.

January-March 2001- short-term consultant on the legal aspects of trafficking in women in Latvia for the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

May 1997, October 1995 - short-term consultant on Latvian Language Training and the Fourth World Conference on Women. Provided support to the NGO Sector in Latvia for the UNDP Office in Latvia.

1996 - expert consultant, working group for the OSCE High Commissioner on the OSLO Recommendations on Minority Language Use in Public and Private.

Publications

Kamenska, A. (2015), Country Report. Non–Discrimination Latvia, EU Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers.

Kamenska, A., Olsena, S. (2015), Improving Prison Conditions by Strengthening the Monitoring of HIV, HCV, TB and Harm Reduction. Mapping Report Latvia. Riga: Latvian Centre for Human Rights.

Kamenska, A. (2014), Civil and Political Rights (Ch.3), Civilian Control of the Military and Police (ch.9) in: How Democratic is Latvia: Audit of Democracy 2005-2014. Ed. Juris Rozenvalds. Riga: University of Latvia Advanced Social and Political Research Institute. 2014. P. 65-84.

Co-author, Latvijas Cilvēktiesību centrs (2014). Use of Situation Testing in Proving Discrimination (Situācijas testēšanas izmantošana diskriminācijas pierādīšanai), in Latvian.

Kamenska A., Laganovska K. (2014), Legal Study on Homophobia and Discrimination on Grounds of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. Latvia. Legal Update. Contracted by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights.

Kamenska, A. (2014), Report on measures to combat discrimination - Directives 2000/43/EC and 2000/78/EC – Latvia.

Kamenska, A. (2013), Report on measures to combat discrimination - Directives 2000/43/EC and 2000/78/EC – Latvia.

Study on the legal framework applicable to racist or xenophobic hate speech and hate crime in the EU (National Report on Latvia, 2013) for EC DG Justice (lead partner Milieu Ltd), unpublished.

Co-author, Latvian Centre for Human Rights (2013). Shadow Report on the Implementation of the Framework Convention for the Protection of the Rights of National Minorities in Latvia.

Latvian Centre for Humans Rights (2011), Combating Discrimination in Latvia – From Legislation to Court Practice II, Riga (co-author).

Kamenska, A., Brands, Kehris I. (2008), Hate Crimes in Latvia: Legislation and Police Practice. (Latvian and English editions) Riga: LCHR:

Authored the following reports for EU FRALEX (from 1 April 2009-2010):

- Latvia report “Thematic Legal Study on the impact of the Race Equality Directive” (2009)

- Latvia report “Thematic Legal Study on the assessment of Access to Justice in Civil Cases in the European Union” (2009)

- Update on Latvia “Legal Study on Homophobia and Discrimination on Grounds of Sexual Orientation” (2010)

- Latvia report “Thematic Study on specific fundamental rights issues in the MAF areas: national level (2010)

Co-authored with Brands-Kehris, Ilze, the National Report for Latvia in the Comparative study on access to justice in gender equality and anti-discrimination law for Milieu Ltd., under contract to the European Commission, DG Employment (Study Contract No VC/2009/0288) (2010).

Language skills

Latvian – mother tongue

Russian – proficient

English – proficient

French – independent user (understanding), basic user (speaking, writing)

Spanish – basic user

Awards

Society Integration Fund award for her contribution to the promotion of ethnic integration, February 2005.

Award ‘Justice for All” by the Latvian Prison Administration for her contribution to the promotion of prison reform, July 1998.

Member of different Latvian government working groups on fundamental rights and integration issues (1998-until present).

Term of office expires 2 May 2027
Member since 3 May 2017

Education and academic qualifications:

• 2010 – Habilitated Doctor of Law (Higher Doctorate, Post-Ph.D. Degree) / specialisations: international law and European law, Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics, University of Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland;
• 2004 – Ph.D. (cum laude) / specialisation: international law, Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics, University of Wrocław;
• 2002 – Course on International Humanitarian Law; International Committee of the Red Cross;
• 2001 – Master in Law / specialisations: international law and European law, Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics, University of Wrocław.

Academic honorary titles:

• 2017 – Doctor honoris causa of the Yerevan State University of Languages and Social Sciences after Valery Bryusov, Yerevan, Armenia;
• 2017 – Doctor honoris causa of the Tbilisi Open University, Tbilisi, Georgia;
• 2016 – Doctor honoris causa of the Vasyl’ Stus Donetsk National University, Vinnytsia, Ukraine. 

Professional and human rights activities:

• 2014-present – Director of the Institute of International Law, European Union and International Relations, Faculty of Law and Administration, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Poland;
• 2010-present – Professor and Head of the Department of Human Rights Protection and International Humanitarian Law, Institute of International Law, European Union and International Relations, Faculty of Law and Administration, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw;
• 2017-present – Member of the Management Board of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (independent expert), Vienna;
• 2017-present – Expert for the Human Dimension Mechanism, Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (independent expert enrolled on the list of ODHIR ‘Moscow Mechanism’);
• 2016 – Guest lecturer in human rights at Universidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina (UNOESC), Brazil (series of lectures in campuses: Joaçaba, São Miguel do Oeste, Xanxerê and Chapecó);
• 2016-present – Member of the Legal Advisory Committee to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland (independent expert);
• 2011-present – UN Independent Expert on Human Rights; since 2011 Member – and in 2014-2016 Chair-Rapporteur – of the UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination, UN Human Rights Council, Geneva;
• 2011-present – Member of the International Law Association (ILA), London; Member of the ILA’s Committee on International Human Rights Law (the Committee finished its work in 2016) and Member of the ILA’s Committee on Complementarity in International Criminal Law (Committee works since 2014);
• 2010-2012 – Judge ad hoc of the European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg;
• Member of editorial boards and advisory boards of numerous journals, including ‘Polski Rocznik Praw Człowieka i Prawa Humanitarnego’ / ‘Polish Review of Hunan Rights and Humanitarian Law’ (Publisher: University of Warmia and Mazury), ‘Problemy Współczesnego Prawa Międzynarodowego, Europejskiego i Porównawczego’ / ‘Issues of Contemporary International, European and Comparative Law’ (Publisher: Jagiellonian University), ‘Polski Przegląd Stosunków Międzynarodowych’ / ‘Polish Review of International Relations’ (Publisher: Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University), ‘Polish Review of International and European Law’ (Publisher: Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University), ‘Międzynarodowe Prawo Humanitarne’ / ‘International Humanitarian Law’ (Publisher: Naval Academy), ‘Wojskowy Przegląd Prawniczy’ / ‘Military Juridical Review’ (Publisher: Department of Military Affairs of the National Public Prosecutor's Office) and ‘International Community Law Review’ (Special Issues Editor; Publisher: Department of Law, Queen Mary, University of London // Nijhoff | Brill);
• 2013-present – Editor-in-Chief of academic monographs series ‘Prawa Człowieka i Prawo Międzynarodowe’ / ‘Human Rights and International Law’ (Publisher: Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University);
• 2016-present – Member of Advisory Board of academic monographs series ‘Prawo i Stosunki Międzynarodowe’ / ‘International Law and Relations’ (Publisher: Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University);
• 2001-2011 – Ph.D. student and subsequently Assistant Professor at the Department of International and European Law, Faculty of Law, Economics and Administration, University of Wrocław.
• 2005 – research internship at the Faculty of Law, Ruhr-Universität Bochum.

Publications:

Author of over 100 publications (monographs, articles and other works in Polish, English and other languages) on international law and European law, including human rights law.

Term of office expires 31 December 2022
Member since 1 January 2018

Education and academic qualifications

Master and bachelor in applied economic sciences (Free University Brussels - Vrije Universiteit Brussel)

Bachelor in management (Hogere Handelsschool Aalst)

Professional activities

2016-to date: Co-general manager, Unia, the Interfederal Centre for Equal Opportunities (www.unia.be)

2010-2016: General manager, Flemish Refugee Action (Vluchtelingenwerk Vlaanderen – www.vluchtelingenwerk.be)

2008-2010: Head, Advocacy and Policy Department, Oxfam (Oxfam-Wereldwinkels – www.oww.be)

2004-2007: Policy advisor, Flemish Greens (Groen – www.groen.be)

1999-2004: Policy advisor for different federal and regional ministers

1993-1999: Civil servant in the Flemish administration

International activities

2017-to date: Member of the Dutch Council on Language and Literature (http://over.taalunie.org/organisation)

National activities

2016-to date: Member of the editorial board SAMPOL (www.sampol.be)

2016-to date Member of the board, SOS-Schulden op school (https://www.schuldenopschool.be/)

2014-to date: Member of the general assembly, POW-Pluralistisch overleg welzijnswerk (http://www.alertonline.be/Home/Alert/Deuitgever/tabid/150/Default.aspx)

2005-2010 Member of the supervisory board of ARKimedes (http://www.pmv.eu/en/about-financing-entrepreneurs/arkimedes)

Term of office expires 11 February 2025
Member since 12 February 2020 (Former member from 26 November 2001 to 30 April 2015)

Education, academic and other qualifications

• 1993 Yerevan State University, Faculty of Law (Yerevan, Armenia), Diploma with Honours in Law
• 1996 St-Petersburg State University (St Petersburg, Russian Federation), PhD (International Human Rights)
• 1999 University of California/Berkeley (Berkeley, USA), Junior Faculty Training Program
• 2001 University of Cambridge (Cambridge, UK), Visiting Scholar

Professional experience

• 2019 to present Supreme Judicial Council, Armenia, Member
• 2015 to 2019 Ministry of Justice, Armenia, Deputy Minister
• 2006 to 2015 Yerevan State University, Faculty of Law, Founding Head of the Chair of European and International Law
• 2009 to 2015 Bar Association, Armenia, Vice-President
• 1999 to 2003 Presidential Commission on Constitutional Amendments, Member
• 1997 to 2009 Bar Association of the Republic of Armenia, Executive Director
• 1996 to 2006 Yerevan State University / Faculty of law, Associate Professor

International work

• 2001 to 2014 European Commission against Racism and Intolerance, Council of Europe, Member in respect of Armenia
• 2004 to 2008 Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, Member in respect of Armenia

Publications and other works

• Author and co-author of more than 50 publications (books, scientific articles and other works).

Language skills

• English, Russian, Armenian (mother tongue), French (basic).

Term of office expires 31 December 2022
Member since 1 January 2018

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 

• Assistant Professor of Law, University of Primorska, Faculty of Humanities (January 2022-)
• Head of Department, Advocate of the Principle of Equality, Republic of Slovenia (November 2018-)
• Director, Peace Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia (October 2012–October 2018)
• Researcher, Peace Institute (December 2005–September 2012)
• Intern, Human Rights Watch, New York, U.S. (May 2004–November 2004)
• Legal Counsel, Legal Information Centre for Non-governmental Organizations (PIC) (September 2002–August 2003)

EDUCATION  

• Postdoctoral Researcher (July 2014–June 2016)
  Postdoctoral research project titled “Fundamental rights of citizens and foreigners in the European Union”. Funded by the Research Agency of the Republic of Slovenia. Involved a visiting research position at the University of Palermo, Italy (5 May–5 June 2016).
• PhD in Law (18 October 2011)
  University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Law. Studies of constitutional, administrative, comparative and international law. Dissertation title “Legal Aspects of the Erasure from the Register of Permanent Residents”. Mentor: Prof. Dr. Bojan Bugarič.
• State Legal Exam of the Republic of Slovenia (14 June 2006)
  Ljubljana High Court. Qualification to represent clients in courts in the Republic of Slovenia.
• Master’s Degree in International Human Rights Law (LL.M.) (August 2003– May 2004)
  University of Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, U.S. Scholarship: US Department of State (Ron Brown Fellowship Program). LL.M. thesis title “U.N. human rights reporting mechanism: is it time to move on?”. Mentor: Prof. Dinah Shelton.
• Degree in Law (October 1997–July 2002)
  University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Law. Civil, criminal, administrative, corporate, family, labour, social, constitutional and international law. Major: International law.

MEMBERSHIP OF NATIONAL COMMITTEES AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:   

• Board Member, Legal Information Centre for Non-governmental Organizations (PIC) (2009–).
• Board Member, Centre for Information, Co-operation and Development of NGOs (CNVOS) (2011–).
• Member of Government Council for Religious Freedom Dialogue (2015–).
• Member of Ethics Committee of the Association of Journalists of Slovenia (2012–16).  
• Member of Inter-sectoral Commission for Human Rights, Ministry of Foreigner Affairs (2011–2014).
• Member of Inter-sectoral Working Group for Reform of Non-discrimination Law (2011–12).
• Member of the Government Council for the Implementation of the Principle of Equality (2009–12).
• Member of the International Law Association Slovenia.
• MEMBERSHIP OF INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEES AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:   
• Representative of the Republic of Slovenia at the “Moscow Mechanism” OSCE (2017–).
• Member of the European Network of Legal Experts in the Non-Discrimination Field (2008–18).
• Member of the European Network on Sexual Orientation Law – ECSOL (2009–).
• Member of the Odysseus Academic Network on Asylum and Migration (2007–).
• Member of the CINETS: Crimmigration Control – International Net of Studies (2016–).

COORDINATION OF SELECTED NATIONAL PROJECTS:  

• Crimmigration between Human Rights and Surveillance (2016-18), funded by the Slovenian Research Agency.
• Fundamental Rights of Citizens and Foreigners in the European Union (2014-16), funded by the Slovenian Research Agency.
• “Mapping of Stateless Persons in Slovenia” (2012), funded by the UNHCR.
• “RAXEN National Focal Point”, EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (2007–10).
• “Erased Residents of Slovenia: A Challenge for a Young Nation State” (2007–09), funded by Open Society Foundations.
• “Anti-discrimination Training for Media and Equality” (2007), funded by the European Commission and the Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia.

COORDINATION OF PARTS OF INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS (SELECTION): 

• “Needs Assessment of the Migration Management Systems in the Western Balkans and Turkey” (2015), conducting 65 expert interviews and preparation of reports. Coordinator: Ramboll, funded by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex).
• “Rights on the Move – Rainbow Families in Europe” (2012–15). Coordinator: University of Trento; funded by the European Commission.
• “Study to collect data on children's involvement in judicial proceedings – Slovenia” (2013), preparation of the study on Slovenia. Coordinator: Milieu ltd; funded by the European Commission.
• “European Criminal Justice Project (ECJP): Towards Cross-Border Solutions for Transnational Problems” (2008–10). Coordinator: AIRE Centre; funded by the European Commission.
• “Directive 2004/81 on Victims of Trafficking: Conformity Checking of the Transposition by Member States of 10 EC Directives in the Sector of Asylum and Immigration”, study for the European Commission. Coordinator: Institute for European Studies (2010).
• Directive 2003/86/EC on the Right to Family Reunification: Conformity Checking of the Transposition by Member States of 10 EC Directives in the Sector of Asylum and Immigration”, study for the European Commission. Coordinator: Institute for European Studies (2008).
• “Comparative Overview of the Implementation of the Directive 2003/9 of 27 January 2003 laying down minimum standards for the reception of asylum seekers in the EU member states”, study for the European Commission. Coordinator: Institute for European Studies (2006).
• “Aeneas: Protection of Asylum Seekers in the Republic of Croatia and the Region” (2005–2007). Coordinator: Croatian Law Centre; funded by the European Commission.

PUBLICATIONS (SELECTION)             

• Slovenia: Migration Law, Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer Law International, 2017.
• Annual Report on Measures to Combat Discrimination, Directives 2000/43/EC and 2000/78/EC, Country report: Slovenia (2007–2016).
• LGBT people as refugees and immigration rights. In: Boele-Woelki, K. (ed.), Fuchs, A. (ed.). Same-sex relationships and beyond: gender matters in the EU, European family law series, 42. Cambridge; Antwerp; Portland: Intersentia, 2017, 205–230.
• Asylum Systems in the Western Balkans: Current Issues, International Migration, 54 (2016) 6, 151–63.
• Asylum seekers and HIV/AIDS: legal issues, well-being and fundamental rights. Medicine, law & society, 9 (2016) 2, 85–99.
• Legal Implications of the 'Humanitarian Corridor'. In: Šalamon, N.K., Bajt, V. (eds.), Razor-wired: Reflections on Migration Movements through Slovenia in 2015, 2016, Peace Institute, 38–49.
• Erased: Citizenship, Residence Rights and the Constitution in Slovenia, 2016, Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Academic Research.
• White Paper. Rights on the Move: Rainbow Families in Europe, 2015, Ljubljana: Peace Institute.
• The Rights of Same-Sex Partners on Referendum in Slovenia: Minority Rights on Public Vote, Diritto pubblico comparato ed europeo, 4 (2013), 1236–1254.
• Traits of Homophobia in Slovenian Law: From Ignorance towards Recognition?. In: Trappolin, Gasparini, Wintemute (eds.): Confronting homophobia in Europe, London: Hart, 2012.
• A Study and Comparison of National Legislation in Slovenia and International Standards related to Statelessness, 2012, UNHCR.

Term of office expires 10 December 2023
Member since 11 December 2013
Bureau member from April 2019 to April 2021

EDUCATION

• 2010: D.Sc. in political science, Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• 1999: C.Sc. (Ph.D.) in political science, Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• 1987: Diploma cum laude, Department of Physics, Kyiv Shevchenko University,

CURRENT POSITIONS

• Head Research Fellow, Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Adjunct Professor, School of Journalism, Ukrainian Catholic University
• Associate, Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

• Visiting professorships at Columbia University, Stanford University and the University of Kyiv-Mohyla-Academy
• Research Fellowships at Harvard University, Stanford University, University College London, University of Alberta, J.-W. Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, German Institute for International and Security Affairs and Open Society Institute Budapest
• Expert positions at Center for Policy Analysis, Den’ newspaper and Pylyp Orlyk Institute for Democracy
• Editorial positions at Den’ daily newspaper, UNIAN information agency and Suchasnist’ monthly

PUBLICATIONS

Three books, two edited books and more than fifty journal articles and book chapters (in Ukrainian, English, Russian, German, French and Polish) dealing with the politics of language, ethnicity, memory and identity, nationalism, language ideologies and media discourse in Ukraine and beyond.

Term of office expires 17 November 2024
Member since 18 November 2014

EDUCATION

• 2012-: M.A. in Maltese Studies, Institute of Maltese Studies, University of Malta.
• 1992-1994: Diploma in Political Studies, FEMA, University of Malta.
• 1985-1987: Diploma in Administration and Management in Education, Faculty of Education, University of Malta.
• 1966-1968: Teachers’ Training Certificate with French as a special field of study.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Current job

• 01.01.2014-: Executive Director, National Commission for the Promotion of Equality.
• 12.05.2014-:    Acting Executive Director, Commissioner, National Commission for the Promotion of Equality.

Previous professional experience

• 2011-2012: Gender Consultant, Outlook Coop.
• 2005-2010: Assistant Director (Finance and Administration), Government Property Division, Ministry of Finance, Economy and Investment/Ministry for Justice and Home Affairs.
• 2004-2005: Officer, Department of Libraries and Archives, Ministry of Education, Youth and Employment.
• 1998-2003: Director, Department for Women in Society, Ministry for Social Policy.
• 1997-1998: Adviser to the Parliamentary Secretary on women’s rights, Office of the Prime Minister.
• 1996: Assistant Head of School, St. Teresa Girls’ Junior Lyceum, Mriehel.
• 1989-1996: French Teacher, M.A. Vassalli Boy’s Junior Lyceum.
• 1977-1989: Information Officer, United Nations Regional Oil Combating Centre for the Mediterranean Sea.
• 1974-1976: Assistant Librarian, Merrill Lynch Investment Bank, London.
• 1970-1973: Teacher of French, Italian and Physical Education, St Venera Girls’ Secondary School.
• 1968-1970: Primary School Teacher, Hamrun Primary School.

Membership of national and international committees, including, among others:

• June 2014-: Member, Interministerial Committee on the Ratification of the Istanbul Convention.
• June 2013-: Member, Senate, University of Malta.
• May 2013-: Chairperson, Commission on Domestic Violence.
• May 2013-: Member, Board of Examinations, Ministry of Education and Employment.
• April 2013-: Member. National Council for the Elderly.
• November 2014-: Member, Current Pensioners Committee.
• 2011-June 2013: Chair, Malta Confederation of Women’s Organisations.
• 2010-: Board member, European Women’s Lobby.
• 2009-: Committee Member, Sexual Assault Response Team.
• 2004-2010: Expert on violence against women, European Women’s Lobby.
• 2003: Founder Member of the Malta Confederation of Women’s Organisations 2003
• 2001-2003: Coordinator, NMC (National Minimum Curriculum) Gender Equity Focus Group.
• 1997-2003: Member of Commission for the Advancement of Women, Chairperson (1997-1998).
• 1992-1996: Founder Member and General Secretary of the Association of Women of the Mediterranean Region 1992-1996

Publications and other academic works

• Consultancy on the Step by Step Guide on Gender Mainstreaming, Gender Impact Assessment and Checklist on Infrastructural Projects, 2012.
• 45 articles to raise awareness on domestic violence from different perspectives, 2011.
• Malta Confederation of Women’s Organisations (MCWO) position papers on violence against women, women in the labour market, gender budgeting, pensions, curriculum framework, after school programmes, 2011 – to date.
• CEDAW Shadow Report on Malta’s National Report, 2010.
• Various press releases on behalf of the MCWO on areas of concern covered under research
• The Role of Childcare in Malta, Article in the Times of Malta, 7.8.2007.
• White Paper on Pensions – the gender perspective, The Sunday Times Supplement, 1.05.2005.
• ‘Women in the Political Sphere’ Chapter 11 in ‘Sociological Aspects of the Maltese Islands’ ed. Cassar – Cutajar, Indigo Books 2004.
• 'Manual for Gender-Friendly Organisations’ Consultancy for ETC, 2004.
• ‘Women and the Law’ Independent on Sunday’, 7.3.20004.
• National Report for the World Summit on Sustainable Development on the theme ‘Women and Equitable Development’ Chapter 4 edited by Briguglio Lino, 200289745.
• Edited Report on Gender Equality Legislation, 2000.
• Edited White Paper on Domestic Violence, 1998.
• Il-Mara Maltija wara s-Sena 2000:  Trawwim ghall-Ugwaljanza p.17-28 ed. Callus Angela, Europrint, 1998.
• Edited and participated in Study on Servizzi ta’ Childcare f’Malta, 1996.
• Edited and participated in Study on Azzjoni Pozittiva u Ugwaljanza bejn Nisa u Rgiel, 1996.

Language skills

• Maltese
• English
• French
• Italian.

Other relevant information

Renee Laveira was a member of the drafting committees of the Domestic Violence Bill and the Gender Equality Act. She has contributed to a considerable number of documents as part of Malta’s EU accession process. Furthremore she has participated, including as speaker, in several national and international conferences; facilitated training sessions and collaborated with international experts on issues such as promoting gender equality and combating domestic violence. She has also regularly presented on and contributed to radio and television programmes.

Term of office expires 8 February 2026
Member since 9 February 2011
Member of the Bureau from January 2014 to December 2015
Vice-Chair from January 2016 to December 2017
Chair from January 2018 to December 2019

• University Studies in History at the Universities of Strasbourg (France) and Vienna (Austria)
• Dr phil (Social and Economic History), University of Vienna 1973
• Professor in Global History at the University of Luxembourg until April 2013
• Vice-Rector, University of Luxembourg (2003-2007)
• Chairholder of the UNESCO Chair in Human Rights, University of Luxembourg (2011-)
• National Director, E.MA Master in Human Rights and Democratisation, Venice (1998-)
• Member of the Board of EIUC, European Inter-University Centre for Human   Rights and Democratisation  (2002-2014)
• President of the Commission consultative des droits de l’homme du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg (2006-2013)
• President of Omega90, the Luxembourg Association for Palliative Care (1998-2009)
• President of the Commission  “Justice and Peace” Luxembourg (2008-)
• Member of the Board of the European Network of “Justice and Peace” Commissions (2013-)
• Vice-President of CARE Germany-Luxembourg (2017-)
• Member of the National UNESCO Commission (2001-)
• Prix Lions awarded in 2001 for activities in the field of human dignity

Term of office expires 31 December 2022
Member since 1 January 2013 (Deputy member from 1 January 2003 to 31 December 2012)
Bureau member from March 2015 to March 2019

Education and academic and other qualifications

• Higher Doctorate (postdoctoral academic degree), Vilnius University, Lithuania (2005)
• Miles Lerman Research Fellow, Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington DC, USA (2001-2002)
• PhD, Brandeis University, Waltham, USA (1997)
• Graduate studies, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel (1995-1996)
• MA, Vilnius University (1993)
• Diploma, Oxford University, United Kingdom (1992)

Professional activities

(a) Present positions

• Professor and Dean, Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania (2010-now)
• Professor Guarantor, University of SS. Cyril and Methodius (UCM), Trnava, Slovakia (2009-now)

(b) Work at national level

• Director of the Vilnius Yiddish Institute, Faculty of History, University of Vilnius (2001-2012)
• Professor (2006-2010) and Associate Professor (2001-2006), Department of Politics, Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius
• Expert for the Lithuanian Department for Minorities (2003-2010)
• Chairman, Board of the NGO Information and Support Center, Vilnius (2000-2005)
• Assistant Professor, Department of History, Vilnius University (1999-2000)
• Director of Programmes, Open Society Fund Lithuania (1997-2001)
• Attaché, Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1992-1993)

(c) International work

• Member of the Advisory Group to the Lithuanian Chairmanship of the OSCE (2011)
• Deputy member in respect of Lithuania, Management Board of the European Monitoring Board on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC) (2004-2008)
• Member, Phare Civil Society Expert Board (1998-2000)

(d) Other activities

• Member of the Board of Higher Education of Lithuania 
• Research and Teaching Assistant, Sakharov Archives, Brandeis University (1993-1997)

Publications and other works

Author of eight books and volumes as editor or co-editor. Member of the editorial boards of nine academic journals. Published over 50 academic articles and over 40 popular articles.

Language skills

• Mother tongue: Lithuanian
• Fluent: English, Polish, Russian, Yiddish
• Working knowledge: German, Hebrew, Slovak

Term of office expires 20 October 2025
Member since 21 October 2020

Education and academic and other qualifications

• Associate Professor (Docent) of Public Law, Uppsala University (2014).
• Doctor of Laws (LL.D) in Constitutional Law, Uppsala University (2009).
• University Studies in Law and French at the Universities of Uppsala (Sweden), Stockholm (Sweden) and Caen (France).

Professional experience

Current professional activity

• Professor of Public Law, Uppsala University, 1 January 2018-present.

Work at national/local level

• Scientific leader, Centre for Multidisciplinary Studies on Religion and Society (CRS), Uppsala University, 1 January 2020-present.
• Director, Centre for Multidisciplinary Studies on Racism, Uppsala University, 1 January 2017-30 June 2017.
• Project leader, Multidisciplinary Strategies, Faculty of Theology, Uppsala University, 1 January 2016-31 December 2020.
• Expert in several government inquiries relating to human rights issues.
• Senior Lecturer in Public Law, Faculty of Law, Uppsala University, 22 May 2014-31 December 2017.

Work at international level

• National Director, European Master's Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation (E.MA), Representing Uppsala University and the Faculty of Law at the EIUC (European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation), Venice, Italy, 2011-present.

Publications and other works

• Author of several books and articles concerning human and fundamental rights and access to democracy, welfare and justice.

Language skills

• English, French, Swedish (mother tongue), Danish, Norwegian.

Terms of office expires on 31 December 2022
Member since 1 janvier 2013

Education and academic and other qualifications

• 2007-2007 Tallinn University of Technology PhD
• 2001-2006 University of Tartu, PhD candidate
• 1998-2001 University of Tartu, magister iuris (cum laude)
• 1993-1998 University of Tartu, Law Faculty, BA (cum laude)

Institution and position

• 2015-... The Chancellor of Justice of the Republic of Estonia
• 2011-... Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Tartu
• 2009-2011 Professor of Public Law, Tallinn University of Technology
• 2009-2015 Legal Adviser to the President of the Republic of Estonia
• 2006-2010 Member of the National Electoral Commitee
• 2005-2009 Lecturer of Constitutional Law and Administrative Law, Tallinn University of Technology
• 2005-2008 Director of Audit, National Audit Office
• 2002-2005 Adviser and Head of Secretariat, Constitutional Commitee of the Riigikogu
• 2002-2002 Adviser to the Minister of Justice on parliamentary matters
• 2001-2005 Lecturer, University of Tartu
• 1998-2002 Head of Public Law Department, Ministry of Justice
• 1997-1998 Specialist of Public Law Department, Ministry of Justice

R&D related managerial and administrative work

• 2015-... Member of the Board of the European Region of International Ombudsman Institute (IOI), and since October 2017, member of the IOI World Board 
• 2015-... Member of the Supervisory Board of the Iuridicum Foundation 
• 2014-... Member of the Advisory Board of the Foundation Estonian Cooperation Assembly
• 2013-... Member of the European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI)
• 2012-... Chief Editor of the Commented Edition of the Constitution (3. ed. 2012; 4. ed. will be published on 28 June 2017)
• 2012-... Chairperson of the Jury of Enn Soosaar's Prize in Ethics Essay Contest
• 2013-2015 Member of the Council of the Ethics of Public Officials
• 2012-2015 Member of the Community Advisory Board of the Estonian Public Broadcasting
• 2011-2012 Member of the Regulatory Committee of the 32. Jurists' Days
• 2011-2012 Member of Program Committee of the Lawyers´ Congress "Constitution 20. From the Pragmatism of Legal Practice to Constitutionalism"
• 2010-2015 Independent expert of GRECO
• 2010-2015 Member of the Board of Governors of the Estonian Academy of Arts
• 2010-2011 Member of the Transitional Evaluation Team of law curricula

Creative work

• Author of the radio talk-show of popular science „Õigus ja Õiglus“ (Radio Kuku, 2016-...)
• Author of the radio talk-show of popular science "Vanamehed kolmandalt" (Radio Kuku, 2009-2015)
• Numerous research and opinion articles in Estonian press

Term of office expires 9 May 2024
Member since 10 May 2019

Elena Mihajlova Stratilati is a Professor at the Department of International Pulic Law at the Faculty of Law "Iustinianus Primus", University “Ss Cyril and Methodius”, Skopje.

Miss Mihajlova Stratilati graduated at the Faculty of Law, University “Ss Cyril and Methodius”, Skopje. She obtained her Masters’ Degree in International Law in 2009 (master thesis on Hate Speech and Cultural Differences) and a Doctoral Degree in Law (International Law studies) in 2012 (doctoral thesis on Hate Crimes and Cultural Identity), both at the Faculty of Law “Iustinianus Primus” in Skopje.

She teaches several courses at the primary, postgraduate and doctoral level: International Public Law, International Human Rights Law, International Humanitarian Law, Transitional Justice, etc. She also teaches at the Legal Clinic on Refugee Law, which started in 2018 as a joint project of the Faculty of Law and the UNHCR Office in Skopje.

Miss Mihajlova Stratilati has been participating as a national expert in several international projects and OSCE activities in the field of combating racism, xenophobia and intolerance, with a particular emphasis on hate speech and hate crimes and is a co-author of the OSCE publication on freedom of expression and hate speech intended for Judges, Public Prosecutors and Journalists.

She has published a series of articles and monographs that, besides the classic themes of international public law, cover her particular areas of interest: human rights, hate speech and hate crimes, transitional justice and democracy.

Term of office expires: 11 December 2023
Member since 12 December 2018 (Deputy from 16 June 2004 to 2 November 2009)

Academic education

Law Degree, University of Bologna, June 1999.

Training in a law firm, 1999-2002.

Admission to the San Marino Bar of Lawyers and Notaries, April 2002.

Teaching qualification, Department of Education, University of San Marino, December 2003.

Professional activities

Work at international level

Judge elected in respect of San Marino, European Court of Human Rights, September 2009-September 2018.

Vice-President of the First Section of the European Court of Human Rights, 7 February 2017-25 September 2018.

Vice-President of the Third Section of the European Court of Human Rights, 1 September 2015-31 October 2015.

Deputy Member in respect of San Marino of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance, 2004-2009.

Work at national level

Chair of the Parliamentary Equal Opportunities Commission, March 2009

Lawyer and notary at the law firm Avv. Micheloni Manuel, Avv Kristina Pardalos and Avv. Federico Fabbri Ercolani, San Marino, May 2002-September 2009

Language skills

Italian – native speaker; English and French - fluent.

Publications and other works

Articles

"L'histoire commença par Buscarini …" : la République de Saint-Marin et la Convention européenne des droits de l'homme, Kristina Pardalos and Irene Gentile-Brown in Human rights in a global world: essays in honour of Judge Luis López Guerra, Wolf Legal Publishers, 2018, pp. 221-238.

Interpretation of Article 8 of the Convention on Human Rights in the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights, Kristina Pardalos, in Lithuania in the Council of Europe: Twenty years of membership, European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation, 2014.

Term of office expires 31 December 2022
Member since 1 January 2008

Education and academic and other qualifications:

• 1988-: Appointed to the Cyprus Judiciary
• 1973: Called to the Cyprus Bar
• 1972: Called to the English Bar
• Barrister-at-Law (Middle Temple)
• 1965 – 1966: Military service in the National Guard

Professional activities

(a) Present positions:

• Judge of the Supreme Court of Cyprus

(b) Work at national level:

• 2009: Appointed Judge of the Supreme Court of Cyprus
• 1999:  Promoted to President of District Court
• 1996: Promoted to Senior District Judge
• 1988: Appointed as a District Judge
• 1985 - 1988: Part-time Lecturer of Law at Frederic University in Nicosia
• 1973 – 1985: Practicing Law in Nicosia through own legal firm.  

(c) International work:

• As a judge and as president of the Cyprus judges association represented Cyprus abroad in various legal conferences
• Member of the ECRI since 2008

Publications and other works:

various publications in Cyprus law journals particularly in criminal law  

Language skills:

Fluent in Greek and English 

Other relevant information:

• 2006 – 2009: Lecturer on European Legal Topics in Cyprus Police Academy
• 2004 - 2009: President of the Cyprus Judges Association.

Term of office expires: 28 May 2024
Member since 29 May 2019 

I. Education and academic and other qualifications

• 1976-1981: Studies at nursing school in Switzerland registered with the Swiss Red Cross. Diploma as a certified Registered Nurse (RN) with additional training in Psychiatry (PSKP).
• 1984-1995: Various studies concerning personal crisis management in the USA, Japan and Germany and temporary assignments as a registered Critical Incident Nurse (CIN).

II. Professional activities

(a) Work at national level

Since April 2019 Freelance advisor: support for and supervision of persons in crisis situations.

1998-March 2019 Managing Director and member of the Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT - Liechtenstein), www.kit.li 

• extensive experience in interaction with victims of crime and persons with psychological problems, partly in connection with discrimination, marginalisation, etc.

2013-2017 Member of the Liechtenstein Parliament (MP)

• strong commitment to integration of foreigners, among others through promoting dual citizenship and equality of opportunities;
• advocate of LGBTI rights (laws relating to family names, marriage, etc.).

2013-2019 Member of the Government Commission «Stop Child Abuse», www.stoppkindsmissbrauch.li.

2003-2015 Member of the City Council Schaan, Liechtenstein

• main focus: integration of the whole population in the community;
• regular meetings with the Association for Intercultural Education;
• introduction of regular intercultural meetings in the community;
• workshops for general public on intolerance.

2003-2015 Chairwoman of the City School Board, Schaan, Liechtenstein

• Commitment to progress in the schooling system as a motor of successful integration, education as key to fostering tolerance and preventing xenophobia.

1981-1984 Working as a licensed practical nurse for different institutions in inpatient and outpatient settings in Liechtenstein.

(b) International work

2013-2017 Head of the Liechtenstein Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE

• supported resolutions on human rights, also in connection with tolerance.

2013-2017 Alternate member of the Liechtenstein Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe .

III. Language skills

German; English; French (basic)

IV. Other relevant information

Special projects:

Volunteer work for Special Olympics Liechtenstein as a Critical Incident Nurse (CIN), see www.specialolympics.li

• wide experience in working with persons with disabilities, including supporting those who have been victims of discrimination and marginalisation in professional and private life.

President of the non-profit organisation «Secure Liechtenstein» www.vsl.li

• promotion of safety in the public space through awareness-raising, public panel discussions and commitment to civic courage, also pertaining to questions of discrimination, racism, and xenophobia in the public space and how it can be prevented.

Private commitments:

Support for unaccompanied minors seeking asylum; mentoring of children with migration backgrounds in all areas of life; Godmother to several children with a migration background.

Term of office expires 26 September 2026
Member since 27 September 2006
Member of the Bureau from 21 March 2013 to 20 March 2015

Etudes suivies:

• Titulaire des diplômes universitaires de la Faculté des Sciences de Toulouse:
  1. Mathématiques générales et physique
  2. Techniques mathématiques de la physique
• Titulaire du diplôme d’aptitude pédagogique à l’enseignement primaire.

Fonctions exercées de janvier 1976 à octobre 2005:

• Batlle (juge) de S.E. le Co-Prince français de janvier 1976 à novembre 1977,
• Batlle (juge) Doyen de S.E. le Co-Prince français de décembre 1977 à octobre 1986,
• Procureur général adjoint de novembre 1986 à octobre 1991,
• Juge délégué des Appellations de novembre 1991 à décembre 1993,
• Vice-président du Tribunal de Corts de janvier 1994 à octobre 1999,
• Membre du Conseil supérieur de la Justice d’octobre 1999 à octobre 2005.

Profession exercée de 1966 à 1976:

• Instituteur dans les écoles de S.E. le Co-Prince français des Vallées d’Andorre

Participation à la rédaction de projets de loi:

•  En 1993, membre de la Commission législative chargée de la rédaction du projet de la loi organique de la Justice,
• En 1996, membre du Comité judiciaire chargé de la rédaction du projet de la loi organique du Ministère public,
• En 1996, membre du Comite judiciaire chargé de la rédaction du projet de la loi organique d’Extradition,
• En 1997, membre du Comite judiciaire chargé de la rédaction du projet de la loi sur l’Entraide judiciaire,
• En 1998, membre du Comité judiciaire chargé de la rédaction du projet de la loi organique sur la modification du Code de procédure pénale,
• En 1999, membre du Comité judiciaire chargé de la rédaction du projet de la loi pénale des mineurs.

Décorations:

• Nomination au grade de Chevalier de l’Ordre national du Mérite français par décret de Monsieur le Président de la République française, Co-Prince d’Andorre, du 20 juillet 1983.
• Nomination au grade de Chevalier de l’Ordre national de la Légion d’Honneur par décret de Monsieur le Président de la République française, Co-Prince d’Andorre, du 10 mai 1995.

Term of office expires 31 December 2022
Member since 1 January 2018

EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 2017-to date: Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA), PhD candidate in Political Sciences;
• 1990-1995: Georgian Technical University, Diploma Social Engineer.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

(a) Present positions

• Director, Women’s Information Center;
• Member, Inter-Agency Council of the Prime Minister with the voting mandate;
• Gender Advisor, Global Fund for Women, Women’s Fund in Georgia;
• Member of the Board, Global Environmental Facility (GEF).

(b) Work at national level

I have been working on women’s rights and gender equality since the year 2000. I have gained an extensive experience in advocating and lobbying women’s right and gender issues at the national and international level. On behalf of the women’s organisations in Georgia I have been elected as a member of the Inter-Agency Council of the Prime Minister with the voting mandate. Also, I am actively involved in ongoing work to improve gender equality in Georgia. I have been devoted to addressing the issue of gender inequality and worked cohesively with government bodies such as: the Parliament of Georgia, the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Education and Social Science, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and other local and central governments to solve existing challenges relating to gender equality issues in Georgia. Currently, I am working on monitoring implementation of the second phase of the National Action Plan (2016-2017) on UN SCR 1325. Also, I have undertaken research for the “Study of youth's attitude toward gender equality issues”. Moreover, I am an author and a manager of various projects on the following issues: advocacy and lobbying of women’s needs and priorities, work on violence against women, awareness raising, women’s political participation and women’s peace and security. From 2014 to date I am an initiator and a team member of the Women's Political Participation Task Force Groups and a member of the UN Women National Civil Society Advisory Group. I am the initiator and co-founder of the Gender Information Agency (www.ginsc.net). Positions include:

2012-to date: Member of the Advisory Board of the Women’s Fund in Georgia;

2012-to date: Member of the national working group for the implementation of the National Action Plan (NAP) on UN SCR 1325;

2012-to date: Member of the national working group for the implementation of the NAP to combat trafficking;

2013-to date: Member of the working group to improve gender equality institutional mechanisms;

2005-2006: Member of the State Commission for Gender Equality;

2003-2006: Co-coordinator of the Coalition “Women’s Peacemaking Council”;

2002-2007: Co-founder and member of the Coalition of Women’s NGO of Georgia.

(c) International work

As a gender advisor, I closely cooperate with various international and local organisations, such as: Global Fund for Women, Women’s Fund in Georgia, UN Women in Georgia, UNDP. I have significant experience in co-operating with international organisations, such as: the U.S. Department of State (DOS), USAID, UN WOMEN, EU, KTK, GFW and OXFAM. I have been a member of several international networks and frequently taken part in different international conferences as a representative of the Women’s Information Center. I have submitted a report on behalf of the Georgian Women’s non-governmental organisations at the CEDAW (2014). Currently, I am working on a Guidebook for the Community Mobilization for Empowerment in Ukraine. Additionally, as an expert on gender issues I have been involved in a range of workshops, trainings, meetings and exchanges about gender mainstreaming with the representatives of governmental bodies from other countries including Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Moldova. I headed three parallel events during the 60th session of the CSW (Commission on the Status of Women) that took place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

2015-to date: Member of the Domestic Violence Interagency Council;

2014-to date: Member of the Board of the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) Small Grant Program (SCG);

2012-to date: Advisor to the Global Fund for Women (GFW);

2011-to date: Member of the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPAC);

2012-to date: Member of the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP);

2007-to date: Member of the International Women’s Network - Women against Violence;

2006-to date: Member of the Advisory Board of the Network of East-West Women (NEWW);

Europe (WAVE) and the focal point of the network in the South Caucasus.

PUBLICATIONS AND OTHER WORKS

Author and co-author of reports and research on:

- Research of university entrants’ view on gender equality (2015);

- Study of youth's attitude toward gender equality issues (2015);

- Monitor of NAP on UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (2015);

- Media Monitoring (self-governance 2015 from the gender perspective);

- Gender Audit - Gender mainstreaming and integrating at the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia (2015);

- Article in the report “Review of development of civil society education” (2015);

- An alternative report to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) (2014);

- Study of the attitude of Pankisi Gorge population toward different social problems (2014);

- Women’s economic opportunities and challenges (2014);

- Economic needs of women living in the rural areas (2014).

- “Gender Assessment of Georgia”, supported by the World Vision (2013);

- Survey “Handbook on Measures to Promote Women’s Participation in Political Parties” in the framework of the project “Women in Political Parties” supported by OSCE/ODIHR (2012);

- Mapping study in Georgia in the framework of the Cross-regional programme - Women Connect Across Conflicts: Building Accountability for Implementation of UN SCR 1325, 1820, 1888, 1889 supported by UN WOMEN2011-(2012);

- Influence of the implementation of the UN SCR 1325 on the conditions of the conflict affected population in the regions bordering with zone of the armed conflict in Georgia supported by OSCE (2011);

- Handbook of Gender Equality in Elected Office: A six-step Action Plan (OSCE) (2011);

- Analysis of Implementation of the UNSC Resolution 1325 in Georgia on the bases of the Internet-Conference organised by the Women’s Information Center (2010);

- “Press Monitoring on Domestic Violence in Georgia” within the project “Intersectoral and community-based measures to Eliminate Domestic Violence in Georgia” supported by the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (2009);

- “Domestic Violence and Legal Assistance” within the project “Intersectoral and community-based measures to Eliminate Domestic Violence in Georgia” supported by the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (2009);

- Responses to Trafficking in Persons in Georgia: An Assessment (2007);

- Gender and ICT in Georgia: Access to the informational-communicational technologies for women (2007);

- Gender Analysis of the EU Development Policy 2007;

- Girls’ assessment of needs of women’s movement in Georgia, (2007);

- Assessing the Enabling Governance Environment to Promote and Enforce Women’s Rights in the Southern Caucasus (2006);

- Joint NGO report presented to the Universal Periodic Review (2006).

LANGUAGE SKILLS

• Georgian (Fluent);
• Russian (Fluent);
• English (Fluent).

Term of office expires 27 February 2025
Member since 28 February 2010 (Deputy member from 1 January 2003 to 30 June 2004 and from 1 January 2008 to 27 February 2010)

Research Activities and Responsibilities

• 1966-1968: Student of law while working as a journalist/critic and insurance company agent.
• 1967: Doctor of Jurisprudence.
• 1968: Assistant, Law Faculty, Karl-Franzens University, Graz.
• 1972: Doctor of Political Science.
• 1975: “Habilitation” (university lecturing qualification) in Economic and Social History.
• 1977: Professor of Economic and Social History and Chairman of the Department of Social and Economic History at the Faculty for Social and Economic Sciences (SOWI Faculty).
• 1985-1989 and 1997-2004: Dean of the SOWI Faculty and Chairman of the “Fakultätskollegium” (Assembly of the Faculty).

Additional Teaching Activities

• 1992-to date: University lecturer.
• 1997 to date: Guest Professor at the Technical University in Graz (subjects: Economics and International Economic Relations).
• 1995-2004: Director of Media Studies at the Karl-Franzens University. Member of the Advisory Board of Interdisciplinary Gerontology. Director of the University Programme for the Management of Social and Health Facilities.

Important Publications and Areas of Research

Publications on recent Austrian economic history; social relations; insurance history; oral history and the history of the Liechtenstein dynasty. Director of the interdisciplinary research project “Altern – Lust oder Last” (Ageing – Pleasure or Burden).

Exhibitions

• 1989: Research Director of the official Styrian Exhibition (Judenburg: Men & Money & Markets)
• 1993: Research Director of the official Styrian Exhibition (Krieglach, Birkfeld, St. Kathrein: Peter Rosegger)
• 1995: Advisor for the Carinthian Exhibition
• 1996: Director of Research for the Special Exhibition (Riegersburg: History of the Liechtenstein Dynasty).

Activities in Adult Education

• 1972-2004: Chief Editor of the cultural magazine “Steirische Berichte”. Member of the Advisory Board of the “Steirisches Volksbildungswerk” and “Steirische Volkswirtschaftliche Gesellschaft”.
• 1989-1991: President of Urania (vocational education institute).

Other Functions

• 1991-1996: Chairman of the Association of University Professors (UVP); delegate of the Federal Professors’ Conference, Vienna; awarding jury member of the Erzherzog Johann prizes for research, chairman of the Styrian awarding jury for the “Humanitas-Medaillen”.
• 1993-2001: Member of the “Regionalradiobehörde” (Vienna).
• 1998-2004: Deputy member of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg.
• 9 April 2004: Elected Member of the Styrian Government (Minister for Economy and Europe).
• 2005-2010: Representative of the Styrian Parliament.
• 2009-2013: President of the Red Cross, Landesverband Steiermark.
• 2013-to date: President of the Austrian Red Cross.

Honours and Awards

• Theodor Körner Prize for Research, Josef Krainer Research Award.
• “Großes Goldenes Ehrenzeichen” (Decoration of Honour) of the Styrian Government.
• Ehrenkreuz für Wissenschaft und Kunst 1. Klasse. (Cross of Honour for Research and Art, First Class).
• Kommandeurkreuz pro Merito Melitensi.
• Austrian Red Cross: Verdienstkreuz 1. Klasse.

Term of office expires 31 December 2022
Member since 1 January 2013

Aslak Syse is a Professor at the Department of Public and International Law at the University of Oslo.

A. Syse holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music, Sociology and Criminology (1971), a Master’s Degree in Medicine (1972), a Master’s Degree in Law (1988) and a Doctoral Degree in Law (1996) – all from the University of Oslo. During the first 18 years of his career, A. Syse practised medicine, including seven years as Regional Medical Director for mentally disabled persons in Finnmark (the northernmost county in Norway), and two years as District Medical Officer in the Mtoko District, Zimbabwe. A. Syse joined the Department of Public and International Law at the University of Oslo in 1989 and was appointed Professor of Legal Sciences in 1997. He was elected Director of the Department for a four-year period from 2010 to 2013.

A. Syse has long been interested in international human rights and anti-discrimination law. His doctoral thesis concerns the legal situation of persons with general learning disabilities. He headed the Norwegian Law Commission producing the White Paper for the Discrimination and Accessibility Act from 2006, concerning the rights of persons with disabilities.

He was Head of the Norwegian Equality and Anti-Discrimination Tribunal from 2006 to 2009. The Tribunal enforces the various Norwegian equality and anti-discrimination acts, the most important being: the Gender Equality Act; the Act on Prohibition of Discrimination on the basis of ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, skin colour, language, religious and ethical orientation (the Discrimination Act); the Act on Prohibition of Discrimination on the basis of disability (Discrimination and Accessibility Act); and the anti-discrimination regulations in the Labour Environment Act.

Throughout his academic career, A. Syse has focused on law and the welfare state, drawing, among other things, from his experience as a clinical physician. He has published a series of articles and monographs on various topics, which include: the legal status of persons with disabilities; the concept of individual rights in the welfare state; and the normative aspects of applying coercion within the field of psychiatry. A. Syse has just revised his two monographs in the fields of, respectively, patients’ rights and patient injury compensation, and is currently revising his text book on mental health legislation, besides editing text books concerning welfare law, together with Professor A. Kjönstad.

Term of office expires 31 December 2022
Member since 1 January 2018

Education and academic and other qualifications

1968–1972 Undergraduate, Business Administration, Faculty of Economics, Istanbul University

1960–1968 High School, Galatasaray High School, Istanbul

Professional activities

a) Present positions

Retired Ambassador

b) Work at national and international level

2011–2013 Permanent Representative of Turkey to the OECD

2009–2011 Ambassador of Turkey to Austria

2008–2009 Deputy Undersecretary, Deputy Undersecretariat for General Political Affairs, Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, whose portfolio included inter alia the Council of Europe and human rights issues including the fight against racism, discrimination and intolerance

2005–2008 Ambassador of Turkey to Poland

2003–2005 Director General, Directorate for Intelligence and Research, Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2001–2003 Member of the Board of Inspectors, Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1998–2001 Ambassador of Turkey to Azerbaijan

1994–1998 Head of Department, Deputy Director General, Deputy Directorate General for Intelligence and Research, Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1993–1994 Head of Department, Department for Economic Cooperation

1989–1993 Consul General of Turkey in Hamburg, Germany

1983–1987 First Secretary, Counsellor at the Turkish Embassy in Budapest, Hungary

1982–1983 Head of Section, Department for Middle East and Africa, Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1980–1982 Head of Section, Department for Strategic Researches and Disarmament, Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1976–1980 Second Secretary, First Secretary at the Turkish Embassy in Warsaw

1975–1976 Second Secretary, Department for Cultural Affairs

1974–1975 Military Service

1973–1974 Candidate Career Diplomat, Third Secretary, Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Publications and other works

Various written works/presentations on relevant issues in the course of diplomatic service.

Language skills

French (fluent), English (fluent), Turkish (native)

Other relevant information

Participation in various meetings such as conferences, seminars on relevant issues in the course of diplomatic service

Term of office expires 31 December 2022
Member since 1 January 2013

Education and academic and other qualifications

• 1997-2004: PhD, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
• 2016: Scholar-in-residence, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy, Oxford University, United Kingdom
• 2015: Scholar-in-residence, Institute for Social and European Studies, Kőszeg, Hungary
• 2015: Visiting scholar, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
• 2008-2009: Visiting scholar, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA (1 semester)
• 1998: Visiting scholar, University of London, United Kingdom
• 1996-1997: Visiting scholar, Transnational Center for Democracy Studies, New School University, New York, USA

Professional activities

(a) Present positions:

• 2018: Professor, Department of Media Studies, PanEuropean University, Bratislava
• 2017-now: Director and Reseacher, Bratislava Policy Institute
• 2015-now: Professor, Bratislava International School of Liberal Studies

(b) Employment history:

• 2002-2017: Professor, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno
• 2006-2012: Director and Researcher, Center for the Research of Ethnicity and Culture, Bratislava
• 2005-2009: Professor, Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava
• 2011-2012 and 2000-2008: Adviser, World Bank
• 1998-2005: Programme Director and Researcher, Institute of Public Affairs, Bratislava
• 1995-1996: Researcher, programme coordinator and legal adviser, InfoRoma Foundation, Bratislava
• 1995-1996: Lecturer in public policy analysis at the Academia Istropolitana, Institute of Advanced Studies, Bratislava

(c) Membership in (scientific) journals and magazines:

• Chairman of the Editorial Board of the N-denník, major daily newspaper in Slovakia since 2016
• Member of the Advisory Board of the Prague-based Aspen Review Central Europe in 2012-2016, since 2016 member of the Editorial Board
• Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Ekonomický časopis (since 2015)

(c) Membership in professional organisations:

• Initiator of the Scholars at Risk Slovakia, since 2018
• Member of the Executive Board of the Carpathian Foundation in Košice since 2017
• President of the Executive Board of the Platform for the Improvement of Health Status of Disadvantaged Groups in Bratislava 2017 and member in 2013-2016
• Member of the Executive Board of the Center for Open Politics in Bratislava since 2016
• Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of the National project Zdravé Komunity (Healthy Communities) in 2015-2016
• Member of the Selection Committee for the program SK08 Cross-border cooperation (CBC01) of the Norwegian and EHP Funds 2009-2014, Bratislava (2014-2017)
• Chairman of Executive Board of the League of Human Rights in Brno (2014-2018)
• Member of the Board of the Fulbright Commission in Slovakia since 2010 (chairman of the Board since 2012)
• Member of the APVV - Agency for the Research and Development of the Slovak Republic Board for Social Sciences in 2010-2012
• Member of the Board of Trustees of the Zvůle práva - Prague based association (since 2008)
• Member of the Advisory Board of the National Democratic Institute for Programs of Roma Minority Political Inclusion in Slovakia (since 2005)
• Member of the Advisory Committee of Partners for Democratic Change for Roma Integration Program of the USAID (2003-2006
• Member of the Advisory Board of the Government Plenipotentiary for Roma Communities (2001-2006)

(e) Membership in scientific associations:

• Member of the European Sociological Association ESA (2005-2015)
• Member of the International Sociological Association ISA (since 2006)
• Member of the Association for Studies of Nationalities ASN (since 2008)
• Member of the American Association on Advancement of Slavic Studies AAASS (2006-2010)
• Member of the International Society for Third Sector Research ISTSR (2000-2004)

(f) Professional experience in public service and organisations:

• Vice-chairman of the Committee against Racism, Antisemitism, Intolerance, and Xenophobia, under the auspices of the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic
• Member of the Coordination Board of the Preparation of the Strategy for Human Rights coordinated by the Ministry of Foreign Relations and European Affairs of the Slovak republic, Bratislava (2013 - 2014)
• External advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak republic in 2012-2013
• Member of the ad hoc group for preparing the membership of the Slovak Republic in the Working Group for International Cooperation in the field of education, preserving a memory on, and research of the holocaust, Bratislava (2005 - 2007)
• Member of the ad hoc expert group for the review of studies and research of foreign nationals and their communities in the Czech Republic under the auspices of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (2005-2009)

More than 120 publications since 1992 (examples)

• VAŠEČKA, M., 2009. Social and Labor Market Integration of Ethnic Minorities in Slovakia. In: Zimmermann, Klaus - Kahanec, Martin (eds) Ethnic Diversity in European Labor Markets Challenges and Solutions. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN: 978 1 84844 559
• VAŠEČKA, M. 2008. (ed): Nation Über Alles. Processes of redefinition and reconstruction of the term nation in Central Europe. Bratislava: Center for the Research of Ethnicity and Culture. ISBN: 978-92-79-03340-7
• VAŠEČKA, M., 2006: Political Participation of Roma in Slovakia and Prospects for their Integration. In: Re-approaching East Central Europe: Old Region, New Institutions? (ed): Rindzeviciute, Egle. Baltic & East European Studies 7. Huddinge, Center for Baltic & East European Studies. ISBN 91-85139-07-6
• VAŠEČKA, M., 2005: Problemas de exclusión social y doble marginación de la población gitana en Eslovaquia después de 1989. In: Documentación Social. Revista de Estudios Sociales de Sociología Aplicada, Abril - Junio 2005, Cáritas Espanola. ISSN: 0417-810
• VAŠEČKA, M. - Vašečka, I., 2003: Recent Romani Migration from Slovakia to EU Member States - Romani Reaction to Discrimination or Romani Ethno-tourism? In: Nationalities Papers, March 2003, Carfax Publishing, Taylor & Francis. ISSN: 0090-5992
• VAŠEČKA, M. - Radičová, I., 2000: Redistribution’s Role in Leveling Income: The Overgrown Slovak Welfare State. In: Poverty, Ethnicity, and Gender in Eastern Europe During the Market Transition. (eds.) Rebecca Jean Emigh - Ivan Szelényi. London, Praeger. ISBN: 0-275-96881-2
• VAŠEČKA, M., 1999: Roma in Slovakia - The Crucial Issue on Slovak Way to EU-Membership. In: Integration and Identity. Challenges to Europe and Israel, eds: Avinieri, S. - Weidenfeld, W. - A Project of the Bertelsmann Foundation, Bonn, Europa Union Verlag. ISBN: 3-7713-0582-9.

Term of office expires 31 December 2022
 Member since 1 January 2018

Education and academic and other qualifications

• 1980: Cand.jur. (LL.M.), Aarhus University
• 1997:Dr.jur. (LL.D.), Aarhus University

Professional activities

(a)  Present positions

• 2015-present: Member of the Danish Equal Treatment Board
• 2006-present: Chairman of the Board of Aarhus Free Legal Aid Office
• 1999-present: Professor, Aarhus University, School of Law
• 1995-present: Supervisor of PhD candidates conducting research in human rights law, EU migration and asylum law, and administrative law

(b)  Work at national level

• 2013-16: Member of the Danish Refugee Appeals Board
• 2011-12: Member of the Board of the Danish Centre for International Studies and Human Rights
• 2009-16: Member of the Board of the Danish Institute for Human Rights
• 2003-09: Member of the Legal Affairs Committee of the Council of the Danish Bar and Law Society
• 1999-2009: Member of the Public Inquiry Commission on Activities of the Danish Civil Security Service
• 1999-2001: Member of the Committee on Incorporation of Human Rights Conventions into Danish Legislation, established by the Ministry of Justice
• 1997-99: Associate professor, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Law
• 1993-97: Senior researcher, Danish Centre for Human Rights
• 1987-94: Member of the Danish Refugee Appeals Board
• 1983-95: Assistant and associate professor, Aarhus University, School of Law
• 1982-83: Assistant professor, Aalborg University, Faculty of Social Sciences
• 1980-82: Research scholar, Aalborg University, Faculty of Social Sciences

(c) International work

• 2012-17: Member of the Management Board of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights
• 2010-14:  Member of the steering group of the ESF research networking programme GLOTHRO (Globalisation and Transnational Human Rights Obligations)
• 2007-08: Thematic and national coordinator within the Study to analyse the conformity of national legislation with Directives in the sector of asylum and immigration, conducted by the Odysseus Academic Network on behalf of the European Commission
• 2004-13: Member of the Network on Free Movement of Workers within the European Union, reporting for the European Commission on the implementation of EU free movement law in Member States
• 1999-present: Member of the Odysseus Academic Network of Legal Studies on Immigration and Asylum in Europe
• 1998-present: Member of evaluation committees for PhD and LL.D. dissertations and academic positions at the universities of Bergen, Oslo, Umeaa, Turku, Leiden, Radboud University Nijmegen, EUI in Florence

Recent publications and other works

• Human Rights and the Dark Side of Globalisation: Transnational law enforcement and migration control. Vedsted-Hansen, Jens (Editor); Gammeltoft-Hansen, Thomas (Editor). London-New York: Routledge, 2017. 366 p. (Routledge Studies in Human Rights).
• Introduction: human rights in an age of international cooperation. Vedsted-Hansen, Jens; Gammeltoft-Hansen, Thomas. Human Rights and the Dark Side of Globalisation: Transnational law enforcement and migration control. ed. Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen; Jens Vedsted-Hansen. London - New York: Routledge, 2017. p. 1-23 (Routledge Studies in Human Rights).
• Proceduren i asylsager. Vedsted-Hansen, Jens. Udlændingeret: Indrejse, Visum, Asyl, Familiesammenføring. Vol. 1 4.ed. København: Djøf / Jurist- og Økonomforbundet, 2017. p. 383-460.
• Udlændingerettens grundbegreber, retskilder og myndighedsstruktur. Vedsted-Hansen, Jens. Udlændingeret: Indrejse, Visum, Asyl, Familiesammenføring. Vol. 1 4.ed. København: Djøf / Jurist- og Økonomforbundet, 2017. p. 17-37.
• The Danish ‘Jewellery Law’: When the signal hits the fan? Jensen, Ulla Iben; Vedsted-Hansen, Jens. 4 March 2016. Available at http://eumigrationlawblog.eu/the-danish-jewellery-law-when-the-signal-hits-the-fan/.
• Asylum Procedures Directive 2013/32/EU. Vedsted-Hansen, Jens. EU Immigration and Asylum Law: A Commentary. ed. Kay Hailbronner; Daniel Thym. 2. ed. München : Verlag C.H. Beck, 2016. p. 1284-1380.
• Forskerytringer og integritetsværn. Vedsted-Hansen, Jens. Ikke kun retsfilosofi: Festskrift til Sten Schaumburg-Müller. ed. Nis Jul Clausen; Jørgen Dalberg-Larsen; Bent Ole Gram Mortensen; Hans Viggo Godsk Pedersen. København: Djøf / Jurist- og Økonomforbundet, 2016. p. 415-433.
• Individuelle klagesager for FN-komitéer. Vedsted-Hansen, Jens. Mod og mening: Hyldestskrift til Frederik Harhoff. ed. Hanne Marie Motzfeldt; Sten Schaumburg-Müller; Rikke Gottrup; Kim Østergaard. København: Djøf / Jurist- og Økonomforbundet, 2016. p. 507-526.
• Migration and the Right to Family and Private Life. Vedsted-Hansen, Jens. International Law and Migration. ed. Vincent Chetail. Vol. I. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016. (International Law Series, Vol. 12).
• Reception Conditions as Human Rights: Pan-European Standard or Systemic Deficiencies? Vedsted-Hansen, Jens. Reforming the Common European Asylum System: The New European Refugee Law. ed. Vincent Chetail; Philippe De Bruycker; Francesco Maiani. Leiden: Brill, 2016. p. 317-352 (Immigration and Asylum Law and Policy in Europe, Vol. 39).
• Prøvelse af lovgivermotiver. . Ret på flere felter. Forvaltning, Governance, Retssikkerhed: Festskrift til Carsten Henrichsen. ed. Trine Baumbach; Peter Blume; Michael Gøtze. Kbh.: Djøf / Jurist- og Økonomforbundet, 2015. p. 549-565.
• Article 7 (Private Life, Home and Communications). Vedsted-Hansen, Jens. The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: A Commentary. ed. Steve Peers; Tamara Hervey; Jeff Kenner; Angela Ward. Oxford: Hart Publishing Pty Ltd, 2014. p. 153-182.
• Mutual Trust - Common Values or Constitutional Disorder? Vedsted-Hansen, Jens. Rettens Magt - Magtens Ret: Festskrift til Henning Koch. ed. Helle Krunke; Jens Elo Rytter; Jørn Vestergaard; Kristian Cedervall Lauta; Peter Blume. København: Djøf / Jurist- og Økonomforbundet, 2014. p. 425-436.
• The asylum procedures and the assessment of asylum requests. Vedsted-Hansen, Jens. Research Handbook on International Law and Migration. ed. Vincent Chetail; Céline Bauloz. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2014. p. 439-458 (Research Handbooks in International Law).

Language skills

• Danish (native)
• English (proficient)
• German (independent)
• French (independent)

Term of office expires 25 September 2023
Member since 18 September 2013
Bureau member from January 2020 to December 2021

Michael Whine is a Consultant on Defence and Security to the European Jewish Congress, and represents it at the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). He is the former Government and International Affairs Director at the Community Security Trust.

In 2002 he was appointed a member of the Hate Crime Independent Advisors Group at the Ministry of Justice of the United Kingdom.

Between 2010 and 2012, he acted as Lay Advisor to the Counter Terrorism Division of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), and in 2013, he was appointed to the Hate Crime Scrutiny and Involvement Panel of the London CPS, which assesses and evaluates hate crime prosecution cases.

Since 2008, he has on occasions, also represented the Government of the United Kingdom at OSCE conferences and National Point of Contact on Hate Crime meetings.

He has been professionally employed as a researcher on extremism, antisemitism and terrorism for over twenty five years.

He was appointed MBE in the 2012 New Year Honours.