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GENERAL CAT/SP/15 1 October 1993 ENGLISH Original: ENGLISH/FRENCH +P+b >uQ!++   &3 TjU   TjU MEETING OF THE STATES PARTIES Fourth Meeting Geneva 24 November 1993  +s ELECTION OF FIVE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE  +s TO REPLACE THOSE WHOSE TERMS ARE DUE TO EXPIRE ON  +s 31 DECEMBER 1993, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 17 OF THE  +s CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR "DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT  s44!Note by the SecretaryGenerală  s441.bbIn accordance with article17, paragraphs 3 and 4, of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the Fourth Meeting of the States parties to the Convention will be convened by the Secretary-General at the UnitedNations Office at Geneva on Tuesday, 24November 1993, to elect five members of the Committee against Torture to replace those whose terms of office are due to expire on 31December 1993 (see annexI below). The names of the other five members who will continue to serve on the Committee until 31 December 1995 appear in annex II.  s442.bbIn accordance with article17, paragraph4, of the Convention, the Secretary-General, in a note verbale dated 15 June 1993, invited the States parties to the Convention to submit their nominations for the election of five members of the Committee within three months, i.e. by 15 September 1993.  s443.bbIn compliance with the provisions of article 17, paragraph 4, of the Convention, the Secretary-General has the honour to list below, in alphabetical order, the names of persons nominated by 15 September 1993 for election to the Committee against Torture, indicating the States parties which have nominated them:  Q  *:/ GE.9385311 (E)  s4(4 TjU Ԍ s44 TjU ԙ'7ICAT/SP/15 page  ' b} +b >uQ!+ [+++ [+ O++ Name of candidateOONominated by  s44 Mr. Alexis Dipanda MouelleOOCameroon  s4 4 Mrs. Julia IliopoulosStrangasOOGreece  s44 Mr. Zdenek KarabecOOCzech Republic  s4@4 Mr. Wolfram KarlOOAustria  s44 Mr. Mohamed OucharifOOMorocco  s4` 4 Mr. Mukunda RegmiOONepal  s4 4 Mr. Waleed SadiOOJordan  s4 4 Mr. Bent SQrensenOODenmark  s44 Mr. Alexander M. YakovlevOORussian Federation  s44+ O+b >uQ!++4.bbBiographical data on the persons nominated, as furnished by the States parties concerned, are contained in annex III below. Any further nominations and biographical data which may be received by the Secretary-General will be brought to the attention of the States parties in addenda to this document. "{,{,|)"  s44 7% W+b >uQ!+++cCAT/SP/15 cpage  6yAnnex Iă : LIST OF THE FIVE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE WHOSE TERMS 'EXPIRE ON 31 DECEMBER 1993 +b >uQ!+ O++ Mr. Alexis Dipanda MouelleOO>Cameroon  Mr. Yuri A. KhitrinOO>Russian Federation  Mr. Dimitar N. MikhailovOO>Bulgaria  Mr. Bent SQrensenOO>Denmark  Mr. Joseph VoyameOO>Switzerland  {,|)|) 0Annex IIă : LIST OF THE FIVE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE WHOSE TERMS 'EXPIRE ON 31 DECEMBER 1995  Mr. Hassib Ben AmmarOO>Tunisia  Mr. Peter Thomas BurnsOO>Canada  Mr. Fawzi El IbrashiOO>Egypt  Mr. Ricardo Gil LavedraOO>Argentina  Mr. Hugo LorenzoOO>Uruguay  {,|)|) + O+b >uQ!++0Annex IIIă f BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DATA ON CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION T$TO THE COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE "$Alexis Dipanda Mouelle (Cameroon) Work experience: Since 30 May 1990: Senior President of the Supreme Court of Cameroon;# 7bb7 7 6 December 1986 30 May 1990: Public Prosecutor in the Supreme Court of Cameroon;# bb  26 September 1980 6 December 1986: Secretary-General, Ministry of Justice;# 7bb7 7 2 September 1975 to 26 September 1980: Public Prosecutor in the Littoral Court of Appeal, Douala;# 7bb7 7 19 October 1972 2 September 1975: Chief, Judicial Professions Service, Department of Judicial Supervision, Ministry of Justice;# 7bb7 7 14 August 1971 19 October 1972: President of the Court of First Instance, Foumban;# 7bb7 7 7 August 1970 14 August 1971: Deputy Public Prosecutor in the Yaound) Court of Appeal;# 7bb7 7 17 September 1969 7 August 1970: Public Prosecutor in the Court of First Instance, Ebolowa;# 7bb7 7 14 February 1968 17 September 1969: First Deputy Public Prosecutor in the Special Court, Yaound);# 7bb7 7 7 December 1965 14 February 1968: Court judge (Yaound)), responsible for investigation in the Special Criminal Court, and deputy judge and special counsellor in the former Federal Court of Justice.# Other  Professor at the National College of Administration and activities: Magistrates (ENAM), Judicial Division;# 7bb7 7 President of the Jury for examinations in the Judicial Division (ENAM);# 7bb7 7 Member of the board of governors of ENAM;# 7bb7 7 Member of the board of directors of the Soci)t) Nationale des Droit d'Auturs (National Copyright Company).# '{,|)|)ԌInternational Since 1988: ViceChairman of the United Nations Committee of experience: Experts for the Application of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment;#  7bb7 7 January 1987: Head of the delegation of Cameroon to the Symposium on African Supreme Courts, Paris;# 7bb7 7 November 1985: Head of the delegation of Cameroon to the Congress of the Institut International de Droit d'Expression et d'Inspiration Fran'aise (IDEF), United States;# 7bb7 7 1982: Three-month study tour to learn about the UnitedStates judicial system;# 7bb7 7 September 1980: Head of the delegation of Cameroon to the IDEF Congress, Paris;# 7bb7 7 March 1981: Head of the delegation of Cameroon to the meeting of experts on the organization of the legal data bank, Paris.# Higher  Bachelor of Law and Economics, University of Yaound); education: 7bb7 7 Dipl=me d')tudes sup)rieures (DES) and dipl=me d')tudes approfondies (DEA) in judicial studies, University of ParisII.# Other relevant Date and place of birth: 25 March 1942 at Bonakou Bwapaki facts:  (Cameroon); bb  Civil status: Married, five children; 7bb7 7 Languages: French, English, Spanish, Latin;# 7bb7 7 Decorations: Knight of the Order of Merit# bb  #>>) >F Officer of the National Order of Merit. {,|)|) #Julia IliopoulosStrangas (Greece) 19671972n 7 Studied in the Faculty of Law, Athens University (Top Honours in first year examinations and Honours in the examinations for other years).# 19737bb7 7 Master's Degree in the Faculty of Law, Athens University, with the mark "excellent" (9).# 19747bb7 7 Appointment to the Athens Court of First Instance as an advocate, after passing the relevant competitive examination with the mark "very good" (8).# 19751978n 7 Holder of a German Government scholarship (DAAD scholarship) for post-graduate study at the University of Hamburg. Attended lectures, tutorials and seminars on constitutional law, comparative law, public finance law, administrative law and European law. Presented three written works, all of which obtained the mark "very good" or "excellent".# 19797bb7 7 An EEC five-month fellowship, which could not be accepted because of obligations with the Europa Kolleg Hamburg Research Institute.# 19801981n 7 Fellow and professional consultant at the Europa Kolleg Hamburg Research Institute (participating in research programme on human rights in member States of the European Community and in the UnitedStates).# 19821984n 7 Senior Lecturer in Public Law, University of Hamburg (research and teaching).# 7bb7 7 Helped with the organization of four symposia on European law and with the publication of books relating to them.# 19847bb7 7 Doctoral thesis at the University of Hamburg, with the mark "magna cum laude top category". The thesis was published by Nomos Verlag in Baden-Baden and was financed by the University of Hamburg and the German Society for Comparative Law.# 19907bb7 7 Appointed Professor of Constitutional Law in the Faculty of Law, Athens University.# Publications 1.7bbStatement made at the Symposium on democracy and human rights, sponsored by the Council of Europe at Thessaloniki, 24-26 September1987, editions N.P.Engel, Kehl Strasbourg Arlington, 1990, pp.88 and 89.#b 2.7bb"Conscientious objectors and the constitutional order", article in the newspaper IKathimerini, 12 June 1988, pp. 6 and 9.#b ({,|)|)Ԍ3.7bbResponsibility for the publication of seven books of the Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights:#b 7bb(a)7 Annals 1986, Athens, 1988.# bb(b)n Exp)rimentation biom)dical et Droits de l'Homme (Biomedical Experimentation and Human Rights), PUF, Paris, 1988.# 7bb(c)7 Der Missbrauch von Grundrechten in der Demokratie (The Abuse of Fundamental Rights in a Democracy), Nomos Verlag, Baden-Baden, 1989.# 7bb(d)7 La D)claration Fran'aise des Droits de l'Homme et du Citoyen: un rayonnement bicentenaire (The French Declaration of Human Rights and the Rights of Citizens: a Bicentennial Radiance), Athens, 1991.# bb(e)n XronikaAnnalesAnnals, editions Sakkoulas, Athens, 1991, p.353.# bb(f)n La protection des droits de l'homme dans le cadre europ)en L'adh)sion des Communaut)s Europ)ennes ! la Convention Europ)enne des Droits de l'Homme (The Protection of Human Rights within the European Framework The Accession of the European Communities to the European Convention on Human Rights), Nomos Verlag, Baden-Baden, 1993.# 4.7bb"La participation des femmes aux listes )lectorales Questions constitutionnelles" (The Participation of Women in Electoral Rolls Constitutional Questions), article in the newspaper IKathimerini, 31March 1989, p.7.#b 5.7bb"L'abus des droits fondamentaux et la d)mocratie" (The Abuse of Fundamental Rights and Democracy), in EEN (Journal of Greek Jurists), 1989, pp.85-94.#b 6.7bb"Pourcentage de participation (quota) des femmes aux listes )lectorales" (Percentage Participation (quota) of Women in Electoral Rolls), in the journal La lutte de la femme (The Struggle of Women), No.41, January-June1989, pp.26-28.#b 7.7bbDer Missbrauch von Grundrechten in der Demokratie (The Abuse of Fundamental Rights in a Democracy), Nomos Verlag, Baden-Baden, 1989, p.173 (general editor) Article in the same book on the subject "Bedrohung und Verteidigung der Demokratie Ein rechtvergleichender einfGhrender Fberblick" (Threat to and Defense of Democracy a comparative introduction), pp. 77-101.#b 8.7bbLa "Drittwirkung" des droits individuels et sociaux de la Constitution hell)nique de 1975 dans la th)orie et la pratique hell)niques (The "Drittwirkung" of individual and social rights of the Greek Constitution of 1975 in Greek theory and practice), (foreword by Ph.Vegleris), Public Law Publications, Athens, 1990, p.189.#b ({,|)|)Ԍ9.7bb"La th)orie de la 'Drittwirkung' des droits individuels et sociaux (The Theory of "Drittwirkung" of individual and social rights), in Xronika-Annales-Annals, No.121, pp.249-278.#b 10.7bbLa protection des droits de l'homme dans le cadre europ)en L'adh)sion des Communaut)s Europ)ennes ! la Convention Europ)enne des Droits de l'Homme (The Protection of Human Rights within the European Framework The Accession of the European Communities to the European Convention on Human Rights), p.392, Nomos Verlag, Baden-Baden, 1993 (general editor)- Article in the same book on the subject "The Accession of the European Communities to the European Convention on Human Rights: the points of view of the member States of the EEC", pp.343-373.#b bbA full list of publications may be consulted in the secretariat files at the United Nations Centre for Human Rights. Teaching and research activities 19821984n 7 Teaching and tutorials in German constitutional law at the University of Hamburg.# 19841985n 7 Associate Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Hamburg. Teaching of comparative constitutional law (German, French and Greek) and tutorials in German constitutional law.# 1988, 1989n 7 Associate Professor of International and National Protection of Human Rights at Panteios University.# 1988, 1989, Associate Professor of Comparative Constitutional Law# 19907bb7 7 (German, French and Greek) at the University of Hamburg.# 19907bb7 7 Associate Professor of Constitutional Law at the National School of Public Administration.# 19907bb7 7 Member of a group of experts from Strasbourg University, led by ProfessorJ.-P. Jacqu), which worked on the preparation of an opinion requested by Mr. J. Delors, President of the EEC Commission, concerning the accession of the European Communities to the European Convention on Human Rights.# 19917bb7 7 Organized a five-week seminar in Athens on the protection of human rights within the European framework, for lawyers and judges.# 19927bb7 7 Organized a six-week seminar in Athens on the protection of social rights within the European framework, for lawyers and judges.# Publications In Greek, German and French (see attached list). ( {,|)|)ԌForeign languages German, French (with formal qualifications), English, Italian Membership of professional societies German Society for Comparative Law German Society for European Law German-Greek Association of Jurists Greek Association for European Law Green Association for Constitutional Law Greek-German Association of Jurists Civil status Married since 1973 to Constantin Iliopoulos, Doctor of Law, lawyer. One son, born in 1986. 0 {,|)|)  }b %Zdenek Karabec (Czech Republic) +b >uQ!+b >uQ!++Born:  #7>>)14 February 1932, Prague#> Nationality: #7>>)Czech#> Education:n 7 7#7>>)19511955, Faculty of Law of Charles' University, Prague, Graduated as Doctor of Law (JUDr.);#> bb  #7>>)19631964, postgraduate studies of management at Institute of +b >uQ!+b >uQ!++University of Economy, Prague;#> 7bb7 7 7#7>>)19691970, postgraduate studies at Institute of Criminology of University of Cambridge, England;#> 7bb7 7 7#7>>)19681973, scientific practice at Faculty of Law of Charles' University, Prague, subject penal law-criminology. Gained scientific degree of Law Sciences (CSc. PhD.).#> Professional practice: >>)19551958, aspirant to court and prosecutor's office, in position of public prosecutor;#> 7bb7 7 7#7>>)19581966, Head of Law Department of University Library, Prague;#> 7bb7 7 7## 7bb7 7 #n>>)196630 June 1990, scientific officer at Research Institute of Criminology, Prague, aimed at survey in development of criminality, etiology and prevention of crime, and treatment of offenders;#> 7bb7 7 # 7bb7 7 7#7>>)Since 1 July, 1990, Director of Corps of Correctional Education, at present Director General of Prison Service of the Czech Republic;#> 7bb7 7 # 7bb7 7 7#7>>)Cooperation with professional authorities of Council of Europe (Committee for Penological Cooperation).#> ( Scientific and professional activities:  >>)Publication activities in domestic and foreign professional periodicals focused on criminology, penology and penal law;#> bb 7bb7 7 7#7>>)Participation in scientific (also international) conferences and seminars;#> 7bb7 7 7#7>>)Lecture activities, external lecturer at Faculty of Law of Charles' University, Prague;#> 7bb7 7 7#7>>)Membership in scientific institutions (sociological ( association, etc.).#> Language skills: 7#7>>)Spoken English and Russian, some German.#>h) -**  b} 'Mr. Wolfram Karl (Austria) Date of birth: 7#7>>)6 May 1941#> Nationality: 7#7>>)Austrian#> Marital status: 7#7>>)Married, three children#> Degrees:n 7 7#7>>)Doctor of Law (Vienna 1964) LL.M. (Cambridge 1967)#> Current appointments:#7>>)Professor of Public International Law, University of Salzburg (since 1989); Head of Department and Human Rights Section;#> 7bb7 7 7#7>>)DeputyDirector of Austrian#> bb  #>>)Human Rights Institute; Practical activities:#7>>)CSCE observer mission to Belarus,#> 7bb7 7 7#7>>)Ukraine and Moldova (March 1992);#> 7bb7 7 7#7>>)Factfinding missions in 1985 and 1988, to Iranian and Iraqi prisonerofwar camps (appointment by United Nations SecretaryGeneral, together with Prof. Opsahl, Norway);#> 7bb7 7 7#7>>)Alternate delegate to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in 1989 and 1990;#> 7bb7 7 7#7>>)Interim Chief of Human Rights Division, Austrian Foreign Office, in 1988/89;#> 7bb7 7 7#7>>)Occasionally legal adviser to Austrian Red Cross;#> 7bb7 7 7#7>>)Assistant to Legal Adviser to European Free Trade Association (EFTA) from 1969 to 1971).#> Academic activities:#7>>)Lecturer of Public International Law in Salzburg since 1968, professor since 1989;#> 7bb7 7 7#7>>)Visiting Professor, McGeorge School of Law (Sacramento, United States of America/Salzburg externship) from 1984 to 1989;#> 7bb7 7 7#7>>)Professor of ICRC Summer School on International Humanitarian law (Warsaw) in 1987 and 1990;#> 7bb7 7 7#7>>)Member of Austrian UNESCO Commission;#> 7bb7 7 7#7>>)Winner of Paul Guggenheim Award in 1983.#> ' {,|)|)ԌPublications: 7#7>>)Monograph on "Treaty and Subsequent Practice" published by MaxPlanckInstitute Heidelberg in 1983;#> 7bb7 7 7#7>>)Editor of "International Commentary to the ECHR" (Heymanns Verlag 1986, 1992);#> 7bb7 7 7#7>>)Editor of Newsletter of Austrian Human Rights Institute;#> 7bb7 7 7#7>>)Numerous articles on subjects of international law, including human rights (international procedures, minorities, State responsibility, settlement of disputes, United Nations Charter, regionalism in Europe, sources of law).#> {,|)|) 'Mohamed Oucharif (Morocco) Age:7bb7 7 7#7>>)45#> Nationality: 7#7>>)Moroccan#> Civil status: 7#7>>)Married, three children#> Position within the magistracy: 7#7>>)Judicial magistrate in the Supreme Court;#> Current functions:#7>>)Deputy Director of Criminal Affairs and Pardons;#> 7bb7 7 # 7bb7 7 7#7>>)Chief of the Division of Criminal Studies and Human Rights Issues;#> 7bb7 7 7#7>>)Professor at the National Institute of Legal Studies;#> Professional experience: 7#7>>)Five years as a secondaryschool teacher;#> 7bb7 7 7#7>>)25 years in the magistracy; QQE7K # Professional qualifications: 7#7>>)Bachelor of Law (1968);#> 7bb7 7 7#7>>)Postgraduate degree in Private Law;#> 7bb7 7 7#7>>)Certificate in philosophy and sociology (Faculty of Letters);#> 7bb7 7 7#7>>)Expert in criminology and international criminal law; #> 7bb7 7 7#7>>)Expert on the subject of detainees and prisons;#> 7bb7 7 7#7>>)Certificate of merit from the United Nations Institute for the Prevention of Crime in Tokyo#> 7bb7 7 7#7>>)Seminars and study courses, in the United States and at the Arab Centre for Studies in the Field of Safety, on the fight against illicit traffic in narcotic drugs.#> Participation in international conferences and meetings: 7bb7 7 7#7>>)Member of the Moroccan delegation at:#> 7bb7 7 7#7>>)The periodic assemblies of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice;#> 7bb7 7 7#7>>)#>({,|)|)Ԍ7bb7 7 7#7>>)The preparatory regional meeting for the World Conference on Human Rights at Tunis;#> 7bb7 7 7#7>>)The World Conference on Human Rights at Vienna;#> 7bb7 7 7#7>>)The United Nations Conference for the Adoption of a Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances.#> Previous functions: 1965: >>)Teacher of Philosophy at secondary school;#> 7bb7 7  1969:n>>)Joined the magistracy;#> 7bb7 7  1973:n>>)Chief of the Civil and Commercial Department of the Regional Court of First Instance, Rabat;#> 7bb7 7  1975:n>>)AdvocateGeneral of the Court of Appeal of Agadir;#> 7bb7 7  1977:n>>)Chief of the International Penal Cooperation Service at the Ministry of Justice;#> 7bb7 7  1978:n>>)Professor at the National Institute of Legal Studies; #> 7bb7 7  1985:n>>)Deputy Director of Criminal Affairs and Pardons;#> 7bb7 7 7#7>>)Head of the Division of Criminal Studies and Human Rights Issues.#> {,|)|) z*Mukunda Regmi (Nepal) Date of birth and place: >>)15 February 1941, Syanja Western, Nepal#> Nationality: 7#7>>)Nepali#> Marital status: #>>)Married, three sons Academic background:#7>>)B.A. (Pol.Science), Gujarat University, India, 1961;#> 7bb7 7 7#7>>)M.A. Sanskrit, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, 1963;#> 7bb7 7 7#7>>)B.L. Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, 1964.#> Professional experience: >>)Advocate, Supreme Court 19661976;#> 7bb7 7 7#7>>)Senior Advocate, Supreme Court 1976 to date;#> 7bb7 7 7#7>>)Central President, Nepal Bar Association, 1979-1982;#> 7bb7 7 7#7>>)Member, Constitution Recommendation Commission 1990 (Present Democratic Constitution);#> 7bb7 7 7#7>>)Member, Judicial Council 19921993;#> 7bb7 7 7#7>>)Member, Editorial Board, Nyayadut (Law Journal) 19781981.#> Publications: 7#7>>)Various legal articles concerning constitution, human rights;#> 7bb7 7 7#7>>)Abolition of capital punishment, capital punishment and human rights, article on "No Human Rights Under the Former Panchayat System in Nepal"; and administration of criminal justice;#> 7bb7 7 7#7>>)Nepali Nibandha Mala (A Compilation of Various Essays in Nepali).#>  s4  Human rights activities: >>)As a human rights activist for the last 30 years, involved in various activities concerning human rights and administration of criminal justice;#> 7bb7 7 7#7>>)Received certificate of appreciation for the promotion of democracy and human rights from the Supreme Court Bar Association.#>%{,|)|) *Waleed Sadi (Jordan)ă Place and date of birth:>>)Jerusalem, 19 August 1937 Marital status: #>>)Married, four children Citizenship: #>>)Jordanian Education:  # >>)Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas (B.A.,Economics)#> bb  # >>)University of Chicago, Law School, Chicago, Ill. (J.D.)#> Associations: # >>)Member of the Jordanian Bar Association#> Experience: # >>)Columnist and editorialist, Jordan Times, 1991...#> bb  # >>)Member, Human Rights Committee, 19911994#> bb  # >>)EditorinChief, Jordan Times, 19891991#> bb  # >>)Attorney at Law#> bb  # >>)Former Ambassador of Jordan to Turkey, 19821985#> bb  # >>)Former member of the Working Group of the ArmandHammer Conference to establish an Academy of Human Rights at Versailles, 19841985#> bb  # >>)Former Rapporteur at the Armand Hammer Conference, Madrid, 1984 to submit the project for the creation of a UnitedNations High Commission for Human Rights#> bb  # >>)Former Ambassador at Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amman, 19801982#> bb  # >>)Former Ambassador to the United Nations and other International Organizations at Geneva, 1975-1980:#> bb  # >>)Chairman of the United Nations Commission on HumanRights, 19801981#> bb  # >>)Member of the Human Rights Committee, 1978-1982#> bb  # >>)Member of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, 1977-1980#> bb  # >>)Attended the ICRC Conferences in Manila, the Philippines#> bb  # >>)Attended the UNDP and UNCTAD conferences in Geneva#>({,|)|)Ԍbb  # >>)Attended the diplomatic conferences which adopted Additional Protocols I and II to the Geneva Conventions#> bb  # >>)Attended the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva#> bb  # >>)Attended ILO and WHO annual conferences in Geneva#> bb  # >>)Member of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, 19791981#> bb  # >>)Head of the Department of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1974-1975#> bb  # >>)Minister Plenipotentiary, Jordanian Embassy in Paris and London#> bb  # >>)Head of the Political Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amman, Jordan, 19701971#> bb  # >>)Counsellor, Jordanian Embassy, Moscow#> bb  # >>)Associate Professor, Loyola University, Montreal, 1969-1970#> bb  # >>)Counsellor, Jordanian Embassy, Washington, D.C., 1968-1969#> bb  # >>)First Secretary, Jordanian Mission to the UnitedNations, New York, 19641968#> bb  # >>)Assistant Chief of Royal Protocol, Royal Palace, 1963-1964#> X{,|)|) )Bent SQrensen (Denmark)ă Born:  8 March 1924 Education:  MD 1949# bb  DMSc 1958# bb  Trained in general surgery, pathology, orthopaedic surgery, gynaecology and obstetrics# bb  Specialist in General Surgery 1960# bb  Trained in plastic surgery in Denmark and the UnitedKingdom# bb  Specialist in plastic surgery 1964# Top positions within the Danish Medical Health System: bb  Chief of Staff, Department of Plastic Surgery and Burns Unit, KQbenhavns Kommunes Hvidovre Hospital, Universityof Copenhagen, 19651990# bb  Retired September 1990 after 41 years as a medical doctor and 25 years as Chief of Staff, in order to work for the UnitedNations Committee against Torture (CAT), and the European Council Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT)# bb  Full professorship in surgery from 1971 at the Universityof Copenhagen# Scientific production: bb  Thesis 1958: Late Results of Radium Therapy in Cervical Carcinoma# bb  200 papers on surgery, plastic surgery and medical training# bb  100 papers on burns# bb  25 papers on torture, medical ethics# bb  Reviewer for the editor of Burns until 1990# bb  Reviewer for the editor of The Danish Medical Bulletin until 1988# bb  Reviewer for the editor of The Journal of Burn Care & Rehabilitation until 1990#  ({,|)|)ԌAdministrative work national: bb  1.#University:# bb  Member of the Board of the Medical Faculty of the University of Copenhagen and Member of the Board of the University (Konsistorium), 19701975# bb  ViceDean, 19721973# bb  Dean, 19741975# bb  ViceChairman and Chairman of the Advisory Board on Health Education to the Minister of Education, 19751981# bb  2.#Research bb  Member of the Danish Medical Research Council, 19761984 Administrative work international: bb  1.#European Communities bb  (a)#Education: bb  Together with the late Professor Robson brought up the idea of an Advisory Committee on Medical Training (ACMT) of the Commission of the European Communities in 1973# bb  Member of this Committee from its start in 1976, and one of the three Chairmen in the first period 19761979, and in the second period from 19791983# bb  (b)#Research: bb  Member of the Comit) de Recherche en M)d)cine et en Sant) Publique (CRM) of the European Communities, 19771984# bb  Chairman of this Committee 19801984 and responsible for Medical Programme No.2, Medical Programme No.3, and for the incorporation of these programmes in the Framework Programme for research# bb  Member of the Northern Medical Research Council, 19771984# bb  2.#World Health Organization# bb  Temporary advisor on burns, 19641990# bb  Temporary advisor on the prevention of torture, 1986# ({,|)|)Ԍ } bb  3.#Burns# bb  Cofounder of the International Society for Burn Injuries (ISBI), 1964# bb  Member of the Action Committee on Nurses' Training of the ISBI, 19681975# bb  Chairman of the Disaster Planning Committee of the ISBI, 19781986# bb  Regional Representative for Europe of the ISBI, 19861990# bb  President of the 5th International Congress on Burn Injuries, Stockholm, 1978# bb  Cofounder of the European Burns Association (EBA), 1981# bb  Founder of the Danish Burns Association and of the Association of Burn Patients, 1981# bb  President of the Symposium on Burns, Copenhagen, 1981# bb  Cofounder of the Danish Society for Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, 1964# bb  Cofounder of the Danish Organization of Plastic Surgeons, Chairman, 19831988# bb  4.#Work on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of punishment# bb  The Danish Medical Association's (Den Almindelige Danske L%geforening DADL) representative to the Board of the Research and Rehabilitation Centre for Torture Victims (RCT), Copenhagen# bb  Chairman of the Board from 1984 to 1 January 1990# bb  ViceChairman of the Board of the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT) to 1January1990# bb  Member of the United Nations Committee against Torture (CAT), 1988, reelected 1990# bb  First VicePresident of the European Council Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT), 19891993, reelected September 1993# bb  European Expert at EC's Multiannual Programme for the Promotion of Human Rights in Central America# bb  Representative of CAT and CPT at the World Conference on Human Rights, Vienna, June 1993# 0*-**ԌTeacher at training courses on torture and medical ethics: bb  National bb  Medical doctors, nurses, police, civil servants, political parties# bb  International bb  Washington, London, Izmir, Islamabad, Lahore, Sydney, Melbourne, San Salvador, Guatemala City, TromsQ, TheHague, Gothenburg, Geneva, Strasbourg, Firenze, Budapest# Honours:  Honorary Prize from the Red Cross, (ICRC), Congo, 1961# bb  The N.C. Nielsen Prize, 1973# bb  Honorary Member of the American Burn Association, 1975 (Everett I. Evans Lecture)# bb  General Consul Ernst Carlsen's Prize, 1976# bb  Honorary Citizen of the Town of Fredericia (birth town), 1979# bb  Honorary Prize from the ChristenssonCeson Fund, 1981# bb  Honorary Member of the British Burn Association, 1982, (A.B.Wallace Memorial Lecture)# bb  Honorary Member of the Indian Burns Association, 1984# bb  Awarded the G. Whitaker International Burns Prize in Palermo, Italy, 1984# bb  Honorary Member of the Hungarian Burns Association, 1985# bb  Honorary Member of the Australian and New Zealand Burns Association, 1987# bb  The August Krogh Lecturer, University of Copenhagen, 1988# bb  Awarded the BarfredPedersens Honorary Prize (The Danish Medical Association), 1988# bb  Honorary Member of the British Association of Plastic Surgeons, 1990# bb  Honorary Member of Dansk Kirurgisk Selskab (Danish Association of Surgeons), 1992# bb  Knight of the Dannebrog, 1978, of the First Grade, 1990# '-**   ` Alexander M. Yakovlev (Russian Federation)ă Date of birth: August 1927 Place of birth: Leningrad, USSR Nationality: Russian Marital status: Married Languages:  Russian, English, French Education: 1957bb  Moscow Juridical Institute, Master of Law# 1964bb  Defended the dissertation of the candidate of criminal law Ph.D. in the area of sociology of crime# 1991bb  Honorary Doctor of Laws, Alberta University, Canada# Professional history: 195775  Senior Researcher at the Institutes of Ministry of Interior, Procuracy and Ministry of Justice# 1975present Head of the Department Institute of State and Law, Academy of Sciences of the USSR/RF, Professor of Law# 198991  Elected People's Deputy of the USSR, Member of the People's Congress of the USSR. Member of the Standing Committee on the Legislature of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR# 1990, 1992  Visiting Professor, Alberta University, Canada# 1991bb  Visiting Professor, Rutgers University, USA# 1992bb  Visiting Professor, University of Toronto, Canada# bb  Visiting Professor, University of North York, Canada# bb  Laureate of the State Prize for the development of the Theoretical Foundations in the field of criminology# International activities: 1975present Member, Board of Directors, International Society of Social Defence (Paris)# bb  Member, Board of Directors, Institute of Sociology of Law for Europe# bb  International Sociological Association# bb  International Society of Criminal Law# bb  International Criminological Association# 1978present Senior Adviser of the United Nations Helsinki Institute of Crime Prevention# 0*-**ԌSphere of scholarly interests: bb  Constitutional law; court reform; sociology and social psychology; sociology of crime, political science# Publications: More than 100 articles in scholarly periodicals, including# bb  1. "The Rationality of Criminal Justice: Its Meaning and Social Function" in Effective, Rational and Humane Criminal Justice, HEUNI, Helsinki, Finland, 1984# bb  2. "The Social Functions of the Criminalization Process", in Selected Issues in Criminal Justice, HEUNI, Helsinki, Finland, 1985# bb  3. "Criminal Justice as an Alternative in Dispute Settlement" in Selected Issues in Criminal Justice, HEUNI, Helsinki, Finland, 1985# bb  4. "Constitutional Socialist Democracy: Dream or Reality" Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, Vol.28, 1November1990# bb  5. "Epistemological Problems in Criminology" in Advances in Criminological Treaty. USA, Transaction Publishers, 1990# bb  6. "Transforming the Soviet Union to a Rule of Law Democracy: A Report from the Front Lines". The Record of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Vol.46, Number2, March 1991# bb  7. Sentencing Policies as Expression of the Purposes of Criminal Punishment. Coexistence. A Review of East-West and Development Issues. Justice and Comparative Law, MartinusNijhoff Pub. 1986# bb  A full list of selected articles published in scholarly periodicals may be consulted in the secretariat files at the UnitedNations Centre for Human Rights# Published books in Russian: bb  1. Concurrent of Crimes, Moscow, Pub. House "Urid.Lit.", 1960# bb  2. Struggle Against Recidivism, Moscow, Pub.House "Nauka", 1964# bb  3. Crime As a Way of Life. Pub. House "Urid.Lit.", 1967# bb  4. Crime and Social Psychology, Pub.House "Urid.Lit."# bb  5. Law and Sociology, Crisis of Legality in the UnitedStates of America. Pub. House "Urid. Lit.", 1975# 0*-**Ԍbb  6. Individual Prophylaxy of Criminal Behaviour. Gorky, 1977# bb  7. Grounds for the Criminalization (contributor). Pub.House "Nauka", 1985# bb  8. Criminological Theory and Social Practice. Moscow, Pub.House "Nauka", 1985# bb  9. Sociology of Economic Crimes, Moscow, Pub.House "Nauka", 1988# Published books in English: bb  1. The Bear that Wouldn't Dance: Failed Attempts to Reform the Constitution of the former Soviet Union (with DaleGibson). Legal Research Institute, University of Manitoba, 1992.# Social activities: bb  1. As a member of the Institute of State and Law, Russian Academy of Sciences acting as a legal expert for the Russian Parliament and Government in the sphere of constitutional law, courts reform, rights and freedoms, development of the democratic institutions, drafting of the constitutional norms.# bb  2. Commenting on the television and the Russian Radio programmes on the current events in politics and law.# bb  3. Consulting the lawenforcement agencies on the interpretations of law.# bb  4. 1993present. Expert of the Presidential Council of the Russian Federation# 2