Curriculum Vitae

FREDERICK JOHN PACKER 300 First Avenue

Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 2G8, Canada Home tel.: +613 737 9886

Mobile/BB: +613 854 6889 E-mail: fjohnpacker@yahoo.com [preferred]; office = jpacker@uottawa.ca

Personal - Date of Birth: 02 January 1961 - Health: Excellent - Marital Status: Married (with three children) - Nationality (dual): Canadian and British - Languages: English & French Formal Education - Candidate (ABD), Doctor of International Relations (specialized in International Law), The

Graduate Institute of International Studies, Université de Genève, Switzerland, 1987-1990. - Master of Laws (specialized in International Human Rights Law), School of Law, University of

Essex, England, 1985-1986 (conferred 1987). - Studies in law and post-graduate political science, University of Manitoba, Canada, 1983-84.

- Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Political Studies, University of Manitoba, Canada, 1982. - High School Diploma, St. Paul's (Jesuit) High School, Winnipeg, Canada, 1978. Further Education/Research

- Visiting Research Fellow (on evolving law of self-determination), Research [now Lauterpacht] Centre for International Law, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, May-June, 1994.

- Diploma of the International and Comparative Law of Human Rights, International Institute of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France: July, 1991.

- Certificate of the Finnish Institute for Human Rights, Programme on the International Protection of Human Rights, Åbo Akademi University, Åbo/Turku, Finland: November, 1990.

- International Institute of Human Rights, 21st Study Session, Strasbourg, France: July, 1990. - Member of the Faculty, Salzburg Seminar, Session 440, “Immigration and Inclusion: Rethinking

National Identity”, May, 2007. - Fellow, Salzburg Seminar, Session 273, “Human Rights Across Cultures and Political Systems”,

Salzburg, Austria: May-June, 1989. - Political Violence Study Seminar, International Centre for Post-Graduate Studies, Dubrovnik,

Yugoslavia: June, 1986, and May, 1989. - Cours de langue et de civilisation françaises, Université de Genève: August, 1990. - Ecole internationale (Ecole des Langues), Université du Quèbec à Trois-Rivières, Canada: May-

June, 1981.

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Employment History February 2014 – present: Director of the Human Rights Research and Education Centre

(HRREC), and Associate Professor of Law, University of Ottawa, Canada

Responsible for the overall direction and delivery of all programmes and initiatives of the HRREC in a bilingual and bi-juridical Faculty of Law and a multidisciplinary Centre. As Canada’s oldest such Centre, the HRREC was established in 1981 in the context of repatriation of the Canadian Constitution and elaboration of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The HRREC has over sixty (60) academic members. Initiate, develop, oversee and account for a range of activities, courses and events (50+ in 2014-15 and 75+ in 2015-16), with national and international partners, including fund-raising and various outputs (i.a. publications). Originator and Course Director for multi-disciplinary and multi-dimensional, project-based “Human Rights Clinic” (CML3173). Course Co-Director (delivered in English, French and Spanish with the Technológico de Monterrey in Mexico City) on “The Juridico-Political Order in Latin America and Its Relations with Canada” (DRC4731). Course Director for four on-line courses: DCC2303 “Legal Aspects of Human Rights”. DCC2703 “Dimensions juridiques des droits de la personne”. DCC3110 “The Inter-American System of Human Rights”.

DCC3512 “Droits de la personne et justice en Afrique : théorie et pratique”.

Course Director for a bilingual summer school (in conjunction with the Canadian Red Cross) on “International Humanitarian Law” (DRC4521). Originator and Course Co-Director of a bilingual summer school on “The Arts and Human Rights” (DCC3113 / DCC3513 / CML4109S). Directed Research for seven students at JD/LLL and LLM levels. Member of the PhD Jury in Law of Mr Nelson Arturo Ovalle Diaz (successfully defended 6th February 2015). Member of the PhD Jury in Law of Ms Julia Gitahy da Paixão (to be defended December 2016). Member of the Committee for PhD in Law of Mr Omid Milani (ongoing). Member of the Committee for PhD in Law of Mr Majed Alarife (ongoing). Director of PhD in Law of Dr Lilou Jiang (ongoing). Director of recipient of the Gordon F Henderson Post-Doctoral Fellow in Human Rights: Dr Graciela Jasa Silveira (on “Strategies by Canada and Mexico to Implement Children’s Rights in Family Law”, completed 31st August 2015); Dr Anna Lise Purkey (on “Transitioning to Justice: Legal Empowerment and Participation of Refugees in Burma’s Transition to Peace”, completed 31st July 2016); and Dr Philip Leech (on “Protracted Denial: International Human Rights Norms and the Paradox of the ‘State of Palestine’”, commencing 1st September 2016).

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Membership of: - HRREC Management Committee (ex officio); - Faculty of Law Graduate Admissions (LLM & PhD) Committee (2014-present); - Faculty of Law Juris Doctor Admissions Committee (2015-2016); - Appointment Committee for the Gordon F Henderson Chair of Human Rights (2016); - Appointment Committee for the Director of the School of International Development and Global Studies (2016); - Numerous research project committees concerning, i.a.: E-Bullying of Girls in Canada (SSHRC partnership); “International Criminal Court Legal Tools Project” (SSHRC partnership); Suicide Prevention in Ottawa (multi-partner health initiative).

External Reviewer (spring 2016): University of Manitoba proposal to establish the first ‘Master of Human Rights’ (MHR) in Canada.

On-going professional practice providing advice and technical assistance to various Inter-Governmental Organisations (i.a. UN, OSCE, EU, OIC), NGOs (i.a. NRC, CMI, PRIO, MediatEUr, NOREF, Patrir, the Elders) and Governments on matters of international peace and security, diversity management, protection of minorities, peace process design, mediation, constitution-making and reform etc.

April 2012 – February 2014: Constitutions Expert, then also Process Design Expert, Standby

Team of Mediation Experts, Mediation Support Unit, Policy and Mediation Division, Department of Political Affairs, United Nations, New York

Part of a small team of experts deployed (on very short notice) across the United Nations system and in service of other organisations for purposes of trouble-shooting challenging situations on the cusp of violent conflict, within armed conflicts, as well as post-conflict peacebuilding or prevention of conflict recurrence. Engaged in the following situations:

- Bosnia and Herzegovina (analysis, advice and mobilisation regarding Constitutional Review and Reform);

- Chad (assessment and advice regarding the Comité de suivi de l’accord du 13 août 2007);

- Georgia (analysis and advice through the Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Talks regarding constructive engagement and stability between the Government of Georgia and the de facto authorities of Abkhazia and South Ossetia);

- Kyrgyzstan (analysis, assessment and recommendations for the SRSG for CA regarding evolving inter-ethnic relations and risks);

- Lesotho (advice on coalition formation and peaceful transfer of power subsequent to the 2012 Parliamentary elections);

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- Maldives (international legal adviser attached to the Commission of National Inquiry into the contested transfer of power of 7-8 February 2012);

- Mali (analysis and advice regarding the March 2012 coup d’état, possible return to constitutional order, and stabilization of the country, particularly vis-à-vis the legitimate grievances of the Tuareg population in the North);

- Somalia (contribution to expert assessment of constitutional support 2004-2012 and recommendations for the new period);

- Syria (analysis and assessments for the first two SRSGs on Syria); - Yemen (general legal analysis and advice for the SASG including

especially advice on design of the Comprehensive National Dialogue Conference, advice on various Presidential Decrees for the political transition, the draft Law on Transitional Justice, design and recruitment of expert technical assistance, etc.);

- Occasional advice re other situations (i.a. Myanmar and Ukraine); - Constitutions (analysis and advice regarding recurrent issues in

design and negotiation of constitution-making or reform processes in contexts of violent conflicts);

- Women, Peace and Security (analysis and advice regarding inclusion of a gender perspective and especially the effective participation of women in peace processes); and,

- Design and delivery of training for high-level officials. October 2007 – June 2012: Professor and Director, Human Rights Centre and School of Law,

the University of Essex, Colchester, UK.

Headed the Centre established in 1982, with some 250 students from 60 countries in under-graduate and post-graduate programmes, supported by some 50 academic Members from 14 Departments, 30 external Fellows and 1,800 alumni working all over the world. Awarded 2009 Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher Education for ‘advancing the legal and broader practice of international human rights’ (the first such award in the almost 40-year history of the prestigious Prize). Taught course LW914 on “The International Protection of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples in International Law” and contributed to other teaching provision in International Human Rights Law (colloquia LW900 and LW901), directed LW907 “International Refugee Law” in 2009-10, as well as provided numerous supervisions (notably, taught in 4 Departments, supervised to completion over 30 LLM and MA dissertations and 5 fourth-year LLB dissertations, and Co-Supervised one PhD thesis). Established and co-delivered 3 new courses and 4 new degree programmes, as follows:

- HU921 “Contemporary Issues in Human Rights and Cultural Diversity”

- LG474 “Language Rights” - PA932 “Psychosocial Perspectives on Human Rights”

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and - MA in Human Rights and Cultural Diversity (in-take from 2008) - PhD in Human Rights (in-take from 2010) - BA in Human Rights (in-take from 2012) - MA in Human Rights and the Arts (in-take from 2012)

Substantially increased the Membership of the Centre from 30 to 50 academic Members and from 6 to 14 Departments, diversified external Fellows, and secured Visiting Professors and Fellows (from the UN, India, Iran, Korea and Turkey). Provided pastoral care and career counselling for scores of students at all levels of tuition. Secured new Human Rights Centre Common Room. Established programme links with Japan, including annual visiting Researcher (practising lawyer) and unique LLM scholarship in IHRL with the Japan Federation of Bar Associations (matched with NYU LS, UCal Berkley LS, and UIllinois U-C LS). Contributed to the establishment of the first academic course on IHRL in Japan at Aoyama Gakuin University (in-take from 2012). Created and secured all external funding for a dynamic practise-oriented extra-curricular programme of educational enrichment, including:

- The first Human Rights Clinic in the UK (purposefully multi-disciplinary, with both international and domestic cases and activities);

- Annual study tours to: institutions in Brussels (for under-graduates); institutions in The Hague, Strasbourg and Geneva (for post-graduates); and to Kosovo (for post-graduates);

- Annual student-led Conferences on “Human Rights in Asia” (since 2008) and “Human Rights in Africa” (since 2009);

- Oversaw and contributed to annual “Right Skills for Rights” programme, and occasional workshops, for skills development;

- Assisted with numerous placements of internships and employment opportunities;

- Supported and counselled, as well as steered institutionalization of, the student-led journal the Essex Human Rights Review (see: www.projects.essex.ac.uk/ehrr).

Created numerous elements of Centre outreach and knowledge transfer, including:

- Co-organised HRC’s 25th Anniversary Conference (August 2008); - Co-founded and supported the Essex Human Rights Alumni

Association (see: www.ehraa.org); - Established privileged working relationship with the Law Society

of England & Wales and co-organised and hosted consecutive annual national Human Rights Conferences (2008-2011);

- Negotiated link with the International Centre for Prison Studies (see: www.prisonstudies.org).

Recipient of GBP1million (some CDN$2million) of grants, including from DfID, OSCE, Cordaid, Sasakawa Foundation and Dawai Foundation. Contributed substantially to the University’s scholarly community, notably

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(in addition to specific Course or Programme boards) through membership on the following University Boards and Committees:

- Research Strategy Committee, 2007-11, link for Philosophy and Art History (NB Essex ranked 9th of 160 HEIs in 2008 UK Research Assessment Exercise);

- Professorships Committee, 2007-11 (complete 4-year term) - Scholarships Committee, 2007-08 - All relevant HRC Boards and Committees, 2007-2011 - Faculty of Law & Management Board, 2007-10 - Equality and Diversity Committee, 2008-11 - Knowledge Gateway Project Board, 2009-2011 - Knowledge Gateway Stakeholders Group, 2009-2011 - Institute for Democracy and Conflict Prevention

Stakeholders Group, 2009-2011 July 2004 – September 2007: Independent Consultant and Coordinator, Initiative on Conflict

Prevention through Quiet Diplomacy, Ottawa, Canada – www.iqdiplomacy.org

Consulting for governments and inter-governmental and non-governmental organisations on matters of peace and security, conflict prevention and resolution, diversity management and inter-community relations, mediation, institutional capacity-building and the protection of human rights. Worked for or with the UN, EC/EU, OSCE and numerous other regional, sub-regional and other inter-governmental organizations as well as a number of Governments, community representatives, and non-governmental organizations across the world including in, e.g., the Central African Republic, China, Georgia, Iraq, Indonesia, Kosovo/a, and Sri Lanka. Served as the founding Coordinator of the global Initiative on Conflict Prevention through Quiet Diplomacy (now IQd) promoting and assisting institutional capacity building among some twenty IGOs for effective mediation and third party facilitation; conceived and edit ‘Conflict Prevention Handbook Series’. Principal investigator recipient of some CAD3million in funding from NL MoFA, DfID, CIDA, Rockefeller Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Foundation, Cordaid, SIDA, USAID/TetraTech, OSI, AJWS.

September 2003 – June 2004: Visiting Assistant Professor of International Law, The Fletcher School, Tufts University, Medford, MA., USA.

Delivered post-graduate teaching, notably on “International Human Rights Law” (ILO L210) and on “Nationalism, Self-Determination and Minority Rights” (ILO L212), and supervised 10 Masters’ theses (one awarded ‘best thesis’ for 2004). Provided career counselling.

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September 2003 – June 2004: Fellow, The Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, The John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA., USA.

Under the Direction of Professor Michael Ignatieff, conducted independent research and participated in Carr Center, Kennedy School and University scholarly activities, and contributed, as invited, to the programme of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.

March 2000 – February 2004: Director (D-1), Office of the High Commissioner on

National Minorities, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), The Hague, The Netherlands.

Appointed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Austria in her capacity as Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE, on the proposal of the Governments of Canada and the United Kingdom and with the express endorsements of the Governments of The Netherlands, Norway and Sweden, responsible to ensure the overall consistency and success of the work of the High Commissioner. Actively involved in conflict prevention through quiet diplomacy in some fifteen States of mainly Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, responsible to oversee the political and legal advice given to the High Commissioner and to co-ordinate the diplomatic activities of his Office with existing and prospective supporting projects. Generally assisted the High Commissioner in carrying out his mandate, including determination and formulation of general policy and specific recommendations. Oversaw or provided advice per requests from other States and IGOs. Represented the High Commissioner in direct high-level contacts and negotiations with representatives of governments, parliaments, and inter-governmental organisations, and also with representatives of minority communities and specialized non-governmental organizations, including process design and management, in various conflict situations including considerable Constitutional and legal reform, institution-building and programme development. Oversaw the compilation and development of library and reference materials together with working relations with numerous scholarly, research and policy centres or ‘think tanks’ from around the world regarding issues of minority rights, administration of justice, political participation and governance, security and stability, diversity management as well as sustainable social and economic development. Coordinated and substantially drafted High Commissioner endorsed general recommendations on: education, language use, political participation, broadcast media, as well as the situation of Roma, Sinti, Travellers and Gypsies across Europe. Engaged in conceiving, securing and delivering project support for various social and economic empowerment projects (including major funding schemes such as for establishment of the South East European University; see: http://seeu.edu.mk ).

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September 1995 - February 2000: Senior Legal Adviser to the High Commissioner on National Minorities (P-5), Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, The Hague, The Netherlands.

Responsible for general legal and political advice and counsel to the High

Commissioner in the conduct of his mandate pursuant to the 1992 CSCE Helsinki Document, including considerations of international and comparative law and politics, together with assessment of existing and draft legislation (of constitutional and ordinary rank) and its implementation, as well as institutional reform. Involved in the following States: Albania, Croatia, Estonia, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine, the UK (re. Northern Ireland) and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Also responsible for inter-organizational relations, in particular concerning legal affairs, with the United Nations, the Council of Europe, the European Commission, the Council of Baltic Sea States and the Central European Initiative. Provided expert opinions for the Governments of Finland (on language regulation) and Sweden (on conferral of citizenship). Drafted analytical memoranda on a daily basis, drafted numerous assessments of existing and draft legislation, and drafted provisions for bilateral and multilateral treaties and positions for political negotiations including constitutional reform and related institution building. Initiated and largely drafted series of general recommendations and promoted their dissemination and use. Contributed to numerous political negotiations at inter-governmental, governmental, and parliamentary levels including treaty negotiations of elaboration and implementation. Also drafted numerous speeches, reports and published articles for the High Commissioner. Represented the High Commissioner at various meetings and conferences around the world. Initiated and maintained relations with legal scholars and relevant centres across Europe and around the world.

August 1991 - September 1995: Human Rights Officer (P-3), Special Procedures Branch,

Centre for Human Rights, United Nations Office at Geneva, Switzerland.

Principally assisting the Special Rapporteur of the UN Commission on

Human Rights (CHR) on the situation of human rights in Iraq, other responsibilities included assisting the Special Rapporteurs on Myanmar [Burma], Afghanistan and on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, and the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance. Prepared original reports for the UN Secretary-General on the use of "Civil defense forces" and "Human rights and forensic science". Drafted some 1,000 pages of published UN reports in addition to numerous speeches and internal memoranda. Aside from servicing the afore-noted mandates with research, analysis, the organization and conduct of investigative missions (to most States of the

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Middle East and to some States of South and Southeast Asia), the drafting of correspondence for and reports to the General Assembly and CHR, etc., contributed to other activities of the Centre for Human Rights (subsequently the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights – OHCHR) including the drafting of several other documents such as the "Joint declaration of independent experts responsible for the special procedures for the protection of human rights" presented to the June 1993 World Conference on Human Rights and the report of the Secretary-General on the effective functioning of the various mechanisms of implementation of human rights standards (which began systematization of this work). Organized and serviced the first two meetings of experts of the special procedures and advisory services programme of the CHR (1994 and 1995). Serviced major meetings, including the World Conference on Human Rights (drafting committee, yielding the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action) and ordinary and extraordinary sessions of CHR.

January 1990 - August 1991: Legal Consultant, Legislative Information Section,

International Labour Organisation (ILO), Geneva, Switzerland.

Engaged in the creation of a full-text, trilingual (English, French and

Spanish) data-base of legislative and jurisprudential sources for ILO standards (ILOLEX), activities included the cross-referencing of all ILO Conventions and Recommendations and the compilation of data concerning the activities and decisions of the Committee on Freedom of Association and the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations. Also surveyed and reported upon ILO-related legal developments in some 60 Common Law based States for inclusion in an electronic data-base (NATLEX).

November 1989 - Fall 1991: Consultant, Centre for Documentation on Refugees, Office of the

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Geneva, Switzerland.

Responsible for the content of abstracts concerning law-related articles and

publications reported in the Centre's quarterly journal Refugee Abstracts. April - June 1986: Intern, Interights, London, England. Conducting case-related legal research, focused upon comparative law,

European Community law, and the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms; prepared case summary reports and assisted with advocacy.

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September 1984 - April 1985: Teacher's Assistant, Department of Political Studies, and University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. September 1982 - April 1983: Lead three weekly seminars, graded papers and participation, and

counselled students regarding study methods and academic programmes. June - September 1983: Claims Officer, Workers Compensation Board of Manitoba,

Winnipeg, Canada. Responsibilities included the evaluation and approval of workers' claims in

view of employers' reports and medical evidence, in addition to the servicing of continuing claims.

Other Involvements

External Academic Supervision: Member of Doctoral juries in Germany (Max Planck Institute), Italy (EUI), and Sweden (Lund), and LLMs in Iceland (Reykjavik) and Norway (Oslo). Guest Lecturer: Abu Dhabi Judicial Department; Aoyama Gakuin University (Tokyo); University of Amsterdam; Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies (Colombo); Freie Universität Berlin; Bilkent University (Ankara); Bradford University; Brandeis University; Université Libre de Bruxelles; Cambridge University; Centre for Strategic and International Studies (Jakarta); Chinese State Ethnic Affairs Commission (Beijing); Concordia University; Cornell Law School; The Croatian Law Centre (Zagreb); University of Delaware; European Academy (Bozen/Bolzano); The Graduate Institute of International Studies (Université de Genève); University of Groningen; The Hague Academy of International Law; Herzegovina University; Indiana University School of Law (Indianapolis); Institute of Diplomacy, Jordan (Amman); Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (University of London); International Institute of Human Rights (Strasbourg); International Institute of Social Studies (The Hague); Institute for International Relations (Ashgabat); National University of Ireland at Galway; Istanbul Bilgi University; Japan Federation of Bar Associations (Tokyo); Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Delhi); Kent Law School; Law Society of England and Wales (London); Leiden University; Lund University; Université Catholique de Lyon; McGill Law School; Nagoya University; Netherlands Institute of International Relations (Clingendael, The Hague); Osaka University of Economics and Law; University of Oslo; Oxford University; University for Peace (San José); University of Pristina; Sabanci University (Istanbul); V. M. Salgaocar College of Law (Goa); St. Paul University (Ottawa); Singapore Institute of International Affairs; Technológico de Monterrey (Mexico City); United Service Institution of India (New Delhi); Uppsala

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University; Utrecht University; Waseda University; Weatherhead Center for International Affairs (Harvard University).

Contributor, both orally and in writing (including unpublished speeches and papers), to hundreds of seminars, conferences, training courses and brain-storming sessions organized throughout the world by governments, inter-governmental organizations, research institutes, non-governmental organizations and foundations.

2009 – present: Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, The Holocaust in History and

Memory, a peer reviewed journal published by the University of Essex on all aspects of the history as well as the memory, memorialisation and commemoration of the Holocaust and other genocides. The journal takes a broad (i.e. inclusive) view of the term ‘Holocaust’ without losing the sense of its origin and the significance of the Holocaust for the European Jewry and the Sinti and Roma. http://www.essex.ac.uk/history/journal_thhm/default.htm

2004 - present: Member of the Editorial Board, European Autonomy and Diversity Papers (EDAP), an on-line series of scholarly papers contributing to the theoretical development and empirical exploration of various approaches to the growing reality of diversity embedded within the European Union, published by the European Academy, Bolzano/Bozen, Italy. www.eurac.edu/edap

2002 - present: Member of the Editorial Board, European Yearbook of Minority Issues, an annual review of contemporary developments in minority-majority relations in Europe combining analysis, commentary and documentation in relation to conflict management, international legal developments and domestic legislation affecting minorities in Europe, published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands. http://www.brill.com/publications/european-yearbook-minority-issues

2000 - present: Member of the Editorial Board, International Journal on Minority and

Group Rights, a periodic journal devoted to legal, political and social problems stemming from the existence of minorities and groups within society, published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.

http://www.brill.com/international-journal-minority-and-group-rights 1991 - present: Associate Editor, Human Rights Law Journal, a periodic journal of

international human rights law, published by N.P. Engel Verlag, Kehl am Rhein, Germany. http://www.echr.coe.int/Documents/Library_HRLJ.pdf

2001 - present: Member of the Editorial Board, Ethnopolitics (formerly The Global

Review of Ethno-Politics), a quarterly peer-reviewed journal covering mainly the disciplines of political science and international relations with a global, current affairs perspective, published by Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group), Colchester, UK.

http://www.ethnopolitics.org/ethnopolitics/home.htm

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2000 - 2011: Member of the Advisory Committee and Sometime ‘Flying Faculty’,

Master of European Studies (MES) on European Integration and Regionalism, jointly delivered by five European academies and administered by the European Academy, Bolzano/Bozen, Italy, delivered annual lectures and supervised dissertations; see: http://www.eurac.edu/en/research/institutes/imr/Documents/Flyer%20MEIR%2008.09.pdf

1991: Coordinator, 1991 Jessup International Law Moot Court Team

representing Switzerland in the International Semi-Finals, Washington, D.C.; subject concerning international trade law and GATT.

1987 - 1990: Member (and President, 1990) of the Law Committee, The Graduate

Institute of International Studies, Geneva. 1990: Coach, 1990 Jessup International Law Moot Court Team representing

Switzerland in the International Semi-Finals, Washington (awarded Third Best Memorials in the world); subject concerning State responsibility, the Antarctic, and international environmental law.

1989: Member, 1989 Jessup International Law Moot Court Team representing

Switzerland in the International Semi-Finals, Chicago (awarded Fifth Best Memorials in the world); subject concerning diplomatic law, immunities, and 'the taking of assets' in international law.

1988 - 1989: Member, Students Association Committee, The Graduate Institute of

International Studies (Université de Genève). 1988: Assistant, 1988 Concours René Cassin Moot Court Team representing the

Graduate Institute of International Studies in Strasbourg (awarded Second Best Memorials); subject concerning the application of the European Convention on Human Rights.

1986: Member, 1986 Concours René Cassin Moot Court Team representing the

University of Essex in Strasbourg (awarded Third Place Overall); subject concerning the application of the European Convention on Human Rights.

1983 - 1985: Co-Founder and Chairperson, The Manitoba Student Commonwealth

Conference; committed to the development of young Manitobans' interest in Commonwealth and international affairs.

1982 - 1984: Vice-President, The Learned Perspectives Journal Association; committed

to the encouragement of young scholars through publication. 1978 - 1985: Founder and Executive Member, University of Manitoba Debating

Association.

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Expert Testimonies San José, March 2004. Case of The Yean and Bosico Children v. Dominican Republic, Judgment

of September 8, 2005, Inter-American Court of Human Rights (Ser. C) No. 130 (2005); expert testimony on the international and comparative law of citizenship in particular Statelessness notably in respect of children (testimony relied upon in favour of the applicants).

The Hague, December 2006. Case of Frans van Anraat, Judgment of 9 May 2007 in the Court of

Appeal in The Hague; expert testimony on the commission of genocide by the regime of Saddam Hussein against the Kurdish population in Northern Iraq in 1987-88 especially as part of the ‘Anfal’ campaigns, and culpability for the sale of chemicals in the knowledge of the intent to commit genocide and conspiracy so to commit.

Publications Aside from active editorial engagements with the Human Rights Law Journal, the International Journal on Minority and Group Rights and the European Yearbook of Minority Issues as indicated above, have edited for publication (notably by N.P. Engel Verlag of Kehl am Rhein, Germany) numerous compilations and treatises authored by others. Also Member of the International Editorial Board of the Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe; Member of the Advisory Board of the Essex Human Rights Review (http://projects.essex.ac.uk/ehrr); and Series Editor for the Conflict Prevention Handbook Series of the Initiative on Quiet Diplomacy (http://iqdiplomacy.org) including on: forms of quiet diplomacy; discrimination; managing linguistic and religious diversity; managing cultural diversity; power-sharing and participation; land and conflict prevention; and women’s participation in peace processes. As an author, publications include:

Patrick, Peter and John Packer, co-editors (forthcoming 2017). Language Rights. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pp. 350+/-. Machnyikova, Zdenka and John Packer (forthcoming 2017). Quiet Diplomacy; An Effective Approach for the Prevention of Violent Conflict, pp. 170+/-. Sally Holt, Zdenka Machnyikova and John Packer (forthcoming 2016). “The Role of Soft Law in Minority Rights Protection and Diversity Management; Reflections from Practice”, in: Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen, Stéphanie Lagoutte and John Cerone, eds., The Roles of Soft Law in International Human Rights Law. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 35+/. Packer, John and Antonia Potter-Prentice (2014). “Structuring More Inclusive Peace Processes with Particular Reference to Women and Minorities”, in: Connie Peck and Eleanor Wertheim (eds.), Capacity Building in the United Nations Through Professional Training in Negotiation and Mediation; The First 20 Years of the UNITAR-IPI Fellowship Programme in Peacemaking and Preventive Diplomacy. Geneva: UNITAR, pp. 63-72. Packer, John (2014). “Preventing Conflict Before It Becomes Violent”, in: Connie Peck and Eleanor Wertheim (eds.), Capacity Building in the United Nations Through Professional

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Training in Negotiation and Mediation; The First 20 Years of the UNITAR-IPI Fellowship Programme in Peacemaking and Preventive Diplomacy. Geneva: UNITAR, pp. 121-130. Packer, John (2013). “Challenges and Opportunities of Inclusivity in Peace Processes”, Civil Society Dialogue Network Discussion Paper No. 7, European Peacebuilding Liaison Office (EPLO), Brussels, found on-line at:

http://peacemaker.un.org/sites/peacemaker.un.org/files/ChallengesOpportunitiesInclusivity_Packer_2013.pdf

Packer, John (2013). “20 Years High Commissioner on National Minorities; The continuing value of an innovative institution”, Security Community (the OSCE magazine’s inaugural issue), Issue 1 (2013), pp. 31-33. Brennan, Fernne and John Packer, eds. (2011). Colonialism, Slavery, Reparations and Trade:

Remedying the ‘Past’? London and New York: Routledge, pp. 252 [now in paperback and Kindle versions].

Packer, John (2011). “‘Music and lyrics’ – dancing to his own tune”, in the special issue Tribute to Max van der Stoel of the journal Security and Human Rights, Volume 22, No. 3, 2011, pp. 247-252 [also available at: http://www.shrblog.org/ ]. Herrberg, Antje, Hofmann, Rainer and John Packer (2011). “Comparative Study on Status Neutral Travel Documents” [vis-a-vis Georgia/Abkhazia/South Ossetia], Brussels: MediatEUr, found on-line at:

http://www.themediateur.eu/index.php/publications-and-resources/149-comparative-study-on-status-neutral-travel-documents

Collins, Craig and John Packer (2011). “Quiet Diplomacy: Preventing Conflict through Discreet Engagement”, in: S. Wolff and C. Yakinthou (eds.), Conflict Management in Divided Societies: Theories and Practice, London and New York: Routledge, pp. 100-115. Fernne Brennan and John Packer (2010). “In Their Own Defence: Violence against girls, and girls as human rights defenders”, in “Realising Children's Rights: Multidisciplinary, Comparative and Practical Perspectives – Papers from the United Kingdom-India Education and Research Initiative conferences”, Essex Human Rights Review, Volume 7, Number 1, pp. 93-100, available on-line at: http://www.ehrr.org Packer, John (2008). “Preventive and Crisis Diplomacy”, summary of remarks to the workshop on Information and Communication Technology and Peacebuilding (Irvine, CA, 14 December 2007), Washington: National Academy of Engineering, pp. 20-22. Holt, Sally and John Packer (2008). “Impact of Public Expression on Identity and Social Cohesion”, in: Clem McCartney (ed.), Towards Shared Societies, Madrid: Club de Madrid, pp. 9-26; available on-line at:

http://www.clubmadrid.org/es/ssp/documentos_relevantes_sobre_cohesion_social Packer, John, ed. (2007). Towards Good Governance and Social Integration: Proceedings and Developments from the Conference “Governance and Participation: Integrating

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Diversity”, The Hague: Office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, pp. 212. Packer, John (2007). “Reflections on Implementation Mechanisms of Selected Autonomy, Self-

Rule and Similar Arrangements”, in: M. Boltjes (ed.), Implementing Negotiated Agreements; The Real Challenge to Intrastate Peace, The Hague: T.M.C. Asser Press, pp. 69-85.

Packer, John (2007). “Some Reflections on International Law and Good Governance in relation to the Language of Higher Education”, in: E. Medgyesi (ed.), Let 2007 TRULY Be the Year of Equal Opportunities at the Babeş-Bolyai University! (Compilation from a public hearing at the European Parliament, Brussels, 9 October 2007), Cluj-Napoca: Stúdium Ltd., pp. 34-43. Packer, John and Richard Scott (2006). “Introduction”, in: T. Lesser et al. (eds.), Intra- Caribbean Migration and the Conflict Nexus, Ottawa: Human Rights Internet, pp. xix- xxx. Cholewinski, Ryszard, Jillyanne Redpath, Sophie Nonnenmacher and John Packer (2006). “The International Normative Framework with Reference to Migration in the Greater Caribbean”, in T. Lesser et al. (eds.), Intra-Caribbean Migration and the Conflict Nexus, Ottawa: Human Rights Internet, pp. 2-54. Holt, Sally and John Packer (2006). “The Use of Minority Languages in the Broadcast Media”, European Yearbook of Minority Issues, Volume 5 (2005/2006), Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, pp. 221-246.

Packer, John (2006). “Towards a Consistent Approach in the Management of Linguistic Diversity: Reflections from Practice”, Supreme Court Law Review, Vol. 31 (2d), pp. 45-60. Packer, John (2006). “Reflections on Protection of Minorities in Kosovo/a”, Geneva Centre for Security Policy, prepared for the consideration of Martti Ahtisaari, UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for the Kosovo status process, pp. 10 [available on-line]. Packer, John (2005). “Confronting the contemporary challenges of Europe’s minorities”, Helsinki Monitor, Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 227-231. Packer, John and Erik Friberg (2005). “Regional Organizations and Operational Conflict

Prevention”, in: Reader: UN, Regional Organisations and Civil Society Organisations, compiled for the global conference “From Reaction to Prevention: Civil Society Forging Partnerships to Prevent Violent Conflict and Build Peace”, 19-21 July 2005, UN Headquarters, New York, pp. 61-78.

Packer, John (2005). “Abu Ghraib! Of All Places, Abu Ghraib!”, Peace Magazine, Volume XXI, issue 1, pp. 6-7 and 26; also published as “Abu Ghraib and the Symbolic Importance of a Breathtaking Misjudgement” in Dialogue (London: The al-Khoei Foundation), pp. 4-5; with a shorter version in the on-line journal openDemocracy.net under “Abu Ghraib: origins and future of a scandal” at:

http://www.opendemocracy.net/democracy-abu_ghraib/article_2145.jsp

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Packer, John (2005). “Preventing conflict is a matter of and for human rights”, in the on-line journal Human Rights Tribune des droits humains, Volume 11, No. 2, found at: http://www.hri.ca/pdfs/HRT%20Volume%2011,%20No.%202,%20Spring%202005.pdf Packer, John and Sally Holt (2005). “Article 9”, in: M. Weller (ed.), The Rights of Minorities. A Commentary on the European Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 263-300. Packer, John (2005). “Autonomy and the Effective Participation of Minorities in Public Life: Developments in the OSCE”, in: Z. Skurbaty (ed.), Beyond the One-Dimensional State: An Emerging Right to Autonomy?, Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, pp. 321-335. Holt, Sally and John Packer, eds. (2005). “Proceedings of the Conference on the Use of Minority Languages in the Broadcast Media, Baden bei Wein, 24-25 October 2003”, special issue of Mercator Media Forum, Volume 8, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, pp. 184. John Packer (2005). “Security is achieved through justice”, in: Bridging the Gulf; Elements of the Helsinki Process as Inspiration for the Gulf Region, proceedings of a conference held in The Hague, 29 November 2004, Netherlands Helsinki Committee, pp. 63-66. Packer, John (2005). “The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities: Pyrometer, Prophylactic, Pyrosvestis”, in: N. Ghanea and A. Xanthaki (eds.), Minorities, Peoples and Self-Determination: Essays in Honour of Patrick Thornberry, Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, pp. 249-268. Packer, John (2004). “Minority Education Rights in Europe”, European Journal for Education

Law and Policy, Special Issue on Romania, pp. 109-130. Packer, John (2004). “Has the Lesson Been Learned?” [comments on Articles 23-26 of the CEI Instrument for the Protection of Minority Rights], in: M. Predan (ed.), Minorities and the Central European Initiative, Trieste: CEI Secretariat, 2004, pp. 70-78. Packer, John (2004). “The Approach of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities” in: Dialogue + Co-operation – occasional papers on Southeast Asia and Europe (FES- Singapore), Volume 10, 2/2004, pp. 27-31. Packer, John (2004). “Inter-organisational cooperation in support of effective domestic implementation of international norms: reflections from practice” in: Implementation of Human Rights: The Efficiency of Justice in the Council of Europe and its Member States, report of a seminar organised by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Dutch Section of the International Commission of Jurists, The Hague, 19-20 April 2004, pp. 167-172. Packer, John (2004). “Situating the Framework Convention in a wider context: achievements and challenges” in: Filling the Frame. Five years of monitoring the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities. Proceedings of the conference held in Strasbourg, 30-31 October 2003. Council of Europe Publishing, pp. 43-51.

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Packer, John (2004). “Submission to the UN High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and

Change; Conflict prevention and the protection of minorities”, London: Minority Rights Group International, July 2004, found at: http://www.minorityrights.org/admin/download/pdf/UN-Submission-0604.pdf

Packer, John and Erik Friberg (2004). “Genocide and Minorities: Preventing the Preventable”,

London: Minority Rights Group International, April 2004, found at: http://www.minorityrights.org/admin/Download/pdf/Genocide2004.pdf

Packer, John (2004). “Cheers! (And now what?) The protection of minorities in the post- enlargement Union”, Open Society Institute’s EUMAP project on-line journal, May 2004, found at http://www.eumap.org/articles/content/98/984/index_html Packer, John and Sally Holt (2004). “The Use of Minority Languages in the Broadcast Media: Introducing New Guidelines”, Helsinki Monitor, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 103-126. Packer, John (2004). “The Practitioner’s Perspective: Minority Languages and Linguistic

Minorities in the Work of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities”, in: G. Hogan-Brun and S. Wolff (eds.), Minority Languages in Europe: Status-Frameworks-Prospects, London: Palgrave, pp. 75-96.

Packer, John (2003). “The Contemporary Protection of Minorities”, in: M. Bergsmo (ed.), Human Rights and Criminal Justice for the Downtrodden (essays in honour of Asbjorn Eide), The Hague: Kluwer Law International, pp. 471-486. Packer, John (2002). “The Role of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities”, in:

M.Gavouneli and V. Kyriakapoulos (eds.), Olympia II: Human Rights in the 21st Century, Athens: Human Rights Defence Centre, Ant. N. Sakkoulas Publishers, pp. 111-132.

Holt, Sally and John Packer (2002). “OSCE Developments and Linguistic Minorities”, UNESCO

MOST Journal on Multicultural Societies, Vol. 3, No. 2 (32 pp.), http://www.unesco.org/most/jmshome.htm

Packer, John and Andres Rönquist (2001). Guest editors, issue dedicated to the work of Max van der Stoel on protection of minorities, inter-ethnic relations and peace and stability in Europe, International Journal of Minority and Group Rights, Volume 8, No.1, pp. 1-77. Packer, John (2001). “The Role of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities in the

Protection of Human Rights”, in: M. Vassiliou and H. Psomiades (eds.), Human Rights in the 21st Century, Athens: Human Rights Defence Centre, Ant. N. Sakkoulas Publishers, pp. 197-214.

Packer, John (2001). “The Protection of Minority Language Rights through the Work of the

OSCE Institutions”, in: S. Trifunovska and F. de Varennes (eds.), Minority Rights in Europe; European Minorities and Languages, The Hague: T.M.C. Asser Press, pp. 255-274.

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Packer, John (2001). “The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities”, in: G. Alfredsson, J. Grimheden, B. Ramcharan and A. de Zayas (eds.), International Human Rights Monitoring Mechanisms: A Textbook on How to Petition and Lobby International Organizations; Essays in honour of Jakob Th. Möller. The Hague: Kluwer Law International, pp. 641-656.

Packer, John (2000). “The origin and nature of the Lund Recommendations on the Effective

Participation of National Minorities in Public Life”, Helsinki Monitor, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 29-61.

Packer, John (2000). “Self-determination and international law”, in: West Papua and the Quest

for Self-Determination; Developments between December 1999 and July 2000, Utrecht: Foundation Study & Information Papua Peoples - PaVo, pp. 6-11.

Packer, John (2000). “Making International Law Matter in Preventing Ethnic Conflict: A

Practitioner’s Perspective”, New York University Journal of International Law and Politics, Vol. 32, No. 3 (spring), pp. 715-724.

Packer, John (1999). “Measuring Our Civilization in Terms of Meaningful Access”, Proceedings

of the Montreal International Seminar on Intercultural and Multicultural Education, Revue Québécoise de Droit International, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 171-177.

Packer, John (1999). “Considerations on Procedures to Implement the Right to Self-

Determination”, in: M.C. van Walt van Praag and O. Seroo (eds.), The Implementation of the Right to Self-Determination in a Globalized World: A Contribution to Conflict Prevention and Resolution, Barcelona: Centre UNESCO de Catalunya, pp. 149-165.

Packer, John (1999). Guest Editor of the special issue of the International Journal on Minority

and Group Rights, Vol. 6, No. 3 (pp. 110); author of “Editor’s Note” (pp. v-viii) and, together with Guillaume Siemienski, “The Language of Equity: The Origin and Development of the Oslo Recommendations Regarding the Linguistic Rights of National Minorities”, pp. 329-350 [with Romanian translation of the latter in altera 15, anul VI., 2000, pp. 5-24].

Packer, John (1999). “The Role of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities in the

Former Yugoslavia”, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, Vol. XII, No. 2 (spring/summer), pp. 169-184.

Packer, John (1999). “Problems in Defining Minorities”, in: D. Fottrell and B. Bowring (eds.),

Minority and Group Rights in the New Millennium, The Hague: Kluwer Law International, pp. 223-274.

Packer, John (1998). “The Role of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities in

Preventing Conflict”, in: B. Wirmark (ed.), Government-NGO Relations in Preventing Violence, Transforming Conflict ands Building Peace, Report of a Conference in Mariefred, Sweden, 4-6 September 1997, Stockholm: Peace Team Forum and the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, pp. 125-136.

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Packer, John (1998). “Reflections on the Development of a Common and Comprehensive Foreign Policy of the European Union”, remarks on the panel “Foreign Policy for the European Union: Views from Beyond the EU”, in: Contemporary International Law Issues: New Forms, New Applications, Proceedings of the Fourth Hague Joint ASIL/NVIR Conference held in The Hague on 2-5 July 1997, The Hague: T.M.C. Asser Instituut, pp. 231-235 and 245.

Packer, John (1998). “Autonomy Within the OSCE: The Case of Crimea”, in: M. Suksi (ed.), Autonomy: Applications and Implications, The Hague: Kluwer Law International, pp. 295-316. Packer, John (1997). “Conflict Prevention by the OAU: The Relevance of the O.S.C.E. High

Commissioner on National Minorities”, African Yearbook of International Law, Vol. 4 (1996), pp. 279-291.

Packer, John (1997). “The Right to Fair Trial Guaranteed by International Instruments -

Especially OSCE Documents”, in: III The Right to a Fair Trial, A Croatian Law Centre Round Table, 20 December 1996, Zagreb: CLC series Legal Topics 1/1997, pp. 257-266 [with Croatian translation at pp. 241-248 and 250].

Packer, John (1997). “The Content and Aim of Minority Education from the Perspective of the

International Instruments” (remarks to the Seminar on Minority Education Issues, Vienna, 22-23 November 1996), International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, Vol. 4, No. 2, 1996/97, pp. 171-174.

Siemienski, Guillaume and John Packer (1997). “Integration through Education: The Origin and

Development of The Hague Recommendations”, International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, Vol. 4, No. 2, 1996/97, pp. 187-198.

Packer, John (1996). “The OSCE and international guarantees of local self-government”, in:

Local self-government, territorial integrity and protection of minorities, Proceedings of the UniDem Seminar organised in Lausanne on 25-27 April 1996 in co-operation with the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, Strasbourg: European Commission for Democracy through Law, Council of Europe, pp. 250-272 [with French translation in a parallel edition].

Packer, John (1996). “On the Content of Minority Rights”, in: J. Räikkä (ed.), Do We Need

Minority Rights? Conceptual Issues, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, pp. 121-178.

Packer, John (1996). “United Nations Protection of Minorities in Time of Public Emergency:

The Hard-Core of Minority Rights”, in: D. Prémont (réd./ed.), Droits intangibles et États d'exception / Non-Derogable Rights and States of Emergency, Bruxelles/Brussels: Établissements Émile Bruylant, pp. 501-522 [with French translation at pp. 477-499].

Packer, John (1993). “On the Definition of Minorities”, in: J. Packer and K. Myntti (eds.), The

Protection of Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities in Europe, Åbo/Turku: Åbo Akademi University, Institute for Human Rights, pp. 23-65.

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Affiliations 2014-present: Member of the Board of Directors, International Commission of Jurists –

Canada; a charitable organisation established to promote the Rule of Law, human rights and fundamental freedoms around the world. Website: http://www.icjcanada.org/index.php/en/

2014-present: Member of the Advisory Council, European Centre for Minority Issues; a not-for-

profit public institution established by Germany, Denmark and Schleswig-Holstein aiming to facilitate respect for diversity in all aspects of society, notably improvement of the situation of Europe’s minorities through new knowledge and tool-kits facilitating constructive dialogue about how to build a peaceful and diverse Europe. Website: www.ecmi.de

1992-present: Founding Member of the Board (Chairperson), The Centre on Housing Rights and

Evictions (COHRE); a not-for-profit foundation under Dutch and Swiss law dedicated to achieving better respect for housing rights for all throughout the world. Website: www.cohre.org

2007-present: Member of the Expert Advisory Panel, Shared Societies Project, the Club de

Madrid which supports the initiatives and efforts of over 80 former Heads of Government and State of democracies to encourage and assist socially cohesive societies and resolve or manage inter-community conflicts.

Website: www.clubmadrid.org 1996-2016: Founder and Member of the Board (Vice-President), The Themis Foundation Inc.;

a not-for-profit foundation under Canadian law dedicated to the promotion of international peace and human progress.

2009-2011: Founding Trustee, Just Fair; a charitable organization promoting the compliance

by the UK with its international obligations and commitments to realise the full enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights.

Website: http://just-fair.co.uk/ 2008-2011: Member of the Steering Committee, Right to Education Project; an international

not-for-profit collaboration for research, information sharing, policy development and capacity building aimed at the full enjoyment of the right to education at all levels throughout the world.

Website: http://www.right-to-education.org/ 2008-2011: Member of the Board, Human Rights Internet; a not-for-profit foundation under

Canadian law dedicated to human rights, social justice, peace and development. Website: www.hri.ca

2008-2011: Member of the Board, Democratic Audit; a not-for-profit society under English

law which conducts applied research about the effectiveness of democratic institutions in the UK and internationally, working with mature and developing democracies to assess the quality of their democratic arrangements. Website: www.democraticaudit.com

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2004-2010: Member of the Council, World Federalist Movement – Canada; a not-for-profit

foundation under Canadian law dedicated to the promotion of global governance that is democratically accountable and based on the rule of law. Website: www.worldfederalistscanada.org

2003-2008: Member of the International Council (completed maximum term), Minority Rights

Group International; a not-for-profit foundation under British law working to ensure the rights of ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities and indigenous peoples world-wide and to promote cooperation and understanding between communities. Website: www.minorityrights.org

2013-present: Member: Canadian Council on International Law 1987-present: Member, American Society of International Law 1978-present: Member, World Federalist Movement – Canada 2012-present: Member, Academic Advisory Group on Indigenous Peoples, United Nations

(OHCHR – Geneva) 2000-present: Member, International Institute of Human Rights (Strasbourg) 2009-2014: Advisory Member, Human Rights Committee, Law Society of England and Wales 1980-2005: Member, Canadian Political Science Association

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Prof. Dr. Rainer Schulze (former Director, Human Rights Centre, University of Essex, 2012-2013) Professor of History and former Head of Department (2005-2011) Founding Editor, Holocaust in History and Memory Journal University of Essex Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex, CO43SQ United Kingdom Tel. (00 44 1206) 873404 E-mail: rainer@essex.ac.uk Prof. Dr. Dr. Georges Abi-Saab Professor of International Law, Emeritus The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies Member of the Administrative Tribunal of the IMF and of various international arbitral tribunals (ICSID, ICC, CRCICA, etc.) (former Chairman of the Appellate Body of the WTO, 2003-2008) (former ad hoc Judge of the International Court of Justice) (former Judge of the Appeals Chamber of the ICTY and ICTR) Université de Genève 132, rue de Lausanne CH-1211 Genève 21 Switzerland Tel. (00 41 22) 731 1730 Fax (00 41 22) 738 4306 Dato’ Param Cumaraswamy, Esq. (former UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, 1994-2003) (former Commissioner of the International Commission of Jurists, 1990-2000) 43, Jalan Teluk Pulai 58000 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Tel. (00 603) 273 8315 Fax (00 603) 274 4539 E-mail: cparam@pc.jaring.my

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Prof. Dr. David A. Hamburg, MD President Emeritus, Carnegie Corporation of New York (former President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1984-1986) DeWitt Wallace Distinguished Scholar Co-Chair, Social Medicine and Public Policy Programs Weill Cornell Medical College Department of Psychiatry Cornell University 525 East 68th Street, Box 171 New York, NY 10065 United States of America Tel. (212) 746-3681 Fax (212) 746-8087 E-mail: dah2013@med.cornell.edu Dame Audrey Glover DBE CMG Retired Senior Legal Counsellor, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, UK Head of Mission for numerous OSCE Election Observation Missions (former Director of OSCE ODIHR 1994-97) (former Head of UK Delegation to the UN Commission on Human Rights, 1998-2003) East Anglia, UK Tel. (00 44 1485) 512 223 Fax (00 44 1485) 512 545 Mobile: (00 44 7836) 663 842 E-mail: audrey.glover@btopenworld.com Prof. Dr. Malcolm Shaw Sir Robert Jennings Professor of International Law Faculty of Law University of Leicester University Road Leicester LE1 7RH United Kingdom Tel. (00 44 533) 522 363/9 Fax (00 44 533) 525 023 E-mail: malcolm.shaw@leicester.ac.uk

Prof. Dr. Allan Rosas Judge [Finnish] at the Court of Justice of the European Communities (former Principal Legal Adviser for External Relations in the Legal Service of the European Commission, Brussels) (former Professor of International & Constitutional Law, and Director, Finnish Institute for Human Rights, Åbo Akademi University, Åbo/Turku) Plateau de Kirchberg Annexe C 3007 L-2925 Luxembourg Tel. (00 352) 43 03 28 30 Fax (00 352) 43 03 31 78 E-mail: Allan.Rosas@curia.europa.eu Mr Sean C. Carroll (former Chief Operating Officer United States Agency for International Development – USAID) Ronald Reagan Building 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20523 United States of America Tel. (202) 712-4040 E-mail: scarroll@usaid.gov Dr. Fatsah Ouguergouz Juge [algérienne] à la Cour africaine des droits de l’homme et des peuples (Arusha) Expert indépendant des Nations Unies sur la situation des droits de l’homme au Burundi (Conseil des Droits de l’Homme de l’ONU) Directeur exécutif de la Fondation Africaine pour le Droit international (La Haye) (précédemment l’Assistant spécial du Président de la Cour Internationale de Justice et Juriste au Greffe puis Secrétaire de la Cour Internationale de Justice, La Haye) La Haye, Pays-Bas Tel. (00 31 6) 11 38 12 58 E-mail: fatsah.ouguergouz@gmail.com