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Annex 1 Annexe 1

MEMBERS OF THE PERMANENT COURT OF ARBITRATION

LISTE DES MEMBRES DE LA COUR PERMANENTE D’ARBITRAGE

Current List Liste actuelle Date of appointment

Date de la

nomination

Date of latest renewal

Date du dernier renouvellement

Albania Albanie Mr. QIRJAKO QIRKO, Ambassador, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Albania; July 2012-October 2013 Director of International Organizations in MFA; September 2006–June 2012 Head of Minorities Department in Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Albania; May 2001–June 2006 Ambassador of Republic of Albania in the Kingdom of The Netherlands; January 1999–May 2001 Secretary General, Council of Ministers of Republic of Albania; September 1997–January 1999 Director of Legal and Consular Affairs Department Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Republic of Albania; October 1996–September 1997 Attorney at Law; September 1991–October 1996 Director of Legal and Consular Affairs Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Republic of Albania; October 1986–September 1991 Public Prosecutor, The Attorneys Office of the District of Tirana. Other activities: Lecturer International Organizations (Master Program) in “Mesdhetar” University– from 2012 to present; Lecturer of Human Rights in the University of Law “Luarasi”, Tirana – from 2006–2011; Representative of the Republic of Albania in OPCW – 2001–2006; Deputy President of the Committee for checking the background of high officials – 1999–2001; Representative of the Republic of Albania in OPCW – from 2001 to present; Head of Albanian Delegation in: Conference on the gold looted by the German Nazis during the Second World War – London, December 1997; Member of Delegation of the Rome Conference for the adoption of the statute for the creation of International Criminal Court – Rome, 1998; Representative of Republic of Albania in the Meeting of Legal Advisors of countries member of ONU – New York, 1995; Representative of Republic of Albania in the annual meetings of legal advisors of Ministries of Foreign Affairs in the Council of Europe (Strasbourg) – during the period 1992–1996; Head of Delegation of the Republic of Albania for the inventory of all the agreements between Albania and Soviet Union – Moscow, 1998; Head of Delegation of the Republic of Albania for the discussion on propriety issues between Greece and Albania – 1994; Head of Delegation of the Republic of Albania on the preparation of Consular Treaties with: Russia, Rumania – 1993 and 1994; Head of Delegation of the Republic of Albania on the preparation of Friendship Treaties between Albania and: Greece, Turkey, Italy, France, Rumania, Bulgaria, Russia – during the period 1992–1996.

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Ms. SUELA JANINA, October 2014 – Ambassador, Head of Mission of Albania to the European Union; October 2015 – Ambassador of Albania to Belgium and Luxembourg; January–October 2014 General Director, Multilateral Relations Directorate, MFA; June 2012–Jan. 2014 Director, Treaties and International Law Department, MFA; Feb. 2007–Jan. 2012 Legal Adviser, Treaties and International Law Department, MFA; Jan. 2004–Jan. 2007 Counsel, General Consulate of the Republic of Albania to Milan, Italy; Aug. 1999–Jan. 2004 Legal Expert, International Law Department, MFA; Sept. 1998–July 1999 Assistant professor, Faculty of Law, University “Aleksandër Xhuvani” Elbasan. International experience: May 2011–2014 United Nation Committee on Enforced Disappearances, Vice Chair; June 2015 Re-elected for the second mandate as CED member; June 2012–January 2014 Member of CAHDI, Committee of Legal Advisers on Public International Law of the Council of Europe; May 2013 Alternate Arbitrator, OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration. Avenue Franklin Roosevelt, 123, 1000 Brussels, Belgium; tel: +3226443329; fax: +3226403177; e-mail: [email protected]; [email protected].

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Mr. ARMAND SKAPI, Director of the Treaties and International Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Albania; May–December 2013, Director of NATO Department; June 2012-Apri1 2013, Chief of Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Albania; February 2012–June 2012, Adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Albania; February 2011–February

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2012, Minister Counselor, Embassy of Albania, Rome, Italy; January 2009–February 2011, Director of Middle East and Africa Department; September 2006-December 2008, Head of Unit, Asia and Africa Department; July 2005-August 2006, Director of Press and Public Diplomacy Department; January 2001-June 2005, Director of UN and International Organizations Department; March 1999-December 2000, Desk officer at the UN and International Organizations Department; January 1997-March 1999, Desk Officer at the Legal and Consular Department. Other activities: May 2013 Arbitrator, OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration; 2002–2005 Head of Governmental Expert Group for the Drafting of Albanian National Reports to the UN Treaty Bodies for Human Rights; 2003–2005, Member of the Albanian Commission for Refugees. 2009–2011, Guest lecturer of International Law, Tirana European University. Bui. Gjergj Fishta, No. 6, Tirana, Albania; e-mail: [email protected].

Dr. GENTIAN ZYBERI, Associate Professor, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights; 2012-ongoing Associate professor, Faculty of Law/ Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, University of Oslo/ Norway; 2012 2012 Assistant professor, Faculty of Law/ Amsterdam Centre for International Law, University of Amsterdam/ The Netherlands; 2008- Legal Counsel (pro bono), International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, The Hague, The Netherlands.; 2009 Legal advisor and coordinator of the Albanian legal team in the Kosovo Declaration of Independence case before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Special Advisor to the Albanian Minister of Foreign Affairs on Kosovo, Tirana, Albania; 2008-2011 Assistant professor, Faculty of Law/ Netherlands Institute for Human Rights, University of Utrecht/ the Netherlands; 2004-2012 Legal Assistant and Interpreter, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, The Hague, The Netherlands; 2003-2007 PhD Candidate, Faculty of Law/ Netherlands Institute for Human Rights, University of Utrecht/ the Netherlands. Other National and International Professional Involvements: Member of the International Law Association (ILA) International Committee on International Human Rights Law; Member of the ILA Study Group on ‘The Conduct of Hostilities under International Humanitarian Law - Challenges of 21st Century Warfare’;·Member of the European Society of International Law (member of several interest groups); Member of the Norwegian Association of International Law (Norwegian branch of the ILA); Member of the Norsk militræjuridisk forening (Norwegian National Group of the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War).

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Argentina Argentine

Ms. SUSANA MYRTA RUIZ CERUTTI, Lawyer and career diplomat; former Ambassador to Switzerland; Agent to the International Arbitral Tribunal dealing with a border dispute between Argentina and Chile; former member or head of delegations to several arbitral proceedings; former Legal Adviser; former Vice-Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs; former Ambassador to Canada; since November 2000 Secretary of State for Foreign Relations. Avda. Libertador Gral. San Martín 4408, piso 13°, 1424 Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Dr. RAÚL EMILIO VINUESA, law degree from the University of Buenos Aires, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Harvard Law School, University of Cambridge, University of Amsterdam; Professor of International Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Buenos Aires, and at the Argentine Foreign Service Institute; Arbitrator at MERCOSUR, ICSID, CAR, ICC, SIECA; Judge ad hoc at the International Court of Justice; Member of the Institut de Droit International. Arsenales 843 5° 18, Buenos Aires (C1061AAC), Argentina; tel.:/fax: +54 11 4394 4412.

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Mr. ENRIQUE J.A. CANDIOTI, Member and former Chairman of the United Nations International Law Commission; former Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Legal Adviser of the Argentine Foreign Ministry; former Ambassador to the United States of America, Germany, Australia and New Zealand. Specializations: public international law, law of the sea, territorial and boundary matters, international arbitration. Avda. Coronel Díaz 2277 (10-A), C1425DQI Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Mr. HORACIO A. BASABE, Director of the Argentine Institute for the Foreign Service; former professor of public international law (University of Buenos Aires); former legal adviser and former under Secretary for Foreign Policy of the Argentine Foreign Ministry; former Ambassador to the Czech Republic; former agent in the Laguna del Desierto Arbitration. Beruti 535, B1828 HNK, Banfield, Argentina.

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Australia Australie

Prof. HILARY CHARLESWORTH AM, Professor of International Law and Human Rights at the Australian National University since 1998; Professor and Director of the Centre for International Governance and Justice in the Regulatory Institutions Network; Australian Research Council Federation Fellow; educated at the University of Melbourne and Harvard Law School; President of the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law from 1997 to 2001; appointed judge ad hoc of the International Court of Justice in 2011 for the Whaling in the Antarctic case. Specializations: public international law, international human rights law, use of force, law of armed conflict, peace building and post-conflict legal regimes. College of Law, The Australian National University, ACT 0200, Acton, Australia; email: [email protected]; fax: +61 26125 1507.

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The Hon. SUSAN KIEFEL AC, Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia since 30 January 2017; formerly justice of the High Court of Australia (2007-2017); formerly a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia and the Supreme Court of N0rfolk Island since 1994; and the Supreme Court of Queensland (1993-94). Formerly part-time Commissioner of the Australian Law Reform Commission (2003-2007). Admitted to the Queensland Bar (1975); appointed Queen's Counsel (1987). Educated at Cambridge University. Appointed a Companion in the General Division of the Order of Australia (2011). Elected a titular member of the International Academy of Comparative Law (2013). Elected an Honorary Bencher of the Honourable Society of Gray's Inn (2014). High Court of Australia, P.O. Box 6309, Kingston, ACT, 2604; fax: +61 (0)2 6270 6947.

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Dr. STEPHEN DONAGHUE QC, Solicitor General of the Commonwealth of Australia since 2017. Former Barrister at the Victorian Bar (2001); appointed Senior Counsel (2011); appointed Queen's Counsel (2014). Former Chair of the Public Law Section of the Commercial Bar Association; former member of the Constitutional Law Committee of the Law Council of Australia. Educated at the University of Melbourne and the University of Oxford. Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne Law School. Attorney-General's Department, 3-5 National Circuit, Barton, ACT, 2600, Australia; fax: +61 2 6141 4149; email: [email protected].

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Mr. HENRY BURMESTER AO QC, Honorary Professor in the Australian National University College of Law (2016). Formerly Consultant Counsel at the Australian Government Solicitor (2009-2017). Formerly Chief General Counsel at the Australian Government Solicitor (1995-2009). Appeared as counsel before the International Court of Justice and other tribunals, served as arbitrator under Law of the Sea Convention. Formerly head of the Office of International Law in the Attorney-General's Department (1990-1995). Educated at the Australian National University and University of Virginia. Formerly member of the Australian National University College of Law (1981-1985). Barrister at the New South Wales Bar and the Australian Capital Territory Bar. Appointed Queen's Counsel (1998). E-mail: [email protected].

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Austria Autriche

Prof. Dr. GERHARD HAFNER, Professor for International Law at the University of Vienna (since 1990); Professor, Diplomatic Academy, Vienna; Permanent Guest Professor, Law Faculty, Comenius University, Bratislava; Professor, Paneurópska Vysoká Škola, Fakulta Práva, Bratislava, Jurisconsulte of the Austrian Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs. Memberships: Membre de l´Institut de Droit International; former President, Austrian Branch, International Law Association; Chairman, ILA-Committee on Succession of States; former Member of the Council of the German Society for International Law; Member of the Academic Commission of the Diplomatic Academy in Vienna; Member, American Society of International Law; Member, Société française pour le droit international; Member, Austrian Society for European Law; Member of the Committee of Publishers, Austrian Review of International and European Law; former Member of the International Law Commission of the United Nations (ILC); Member of the Governing Board and of the Executive Committee of the European Studies Institute (Moscow). Fields of specific expertise: International Law for the prevention of transboundary damage and liability; Peaceful settlement of disputes; Codification of International Law; European Law; Law of Neutrality; Territorial aspects of International Law; Succession of States; International Criminal Law, Law of the Sea. Address: Institute of European, International and Comparative Law, Section of International Law and International Relations, University of Vienna, Schottenbastei 10-16, A-1010 Wien (Austria), e-mail: [email protected].

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Prof. MMag Dr. AUGUST REINISCH LL.M., Head of the Section of International Law and International Relations, University of Vienna; Deputy Head of the Department of European, International and Comparative Law at the University of Vienna; Professor of International and European Law at the University of Vienna (since 1998); Visiting Professor at the University of Sydney, Australia; Member of the Panels of Conciliators and of Arbitrators maintained by the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID); Adjunct Professor at the Bologna Center of The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies/Johns Hopkins University in Bologna, Italy (1999 to 2010); Visiting Professor at the Institut des Hautes Etudes Internationales at the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas, France (2008). Memberships: Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS); American Bar Association (ABA); American Society of International Law (ASIL); Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationales Recht (German Society of International Law), member of the Governing Council since 2005; European Communities Studies Association (ECSA); European Society of International Law (ESIL), member of the Executive Board (2008-2014); International Law Association (ILA, member of the former Committees on Accountability of International Organizations and on International Law on Foreign Investment, member of the Study Group on State Insolvency und Rapporteur of the Study Group on the Role of Soft-Law Instruments in International Investment Law), President of the Austrian Branch since 2008; State of Connecticut Bar, State of New York Bar; Member of the Austrian delegation to the Sixth Committee (Legal) of the General Assembly of the United Nations (since 2012); Arbitrator on the In Rem Restitution Panel according to the Austrian General Settlement Fund Law, Vienna. Fields of specific expertise: Investment Law (indirect expropriation, fair and equitable treatment and other standards of investment protection); International Economic Law (Extraterritoriality, economic sanctions, WTO dispute settlement); The Law of International Organizations (Responsibility of International Organizations); State Responsibility (State of Necessity); Arbitration (Investment Arbitration); European Law (External Trade, EC and WTO); International Economic Law; The Law of International Organizations; State Responsibility; Arbitration. Address: Section of International Law and International Relations, University of Vienna, Schottenbastei 10-16, A-1010 Wien (Austria), Telephone number: +43 14277 35307, Fax number: +43 1 4277 35321, e-mail: [email protected]

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Prof. Dr. DDr. h.c. WOLFGANG BENEDEK, Professor for International Law and International Relations at the University of Graz (since 1990); Director of the European Training and Research Centre for Human Rights and Democracy of University of Graz (UNI-ETC); Lecturer at Diplomatic Academy Vienna and at the European MA Programmes on Human Rights and Democratization in Venice and Sarajevo; 1989-92 Advisor to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Banjul, Gambia; since 1993 Chair (of Board) of World University Service (WUS) Austria with large programmes for the reconstruction of universities and the establishment of human rights centres at universities in the Balkans. Memberships: 2000-2012, Member of the Human Rights Advisory Board of the Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior; since 2007 Chair/Member of the Human Rights Advisory Board of the city of Graz (Austria); Chair of Media Appeals Board of Independent Media Commission of Kosovo (2005-2011); Member of the Enforcement Panel of Communication Regulation Agency in Sarajevo (1999-2004). Fields of specific expertise: International and regional human rights, women and human rights, terrorism and human rights, globalisation and human rights, human rights education, international economic organisations and global governance, human security, information society and human rights. Address: University of Graz; Universitätsstraße 15 Bauteil A/4 (Institut für Völkerrecht) A-8010 Graz (Austria); tel: +43 316 380 - 3411, e-mail: [email protected]

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Prof. Dr. URSULA KRIEBAUM, Professor of International Law at the University of Vienna (since 2011); Professorial Lecturer at the Loyola University New Orleans College of Law Summer Legal Studies Program (since 2008); Legal expert in various investment arbitrations and human rights cases; Alternate Member of the Court of Conciliation and Arbitration within the OSCE (since 2013); Consultant of the National Fund for Victims of National Socialism of the Republic of Austria (since 2001); Member of the Austrian Human Rights Advisory Board nominated by Amnesty International (July 1999 – June 2002); Legal Advisor’s Office at the Austrian Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs (2000 – 2001); Member of the team of the Special envoy for restitution issues for the Austrian Holocaust Restitution Negotiations 2000/2001; Austrian Delegate to the Preparatory Commission for the International Criminal Court Memberships: Member, International Law Association (ILA, former Secretary and Treasurer of the Austrian Branch, member of the International

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Human Rights Law Committees); Member, European Society of International Law; Member, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationales Recht (German Society of International Law) Member, Austrian Arbitration Association. Fields of specific expertise: International Protection of Human Rights; International Investment Law (expropriation, fair and equitable treatment and other standards of investment protection, human rights and foreign investments); Expropriation in International Law; International Investment Arbitration; Restitution of Property Dispossessed during the Nazi-Regime; Implementation of International Human Rights Obligations in National Law Regimes. Address: Section of International Law and International Relations, University of Vienna, Schottenbastei 10-16, A-1010 Wien (Austria); tel: +43 1 4277 35308, fax: +43 1 4277 9353, e-mail: [email protected]

Bahrain Bahreïn

Prof. JAN PAULSSON, Partner, Three Crowns LLC 07 – 07 - 2008 10 – 05 - 2017

Prof. NASSIB G. ZIADÉ is the Chief Executive Officer of the Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution (BCDR-AAA) and the General Editor of the BCDR International Arbitration Review. Previously, he served as Director of the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC), as Deputy Secretary-General (and Acting Secretary-General) of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and Editor-in-Chief of the ICSID Review – Foreign Investment Law Journal, and as Executive Secretary of the World Bank Administrative Tribunal. He has also acted as co-arbitrator or chair in numerous ad hoc and institutional arbitrations in commercial, construction and investment matters. He is a Vice-Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA), a member of the International Advisory Committee of the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR/AAA), and a former member of the Court of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA). He is a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), a member of the Panels of Arbitrators and Conciliators of ICSID, and a Council member of the International Federation of Commercial Arbitration Institutions (IFCAI). He has published extensively in the fields of international law and arbitration law and is a frequent speaker at international conferences on a wide range of legal topics. He has taught at the University of Miami School of Law, at the Law Faculty of the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, at the Law Faculty of the Saint-Joseph University in Lebanon and Dubai, at the Hague Academy of International Law, and at the Paris Academy for International Law. He is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law at the University of Cambridge, a member of the Executive Council of the American Society of International Law, and a member of the editorial advisory committees of several law journals.

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Mr. DEVASHISH KRISHAN, Legal Advisor, Court of HRH Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince, Deputy Commander of the Bahrain Defense Forces and First Deputy Prime Minister.

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Ms. NAJAH ALI RASHID, Counselor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of Bahrain. 10 – 05 - 2017

Bangladesh Bangladesh

Justice MD. TOFAZZAL ISLAM is a former Chief Justice of Bangladesh. While a Judge of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, Justice Islam also held the Office of Chairman of the Enrolment Committee of the Bangladesh Bar Council from 2004 to 2008 responsible for selecting the lawyers entitled to practice in the District Courts and then in the Supreme Court. He then held the Office of the Chairman of the Bangladesh Judicial Service Commission from 2008 to 2009 responsible for selecting the Assistant Judges and the Judicial Magistrates for the District Courts. Justice Islam was the principal author of several landmark judgements laying the foundations for the development of Constitutional Laws and setting significant precedents, which includes the judgments on repeal of the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution of Bangladesh, enlarging the powers of the Supreme Court under the Companies Act 1994 in protecting the interests of minority shareholders, and reversing the decision of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court in allowing the construction of markets in violation of the provisions of environmental laws. Justice Islam did his Bachelor of Arts (Honours) and Master of Arts in History from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh and also completed L.L.B there. He then went to the UK for further education and was called to the Bar of England and Wales from the Hon’ble Society of Lincoln’s Inn in 1967. Justice Islam was then enrolled as an advocate of the High Court of the then East Pakistan (presently Bangladesh) in 1969 and in 1980, he became an advocate

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in the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. During that period, Justice Islam had been actively associated with the teaching profession and was an Adjunct Faculty in the City Law College, Dhaka teaching Transfer of Property Act and Equity & Trust, and he also taught Corporate Laws at the Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka and an Examiner of Law in the University of Dhaka and as a Member of the Corporate Laws Commission of Bangladesh, he actively participated in the drafting of the Bank Companies Act 1991 and the Companies Act 1994. Justice Islam attended SAARC Law Conference in Bengaluru, India and also in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He also attended Common Law Judiciary Conference in Sydney, Common Law Conference in Melbourne, Anti-Terrorism Conference in Malta and Conference of Heads of Judiciary in Tehran, Iran. Contact: +88-02-55033515; +88-01552349062; [email protected].

Justice MD. AWLAD ALI is a former Justice of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. He was appointed as a Judge to the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh on 23 February 1997. He retired from the High Court Division on 24 January 2008. Presently, he serves as Chairman of Arbitral Tribunal and member of several Tribunals. Mr. Md. Awlad Ali was enrolled as a pleader under the High Court of Judicature of the then East Pakistan (presently Bangladesh) in 1965. He became a member of Dhaka District Bar Association in January 1966. He was enrolled as an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh and became member of the Supreme Court Bar Association in March 1973. He was enrolled as a Senior Advocate of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh in December 1994 (certificate of granted in January 1995). Mr. Md. Awlad Ali started dealing with the arbitration cases since 1969. During his professional career, Mr. Md. Awlad Ali conducted good number of commercial arbitration cases as a lawyer of the contesting parties including an arbitration case of a London-based shipping company Alam Maritime. He was a sole Arbitrator in the arbitration cases of the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh. After retirement from the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh in January 2008, Justice Md. Awlad Ali again entered into the arbitration jurisdiction both in international and domestic commercial arbitration and disposed of many cases being the Chairman of the Arbitral Tribunal. He also served as a member of the Tribunal in some other cases. In the recent past, some of the international commercial arbitration cases disposed of by the Arbitral Tribunal of which he was the Chairman. The list of the cases include Young Sung Co. Ltd., a company of the Republic of Korea VS. Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCCI); Crystal Inc., a company of the Republic of Korea VS. BCCI; Autoen Company Ltd., a company of the Republic of Korea VS. BCCI; HRBC (a Chinese company) INTRACO (BD) Joint Venture VS. Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh represented by Chief Engineer, Roads & Highways Department, Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges; Jamuna Builders Ltd. (Jamuna Future Park) VS. Dunhum Bush Industries SDN. Bhd., a Malaysian company (as a member of the Tribunal). Justice Md. Awlad Ali completed his matriculation in 1957 and obtained Bachelor of Arts degree in 1962 from Rajshahi University of Bangladesh. He obtained L.L.B. in 1965 and Master of Arts in Political Science in 1966 from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Justice Md. Awlad Ali was born on 27 January 1941. Contact: +88-02-9331116; +8801552330553; [email protected]

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Prof. Dr. PAYAM AKHAVAN LL.M., S.J.D. (Harvard), Professor of International Law, McGill University, Montreal, Canada; member of the Law Society of Upper Canada; member of the New York State Bar; member of the American Society of International Law; member of the Honourary Council of the International Law Students Association; counsel and advocate before the International Court of Justice, the Permanent Court of Arbitration, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, the International Criminal Court, the European Court of Human Rights, the Supreme Court of Canada, and the Supreme Court of the USA. Academic appointments: Associate Professor, McGill University, 2006-present; Visiting Fellow, Oxford University, 2014-16; Visiting Professor, Universite de Paris Ouest (Nanterre la Defense), 2015; Fernand Braudel Senior Fellow, European University Institute, 2013-14; Visiting Professor, Institut d’études politiques de Paris, 2012; Boulton Senior Fellow, McGill University, 2005-2006; Senior Fellow, Yale Law School, 2003-2005; Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Toronto, 2002; Senior Fellow, Leiden University, 2000-2001; Visiting Lecturer, Yale Law School, 1998. Professional Appointments: Associate, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, 2001-2002; Legal Advisor, Office of the Prosecutor, International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, The Hague, 1994-2000; Human Rights Officer, UN Centre for Human Rights, Geneva, 1993-1994. Contact details: McGill University, Faculty of Law, New Chancellor Day Hall, 3644 Peel Street, Room 614, Montreal Quebec; Canada H3A 1W9; Tel: +1-514-398-8232; e-mail: [email protected]

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Belarus Bélarus

Mr. IGOR V. FISSENKO, Director General of the Directorate General for Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus (October 2013 – present), Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Arab Republic of ethio (resident), the Republic of the Sudan, the Sultanate of Oman and the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria (non-resident) and Permanent Representative to the League of Arab States (2008-2013); Head of International Organisations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus (2005-2008); Minister-Counsellor of the Embassy of the Republic of Belarus to Belgium, Deputy Head of Mission of the Republic of Belarus to the European Communities and NATO (2001-2005); Deputy Head of the Legal Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus (1999-2001); Head of a Division of the Legal Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1995-1999); Second Secretary of the Legal Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1994-1995); Specialist of the International Law Department, Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus (1992-1994). Obtained his degree from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (1993) and his Ph.D. from the Belarusian State University (1996).

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Mr. MIKHAIL M. KHVOSTOV, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Belarus to the United Nations Office and other International Organizations in Geneva, former Minister for Foreign Affairs, former Ambassador to the United States of America, former Ambassador to Canada, former Representative to ICAO. Specializations: international law, international economic law, international organizations, diplomatic and consular law, treaty law. Contact details : Avenue de la Paix, 15, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland ; tel. : + 41 22 748 24 50 ; fax : +41 22 748 24 51 ; e-mail : [email protected].

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Ms. OLGA G. SERGEEVA, Deputy Chairperson of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus, former Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Belarus. Specializations: international law, constitutional law, international commercial law. Contact details: K. Marksa, 32, 220016, Minsk, Republic of Belarus; tel.: +375 173278012, fax: +375173275209; e-mail: [email protected].

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Mr. YURI KOBETS, Deputy Chairperson of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus (2018-present); Chairperson of Minsk Commercial Court (2015-2018); Judge (2009-2010) and Deputy Chairperson (2010-2015) of Minsk Regional Court; Chairperson of Borisov Regional Court (2007-2009); Deputy Chairperson of Borisov Regional Court (2002-2007); Judge (1997-2001) and Deputy Chairperson of Borisov Court (2001-2002). Contact details: 28 Lenina street, 220030 Minsk, Republic of Belarus; tel.: +375 17 226 12 06; +375 17 3271225; email: [email protected].

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Bolivia Bolivie

Mr. EDUARDO RODRÍGUEZ VELTZÉ, Ambassador; Agent of Bolivia before the International Court of Justice; Master of Public Administration from the J.F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University; Former President of the Republic of Bolivia (2005 - 2006); Former President and Minister of the Supreme Court of Justice of Bolivia (1999 - 2005); Sub-comptroller of Legal Services at the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic; General Adviser to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the preparation of the Law of Foreign Service and Regulations, International Treaties, and matters of international judicial cooperation; Former Dean and Professor at the Faculty of Law of the Bolivian Catholic University; Professor at the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés and Andina "Simon Bolívar", in La Paz, Bolivia. Tel.: +31 615041500, Email: [email protected].

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Mr. HECTOR ARCE ZACONETA, Minister of Justice and Institutional Transparency; Lawyer; Master in Constitutional Law and Constitutional Procedural Law; PhD candidate in Human Rights, Democracy and International Justice at the University of Valencia, Spain; Former Attorney General of the State (2014 - 2017); Adviser of the National Senate of Bolivia (2002 - 2005) and of different social organizations (1996 - 2005); Deputy Minister of Government Coordination (2005 - 2008); Judge of the Administrative Tribunal of the Organization of American States (OAS) since 2006 to date; Former Minister of Legal Defense of the State; Former National Deputy of the Bolivian State, occupying the presidency of the Chamber of Deputies and of the Commission of the Constitution, Legislation and Electoral System; Professor at the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences and

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of the department of Postgraduate and International Relations of the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés since 2005 to date. Tel.: +591 67007272, Email: [email protected]. Mr. PABLO MENACHO DIEDERICH, State Attorney General; Lawyer; Master in International Relations and Diplomacy from the Bolivian Diplomatic Academy; Former General Director of Conciliation; Former General Director of Legal Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bolivia; Minister of Legal Defense of the State; Counsellor at the Embassy of Bolivia to the Government of the United States (Washington D.C., 2010 - 2012); Deputy Attorney for Defense and State Legal Representation (2014 - 2015); Advisor for the elaboration of the current Law of Conciliation and Arbitration of Bolivia and in the elaboration of the New Model of Agreement of Protection and Promotion of Investments; Lecturer at the Diploma of Higher National Studies and the State Bar Association. Tel.: +591 70161177, Email [email protected].

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Brazil Brésil

Prof. M. CELSO LAFER, Minister of Foreign Relations; graduate of Political Science at Cornell University, New York; post-doctoral studies in International Public Law at University of São Paulo (USP) (1977); professor at the Law School, (USP) since 1971; former Chairman of the Department of Jurisprudence and General Theory of Law School (USP), Vice-Chairman of 1992 United Nations Rio Conference on Environment and Development; Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Brazil to the World Trade Organization (WTO) (1995-1998); Av. Brigadeiro Faria Lima, 1306-10 andar, CEP: 01451-914, São Paulo, Brazil; tel.: + 5511 3816 0306; fax: +5511 3815 6014.

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Mme NADIA DE ARAUJO, Master of Comparative law, (George Washington University) ; Docteur en Droit (Université de São Paulo) ; membre et Secrétaire Générale de la Société Brésilienne de Droit International ; Procureur de Justice pour l’état de Rio de Janeiro ; Professeur de droit international privé de la Pontificale Université Catholique, Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) ; Arbitre désigné par le Gouvernement du Brésil au système de solution de disputes du MERCOSUL. Spécialisations : droit international privé, arbitrage commercial, droit de l’intégration. Rua General Rabelo, 64 ap. 201, Rio de Janeiro, 22.451-010, Brésil ; tél. : +552125124673 ; fax : +552125125890 ; e-mail : [email protected].

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Prof. EDUARDO GREBLER, Bachelor of Laws (Federal University of Minas Gerais); LL.M. S.J.D. (residence) (Columbia University Law School); Attorney-at-law; Professor of Private International Law at the School of Law of the Catholic University of Minas Gerais; President of the International Law Association (ILA) (2008-2010); member of the List of Brazilian Ad Hoc Arbitrators for the Mercosur Treaty (2004 - ), practicing counsel and commercial arbitrator; author of several published works on arbitration and international trade law. Av. Raja Gabaglia, 1400 – 8º andar, Gutierrez, 30441-194, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil; tel: +55 31 3516 0500; e-mail: [email protected]; [email protected].

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Judge ANTÔNIO AUGUSTO CANÇADO TRINDADE, Member of the International Court of Justice since 6 February 2009; served as Judge in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights for twelve years, and as its President for half a decade and was throughout this time in close contact with the distinct legal systems of the countries of the American continent and the Caribbean; Sustained links with The Hague, through the Hague Academy of International Law, go back to 1971; Represented Brazil in many international human rights meetings, regional and world conferences including those of the United Nations and the Organization of American States. Former advisor to international entities, such as UNHCR, UNDP, UNESCO, UNEP and, at regional level, the OAS and the Council of Europe. Emeritus Professor of International Law of the University of Brasilia, Brazil; Honorary Professor of the University of Utrecht, and Honorary Fellow of the University of Cambridge. Doctor Honoris Causa of seven Latin American Universities, and two European Universities; Member of the Curatorium of The Hague Academy of International Law, as well as the Institut de Droit International, and the Board of the International Institute of Human Rights in Strasbourg. Author of 52 books and around 680 monographs, contributions to books, essays and articles on international law, published in numerous countries and several languages. The full curriculum vitae of Judge Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade can be found at www.icj-cij.org.

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Bulgaria Bulgarie

Prof. Dr. TSVETANA KAMENOVA, Director of the Institute for Legal Studies, Bulgarian 28 – 07 – 2014



Academy of Sciences, Head of the International Law Department of the same institute; Member of the Executive Council of the International Law Association; Honorary Member of the Governing Council of UNIDROIT; Member of the Arbitration Court of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Professor at Plovdiv University Law School; Judge ad litem, ICTY (2006-2009); International Consultant; Former Chief Expert, Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria. President of the Bulgarian Association of Comparative Law. Specializations: private international law, commercial litigation, intellectual property, international protection of human rights, international humanitarian law. 4, Serdika Street, Sofia 1000, Bulgaria; tel.: +359 88 8226480; e-mail: [email protected].

Cameroon Cameroun

M. GASTON KENFACK DOUANJI est un Magistrat diplômé de l’Ecole Nationale d’Administration et de la Magistrature, actuellement Directeur de la Législation au Ministère de la Justice du Cameroun. Docteur en droit international économique de l’Université de Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne, France), il est aussi titulaire d’un Certificat en négociations commerciales et règlement des différends commerciaux obtenu à la Kennedy School of Government de l’Université de Harvard aux Etats Unis ainsi que d’une Habilitation à Diriger les Recherches (HDR) de l’Université de Pau (France). Directeur de la Revue camerounaise de l’arbitrage, Gaston KENFACK DOUAJNI est aussi Président de l’Association pour la Promotion de l’Arbitrage en Afrique (APAA) et Président de la 49e Session de la Commission des Nations Unies pour le Droit Commercial International (CNUDCI). Il est professeur de droit dans différents universités. // Mr. GASTON KENFACK DOUAJNI is a Cameroonian Magistrate, currently the Director of Legislation at the Ministry of Justice in Cameroon, he has obtained a Doctorate of International Economic Law at the University of Paris I (Pantheon Sorbonne) in 2005, a Certificate on trade, negotiations and settlement of trade disputes at the Kennedy School of Government –Harvard University (USA) in 2004 and an Habilitation to Direct Researches at the University of Pau in France. He is the Editor of the “Revue Camerounaise de l’Arbitrage”, the President of the Association for the Promotion of Arbitration in Africa (APAA) and the Chairman of the 49th Session of United Nations Commission on international Trade Law (UNCITRAL). He also teaches in different universities around the world.

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M. MICHEL MAHOUVE. Ce Magistrat Hors Hiérarchie 1er Groupe est Directeur des Affaires Non Répressives et du Sceau au Ministère de la Justice. Il est titulaire d’un Doctorat en Droit obtenu à l’Université Panthéon-Assas/Paris II. Ancien Directeur des Droits de l’Homme et de la Coopération Internationale au Ministère de la Justice, il est Chargé de Cours à l’Institut des Relations Internationales du Cameroun et à l’Université Catholique d’Afrique Centrale (UCAC). Il est l’auteur de l’ouvrage intitulé : « Le Cameroun et les Organes Internationaux de Contrôle des Droits de l’Homme ».

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Mme. GALEGA FEH HELEN KWANGA. Magistrat Hors-Hiérarchie 2éme groupe, elle assume les fonctions de Directeur des Droits de l’Homme et de la Coopération Internationale au Ministère de la Justice depuis 2012. Elle est titulaire d’un LL.M (Master) en Droit de l’Homme et Droit International Humanitaire obtenu avec mention très bien à l’Université d’Essex au Royaume Uni en 2003. Depuis 1989, année de son intégration dans le corps de la Magistrature du Cameroun, elle a occupé plusieurs postes de responsabilité au Ministère de la Justice, notamment celui de Chef du Service du Casier judiciaire, Chef du Service de la Coopération Judiciaire et celui de Sous-Directeur de la Coopération Internationale à la Direction des Droits de L’Homme et de la Coopération Internationale. Elle a été la première à occuper le poste de Point focal pour les affaires du Commonwealth au Ministère de la Justice de 1995 à 2012.

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M. JEAN BOSCO ESSOH. Magistrat de 4éme Grade, il exerce en qualité de Procureur Général près la Cour d’Appel de l’Est. Il est titulaire d’un DEA en Droits fondamentaux, d’un Master en Droit International Comparé de l’environnement, d’un Certificat doctoral du CIEDHU et d’un Doctorat en droit, mention droit international et relations internationales. Chercheur Associé au Centre de Droit international (Lyon-France), à l’Equipe de Droit International et Comparé (Lyon-France) et au Centre pour l’Environnement et le Développement (Cameroun), il est l’auteur d’une thèse sur les Relations entre les Droits de l’Homme et l’environnement.

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Canada Canada

Mr. WILLIAM R. (BILL) CROSBIE, is a native of St. John’s, Newfoundland. He is a graduate 25 – 06 – 2014



of Dalhousie University Law School, Halifax, Nova Scotia and of Memorial University of Newfoundland. He has worked with the Federal Government since 1986, both as a Ministerial Advisor (in the portfolios of Transport, International Trade and Fisheries and Oceans) and as a Trade Negotiator. His experience in trade negotiations began with the Canada-U.S. FTA in 1988 and continued with the NAFTA, the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations and the creation of the WTO. From 1997-2000, he held several positions within the then Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade focusing on trade policy issues and negotiations related to services, investment, competition policy, intellectual property, cultural industries, telecommunications and electronic commerce. In August 2000, he was named Minister-Counsellor, Economic and Trade Policy, at the Canadian Embassy in Washington DC. In September 2004, he was appointed Director General of the North America Bureau where he was responsible for Canada’s bilateral relations with the U.S. and Mexico and for the trilateral Canada-U.S.-Mexico agenda. In October 2007, Bill became the first Assistant Deputy Minister of the Consular Services and Emergency Management Branch. He was appointed as Canada’s Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in August 2009 – a rewarding position that he held for two years during which Canada’s military combat mission and Provincial Reconstruction Team in Kandahar concluded and Canada’s new training and development mission for the period 2011-2014 was launched. In September 2011, Bill returned to headquarters as the Assistant Deputy Minister for the recently expanded Consular, Security and Emergency Management Branch. When the Department transitioned to a new organizational model (combining functional and geographic duties) in May 2012, Bill became responsible for North America. In November 2013, with the amalgamation of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade and the Canadian International Development Agency, Bill became the Assistant Deputy Minister of the Consular, Security and Legal Branch at the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development. Bill also holds the title of Legal Adviser. Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada (DFATD), 125 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1A0G2; Tel. +343-203-3570.

Justice ANDROMACHE KARAKATSANIS was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada in October 2011. She had been appointed a judge of the Court of Appeal for Ontario in March 2010 and a judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in December 2002. Justice Karakatsanis is a graduate of the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall Law School. Following her call to the Bar in 1982, Andromache Karakatsanis served as a law clerk to the Ontario Court of Appeal. In private practice, she practised criminal, civil and family litigation in Toronto for several years. She then served in the Ontario Public Service for 15 years in a number of senior positions. During her career in public service, Andromache Karakatsanis served as Chair and Chief Executive Officer of the Liquor Licence Board of Ontario (1988-95); as Assistant Deputy Attorney General and Secretary for Native Affairs (1995-97); and as Deputy Attorney General (1997-2000). Andromache Karakatsanis served as Ontario's Secretary of the Cabinet and Clerk of the Executive Council from July 2000 to November 2002. As the province's senior public servant, she provided leadership to the Ontario Public Service and to the deputy ministers. While in the public service, Justice Karakatsanis was actively involved in issues related to education and reform in the field of administrative justice. She was a recipient of the Society of Ontario Adjudicators and Regulators (SOAR) Medal in 1996 for outstanding service to Ontario's administrative justice system. Justice Karakatsanis volunteered extensively with the YMCA of Greater Toronto from 1990 to 2002 and held a number of senior positions, including that of Chair of the Board of Directors. She also served as a member of the Board of the Public Policy Forum and of Canadian Policy and Research Networks (CPRN).

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Mr. HUGH ADSETT is the Legal Adviser and Director General of the Legal Affairs Bureau of Global Affairs Canada (September 2016 - present). He was previously the Deputy Legal Adviser of the Legal Affairs Bureau (2013-16). Mr. Adsett graduated from Queen's University with an LL.B in 1993. Following his call to the Bar he worked as a human rights field officer in Cyangugu, Rwanda, with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in 1995. Upon his return to Canada, he joined the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, where he had assignments in Ottawa in the Peacebuilding Division (1996-97), Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Division (1998 and 2000-02) , and the Environmental Law Division (2002-04). From 1998-2000, he was posted to the Embassy of Canada to Ethiopia as Second Secretary, with accreditation to Sudan, Eritrea and Djibouti. From 2004-2008, he was Counsellor (Legal, Economic and Social Affairs) at the Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations in New York, where his responsibilities included representing Canada on the Sixth (Legal) Committee of

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the United Nations, and chairing the Management Committee of the Special Court for Sierra Leone. Mr. Adsett served as Director of the Criminal, Security and Diplomatic Law Division (2008-11) and Director of the United Nations, Human Rights and Economic Law Division (2011-13). In 2011, he was elected to the International Criminal Court Committee on Budget and Finance for the 2012-14 term, and re-elected in 2013 for the 2014-17 term. He was a lecturer in Advanced International Law at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law, each Fall from 2010 to 2013, and a lecturer in International Human Rights Law at Queen's University, Faculty of Law, every June from 2009 until now. Mr. Adsett was a recipient of the Deputy Minister's Award of Excellence (2015); the Minister's Citation for Foreign Policy Excellence (2001) and the Zaire Crisis Merit Award (1996).

Chile Chili

Ms. XIMENA FUENTES TORRIJO, D.Phil. (Oxon.); Lawyer; Associate Professor of International Law at the University Adolfo Ibañez; Assistant Professor of International Law at University of Chile; Vice President of the Chilean Society of International Law; Member of the International Law Association; Co-Rapporteur of the Committee on Sustainable Development. Areas of expertise: international environmental law, human rights, sustainable development, peaceful settlement of international disputes. Avda. Presidente Errazuriz 3485, Las Condes, Providencia, Santiago de Chile, Chile; tel.: +5623693675; e-mail: [email protected].

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Ambassador MARÍA TERESA INFANTE CAFFI studied at the University of Chile and at the Graduate Institute of International Studies of Geneva; has been an intern in The Hague Academy of International Law and taught at the External Programme of the Academy in 1991 and 2011; visiting professor at CEDIN, Belo Horizonte, Brazil; University Jaume I, Castellón; Catholic University of Lima and national University of Córdoba, Argentina; is a professor of the University of Chile and teaches at the Diplomatic Academy of Chile; has been Director of the Institute of International Studies of the University of Chile till 1995 and Director of its Graduate Program; Co-director of the Master’s Programme in International Law jointly offered by the University of Heidelberg and University of Chile; Delegate to the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea and Antarctic Consultative Meetings; Member of the Institute of International Law; Appointed Director of Frontiers and Limits of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1997; and co-agent to the International Court of Chile in the case Peru v. Chile, 2008. Dirección Nacional de Fronteras y Límites del Estado, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Teatinos 180, Santiago, Chile; tel.: +56 2 2827 5065, fax.: +56 2 2381 0179, e-mail: [email protected].

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Prof. Mr. EDMUNDO VARGAS CARREÑO, Lawyer; Professor of International Law, Secretary-General of the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL); former Juridical Counselor at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile; former Director of the Diplomatic Academy; former Executive-Secretary of the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights of the OAS; former Under-Secretary of Foreign Affairs; former Member of the Intl. Law Commission. Schiller 326, 11570 Mexico DF, Mexico; e-mail: [email protected].

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Prof. EDUARDO VÍO GROSSI, Lawyer; Doctor in Public Law at the University of Social Sciences of Grenoble, France; President of the Inter-American Juridical Committee of the OAS, former President of the Administrative Tribunal of the Latin American Association for Integration; Professor of International Public Law at the University Diego Portales, Santiago de Chile and at the Diplomatic Academy “Andrés Bello” of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile. La Concepción 65, oficina 704, Providencia, Santiago de Chile, Chile; tel.: +56 2 374 9263 and 9264; fax: +56 2 374 9265; e-mail: [email protected].

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People’s Republic République populaire of China de Chine



Madam XUE HANQIN, member of the International Court of Justice (2010); former member of the International Law Commission (2002 2010); former Legal Adviser of the Chinese Foreign Ministry; former Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to ASEAN, former Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the Netherlands, former Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of China to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons; former President of the Asian Society of International Law; associate member, member of Institute de Droit International (2005, 2009). Peace Palace, Carnegieplein 2, 2517 KJ The Hague, The Netherlands; fax: +31 70 3022409; e mail: h.xue@icj cij.org.

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Mr. LIU ZHENMIN, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs; former Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations Office at Geneva and other International Organizations in Switzerland; Associate Member of Institute de Droit International; Consultant to Chinese Society of International Law; Arbitrator of China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission; Council Member of Environmental Law Institute of China Law Society; Council Member of China Ocean Mineral Resources R&D Association; Council Member of Chinese Society of the Law of the Sea; Member of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2 Chao Yang Men Nan Da Jie, Beijing 100701, People’s Republic of China; fax: +86 10 65963209.

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Mr. LIU DAQUN, Judge in the Appeals Chamber of the International Tribunals for former Yugoslavia and Rwanda; Judge of the United Nations Residual Mechanism of International Tribunals; former Ambassador of People’s Republic of China to Jamaica; Member of the Institute de Droit International; Executive Member of Chinese Society of International Law; Executive Member of Chinese Society of Environmental Law; former Vice President of Asian Society of International Law. Churchillplein 1, 2517 JW, P.O.Box 13888, EW, The Hague, The Netherlands; tel: 0031 70 512 5089; fax: +31 70 512 5252.

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Mr. HUANG JIN, Professor of International Law and President of the China University of Political Science and Law. He also serves as Vice President of the China Law Society, President of the China Society of Private International Law, Vice President of the Chinese Society of International Law, Vice President of the China Academy of Arbitration Law and Vice President of the Chinese Judicial Studies Association. His academic specialties include private international law, international commercial arbitration, state immunity, international commercial law, inter-regional conflict of laws, Chinese law and comparative law. Professor Huang is Editor-in-Chief of The Chinese Yearbook of Private International Lmv and Comparative Law and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of The Chinese Journal of International Law (Oxford). He is also a member of the Advisory Board of The Yearbook of Private International Law (sellier.elp). In addition, he has served as Guest Professor at Universitat des Saarlandes in Germany in 2000, Visiting Fulbright Scholar at Yale Law School in 1993-94, Visiting Scholar at the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, Lausanne, in 1986-87, an attendee at The Hague Academy of International Law in 1986, an arbitrator of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), the ICSID and the CIETAC. Address: China University of Political Science and Law, 27 Fuxue Road, Changping District, Beijing 102249, China; Tel. 0086-10-89709011; Fax: 0086-10-89709830; e-mail: [email protected]

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Colombia Colombie

Mr. EDUARDO CIFUENTES MUÑOZ, Former Justice and President of the Colombian Constitutional Court; Former President of the Andean Council of Ombudsperson of Colombia; Former Director of the Human Rights Division at UNESCO; Associate Professor of Law at Los Andes University; Dean of the School of Law at Los Andes University; Former Head of Legal Office and Secretary General at the National Securities Commission. Tel.: +57 1 3324089 Ext. 4858; mob: +57 3115135105; e-mail: [email protected].

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Ms. RUTH STELLA CORREA PALACIO, Former Minister of Justice and Colombian Law; Advisor and Consultant in Public Law; Former Judge of the Third Division of the Council of State; Arbitrator of the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce; Former Chairman of the Committee on Justice and Gender in the Judicial Branch of Colombia. Calle 72 No. 10 – 07, Office No. 907, Bogotá, Colombia; mob: +57 1 315 3505533; fax: +57 1 2104263/83; e-mail: [email protected].

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Mr. JAIME CÓRDOBA TRIVIÑO, Former Judge and President of the Colombian 02 – 01 – 2014



Constitutional Court; Professor at several universities in Colombia; Former Director of the Preparatory Project Commission for the Criminal Code of Colombia; Former Deputy General Prosecutor of Colombia; Former Advisor for the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights in Bogotá; Former Chairman of the Ombudsman Ibero-American Association; Former Criminal Advisor for the International Red Cross Committee. Carrera 10 No. 96 – 25, Office No. 511, Bogotá, Colombia; tel.: +57 1 6350661 / +57 1 6100647; mob: +57 1 3158172826 e-mail: [email protected]. Mr. RICARDO ABELLO GALVIS, International Law Professor at the Universidad del Rosario, as well as at some other universities in Colombia and overseas, in areas such as International Public law, International Law Theory, International Justice Court Law, among others; Master on International Law and International Relations from the Institute de Hautes Etudes Internationales, Geneva, Switzerland, Professor at the Diplomatic Academy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Cra. 19 A No. 86 A-61 apto. 705; mob: +573108712079 e-mail: [email protected].

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Costa Rica Costa Rica

Dr. ELIZABETH ODIO BENITO, former Judge of the International Criminal Court; former Judge and Vice-President of the UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia; former Vice-President of Costa Rica; former Minister of Justice; former Minister of the Environment; Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva; Law Professor at the Faculty of Law (University of Costa Rica); jurist. Specializations: introduction to law, history of law, private law, labour law, family law, international human rights law, international criminal law. P.O. Box 219-Escazu, San José, Costa Rica; tel.: +506 506 2288 2905, mob: +506 8338 3735.

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Dr. SONIA PICADO SOTELA, Jurist, Chair of the Board of Directors at the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights and former Director; Chair of the Board of the Human Security Trust Fund at United Nations; former Justice at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights; Law Faculty’s first female Dean, university of Costa Rica; Tinker Professor at Columbia University, New York; former Parliamentarian at the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica; Ambassador of Costa Rica to the United States of America. P.O. Box 1224-l000, San José, Costa Rica; tel.: +506 2243 2866.

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Mr. RODRIGO OREAMUNO BLANCO, Jurist, included in ICSID’s Roster of Arbitrators (1999-2016); member of ICC’s Latin American Arbitration Group (2004-); member of 15 (President of 12) Arbitration Tribunals and member and President of 3 Annulment Committees under ICSID (2001-2013); member of 4 (President of 2) Arbitration Tribunals under the ICC, 4 under the Permanent Court of Arbitration, 2 under the AAA, and many other ad hoc, national and International Arbitration Tribunals; Senior Partner of the Facio &. Cañas law firm; Congressman to the National Legislative Assembly (1990-1992); first Vice-President of the Republic of Costa Rica (1994-1998); President of the Bar Association (1982-1983). Address: Bufete Facio y Cañas, Barrio Tournón, San Jose, Costa Rica; tel.: +506 2255 2626, mob: +506 8318 6081, fax: +506 2257 1753, e-mail: [email protected].

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Mr. SERGIO UGALDE GODÍNEZ, M. Jur. (Oxford), Jurist, Chair of Costa Rica's FM International Law Commission, Co-Agent and Counsel of Costa Rica before the International Court of Justice in the Case concerning Land Boundary in the Northern Part of Isla Portillos, Costa Rica v. Nicaragua (2017-2018), Case concerning Maritime Delimitation in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, Costa Rica v. Nicaragua (2014-2018), Case concerning Construction of a Road along the San Juan River, Nicaragua v. Costa Rica (2011-2015), Case concerning Certain Activities Carried out by Nicaragua in the Border Area, Costa Rica v. Nicaragua (2010-2015), Request for Permission to Intervene, Case concerning Territorial and Maritime Dispute, Nicaragua v. Colombia (2009-2011), Case Concerning Navigational and Related Rights, Costa Rica v. Nicaragua (2005-2009), Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands (2014-2018), President ad interim to the XV and XVI Assemblies of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (2016-2017), Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (2014-2018), Governor of Costa Rica to the United Nations sponsored Common Fund for Commodities (2014-2018), Representative of Costa Rica to the Hague Conference on International Law Administrative Council (2014-2018), Costa Rica's Senior Adviser in International Law (2000-2014), lecturer at the Hague Academy of International Law, former Professor of Commercial Law, Justice and Human

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Rights (University of Costa Rica); invited lecturer and speaker to several conferences and courses focusing on international law, former Costa Rican Ambassador as Envoyé Special; Member of the International Law Association, HQ-London, Member of the Costa Rican Law Bar, Member of the Corpus Christi College, Oxford University, Senior Partner at the Law Firm Nexus Law Group; Address: P.O. Box 370-1002, Paseo de los Estudiantes, San José, Costa Rica; tel.: +506-2253 9171, fax: +506 2253 9525, e-mail: [email protected].

Cyprus Chypre

Mr. ALECOS MARKIDES is former Attorney-General. In this capacity, he headed the Legal Office of the Republic of Cyprus and was responsible for ensuring harmonization of Cyprus’ legal system with the EU acquis communautaire. He has lectured and published articles on legal and constitutional matters. Iroon Street 1-1A, POB 24325, 1703 Nicosia, Cyprus; tel.: +357 22 819 450; fax: +357 22 819 379; e-mail: [email protected] / [email protected]

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Mr. JAMES DROUSHIOTIS, Ambassador a.h., career diplomat and lawyer; former Ambassador to The Netherlands and Egypt; former Permanent Representative to the United Nations and its Specialized Agencies and the WTO, Geneva; former Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, New York; Barrister at Law, Middle Temple; United Nations International Law Fellow; specialized in International law matters: Representative to UN legal committees and human rights bodies, and to UNCITRAL; Representative to UNCLOS III, co-signed the Convention, and to the Vienna Conference on the Law of Treaties (1986); involved in negotiations of EEZ delimitation agreement between Cyprus and Egypt; appeared representing Cyprus before the International Court of Justice in Kosovo Case; Chairman of the EU Legal Committee (COJUR-ICC) during Cyprus’s EU Presidency; President and founder of the non-profit organization, James Foundation, for the promotion of international law, human rights, and the rule of law. Contact details: 29B, Annis Komninis St.,1061 Nicosia, Cyprus; tel.: +357 22 760 766; fax: +357 22 760 799; mob.: +357 99 686 587; email: [email protected]

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Mr. GEORGE EROTOCRITOU, Born in Limassol in 1949. Studied law at Leeds University (LLB). Barrister-at-Law (Middle Temple). Worked for the Ministry of Justice in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), 1977-1979 and practiced law in Cyprus from 1980 until 1986. He joined the Bench in 1986 as District Judge and in 2007 he was appointed Judge of the Supreme Court. Between 2002-2007, he represented Cyprus at the Supervisory Body of Eurojust at the Hague. Co-authored three practitioners´ books “Road Negligence Cases” (1996), “Civil Wrongs” (2003) and “Injunctions” (2016). Ad hoc judge of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). Currently represents Cyprus as Substitute Member to the Venice Commission and as member of the Commonwealth Secretariat Arbitral Tribunal in London. Also represents the Supreme Court at the Association of the Councils of State and Supreme Administrative Jurisdictions of the European Union “ACA-Europe” and the European Judicial Training Network (EJTN). Address: P.O. Box 53012, 3300 Limassol, Cyprus. Telephones: +357 22 865 726 (office), +357 99 490 900 (mobile), fax (office): +357 22 668 460, email: [email protected]

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MR. GEORGE NICOLAOU, Born 16 September 1945, Cyprus. Law studies in London, 1965-1968. Barrister-at-Law, Lincoln’s Inn, London, 1968. Honorary Bencher of the Inn. Practicing advocate in Cyprus, 1973-1978. District Judge, 1978-1988. Senior District Judge, 1988-1989. President District Court, 1989-1995. Justice of the Supreme Court, 1995-2007. Judge of the European Court of Human Rights, 1 Feb. 2008 – 17 Apr. 2016. Address: 9 Konitsis Street, Larnaka 6037, Cyprus. Telephones: Cyprus mobile +357 99 515 075; French mobile +33 (0) 671705062; Cyprus home +357 24 366 491. Email: [email protected]

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Czech Republic République tchèque

Dr. DALIBOR JÍLEK, Doctor of Law; Professor for Public International Law at the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies in Brno; Professor for Public International Law at the Bratislava University of Law; Member of the Advisory Committee to the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (1998-2002, 2006-2010); Member of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (since 2002). Rehorova 24, 618 00 Brno, Czech Republic.

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Dr. VLADIMÍR BALAŠ, Ph.D., Associate Professor at the Department of International Law, 01 – 09 – 2000 31 – 12 – 2013



Charles University, Faculty of Law in Prague; Former Director of the Institute of Law of the Czech Academy of Sciences; Memberships: International Academy of Comparative Law, ICSID Panel of Arbitrators, ILA Committee on the Law of Foreign Investment 2003-2008, Czech Bar Association, Arbitration Court attached to the Economic Chamber of the Czech Republic and Agricultural Chamber of the Czech Republic, President of Czech ILA Branch; Fields of specific expertise: International Economic Law, International Investment Law, Peaceful Settlement of Disputes, International Arbitration; Counsel in ICSID and UNCITRAL investment arbitrations; Counsel and Arbitrator in numerous international commercial arbitrations. Charles University, Faculty of Law, nám. Curieových 7, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic; Tel.: +420 603 207 484; Fax: +420 242 412 964; e-mail: [email protected].

Prof. Dr. JIŘÍ MALENOVSKÝ, Doctor of Law; Judge of the Court of Justice of the European Union (since 2004); Professor of Public International Law at the Masaryk University in Brno; former Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg; former Chairman of the Committee of Ministers’ Deputies of the Council of Europe (1995) and former Chairman of its Group of Rapporteurs for legal co-operation; former Director-General of the Legal and Consular Section in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic; former Judge of the Constitutional Courts of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic and of the Czech Republic; lecture on “The Independence of International Judges,” given at The Hague Academy of International Law (2010). Court of Justice of the European Union, L-2925 Luxembourg, fax: +352 4303 3869, e-mail: [email protected].

01 – 09 – 2000 31 – 12 – 2013

Prof. Dr. PAVEL ŠTURMA, Doctor of Law; Professor and Head of the International Law Department, Vice-Dean of the Law Faculty of the Charles University in Prague; Member of the International Law Commission (elected in 2011); Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Law of the Czech Academy of Sciences; former Member of the Legislative Council of the Government of the Czech Republic; Member of the Board of the Czech Branch of ILA and President of the Czech Society of International Law; member of ASIL, ESIL, SFDI. Charles University, Faculty of Law, nám. Curieových 7, 116 40 Prague 1, Czech Republic; fax: +420 2 21 00 53 48; e-mail: [email protected].

01 – 09 – 2000 31 – 12 – 2013

Denmark Danemark

Mr. TYGE LEHMANN, Former Ambassador and senior legal adviser; Danish representative at the Sixth (Legal) Committee of the United Nations General Assembly 1982-2001 and Chairman of the Committee in 1995; Agent for the Government of Denmark before the International Court of Justice in the Jan Mayen Case (1988-1993) and the Great Belt Case (1991-1992) as well as in cases before the Human Rights Commission and Court in Strasbourg (1981-94); Assigned to the Permanent Mission of Denmark to the United Nations in Geneva (1974-1977); Legal advisor in the Danish delegation to the Diplomatic Conference on Humanitarian Law during Armed Conflict (1974-1977); Assistant Professor of International Law and European Community Law at the University of Copenhagen (1977-1991). Completed law studies (LL.M) at the University of Copenhagen. Tel.: +45 30259707, E-mail: [email protected].

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Mr. THOMAS RØRDAM, President of the Danish Supreme Court; Principal at the Ministry of Justice from 1977-1985, dealing with matters of personal, family and succession law as well as preparing legislation. Posted to the Ringsted Police Service as assistant prosecutor for 18 months from 1980-1982. Also served as an assistant prosecutor to the Public Prosecutor for Zealand for two and a half years from 1982-1985. Partner in the law firm Advokatfirma Nyborg & Rørdam, Copenhagen, from 1985-2002. Admission to practise as a public defence counsel with the right to plead legal aid cases in 1990 and entitled to plead before the Supreme Court in 1991. Appointed justice of the Supreme Court on 1 June 2002. Member of the General Council of the Danish Bar and Law Society from 1991-1997, as well as member and chairman of several committees under the Council. Member of the Board of the National Association of Appointed Defence Attorneys in 1993 and chairman of the Association from 1997-2002. Chairman of the Danish chapter of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) from 2002-2004. Chairman of the board of Kong Christian den Tiendes Fond 2017. Board member of Thorvaldsens Museum 2017 and Board member of Illum Fondet 2017. Prins Joergens Gaard 13, DK-1218 Copenhagen K, Denmark. E-mail: [email protected].

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Ms. BARBARA BERTELSEN, Permanent Secretary of State for Justice, Danish Ministry of 19 – 05 - 2017



Justice; former Deputy Director General, Agency for Modernisation, Ministry of Finance; former Head of Division, The Finance Division, Ministry of Justice; former Head of Division, The Planning and Development Division, Ministry of Justice; former Head of Division, The Police Division, Ministry of Justice; former Deputy Head of Division, The Police Division, Ministry of Justice; former Head of Section, Ministry of Justice; former Head of Section, Secretariat in the Ministry of Justice assisting the Expert Committee on visions for the Danish Police; Head of section, The Prime minister’s Office; former Head of Section, Ministry of Justice; Master of Laws (LL.M.), Aarhus University, 1998. Ministry of Justice, Slotsholmsgade 10, 1216 Copenhagen K., Phone: +45 72268400, E-mail: [email protected].

Ambassador TOBIAS ELLING REHFELD is Under-Secretary for Legal Affairs in the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). He has previously served as head of the Department of Public International Law in the MFA. Before taking up this position, Mr. Rehfeld served as Principal Private Secretary to the Danish Prime Minister. Mr. Rehfeld has previously held the positions of Deputy Head of the Department for Human Rights and of Special Advisor on international law in the MFA and was posted as advisor on human rights to the Danish Permanent Representation to the United Nations in New York. Mr. Rehfeld holds an LL.M. from University of Copenhagen, DK, and an MA in International Relations from University of Exeter, UK. E-mail: [email protected].

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Ecuador Équateur

Dr. ALEXIS MERA GILER, Doctor of Law; Juridical Secretary of the Presidency of the Republic of Ecuador; former Adviser to the President of the Supreme Court of Justice (1997-2000); former Adviser to the Mayor of Guayaquil and former President of the Republic of Ecuador (1993-1997); university Professor of Constitutional Law, Partner of the law firm Romero Menéndez, Guayaquil, Ecuador. García Moreno N10-43, Quito, Ecuador; tel.: +5932 382 7057; e-mail: [email protected].

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Dr. MARCELO VAZQUEZ-BERMUDEZ, Ambassador; Doctor of Law, LL.M in International Law; Legal Adviser to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Integration of Ecuador; Member of the United Nations International Law Commission (2006-2011), Chairman of the Drafting Committee, Chairman of the Working Group on Reservations to Treaties; former Permanent Representative of Ecuador to UNESCO, presided over various Conferences of States Parties to UNESCO’s cultural conventions; former Legal Adviser to the Permanent Mission of Ecuador to the United Nations; former Professor of International Law at the Catholic University of Quito and the Simón Bolivar University of Quito; participated in the negotiations of the Peace Agreement of 1998 that solved the border dispute between Ecuador and Peru. Av. González Suárez N32-69, Dpto. 802, Quito, Ecuador; tel.: +593 9 692 49873; e-mail: [email protected].

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Dr. ÁLVARO GALINDO, Professor of International Arbitration at Georgetown University (Washington D.C.); Counsel to the Republic of Ecuador in International Arbitrations, has provided external legal advice to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador; Member of the Ecuadorian Delegation to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Arbitration Group; International Counsel at Dechert, LLP advising on complex international arbitration matters, particularly those involving Sovereign States and their instrumentalities. Member of the Drafting Committee for the Revision of the Optional Rules for Arbitration of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague (the PCA). 1900 K Street, NW, Washington, District of Colombia 20006-1110; tel.: +1 202 261 3316; fax: +1 202 261 3333, e-mail: [email protected].

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Egypt Égypte

Dr. NABIL ELARABY; former Secretary General of the League of Arab States (2011-2016), Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt (2011); Director of the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (2008-2011); Judge at the International Court of Justice (2001-2006); Commissioner at the United Nations Compensation Commission in Geneva (1999-2001); Member of the International Law Commission (1994-2001); Ambassador of Egypt to the United Nations in New York and Geneva (1987-1991); Legal Adviser of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1976-1978 and 1983-1987); Ambassador to India (1981-1983). His legal activities include acting as Agent of the Egyptian Government; former Judge at the Judicial Tribunal of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries; Senior Partner at Zaki Hashem & Partners; Arbitrator in several cases at the International Chamber of

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Commerce International Court of Arbitration and ICSID; Member of Unidroit. Estonia Estonie

Ms. TRllNU HIOB, mag.iur.; Attorney-at-Law, Head of Dispute Resolution at NJORD Law Firm in Tallinn; member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR; member of the ICC Task Force on Maximizing the Probative Value of Witness Evidence; served as arbitrator appointed by the ICC International Court of Arbitration; arbitrator at the Estonian Insurance Arbitration Board; conciliator of the insurance conciliation body of the Estonian Insurance Association; visiting lecturer at the University of Tartu. Contacts: NJORD Law Firm, Veerenni 24-D, 10135 Tallinn, Estonia; phone: +372 667 6440; fax: +372 667 6450; email: [email protected].

01 – 12 - 2016

Prof. LAURI MÄLKSOO, PhD; Professor of International Law at the University of Tartu (since 2009) and head of the Department of Public Law at the School of Law of the University of Tartu (since 2013). Member of the Estonian Academy of Sciences (since 2013) and associate member of the lnstitut de droit international (since 2015). Scientific degrees at Georgetown University (LLM, 1999) and Humboldt University Berlin (PhD, 2002); fellowships at NYU School of Law and the University of Tokyo. Practical experiences with advising the Estonian government in international law and human rights matters, as adviser of the ombudsman (Chancellor of Justice) in 2002-2012 and director of the Estonian Foreign Policy Institute, a think tank based in Tallinn (2013-). Fields of specific expertise: theory and applications of international law in Eastern Europe and Eurasia, human rights law, history and theory of international law as applied in state practice. Contacts: University of Tartu School of Law, Näituse 20, 50409 Tartu, Estonia; phone: +372 503 7171; e-mail: [email protected].

01 – 12 - 2016

Mr. TOOMAS VAHER, Attorney-at-Law, Member of Estonian Bar Association (since 1997) and its Board (2004-2013 and since 2016), Chairman of the Estonian Bar Association (2010-2013); Member of the Board of the Arbitration Institute of Finland Chamber of Commerce (since 2013); Partner at Ellex Raidla law firm (since 2002); served as an arbitrator or a party representative in several international commercial arbitrations (SCC, FAI, Arbitration Institute of Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry), served as a party-appointed arbitrator in investment protection arbitration at PCA. Contacts: Raidla Ellex law firm, Roosikrantsi 2, 10119 Tallinn, Estonia; phone: +372 6407 170, +372 510 6669; email: [email protected].

01 – 12 - 2016

Dr. RENÉ VÄRK, Associate Professor of International Law at the University of Tartu; Associate Professor of Constitutional and International Law at the Estonian National Defence College; Visiting Professor of the Baltic Defence College and the Estonian School of Diplomacy; reservist Legal Adviser for the Estonian Defence Forces. Specialisations: diplomatic and consular law, use of force, law of armed conflict. Contacts: School of Law, University of Tartu, Kaarli pst 3, 10119 Tallinn, Estonia; +372 505 8573; [email protected].

01 – 12 – 2016

Ethiopia Éthiopie

Mr. SOLOMON AREDA WAKTOLLA, Owner and Managing Partner, Solomon Areda Law Office. Mr. Waktolla is a distinguished Ethiopian lawyer who has over 18 years of experience in law, public administration and policy research. Mr. Waktolla served in the Ethiopian Judiciary mainly as a judge for 16 years on different levels of the court in both regional and federal positions. He holds an LLM from Harvard Law School and MPA from Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He also completed a Master of Law (LLM) in International Economic Law at the University of Amsterdam and Bachelor’s Degree in Law from the Addis Ababa University. P.O. Box 575, code 1250, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Tel.: +251911606917; +251929180700; E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected].

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Finland Finlande

Mr. MARTTI KOSKENNIEMI, Academy Professor, Professor in International Law, Faculty of Law. P.O. Box 4, 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland; tel.: +358 9 191 22469; e-mail: [email protected].

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Mr. PEKKA TIMONEN, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice. P.O. Box 25, FI-00023 Government, Finland. Tel.: +358 9 1606 7502; E-mail: [email protected].

01 – 10 - 2018

Ms. MARJUT JOKELA, Justice, Supreme Court of Finland. P.O. Box 301, 00171 Helsinki; Tel.: +358 2956 40139; E-mail: [email protected].

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Ms. KAIJA SUVANTO, Director General, Legal Service, Ministry for Foreign Affairs. P.O. Box 176, FI-00023 Government, Finland. Tel.: + 358 29 535 1159 11; E-mail: [email protected].

01 – 10 - 2018

France France

Son Excellence M. GILBERT GUILLAUME, ancien juge de la Cour internationale de Justice ; ancien Directeur des Affaires juridiques au ministère des Affaires étrangères. 36 rue Perronet, 92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France ; fax : +33 1 47 45 67 84;

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Mme EDWIGE BELLIARD, Conseiller d’Etat, 45, avenue Bosquet, 75007, Paris; téléphone : +33 (0)1 40 20 80 00 ; courriel : [email protected].

03 – 05 – 2013 03 – 05 – 2019

Mme GENEVIÈVE BASTID BURDEAU, Professeur à l’Ecole de droit de la Sorbonne, (Université de Paris-I) ; Membre de l’Institut de Droit International, Ancien Secrétaire général de l’Académie de droit international de La Haye, Membre du Curatorium de l’Académie de droit international de La Haye, 11 rue Jean de Beauvais, 75005 Paris, France ; tél/fax : +33 1 4634 7791.

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M. FRANÇOIS ALABRUNE, directeur des affaires juridiques, ministère des affaires étrangères et du développement international, 57 Boulevard des invalides 75007 Paris 07SP ; téléphone : +33 (0)1 53 69 36 01 ; fax : +33 (0)1 53 69 36 68 ; courriel : [email protected]

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Germany Allemagne

Prof. Dr. DORIS KÖNIG, Justice at the German Federal Constitutional Court, Professor of Public Law, General Administrative Law, European and International Law, Bucerius Law School; Former Member of the Public International Law Advisory Committee of the German Foreign Office; Alternate Member of the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration; Member of the German and European Society of International Law; Chairperson of the International Foundation for the Law of the Sea (Hamburg). Bundesverfassungsgericht, Schlossbezirk 3, D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany; tel.:+49 721 9101 338/337. Bucerius Law School Hochschule für Rechtswissenschaft, Jungiusstr. 6, D-20355 Hamburg, Germany; tel.: +49 40 30706 194; fax: +49 40 30706 235; e-mail: [email protected].

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Prof. Dr. STEFAN OETER, Professor of German and Comparative Public Law and Public International Law, Hamburg University; Managing Director of the Institute of International Affairs, University of Hamburg Law School; Vice-Chairman of the Independent Committee of Experts of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (Council of Europe); Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Federal Ministry of Transport; President of the Historical Commission, International Society for Military Law and the Laws of War; former Senior Fellow, Max-Planck-Institute for International Law and Comparative Law, Heidelberg. Institut für Internationale Angelegenheiten, Fakultät für Rechtswissenschaft, Rothenbaumchaussee 33, D-20148 Hamburg, Germany; tel.: +49 40 42 838 4565/4601; fax: +49 40 42 838 6262; e-mail: [email protected].

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Prof. em. Dr., LL.B.(London), A.K.C. EIBE RIEDEL, Professor of German and Comparative Public Law, European and International Law; studied laws and theology at King’s College London, and Laws at the University of Kiel, Germany; Dr. iuris 1974; Dr.iur.habil. 1983; Professor of Public and Comparative Public Law, European and International Law, University of Mainz, (1983); then at the University of Marburg(until 1993); then at Mannheim( emeritus since 2008); presently a Director of Inland Navigation Law Institute, and a former Director, Institute of Medical Law, Bioethics and Public Health of the Universities of Heidelberg and Mannheim; Pro-Vice Chancellor, University of Mannheim 1996-2001; Member and Vice-Chairperson of UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Geneva 1997 - 2012; Member of Scientific Advisory Council at the German Foreign Office until 2013; 1989 – 2009 director of studies in international law at the German Diplomatic Academy, Berlin; Member and Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the German Institute of Human Rights, Berlin; Member of the German UNESCO Commission; member of the German delegation of the UNESCO Committee on Conventions and Recommendations in Education since 2014; Chairperson, Scientific Advisory Board, Max Planck Institute for International and Comparative Public Law, Heidelberg until 2013; Honorary Adjunct Professor, University of Adelaide/Australia; Visiting Professor, Swiss

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Chair of Human Rights, Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement, Geneva 2009 - 2012; Visiting Professor, Geneva Graduate Institute and Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights and at the Geneva Graduate Institute since 2012; Honorary Member, founder member, and Chairperson of the board of directors of WaterLex, Geneva. University of Mannheim, Faculty of Law and Economics, Schloss Westflügel, D-68131 Mannheim, Germany; tel.: +49 621-181-1417; or +49 6321 84819; mobile: 00 49 179 49 86 238; e-mail: [email protected]; [email protected].

Prof. Dr. ANDREAS ZIMMERMANN, Professor of Law and Director of the Human Rights Centre, University of Potsdam; Member of the Advisory Committee on International Humanitarian Law of the German Red Cross; Member of the Advisory Board of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs on United Nations issues, as well as of the Advisory Board on International Law; 1999-2001 member of the expert commission for the drafting of a Code of Offences against International Law at the German Ministry of Justice; 1997/1998 adviser of the German delegation at the Rome Conference on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court; counsel in various cases before the ICJ and in inter-State arbitration cases; judge /ad hoc at the European Court of Human Rights; conciliator under the Annex to the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties; inter alia editor of the "Statute of the International Court of Justice: A Commentary" (Oxford University Press, 2nd ed. 2012). Lehrstuhl für Öffentliches Recht, insbesondere Staatsrecht, Europa- und Völkerrecht sowie Europäisches Wirtschaftsrecht und Wirtschaftsvölkerrecht, August-Bebel-Str. 89, 14482 Potsdam, Germany; tel.: +49 (0)331 977 3516; fax: +49 (0)331 977 3224; e-mail: [email protected].

08 - 07 - 2015

Greece Grèce

Prof. em. Dr. EMMANUEL ROUCOUNAS, Member of the Athens Academy; Former member of the International Law Commission; Member and former President of the Institut de Droit International. He served as ad hoc judge at the International Court of Justice. Address: Academy of Athens, 84 Solonos str., 10680 Athens, Greece; tel.: +30 210 3664706; +30 210 7773468; e-mail: [email protected].

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Prof. em. CHRISTOS ROZAKIS, School of Law of the University of Athens, President of the Administrative Tribunal of the Council of Europe; Associate member of the Institut de Droit International; Former Judge and Vice-President of the European Court of Human Rights (1998-2011); Former member of the European Commission of Human Rights (1987-1998). Address: Rodon 41, Kifissia 14563, Athens, Greece. Tel.: +30 210 8012330; e-mail: [email protected].

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Prof. LINOS-ALEXANDRE SICILIANOS, University of Athens Faculty of Law; Judge at the European Court of Human Rights; Member of the Curatorium of the Hague Academy of International Law; Associate member of the Institut de Droit International; Former Vice-Chairman of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Address: Cour Européenne des droits de l'homme, Conseil de l'Europe, F-67075, Strasbourg-Cedex, France. Tel.: +33 388 412355; e-mail: [email protected].

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Ms. MARIA TELALIAN, Head of the Legal Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic; Former Permanent Representative of Greece to the United Nations (2005-2007); Representative of Greece at the Sixth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly; Member of the Appeals Board of the Western European Union since 2010; Agent of Greece before the International Court of Justice (in the case of former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia v. Greece). Address: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Zalokosta 10, Athens 10671, Greece. Tel.: +30 210 3683642; e-mail: [email protected].

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Guatemala Guatemala

Mr. LESTHER ANTONIO ORTEGA LEMUS, Lawyer, Notary Public and Diplomat. LL.M. in International Maritime Law (IMLI, Malta); LL.M. of Advanced Studies in International Dispute Settlement (MIDS, Geneva); PhD Cand. (University of Geneva). Arbitrator and Conciliator designated by the Republic of Guatemala under Articles 2 of Annexes VII and V respectively of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, UNCLOS. Expert in navigation, including pollution from vessels and dumping for the purposes of Special Arbitration, under Article 2 of Annex VIII of UNCLOS; Alternate Permanent Representative of Guatemala to the International Criminal Court, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, the International Maritime Organisation and the International Sugar

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Organisation. Currently, Minister Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission of the Embassy of the Republic of Guatemala in the Netherlands and previously Deputy Head of Mission of the Embassy of the Republic of Guatemala in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Embassy of Guatemala, Javastraat 44, 2585 AP, The Hague, The Netherlands; Tel.: +31703020253; E-mail: [email protected].

Haiti Haïti

Me. CAMILLE LEBLANC, avocat au barreau de Port-au-Prince, Ancien Ministre de la justice et de la sécurité publique (1999-2001). Ancien Conseiller auprès du Ministère de la justice, ancien conseiller auprès du Ministère de la condition féminine. Fondateur d’Amicale des Juristes (1988), membre du réseau national des droits de l’homme, membre du comité des avocats des droits de l’homme (1992). Président d’action démocratique pour Haïti (2004). Président de l’Association « A.I.M.E.R. HAITI » (2007- présent); tél : +509 4799 9731 / +509 3488 1623 ; e-mail : [email protected].

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Me. LOUIS GARY LISSADE, avocat, ancien Ministre de la justice et de la sécurité publique (2001-2002). Consultant en Chef des affaires juridiques du Conseil National des Coopératives (1981). Ancien Président de la Commission Présidentielle d’appui au Conseil Electoral (1997-2000). Membre du barreau de Port-au-Prince ; Inter-American Bar Association (Washington, D.C.) ; tél : +509 2245 4980 ; e-mail : [email protected].

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Me. JEAN-HENRI CEANT, avocat, notaire. Ancien candidat à la Présidence (2010). Vice-président de la Commission Amérique du Nord, Amérique Centrale et Caraïbes de l’Union Internationale du Notariat Latin (2000-2002). Professeur de droit à la propriété à l’Université de Quisqueya, membre fondateur de la coopérative de logement (COLOFE). Conseiller de l’office National du Cadastre. Membre Fondateur de l’Association Professionnelle du Droit (APD) (1998- présent). Membre Fondateur et Vice-président de l’Organisation « Collectif A.I.M.E.R. HAITI » (2009- présent) ; tél : (+509) 2510 9822 ; e-mail : [email protected]

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Hungary Hongrie

Prof. VANDA LAMM, Professor em. of Public International Law; Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences; Member of the Institut de droit international (2nd vice- president, 2009-2011); Conciliator, Court of Conciliation and Arbitration within the OSCE (member of the Bureau); President of the Hungarian Branch of the International Law Association; Honorary President of the International Nuclear Law Association.CH-1026 Budapest, Virágárok 14., Tel: +36 20 924 76 86, E-mail: [email protected].

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Dr. JÁNOS BRUHÁCS, Professor em. at Janus Pannonius University, specialised in international environmental law, international law of waters and responsibility in international law; member of the Hungarian Branch of the International Law Association and the Hungarian National Commission for UNESCO; member of the Governing Council of UNA Hungary; member of the Court of Conciliation and Arbitration within the OSCE. H-7623 Pécs, Szabadság u. 21.,Tel: +36 20 546 5040, E-mail: [email protected]

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Dr. RÉKA VARGA, Ph.D. in legal and political sciences; head of the International Law Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade; senior lecturer of the Pázmány Péter Catholic University Budapest; member of the Public Chamber of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences; former legal adviser of the Hungarian Red Cross and International Committee of the Red Cross. H-1027 Budapest, Bem rakpart 47., Tel: +36 1 458 1142, E-mail: [email protected]

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Dr. MARCEL SZABÓ: Mr. Szabó is Doctor of Philosophy in Legal and Political Sciences, Ombudsman for Future Generations and Deputy Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary; Chair of the Network of National Institutions for Future Generations; Head of the European Law Department at the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences of Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest; former Agent of Hungary in the Gabcikovo- Nagymaros case, Editor-in-Chief of the Hungarian Yearbook of International Law and European Law. Contact details: Postal address: H-1132 Budapest, Victor Hugo u. 43. VI/91., tel: +3630/575-7253; e-mail: [email protected]

17 – 07 - 2016

India Inde

Justice H.L. DATTU, Chief Justice of India. Enrolled as advocate in 1975 and practiced at Bangalore in Civil, Criminal, Constitutional and Taxation matters. He was High Court

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Government Pleader for Sales Tax Department (1983-1990), Government Advocate (1990-1993), Standing Counsel for Income Tax Department (1992-1993) and Senior Standing Counsel for Income Tax Department (1993-1995). Followed by appointments as Judge of the High Court of Karnataka (1995), Chief Justice of the High Court of Chhattisgarh (2007) and later Kerala (2007); Judge of the Supreme Court of India (2008) and Chief Justice of India (2014). Also Chairman of the National Judicial Academy; Patron-in-Chief, National Legal Services Authority; President, Indian Law Institute; Chancellor, National Law School of India University Bangalore; Chancellor, West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences Kolkata; Pro-Chancellor, University of Delhi. Supreme Court of India, New Delhi-110001.

Justice G.T. NANAVATI, Retired Judge, Supreme Court of India. Master of Law from Bombay University; practiced as lawyer from 1957-1979. Followed by appointments as Judge of the High Court of Gujarat (1979), Chief Justice of the High Court of Orissa (1993); Chief Justice of Karnataka (1994); Judge of the Supreme Court of India (1995-2000); Chairman of several Commissions of Inquiry (2000-2002). From 2002 onwards engaged in domestic and international arbitration work. Member of the Indian Council of Arbitration and panel member of the Indian Council of Alternative Dispute Resolution in Delhi. A-91, Galaxy Apartment, Near Hotel Grand Bhagwati, Bodakdev, Ahmedabad, Gujarat-380054; e-mail: [email protected].

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Shri MUKUL ROHATGI, Attorney General of India. LL.B from Bombay University (1978); admitted on the rolls of the Bar Council of Delhi as Advocate in 1978. He was designated as a Senior Advocate by the High Court of Delhi in 1994. In 1999, he was appointed as Additional Solicitor General of India. As a law officer of the Government of India, he handled myriad matters in the Supreme Court of India and various High Courts for state governments as well as private sector enterprises. Appeared in litigation involving constitutional law, commercial and corporate laws, criminal law, property law, arbitration law, maritime law, anti-dumping, taxation, armed forces, service law and a host of other areas. In June 2014, he was appointed Attorney General for India. Chambers 59, Sunder Nagar, New Delhi-110003; tel.: +91-11-24350019/20/21, Fax: +91-11-24350021, e-mail: [email protected].

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Shri HARISH SALVE, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India. LL.B from Nagpur University. Worked as a Chartered Accountant in taxation work; enrolled as an advocate in 1980; joined the Chambers of Mr. Soli Sorabjee (former Attorney General of India); set up independent chambers in 1986; was designated a Senior Advocate in 1992; was Solicitor General of India from 1999-2002. Enrolled as a Barrister in the UK in 2013; called to the bar at the Grays Inn in July 2013. Permanent tenant at Blackstone Chambers, London. Areas of practice: commercial law, arbitration law, direct and indirect taxes, telecom laws, electricity tariffs, competition law, et cetera. Member of the Court of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre and Member of the Court of the London Council of International Arbitration. 6-E, White House, 10 Bhagwan Dass Road, New Delhi-110001; tel.: +91-11-24350019/20/21, Fax: +91-11-24350021.

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Ireland Irlande

Mr. SÉAMUS WOULFE, SC, Attorney General since June 2017. Called to the Bar of Ireland in 1987 and to the Inner Bar in 2005. Formerly Legal Assessor, Fitness to Practice Committee of the Irish Medical Council and the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland; lecturer in law, Trinity College Dublin; Vice Chair and Treasurer, Bar Council of Ireland. Educated at Trinity College Dublin, Dalhousie University and the King's Inns. Office of the Attorney General, Government Buildings, Upper Merrion Street, Dublin 2, Ireland.

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Mr. Justice DAVID BARNIVILLE, Judge of the High Court since December 2017, currently assigned to the Commercial Division; Arbitration Judge. Called to the Bar of Ireland in 1990 and to the Inner Bar in 2006. Chair, Irish Rule of Law International; Governor, National Maternity Hospital; Judicial Fellow, International Society of Barristers and International Academy of Trial Lawyers. Formerly Chair, Bar Council of Ireland; Co-Chair, International Bar Association Forum for Barristers and Advisers; Vice Chair, Sport Ireland's Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel and Vice President, Arbitration Ireland. Educated at University College Dublin and the King's Inns. High Court, Four Courts, Dublin 7.

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Prof. SIOBHÁN MULLALLY, Established Professor of Human Rights Law and Director, Irish Centre for Human Rights, National University of Ireland Galway since September

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2017. President, Council of Europe Group of Experts on Action Against Human Trafficking (GRETA}; Member, Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission; Joint Editor in Chief, Irish Yearbook of International Law. Formerly Professor in Law and Director, Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights, University College Cork. Educated at University College Cork, London School of Economics, Rene Cassin Institute and University of Florence. Irish Centre for Human Rights, National University of Ireland Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland.

Mr. JAMES KINGSTON, Legal Adviser, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade since April 2009. Called to the Bar of Ireland in 1992. President, International Law Association (Irish Branch} . Formerly Assistant Legal Adviser and Deputy Legal Adviser, Department of Foreign Affairs; Agent of the Government of Ireland, European Court of Human Rights. Educated at Trinity College Dublin, London School of Economics and King's Inns. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2, Ireland.

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Israel Israël

Prof. RUTH LAPIDOTH, LL.M.; Doctor of the University of Paris; Professor of International Public Law at the Faculty of Law, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem 91905, Israel.

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Mr. MEIR SHAMGAR, former President of the Supreme Court. Specializations: constitutional law, administrative law, criminal law, laws of war. Sachar St. 12, Jerusalem 96263, Israel; fax: +972 02 52 61 30.

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Mr. ALAN BAKER, LL.M., Legal Adviser, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Tel.: +972 2 530 37 61; fax: +972 2 530 32 51; e-mail: [email protected].

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Prof. ROBBIE SABEL, Ph.D. Professor of International Law, Faculty of Law Hebrew University, Jerusalem. Former: Counselor for Political Affairs Israel Embassy Washington; The Legal Adviser Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Foreign Ministry’s Deputy Director General for Arms Control and Disarmament; Head of Israel Delegation, Taba arbitration with Egypt; Member of delegation, peace talks with Egypt, Jordan and Palestinians. Arbitrator on the Appeals Panel of the International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims. Personal rank of Ambassador. Author of several publications. 107 Yasmin St. Mevasseret 9077404 Israel; [email protected]; Tel. +972 2 533 2650; Fax 1532 533 2650.

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Italy Italie

Prof. IDA CARACCIOLO, PhD in Law, University of Rome “La Sapienza”; Professor of International Law at the University of Naples 2, Vice Dean of the Department of Political Sciences, the University of Naples 2, Member of the Board of Professors in the PhD Degree in “Comparative Law and Integration Processes”, University of Naples 2; Professor of International Law at the Link University in Rome; Visiting professor in various universities, lastly the University of Paris 8; Conciliator at the Court of Conciliation and Arbitration within OSCE; Attorney at law; Member and auditor of the Italian Society of International Law; Member of the Italian Society for International Organization and the European Society of International Law; Consultant at the Legal Service of the Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs; Specializations: International Law of the Sea; International Criminal Law; International Humanitarian Law; Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. University of Naples 2, Department of Political Sciences, Viale Ellittico, 31, Caserta 81100, email: [email protected].

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Prof. PAOLO BENVENUTI. Since October 2002, Professor of International Law, International Humanitarian Law, Private International Law, European Union Law at the Faculty of Law, at the University Roma Tre; Member of the Department of European Studies and Director (2006-2008); from January 2009 to December 2015 Dean of the Faculty. Member of the Scientific Board of the “Centro di Eccellenza” in European Law University Roma Tre. President of the Ethics Commission, University Roma Tre; Lecturer of International Law and related studies at the University of Teramo, the University of Rome "La Sapienza", the University of Florence, the Libera Università Internaz. di Studi Sociali, the Università Telematica Internazionale Uninettuno and the University of Catania. From 1989 to 2004 Chairman of the Italian Red Cross Committee for the Dissemination of International Humanitarian Law and currently President of the Scientific Committee for IHL of the Italian Red Cross; Member of the Ethics Commission of the Red Cross as to actions of the Red Cross to face the state of emergency for the earthquake in Central Italy.

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Decorated with Red Cross Gold Medal. Scientific affiliation to the Società Italiana di Diritto Internazionale;; the Societé Française de Droit International; the International Institute of Humanitarian Law; the International Institute of Human Rights; the Associazione di Diritto Pubblico Comparato ed Europeo (member of the Council). Secretary General of the Italian Committee for Human Rights of the Italian Society for International Organization. Honorary Member of the “Centro Internazionale di Studi Gentiliani”. Member of the Italian Council for Refugees. Author of books and articles covering topics pertaining to International Law, International Organizations, International Disputes, Private International Law, International Criminal Law, International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law.

Prof. MAURO POLITI has been a full professor of International law at the University of Trento since 1990. Prior to this, and since 1976, he had taught at the Universities of Cagliari and Urbino. As Legal Adviser to the Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations (1992-2001), he participated actively in the negotiation process that lead to the adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. He was also Chairman of the VI (legal) Committee of the U.N. General Assembly (2000-2001). During his judicial career (1969-1983), he was a judge at the Tribunals of Oristano and Milan. He was also Deputy Prosecutor at the Juvenile Court of Milan. In 2001, he was elected by the U.N. General Assembly to be on the list of ad litem judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. He was a judge of the International Criminal Court (2003-2009). He has published several articles and books relating to various areas on international law, including consular law, nuclear non-proliferation, environmental law, human rights and international criminal law and justice.

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Dr. ATTILA TANZI, Ph.D., is Chair of International Law at the University of Bologna and Visiting Professor at the Queen Mary University of London (2014-2016). Counsel or arbitrator in various inter-state investment arbitrations, he is currently a Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration and a Conciliator at the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration. Chairman of the Legal Board of the UNECE 1992 Convention on Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (2004-2012); Chairman of the Implementation Committee of the UNECE 1999 London Protocol on Water and Health (2007-2010); since 2013 Chairman of the Compliance Committee of the above UNECE 1992 Convention. He advises governments and international organisations on international law issues. He has held numerous academic positions and has published extensively in English, Spanish, French and Italian on State responsibility, foreign investment law, environmental law, the law of international organisations and jurisdictional immunities. Mob: + 39 347 9307826, +41 7 869 53710; e-mail: [email protected], [email protected].

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Japan Japon

Judge SHUNJI YANAI, LL.B.; Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo; Judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea; former President of the Tribunal (2011-2014); former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States of America; former Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs; former Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs; former Director-General of the Foreign Policy Bureau. 4-22-701 Gobancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0076, Japan.

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Prof. SHINYA MURASE, LL.M. and S.J.D., Graduate School of Law, University of Tokyo; former Judge of the Administrative Tribunal of the Asian Development Bank; Professor, Jochi (Sophia) University Faculty of Law; Member of the Curatorium of the Hague Academy of International Law, Associéte, Institut de droit international, Member and Special Rapporteur of the United Nations International Law Commission. Postal address: 2-15-16 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-0015, Japan; tel.: +81 422 31 7669; e-mail: [email protected].

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Prof. HISASHI OWADA, Judge and former President, International Court of Justice; Member and former President, l’Institut de Droit International; Professor, Leiden University, Netherlands. Formerly, Professor at Waseda University; Professor at New York University Global Law School; Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs; Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations. International Court of Justice, Peace Palace, Carnegieplein 2, 2517 KJ The Hague, The Netherlands; tel.: +31 70 302 2323; fax: +31 70 302 2409.

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Prof. KIMIO YAKUSHIJI; LL.M Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University; Professor, School 01 – 10 - 2017



of Law, Ritsumeikan University; Former Legal Advisor to the Japanese Delegation to the United Nations’ Conference of the Ad Hoc Committee on Jurisdictional Immunities of the States and their Property; Former Member of the Committee on Enforced Disappearance. Postal address: 1-4-175 Oriidai, Uji, Kyoto 611-0023, Japan; Tel. +81-774-21-5509; Email: [email protected].

Kenya Kenya

The Hon. S. AMOS WAKO, EGH, F.C.I. Arb., SC. Currently, Senator - Busia County, Kenya, Former Attorney-General of the Republic of Kenya (1991-2011), A member of the UN International Law Commission (2017-2022). Member, Advisory Committee to the International Council for Commercial Arbitration. Bachelor of Laws - University of East Africa - LL.B (HONS) (BA.) (1969), Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, August 1970, Bachelor of Science in Economics - University of London with specialization in International Affairs - B.Sc (ECON) (HON) (LOND) (1975), Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers (U.S.A.) (1977) v. Master of Laws - University of London with specialization in Comparative Constitutional Law, International Economic Law and the Law of Treaties LL.M , Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (LONDON) - F.CI Arb, Senior Counsel (S.C.) .

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Dr. WILLY M. MUTUNGA; Distinguished Scholar in Residence, Fordham University; Special Envoy of the Secretary General of the Commonwealth to the Maldives; Former Chief Justice and President of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Kenya; Member, IDLO International Advisory Council; Established and served in several civil society organizations - the Legal Advice Centre (Kituo Cha Sheria), the Law Society of Kenya, Council for Legal Education – Kenya, Citizens Coalition for Constitutional Change (4Cs), Kenya Human Rights Commission, East African Centre for Constitutional Development (Kituo Cha Katiba) – Uganda, and the International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development (Rights and Democracy) in Montreal, Canada. Published two first author books and eight coauthor books including. Published 39 articles in journals and legal magazines; presented 37 papers at conferences and seminars. Columnist (Saturday Nation and Sunday Nation) – 2004 to 2011 under the pen name, Cabral Pinto – a compilation of these writings will be published in book form. Recipient of national and international honours and awards for contributions to the development of law, human rights, good governance and social justice. Member of various national and international boards. Consultant in constitutional and political matters. Political mediator. Bachelor of Laws (Honours) (1971), Master of Laws (1974), University of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania; Doctor of Jurisprudence (JSD) (1992), Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto, Canada. Tel: +254 20 222 1221; email: [email protected].

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Prof. Dr. PHOEBE OKOWA, Professor of Public international law at Queen Mary, University of London. Advocate High Court of Kenya. Educated at the University of Nairobi and University of Oxford (LLB, BCL, D.Phil). Global Visiting Professor of Law, New York, University , School of Law. Specializations: Public International Law, Protection of Natural Resources in Conflict Zones, International Law of Armed Conflict and Use of Force, International Environmental Law. Address: Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, e-mail: [email protected].

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Prof. GITHU MUIGAI, EGH, SC. Githu Muigai has over 35 years’ experience in the practice of law in Kenya and in East Africa. Prof. Muigai holds LLB and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Nairobi and an LLM Degree from Columbia University School of Law, New York. He was called to the Bar in 1985. In addition to the practice of law he has served as Professor of Public law in the School of Law of the University of Nairobi (currently on leave of absence). He has published extensively in the area of Public Law and has previously worked as a consultant to various international organizations, including the African Union, United Nations Development Programme, the World Bank and the International Committee of the Red Cross. Prof. Muigai has a wide range of areas of practice which include Commercial Litigation and Arbitration, Constitutional and Administrative Law, Information and Communications Technology Law, Insurance and Banking Law, Investments Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Public and Private International Law, Public Procurement Law. From August 2008 - September 2011 Prof. Githu Muigai was the UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms Of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia And Related Intolerance. Prof. Muigai is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK) and Institute of Public Secretaries, Law Society of Kenya, East African Law Society, Council of Legal Education, International Commission of Jurists, International Bar

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Association and the Commonwealth Lawyers Association. Prof. Muigai has also been a Judge of the African Court of Human & Peoples Rights between 2008 – 2010. Prof. Muigai has appeared as a Counsel and Agent on behalf of the Republic of Kenya, before the International Criminal Court and International Court of Justice. Prof. Muigai has recognized expertise in the areas of justice sector reform generally and Constitutional reform specifically. From the year 2000 to 2005, he was a Commissioner to the Constitutional Review Commission where he was specially charged with the legal drafting of the Draft Constitution of the Republic of Kenya. He was a legal adviser and draftsman to the Somali peace process and was involved in the drafting the Somali federal Transitional charter. Hon. Prof. Githu Muigai was sworn as Attorney General of the Republic of Kenya on the 23rd August 2011. Article 156 (4) of the Constitution stipulates the roles of the Attorney General, critical amongst which is his role as Principal Legal Advisor to the Government of the Republic of Kenya. These roles are further expounded in the Office of the Attorney General Act. The Attorney General also discharges the mandate of the Department of Justice and has responsibility for the promotion of human rights and constitutional implementation, access to justice, good governance, ethics and integrity; legal education, law reform, legal aid and the monitoring and reporting of Kenya’s international legal obligations among others.

Republic of Korea République de Corée

Mr. JANG-HIE LEE, Professor Emeritus, Law School, Hankuk Univ. of Foreign Studies, Seoul, Korea, arbitrator of Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague (2006-present) and President, Asian Social Science Research Institute (1991-present). He received his B.A. in Law from Korea University, his M.A. in International Law from Seoul National University and his Ph.D. in International Law from Kiel University in Germany. Tel: +82-01-6272 2185; fax: +82-2-6221- 2185, email: [email protected]; [email protected].

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Mr. HAI-UNG JUNG, Former Ambassador for International Legal Cooperation; Fonner Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Korea to Algeria; Former Director-General of Treaties Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Ph.D.in Law, University of Edinburgh; Docteur en Droit, Université de Paris-Sud; Docteur en Gestion, Université de Paris I - Pantheon-Sorbonne; Tel: +82 10-28550178; e-mail: [email protected].

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Mr. SUNG KEUN YOON, Presiding Judge, Seoul High Court. Honorable Sung Keun Yoon was appointed as Judge of the Inchon District Court in 1998 and later as Presiding Judge of Seoul High Court (appellate court) in 2010 hearing civil and criminal cases, most importantly corporate and international transaction related disputes. Prior to serving as a Judge, he worked as an attorney at Kim & Chang, a leading law firm in Asia, handling corporate, international transaction and transnational investment related matters with extensive experiences in drafting legal documents and negotiations. He was educated at the Seoul National University (LL.B & LL.M) and University of Michigan (LL.M). He was a Korean delegate to the UNCITRAL working group, and had teaching experiences as a visiting scholar at Peking University and as a lecturer at Sangi College. He is a member of various law associations composed both of scholars and practitioners. His publications cover mostly international transaction and dispute resolution issues, such as substantial connection test or enforcement of foreign arbitral awards. Tel: +82-2-530-1505, email: [email protected].

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Mr. TAE HYUN CHOI, Professor of International Law at Hanyang University School of Law in Seoul, Korea; Member of Korean National Committee for International Humanitarian Law; Former President of the Korean Society of International Law; Former President and Chief Director of Seoul International Law Academy; Former Deputy-Director at International Legal Affairs Department of the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs; B.A. in Law from College of Law of Seoul National University, Master of Law and Ph. D. in International Law from Graduate School of Seoul National University; LL.M. from Northwestern University School of Law, USA; LL.M. from Leiden University, the Netherlands; Former Fulbright Visiting Scholar, Washington Univ. in St. Louis; Legal Advisor of the Korean Delegations to the U.N. Preparatory Committee, to the 1998 Diplomatic Conference in Rome, to the Preparatory Commission, and to the Conferences of the Assembly of States Parties which have been held in the Hague and New York so far, and to the 2010 ICC Review Conference in Kampala, Uganda. Tel.:+82 10 3738 3187; e-mail: [email protected].

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Kosovo Kosovo

Mr. JETISH JASHARI received his Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree in US Legal System at the 27 – 10 - 2016



University Of Connecticut School Of Law, in Hartford, Connecticut, in 2001, as a Ron Brown Fellowship Scholar. Mr. Jashari holds a degree in International Relations and European Studies from the Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, obtained in 1996, and a B.A. from the Facu1ty of Law of the University of Prishtina, Kosovo. In 2005, Mr. Jashari conducted a research study on UN Field Missions and Legal Reform, focusing on the Kosovo case, at the Columbia University School of Law, in New York, as a Fulbright Scholar. The research was published as an article at the Spring 2007 Edition of Columbia Journal of East European Law-CJEEL, a publication of Columbia University School of Law. In 1999, Mr. Jashari was part of the US Department of State sponsored International Visitors Program on 'Conflict Resolution and Preventive Diplomacy.' Currently, Mr. Jashari is Head of the Department on Legal Issues and Treaties at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kosovo. Mr. Jashari's professional experience also includes positions of Minister Counselor and Deputy Chief of Mission at Embassies of the Republic of Kosovo in Macedonia (August 2015 - September 2016), Kingdom of Sweden (July 2013 - August 2015) and the United States of America (October 2008 - July 2013). Mr. Jashari was Senior Staff Attorney at the American Bar Association/Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative, from 2001 to 2007 and Senior Legal Advisor at National Center for State Courts, from 2007 until 2008. Mr. Jashari was also engaged in a pro bono legal counseling for the American University in Kosovo Foundation-AUKF. From June 2007 until April 2008, Mr. Jashari was Legal Expert at the Commission for the Drafting of Kosovo Constitution. M. Barleti Str. No. 8; 10000 Prishtina, Kosovo; [email protected]

Mr. ROBERT MUHARREMI Assistant Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology in Kosovo; 2015-ongoing, Advisor, Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kosovo; 2013–ongoing, Assistant Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology in Kosovo; 2014-2015 Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kosovo; 2014, Legal Consultant, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kosovo; 2010-2014, In-House Legal Counsel, Deloitte Albania and Kosovo; 2010, Legal Counsel, Independent Commission of Mines and Minerals in Kosovo; 2009, Advisor, Kosovo Security Council/Office of the Prime Minister; 2008, Consultant, Constitutional Court of the Republic of Kosovo; 2005-2007, Advisor, Assembly of Kosovo; 2004-2005, Legal Officer, United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo; 2003-2004, Consultant, Office of the Prime Minister of Kosovo; 2001 -2002, Consultant, Assembly of Kosovo; 2000 -2001, Legal Officer, United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo. Other activities: Arbitrator with the Arbitration Center of the American Chamber of Commerce in Prishtina/Kosovo; Associate with the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; Member of the International Law Association - Albanian Branch; Mediator appointed by Kosovo for the Central European Free Trade Agreement. Address: Rochester Institute of Technology in Kosovo, Germia Campus, Rr. Dr. Shpetim Rrobaj p.n., 10000 Prishtina, Kosovo, email: [email protected].

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Kuwait Koweït

Mr. YAACOUB ABDULMOHSEN ALSANEAA, Minister of Justice and Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs. Mr. Alsaneaa was a former Secretary of the Parliamentary group from 2012 to 2015. Furthermore, Mr. Al Sane is an arbitrator at the Commercial Arbitration of the Gulf Cooperation Council Centre (GCC) and a member of several legal institutions, including the Kuwait Lawyers Association, the Court of Cassation, the Constitutional Court and the Arab Lawyers Union. He is also the founder and the general coordinator of the National Conference of Electronic Legislation in 2013 and a former chairman of the Kuwait Lawyer's Committee of Human Rights.

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Mr. ZAKARIA AL-ANSARI is the Assistant Undersecretary in the Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs in the State of Kuwait and the Secretary General of the Supreme Committee of Human Rights. Mr. Al-Ansari represented the State of Kuwait in various United Nations Organizations and participated in numerous legal, international and regional conferences. Moreover, he also represented Kuwait in negotiations of legal, judicial, bilateral and collective agreements, including negotiations of bilateral agreements on legal and judicial cooperation, negotiations of the GCC agreements. He has contributed to the development of the enactment of a number of projects and models of law within the scope of the GCC as well as the Arab League. Mr. Al-Ansari was granted his Bachelor in Law by Alexandria University in 1992. He also participated at a legal session on Mutual Legal Assistance at Oxford University. Furthermore, he received a qualification by the World Intellectual Property Organization in 2002 (WIPO-2002).

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Dr. MANSOUR FARAJ AL-SAEED is currently the Assistant Undersecretary of Legal Affairs 15 - 04 - 2015



in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. In 1998, Dr. Al-Saeed became a Certified Legal Arbitrator of Class “A” in the Legal Arbitration Department and started practicing his arbitration profession at the Kuwait Commercial Arbitration Centre in the Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Dr. Al-Saeed is an active member of several associations in the State of Kuwait, including The Journalists Association, the Kuwaiti Environment Society from 2008 to 2009, and the Kuwaiti Bars Association from 2008 to 2012. Furthermore, Dr. Al-Saeed obtained his Ph.D. in Business and Foreign Investment from the School of Law at Aberdeen University in 1998 and specialized in The Private Foreign Investment in the State of Kuwait. He acquired his Masters in the United States from Washington College of Law and specialized in Law-International Business Transactions. He is also the author of a number of Articles regarding local and international investment and Commercial subjects. Email: [email protected]; [email protected]; Tel.: +965-22469563

Dr. KHALIFAH THAMER ALHAMIDAH is a lecturer at the Department of Public Law in Kuwait University since 2001. In 2013, he headed the Public Law Department at the Faculty of Law in Kuwait University and became a member of the Committee of Experts in the Parliament of Kuwait in the same year. Moreover, Dr. Alhamidah obtained his Ph.D. in Law from Manchester University in 2001 and acquired his LLM in 1998 from Harvard Law School. He is also the co-author of “Administrative Law, 2009” and the author of “The Kuwaiti Constitutional System”. He is an arbitrator in the Kuwaiti Chamber of Commerce. He also an arbitrator in the GCC center of Arbitration as well as an arbitrator in the Judicial Arbitration Department at the Kuwaiti Ministry of Justice. He was a member of the Grievances and Complaining Committee at the Capital Market Authority (CMA) and is the founder of the Dr. Khalifah Thamer Alhamidah,ph.D. Law Firm. Dr. Alhamidah is a member of the Kuwaiti Bar Association. He undertook some studies within his master degree relating to International Commercial Arbitration and conducted research on the same topic. Email: [email protected]; Tel.: (+965) 24984499

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Lao People’s Democratic République démocratique Republic populaire lao

Prof. KET KIETTISAK, Former Deputy Minister of Justice of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic

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Mr. DAVONE VANGVICHITH, Legal Advisor, Former Chairman of Law Committee, National Assembly of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic.

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Mr. KONGCHI YANGCHUE, Vice Chairman of the Justice Committee, National Assembly of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic

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Mr. PHOUKHONG SISOULATH, Director General, Department of Treaties and Law, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic

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Latvia Lettonie

Mr. EGILS LEVITS, Judge at European Court of Justice (since 2004), Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague (since 2001), Conciliator at the Court of Conciliation and Arbitration within the OSCE, Paris (since 1997), Judge at the European Court of Human Rights (1995-2004), Ambassador of the Republic of Latvia to Austria, Switzerland and Hungary (1994-1995), Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice of Latvia (1993-1994), 1994 also acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, Member of the Parliament, Ambassador of the Republic of Latvia to Germany and Switzerland (1992-1993), Legal Adviser of the Latvian Parliament (in the fields of international law and law reform policy) (1991-1992), Research Fellow at the Institute for German and East European Studies, Gottingen (1989-1991), legal service (Referendar) at the Higher Court of Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel (1986-1989), Research Fellow at the Faculty of Law, University of Kiel (1984-1986); Tel: +352 4303 3890; e-mail: [email protected].

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Ms. EVA KALNINA, counsel and international arbitrator at Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler (Geneva), member of the New York State Bar. Member of the Council of Independent Experts in International and European Law with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia; Member of the Panel of Arbitrators of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes; Member of the Council of the Georgian International Arbitration Center; Representative of the International Chamber of Commerce Court of Arbitration Young Arbitrators' Forum. Contact details: c/o Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler, 3-5 rue du

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Conseil-Général, CP 552, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland. Tel: +41 22 809 6200; email: [email protected].

Dr. MARTINŜ PAPARINSKIS, Reader in Public International Law and Director of Graduate Research Studies at University College London, Faculty of Laws; Member· of the Council of Independent Experts in International and European Law with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia; Member of the Panel of Arbitrators of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes. C/o UCL Laws, Bidborough House, 38-50 Bidborough Street, London WClH 9BT, United Kingdom; tel.: +44 (0)20 3108 8365; e-mail: [email protected].

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Prof. Dr. INETA ZIEMELE Ph.D. (Cantab.), M.I.L. (Lund), Justice of the Latvian Constitutional Court (since 2015), Professor of International and Human Rights Law at the Riga Graduate School of Law (since 2009), ad hoc judge to the European Court of Human Rights (since 2015), former Judge and Section President at the European Court of Human Rights (2005-2014). Visiting Professor at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute at Lund University and Soderberg Chair in International Law at the Riga Graduate School of Law (2001-2005), Staff member of the Council of Europe (1999-2001), Advisor to the Prime Minister of Latvia (1995-1996) and to the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee (1993-1995), Director of the Human Rights Institute at the University of Latvia, lecturer in international law, human rights and European Union law (1993-1999). Memberships: European Society of International Law (ESIL), member of the Executive Board (2004-2012, 2014-2016), Research Council of the European University Institute, Constitutional Law Commission under the auspices of the President of Latvia (2008-2013), Commission on Strategic Analysis under the auspices of the President of Latvia (2004-2005), EU Network of independent experts on Fundamental Rights (2003-2004). Fields of specific expertise: Law on State Succession and State Continuity, International Procedural Law, Human Rights Law, Public Law, Citizenship and Statelessness, Fundamental Rights in EU. Address: Riga Graduate School of Law, Strelnieku iela 4k-2, Riga, LV-1010, Latvia, Telephone number: +371 67039230, Fax number: +371 67039240, e-mail: [email protected].

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Lithuania Lituanie

Prof. habil. dr. VYTAUTAS NEKROŠIUS serves as a chairman of the Vilnius Court of Commercial Arbitration since 2003. He is as well a member of the Council since 2017 and used to serve as a member of the Senate of Vilnius University (2015-2017). Prof. habil. dr. Vytautas Nekrošius has numerous responsibilities in the Faculty of Law of Vilnius University: he is the Head of the Private Law Department since 2015, the Head of the Council since 2015 and the Head of the Institute of Civil Procedure and Roman Law since 2012 in the Faculty of Law of Vilnius University. He also served as both a Vice-Dean (1997-2002) and a Dean (2002-2012) of the Faculty of Law. Professor was appointed as an advisor to the Minister on Civil Law and Law of Civil Procedure in the Ministry of Justice of Republic of Lithuania (1996-1998; 2012-2016) and as an advisor to the Legal Affairs Committee in the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania (1995-1996). V. Nekrošius is as well member of various institutions, such as the Science Council of Lithuania, the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, the International Association of Procedural Law, and many others. Professor was a part of different working groups set up by the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania. He obtained his Master’s degree in the Faculty of Law in Vilnius University in 1993, LL.M. of Law of Civil Procedure J.W. Goethe University (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) in 1994. He defended his doctoral thesis in Vilnius University in 1996 and was habilitated in 2003 in the University of Lodz, Poland. Contact details: Vilnius University, Faculty of Law, room 309, Sauletekio av. 9 - I block, 10222 Vilnius, Lithuania. Ph.: +370 5 236 6170, e-mail: [email protected]

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Dr. RIMVYDAS NORKUS, President of the Supreme Court of Lithuania. In November 2016, he was elected Chairman of the Judicial Council of Lithuania, which is an executive body of the autonomy of courts ensuring the independence of courts and judges. Rimvydas Norkus obtained a doctor’s degree in law from Mykolas Romeris University in Vilnius in 2005, and he has been a professor at the Department of Business Law of that University since 2012. His main teaching activities comprise Insolvency Law, European and International Insolvency Law, Civil Procedure and European Civil Procedure. Dr. Norkus is a member of various working groups formed by the Lithuanian Government (drafting amendments to the Code of Civil Procedure, Enterprise Bankruptcy Law, Law on Courts, etc.) and regularly publishes on various legal issues both in Lithuania and abroad. He is

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also a lecturer at the Judicial Training Centre in Lithuania. Supreme Court of Lithuania, Gynėjų str. 6, LT - 01109 Vilnius, Lithuania; tel: +370 5 2610560; e-mail: [email protected]

Prof. Dr. IGNAS VĖGĖLĖ, President of the Lithuanian Bar Association; Attorney-at-Law; Professor of the Institute of International and European Union Law at Mykolas Romeris University; Vice Chairman, Lithuanian Lawyers Association; Member, The Commission of the qualifying exam for notaries; member of the experts group for the amendments of the civil code of the Republic of Lithuania; member of the State Legal Aid Council to the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania; the Head and the member of the various expert groups in drafting national legislation and national positions towards international treaties; author of scientific articles, study books and monographs and speaker at numerous international conferences on EU and international law. Tilto Street 17 Vilnius, Lithuania, LT-01101 tel.: + +370 5 262 4546; +370 5 236 0533; +370 687 30 878, e-mail: [email protected]

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Mr. JUSTINAS ŽILINSKAS, Professor of the Institute of International and European Union Law at Mykolas Romeris University Faculty of Law.

01 - 04 - 2011 01 – 04 - 2017

Luxembourg Luxembourg

M. PATRICK KINSCH, avocat au Barreau de Luxembourg ; Professeur à l'Université du Luxembourg ; Professeur associé à l'Université Robert Schuman de Strasbourg (en droit international privé) de 1999 à 2005. Secrétaire-général du Groupe européen de droit international privé. Wurth Kinsch Olinger, 14, rue Nicolas Adames, L-1114 Luxembourg, Luxembourg; tel.: +352 26 26 73; fax: +352 26 26 73 73.

10 - 03 - 2008 12 - 01 - 2015

Malta Malte

Prof. DAVID J. ATTARD, Diploma Notary Public; Doctor of Law (LL.D.), University of Malta; Doctor of Philosophy (D.Phil., University of Oxford); Chairman of the Malta Arbitration Center; former Adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs; President and founder of the Maltese Branch of the International Law Association.

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Dr. GEORGE M. HYZLER, Dip. I.C.E.I. (Amst.), LL.D. Graduated Doctor of Laws from the University of Malta in 1980 and obtained a Diploma in European Integration from the University of Amsterdam. He has specialized in Commercial and Civil Law. He is currently Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Malta Arbitration Center and has served on the Boards of various private and public companies. He is also a former Parliamentary Secretary in the ministry for Economic Services, a former Chairman of the Ethics Committee within the Council for the Administration of Justice, and former Vice President of the Camera degli Avvocati. In addition, he is a partner in a Maltese Law Firm, GVTH Advocates. GVTH Advocates, 192 Old Bakery Street, 1455 Malta; tel.: +356 21 228 888; fax: +356 21 228 808.

28 - 04 - 2006 31 - 07 - 2018

Prof. JAMES BUSUTTIL, A.B. (Harvard), J.D. (New York University School of Law), D.Phil. (Oxford); Director, University of London Postgraduate Laws for External Students. Prof. Busuttil has been Associate Professor of International Law and Organization at the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague; Director of the British Institute of Human Rights at King’s College, London, and Lecturer in Law at the University of Essex.

04 - 01 - 2007 06 - 03 - 2013

Dr. MARK ATTARD MONTALTO is a lawyer who pleads before the Civil Courts and the Constitutional Court on behalf of clients and provides legal counselling and advice. His main areas of work include property law, succession law, human rights law, arbitrations, mediations and his particular specializations are European law, energy and environmental law. He serves as a legal consultant to the Ministry of Justice, Culture and Local Government and to the Office of the Prime Minister. He is also Charmain of the Malta Mediation Centre.

31 - 07 - 2018

Mauritius Maurice

Justice A.G. PILLAY, former Chief Justice and current Chairperson of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

21 - 06 - 2013

Justice D.B. SEETULSINGH, Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission. 21 - 06 - 2013

Justice SATYABHOOSHAN GUPT DOMAH, Puisne Judge. 21 - 06 - 2013



Sir HAMID MOOLLAN, QC. 21 - 06 - 2013

Mexico Mexique

M. l'Ambassadeur ALBERTO SZÉKELY SÁNCHEZ, Consultant en droit international, droit de la mer et droit de l'environnement; Professeur de droit international visitant à l'Université de droit de l'État de l'Arizona; Directeur de recherches au "International Transboundary Resources Center", Career Ambassador; ancien membre de la Commission du droit international des Nations Unies. Ministère des Affaires étrangères, México, D.F., Consultoría Jurídica Internacional, Calle Corregidora 18, Col. Tlacópac, San Angel, Del. Alvaro Obregón, C.P. 01040 México-City, México; tel. :+525556160839; fax : +525556631305 ; e-mail : [email protected].

01 – 02 - 1986 12 – 04 - 2016

Mr. ALONSO GÓMEZ ROBLEDO VERDUZCO, LL.M., Ph.D. candidate; Member of the International Affairs Section of the Board of the Reform of the State; Coordinator for the International Public Law section of the Mexican Law Dictionary; Alternate Member of the United Nations Subcommittee on the Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities; member of the Mexican Branch of the International Law Association. Av. México 151, 40 Piso, Col. Del Carmen, Del. Coyoacán, C.P. 04100, México-City, México; tel.: +525555042407 and +525550042400; Ext. 22508; fax: Ext. 5006, e-mail: [email protected].

09 – 08 - 2001 12 – 04 - 2016

Dr. SALAZAR UGARTE 12 - 04 - 2016

Mr. BERNARDO SEPÚLVEDA-AMOR, former Judge of the International Court of Justice (2006-2015). Vice-President of the Court 2012-2015; As an independent arbitrator, he is back in Mexico City. He is active in his law practice, working in the field of international investment arbitration; Member of the Board of Trustees of the Permanent Court of Arbitration Financial Assistance Fund (2006- ); Member of the United Nations International Law Commission (1997-2005); President of the United Nations Commission on Transnational Corporations (1980); Secretary of Foreign Relations of Mexico (1982-1988). Ambassador of Mexico to the United States of America (1982); Ambassador of Mexico to the United Kingdom of Great Britain (1989-1993); Director General for International Affairs (1976-1980) at the Secretary of the Treasury of Mexico; Director of the Foreign Investment Program at the Secretary of the Treasury of Mexico (1971-1975); Deputy Director for Legal Affairs at the Secretary of the Presidency of Mexico (1968-1970); General Counsel of Grupo ICA, the largest infrastructure enterprise in Mexico (1997-2005); Associate member of the Institut de Droit International , elected in 2011; President of the Latin American Society of International Law (2010-2012); President of the Mexican Branch of the International Law Association (2000- 2005); Member of the Executive Council of the American Society of International Law (1974-1975); Professor of International Law at El Colegio de Mexico (1967-2005). He has been invited to lecture in US and European universities, as well as in other Mexican academic institutions. He has published books and articles dealing with the work of the UN, the ICJ, foreign policy, international law and economic issues such as trade and foreign investment; In 1984, he received from King Juan Carlos of Spain the Principe de Asturias Prize in the field of international co-operation; In 1985 UNESCO awarded him the Simón Bolivar Prize; Recipient of a number of orders, decorations and medals awarded by foreign governments, which include, among others, the Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; the Grand Cross, Order of Isabel la Católica; the Grand Cross, Order of General San Martin; Ribbon, Order of Kwang-Wha; the Grand Cross, Order of Cristo; Order of the Republic of Egypt, First Class; the Grand Cross of the Order of Cruzeiro do Sul; the Grand Cordon, Order of the Rising Sun; Grand Officer, Ordre de la Légion d’Honneur. Born in Mexico City on 14 December 1941. Law degree, National University of Mexico (1964) (magna cum laude); LL.M. (Cantab.) (1966); Diploma in International Law (Cantab.) (1965); Honorary Bencher of the Middel Temple (London); Honorary Fellow of Queens’ College, University of Cambridge (1990); Honorary Doctorate from the University of San Diego (1982) and from the University of Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) (1987); Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship (1964-1966).

12 - 04 - 2016

Morocco Maroc

M. EL HASSAN EL GUASSEM, Magistrat de grade exceptionnel, Conseiller près de la Cour chargé de mission de Directeur des Affaires Civiles au Ministère de la Justice et des Libertés.

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M. MOHAMED BENNOUNA, juge à la Cour internationale de Justice ; Professeur de droit international ; membre de l’Institut de Droit international ; juge au Tribunal pénal international pour l’ex-Yougoslavie de 1998 à 2001 ; membre de la Commission du droit international des Nations Unies de 1986 à 1998, Premier Rapporteur de cette commission sur le sujet de la protection diplomatique ; Représentant permanent du Royaume du Maroc auprès des Nations Unies de 2001 à 2006. Auteur de nombreux ouvrages et articles en droit international, particulièrement dans le domaine du droit de la mer, du droit international de développement et du règlement pacifique des différends. 5, rue Henner, 75009 Paris, France, tél. : +33 1 42 81 56 87. Adresse professionnelle : Cour internationale de Justice, Carnegieplein 2, 2517 KJ La Haye, Pays Bas, tél. : +31 70 302 2406, [email protected].

14 - 07 - 2010 21 – 11 - 2016

M. MOSTAFA FARESS, Premier Président de la Cour de Cassation 14 - 07 - 2010 21 – 11 - 2016

M. MOSTAFA MADDAH, Procureur Général du Roi près de la Cour de Cassation. 14 - 07 - 2010 21 – 11 - 2016

Netherlands Pays-Bas

Prof. Dr. ANDRÉ NOLLKAEMPER, Professor of Public International Law at the University of Amsterdam and Vice-Dean for Research of the Faculty of Law of the University of Amsterdam, Director of the Amsterdam Center for International Law, Vice President of the European Society of International Law, (external) Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Law, Public International Law, Oudemanhuispoort 4-6, 1012 CN Amsterdam, The Netherlands; tel.: +31 20 5252637/5252951; e-mail: [email protected].

22 - 04 - 2014

Judge ALPHONS ORIE, former lecturer in Criminal Law and Procedure at Leyden University, former partner in the The Hague law firm Wladimiroff & Spong, former judge at the Supreme Court of the Netherlands, Judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, judge in the UN Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals, Honorary Member of the Royal Netherlands Society for International Law. International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, Churchillplein 1, 2517 JW The Hague, P.O. Box 13888, 2501 EW The Hague, The Netherlands; tel.: +31 70 512 8752, e-mail: [email protected].

22 - 04 - 2014

Judge ELISABETH LIJNZAAD, member of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) Hamburg (since 2017); endowed professor Practice of International Law at the University of Maastricht (since 2011). Former Legal Adviser and Head of the International Law Division of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2006-2017); International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, Am Internationalen Seegerichtshof 1, 22609 Hamburg Germany; tel.: +(49)(40) 35607-132; fax: +(49)(40) 35607-335; e-mail: [email protected]

24 - 04 - 2008 22 - 04 - 2014

Prof. Dr. NICO J. SCHRIJVER, Professor of International Law and Academic Director of the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies at Leiden University, member of the Senate of the Dutch house of parliament, visiting professor of The European Union and Co-operation with Developing Countries at the Université libre de Bruxelles and the Institute of Law of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and the chairperson of its Section on Legal Sciences, member and vice-chair of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, associate member of the Institut de droit international. Leiden University, Chair of Public International Law, Faculty of Law, P.O. Box 9520, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands; tel.: +31 71 5278936/5277532; fax: +31 71 5277509; e-mail: [email protected].

01 - 02 - 2000 22 - 04 - 2014

New Zealand Nouvelle-Zélande

The Right Hon. Dame SIAN ELIAS, QC, GNZM, Chief Justice of New Zealand; former Barrister in private practice; former Commissioner of the New Zealand Law Commission; former Supreme Court Judge. Chief Justice’s Chambers, High Court, P.O. Box 1091, Wellington, New Zealand; fax: +64 4 914 3636.

03 - 05 - 2000 24 - 06 - 2014

The Hon. DAVID PARKER, Attorney-General of New Zealand. P.O. Box 2858, Wellington 6140, New Zealand; fax: +64 4 499 5804.

20 – 04 - 2018

Ms. UNA JAGOSE, Solicitor-General of New Zealand, Crown Law Office; PO Box 2858, 02 - 06 - 2016



Wellington 6140, New Zealand; fax: +64 4 473 3482.

Mr. GERARD VAN BOHEMEN, Judge of the High Court of New Zealand, former Permanent Representative of New Zealand to the United Nations in New York, and former Barrister in private practice. DX CX10222, Auckland, New Zealand; fax: +64 9 916 9611.

24 - 06 - 2014

Nicaragua Nicaragua

Dr. CARLOS J. ARGÜELLO GÓMEZ, Ambassador of Nicaragua to the Kingdom of the Netherlands; Agent of the Republic of Nicaragua in all past and present cases before the International Court of Justice since 1984; Member of the International Law Commission (elected in 2016); Permanent Representative of Nicaragua to the OPCW; Alternate Governor to the Common Fund for Commodities; former Minister of Justice; former Dean of the Law Faculty and former Professor of International Law at the Universidad Centroamericana in Managua; Doctor of Law Degree, Universidad Centro Americana;. Embassy of Nicaragua, Eisenhowerlaan 112, 2517 KM, The Hague, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 70 322 5063; E-mail: [email protected].

16 – 11 - 2017

Nigeria Nigéria

Mr. JUNAIDU BELLO MARSHALL 03 – 04 - 2017

Mr. IBRAHIM EDMUND IHEDIWA MARK 03 – 04 - 2017

Mr. ADEBAYO ADENIPEKUN 03 – 04 - 2017

North Macedonia Macédoine du Nord

Mr. VLADIMIR PESHEVSKI, Deputy Prime Minister in charge of Economic Affairs Government of the Republic of Macedonia; former General Manager SEAF South Balkan Fund and partner in the International Investment Fund; former Lecturer of M.A. studies at the Sheffield University Program of the City College in Thessaloniki; Arbitrator on Panel of Arbitrators at ICSID; Arbitrator on Panel of Arbitrators MCC Permanent Court of Arbitration; Conciliator OSCE Court of Conciliators and Arbitrators. Tel: +389 70 252 867; e-mail: [email protected]; [email protected].

18 - 04 - 2017

Ms. ROMELA POPOVIC TRAJKOVA, Head of Department for Economic Policy and Regulatory Reform of Government of the Republic of Macedonia - Cabinet of the Vice Prime Minister for Economic Affairs; former CFO of Health Insurance Fund of the Republic of Macedonia - Ministry of Health; Arbitrator on Panel of Arbitrators MCC Permanent Court of Arbitration; Conciliator OSCE Court of Conciliators and Arbitrators. Tel: +389 70 268 560; e-mail: [email protected].

18 - 04 - 2017

Ms. DANELA ARSOVSKA, President of the Macedonian Chambers of Commerce; Chairman of the International Chambers of Commerce NC ICC Macedonia; Chairman of the Macedonian Union of Employers' Organizations; Court Member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration; Arbitrator on Panel of Arbitrators at ICSID, KLRCA, MCC Permanent Court of Arbitration, OSCE Court of Conciliators and Arbitrators; Member of the Presidium of MCC Permanent Court of Arbitration; Delegate in ICC World Council; Member of the Economic Council of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia; Member of the National Council for European Integration in the National Assembly - Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia; Member of the Committee on European Affairs in the National Assembly - Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia; Member of the National Council of Ministry of Education and Science of Republic of Macedonia. Tel: +389 75 388 952; e-mail: [email protected].

18 - 04 - 2017

Mr. ALEXIS MOURRE, President of the ICC International Court of Arbitration; Independent Arbitrator; Associate and Partner Lette & Partners Paris (1987-1996); Founding partner Castaldi Mourre & Partners (1996-2015); Arbitrator on Panel of Arbitrators at ICSID, KLRCA, MCC Permanent Court of Arbitration. Tel: +33 1 4953 2947; fax +33 1 4953 2929; e-mail: [email protected].

18 - 04 - 2017

Norway Norvège

Ms. HILDE INDREBERG, Norwegian Supreme Court Judge since 2007; former Director of the Legislation Department of the Ministry of Justice (2000-2007); former Legal Adviser at the Legislation Department of the Ministry of Justice (1995-2000); Head of the Legislation

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Department of the Ministry of Justice from 2000; former Legal Adviser at the Legislation Department of the Norwegian Ministry of Justice (1989-1994); served as Deputy Judge from 1994-1995; former Legal Adviser at the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (1988-1989). Supreme Court of Norway, PO Box 8016 Dep, 0030 Oslo, Norway; tel: +47 22 03 59 00; e-mail: [email protected].

Dr. HENRIK BULL, Norwegian Supreme Court Judge since January 2011; former Judge of the EFTA Court (2006-2010); Ad hoc Judge of the EFTA Court (2001-2005); Head of the Centre for European Law, University of Oslo (2002-2005); awarded the degree doctor juris by the University of Oslo in 2002; Associate Professor, University of Oslo, Faculty of Law from 2002; member of the Panels of Conciliators and of Arbitrators, International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), Washington DC (1996-2002); Norwegian representative in, and later EFTA Chairman of, the Joint EFTA-EC General Drafting Committee on the Agreement of the European Economic Area (1990-1993); Norwegian representative in the EU drafting Committee on the Accession Agreements for Austria, Finland, Sweden and Norway in 1993; Legislative Adviser at the Norwegian Ministry of Justice (1988-1996); Deputy Judge (1987-1988); former consultant to the Ministry of Justice (1985-1987). Supreme Court of Norway, PO Box 8016 Dep, 0030 Oslo, Norway; tel: +47 22 03 59 00; e-mail: [email protected].

12 – 05 - 2017

Mr. ROLF EINAR FIFE, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway to France since 2014; former Director General of the Department of Legal Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway (2002-2014); headed Norwegian delegations in various multilateral and bilateral negotiations including on the Rome Statute for the International Criminal Court and on the Treaty between the Kingdom of Norway and the Russian Federation concerning Maritime Delimitation and Cooperation in the Barents Sea and the Arctic Ocean; Chair of the Council of Europe Committee of Legal Advisers on Public International Law (CAHDI) (f2009-2010); Deputy Director General of the Department of Legal Affairs at the Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway (1997-2002); Head of Division for Law of the Sea at the Department of Legal Affairs (1993-1997); posted to the Permanent Mission of Norway to the United Nations (1990-1993) and at the Norwegian Embassy to Saudi Arabia (1988-1990); executive officer of the Polar affairs department of the Ministry of Justice (1984-1985). Royal Norwegian Embassy to France, 28 Bayard Street, 4th Floor, 75008 Paris, France; tel: +33 153670400; e-mail: [email protected].

31 - 07 - 2004 12 – 05 - 2017

Mr. HELGE SELAND, Director General of the Department of Legal Affairs at the Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway since 2017; Deputy Director General of the Department of Legal Affairs (2014-2017); Deputy Director General of the Department of Legal Affairs (2009-2010); Deputy Director of the Department of Legal Affairs (2000-2002). Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, P.O. Box 8114 Dep. 0032, Oslo, Norway; tel: +47 23 95 00 00; e-mail: [email protected].

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Paraguay Paraguay

Ambassador ELADIO LOIZAGA 14 – 10 - 2017

Dr. JOSE ANTONIO MORENO RUFINELLI 14 – 10 - 2017

Dr. ERNESTO VELAZQUEZ ARGAÑA 14 – 10 - 2017

Dr. CARLOS ORTIZ BARRIOS 14 – 10 - 2017



Peru Pérou

Dr. EDUARDO FERRERO COSTA, Doctor of Law; former Minister of Foreign Affairs (1997-1998); former President of the Peruvian Center for International Studies (CEPEI) (1983-1995); former Member of the United Nations Committee for Racial Discrimination (CERD) (1988-2000); Peruvian Counsel of the Republic of Peru in the maritime delimitation dispute with the Republic of Chile at the International Court of Justice (2008 until now); former Ambassador of Peru to the United States and former Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS); Senior Professor of International Law at the Catholic University of Peru (since 1972) and University of Lima; Senior Professor and former Dean of the Law School at Universidad del Pacífico; Professor of International Law at the Diplomatic Academy of Peru (1973 – 1989); Senior Partner of Estudio Luis Echecopar García in Lima; Member of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) of Paris; author of several books and many academic articles on issues of International Law, Law of the Sea and International Relations, among other matters. Tel.: +51 (1) 618-8525; +51 (1) 991688101; fax: +51 (1) 372- 7374; e-mail: [email protected].

19 - 02 - 1999 31 - 07 - 2013

Dr. DIEGO GARCÍA-SAYÁN LARRABURE, Lawyer; President and Judge of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights; General Director of the Andean Commission of Jurists; former Minister of Foreign Affairs; former Minister of Justice and former Congressman of Peru; former Legal Counsel of the Board of the Central Bank of Peru; former Chairperson of the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances of the United Nations; former Representative of the UN Secretary-General for the verification and implementation of the Peace Accords in El Salvador (ONUSAL); former Adviser of the UN Negotiating Team in the Guatemalan peace negotiations and former Member of the Executive Committee of the International Commission of Jurists (Geneva, Switzerland); Member of the Executive Council of the Inter-American Institute for Human Rights, headquartered San José, Costa Rica; member of the Inter-American Dialogue (Washington D.C.); Founding Member of the Peruvian Center for International Studies (CEPEI); Member of the Peruvian Society of International Law; Professor at the Catholic University of Peru and of the Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas in Lima; Visiting Professor at the American University, Washington College of Law and at the Université de Paris III; author of several books and articles related to international law, human rights and foreign affairs.

23 - 12 - 2005 18 - 03 - 2013

Dr. JUAN JOSÉ RUDA SANTOLARIA, Legal Adviser of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru; Secretary of the Ad hoc Advisory Commission on Maritime Delimitation matters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru; Attorney at Law, Catholic University of Peru; Former Director of the International Studies Institute, Catholic University of Peru; Professor of International Law and International Organizations courses, Catholic University of Peru; Former Professor at the Diplomatic Academy of Peru; Former Professor at the XXIII External Course of the Hague International Law Academy in Lima; Member of the Inter-American Federation of Lawyers, Member of the Hispanic Luso American Institute of International Law; Author of several publications; Holds a Doctorate from Deusto University, Bilbao, Spain; Address: Calle Punta Negra 710, Orrantia del Mar, Lima 17; tel.: +51 (1) 204 24 50; e-mail: [email protected].

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31 - 07 - 2013

Dr. WALTER JORGE ALBAN PERALTA, Professor at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP) with more than 40 years of professional experience in law, especially in the area of defence of human rights, as well as arbitration and other alternative mechanisms of dispute resolution; Executive Director of PROETICA (2015-2018); Professor at the Law Department of PUCP (2013-2015; 2008-2011); Minister of the Interior (2013); Permanent Representative of Peru to the Organization of American States (2011-2013); Ombudsman (2000-2005); First Deputy Ombudsman (1996-2000); Address: Calle Arca Parró 160, Dpto 4, San Isdidro, Lima, Peru; tel.: +51 (1) 421 56 13; +51 (1) 421 56 13; e-mail: [email protected].

21 – 03 – 2019

Philippines Philippines

Chief Justice (Ret.) ARTEMIO V. PANGANIBAN was the Chief Justice of the Philippines and Chairperson of the Philippine Judicial Academy from 2005-2006. Prior to becoming Chief Justice, he served as Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines for 10 years from 1995-2005, and as Chairperson of 8 Supreme Court Committees from 1998-2005. He was Senior Partner of Panganiban Benitez Parlade Africa & Barinaga Law office

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(PABLAW) for more than 3 decades starting from 1963 to 1995. From 1996-2001, he became the only Filipino Member of the Pontifical Council for The Laity, appointed by Pope John Paul II for a 5-year term. He was the Former President Rotary Club of Manila from 1990-1991, which has been the first and largest in Asia. Additionally, from 1990-1991, he co-founded and became President of the National Union of Students of the Philippines. He finished his Associate in Arts with Highest Honors at the Far Eastern University in 1956, and his law degree as Cum Laude at the same university 4 years after. Moreover, he received Honorary Doctoral Degrees in several universities in the Philippines. Furthermore, he is an Honorary Member of the Consular Corps of the Philippines, Phi Kappa Phi International Honor Society (UP Chapter), and San Beda Law A!umni Association. CJ Panganiban (Ret.) is a recipient of numerous awards such as: The Renaissance Jurist of the 21st Century, given by the Supreme Court during his retirement in 2006; Sole awardee of the Most Outstanding Law Alumnus for 1988, awarded by the Far Eastern University Law Alumni-Association; Most Outstanding Practicing Lawyer of the Consumers' Union of the Philippines in 1994; and the Golden Helm Award, bestowed by the Senate of West Bertin and the International Association of Helmsmen, Berlin in 1984. In addition, he wrote several books about the judiciary, the latest one entitled 'With Due Respect' published in 2012. Currently, he is the Chairman of the Philippine Chapter of ASEAN Law Association, the Chairman Emeritus of the Philippine Dispute Resolution Center, Inc., as well as Consultant of the Judicial and Bar Council. Chief Justice (Ret.) RENATO S. PUNO was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 2006 to 2010. He was Former Solicitor at the Office of the Solicitor General from 1971-1974. In 1986, he was appointed Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals, and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court seven years after. He finished his Bachelor of Science in Jurisprudence and his Bachelor of Laws at the University of the Philippines in 1962. He obtained his Master of Comparative Laws at the Southern Methodist University in Texas in 1967 and his Master of Laws at the University of California in 1968. Likewise, he finished all academic requirements of the degree of Doctor of Juridical Science at the University of Illinois in 1969. Furthermore, he received Honorary Doctoral Degrees in numerous universities in the Philippines. Moreover, CJ Puna (Ret.) is a recipient of many distinctions such as The American Jurisprudence Prize for excellence in U.S. Constitutional Structure given by the Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Co. of New York; Honorary citizenship granted by the State of Texas, U.S.A. in 1966; One of the Distinguished Citizens of the Philippines in 1980; Grand Lodge Gold Medal in 1988, the highest awarded of the Grand Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons of the Republic of the Philippines; and Human Cultural Asset International Awardee for 2008 given in Seoul, Korea by the World Peace Prize Awarding Council.

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Justice (Ret.) JOSE C. VITUG was the Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines for 10 years from 1993-2004, and designated concurrently during incumbency as Acting Chief Justice on 17-23 May and 25-27 May 2004. He previously chaired the Court Committee on Legal Education and Bar Matters, and the 2003 and 1997 Bar examinations in the Philippines. In 2007, he became the Consultant at the Office of the Solicitor General. He obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree as Cum Laude in 1956, Master of Laws in 1962, and his Master of National Security Administration in 1975. As an academician, he was former Dean at Arellano Law Foundation, former Professor and Professorial Chair at Chung Chi College in Hong Kong, and former Professor at numerous universities in the Philippines. He was likewise a Fellow of the Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute of Canada in 2000. In the private sector, he counseled ABS-CBN Corporation, Marinduque Mining and Industrial Corporation, Sierra Madre Development Corporation, and other corporations in the Philippines. Moreover, he had been a Philippine Delegate to numerous international fora such as the First International Forum for Training of the Judiciary in Jerusalem in 2002, the Millennium Law Conference in Singapore in 2000, the Global Conference on Anti-Corruption and Safeguarding Integrity in Washington D.C., U.S.A. in 1999, among other conferences. Justice Vitug was conferred multiple awards and commendations such as Outstanding Senior Professor of Law and installed in Hall of Fame by the Legal Education Board, the Commission on Higher Education, the Philippine Association of Law Schools and the Ateneo Law Schoolin 2012; A "Special Tribute” by the Court of Tax Appeals wherein a court library is named after him; Outstanding Filipino (TOFIL) Award from the Philippine Jaycees Senators in 2001; and the First GAWAD Arellano Achievement Award in 2001. He also received Commendations, Certificates of Recognition and Certificates of Appreciation from government and non-government

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institutions. Furthermore, he is an author of several textbooks about law and jurisprudence as well as various published articles in periodicals, journals, and reviews. His selected ponencias/presentations and separate opinions are also published by the Supreme Court of the Philippines. At present, he is Senior Professor at the Philippine Judicial Academy of San Seda Law Graduate School, Chairman of Board of Trustees of Angeles University Foundation Medical Center, Independent Director of ABS-CBN Holdings Corporation and Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Inc., and Trustee and Law Dean at Angeles University. Dr. RAUL C. PANGALANGAN, Judge of the International Criminal Court, The Hague (since 2015); Professor of Law (from 1984) and Law Dean (1999-2005), University of the Philippines; Corps of Professors, Philippine Judicial Academy; Delegate to the Rome Diplomatic Conference to establish the International Criminal Court (1998); Executive Secretary, Asian Development Bank Administrative Tribunal (1992-2006); Academic and Governmental Expert, ICRC study on customary international humanitarian law (2005). He received his LL.M. (1986) and S.J.D. (1990) from the Harvard Law School and holds the Diplôme of The Hague Academy of International Law (1987). He has served as expert or counsel in international law and constitutional law cases before the Supreme Court of the Philippines and in international arbitration cases.

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Poland Pologne

Prof. Dr. hab. ANNA WYROZUMSKA, Professor of Public International Law and European Union Law, University of Lodz; Head of the Department of European Constitutional Law; President of the Legal Advisory Committee of the Minister of Foreign Affairs; Member of the Legislative Council, an advisory body of the Council of Ministers; counsel and judge ad hoc in cases before the European Court of Human Rights; conciliator and alternate member of the Bureau of the Court of Conciliation and Arbitration within the OSCE; former Director of the Department of Legal and Consular Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2000-2001); 1997/1998 member of the Polish delegation at the Rome Conference on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court; 2002 member of the Ad Hoc Committee on jurisdictional immunities of States and their property; member of the Polish delegation to the UN General Assembly Sixth Committee. Faculty of Law and Administration, PI-90-232 Lodz, Poland, Kopcińskiego 8/12, tel.: 48-42 6354038;e-mail: [email protected].

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Prof. Dr. ELŻBIETA KARSKA, Habilitated Doctor of Law (Higher Doctorate) (2010); Ph.D. in Law (cum laude) (2004); Master in Law (2001), University of Wroclaw; Professor and Head of the Department of Human Rights Protection and International Humanitarian Law (since 2010) and Director of the Institute of International Law, the European Union and International Relations (since 2014), Faculty of Law and Administration, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw; Member of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), Council of Europe, Strasbourg (since 2017); Member of the Management Board of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), Vienna (since 2017); Expert for the Human Dimension Mechanism, Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (independent expert enrolled on the list of ODHIR 'Moscow Mechanism') (since 2017); Member of the Legal Advisory Committee of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland, Warsaw (since 2016); Member of the International Law Association (ILA), London (since 2011); Member (2011-2018) and Chairperson-Rapporteur (2014-2016) of the UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination, UN Human Rights Council, Geneva; Judge ad hoc of the European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg (2010-2012). Wóycickiego 1/3, Bldg. 17, 01-938 Warszawa, Poland; E-mail: [email protected].

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Prof. Dr. hab. ROMAN KWIECIEŃ, graduated in law and philosophy, professor of law. Now he serves as a professor at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Faculty of Law and Administration, Department of Public International Law. He is also a member of the Legal Advisory Committee to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland and an alternate member in the Court of Conciliation and Arbitration within the OSCE. His teaching and research interests focus on international law, particularly the legal position of States, the theory and philosophy of international law, the law of treaties, the use of force, as well as EU law and legal philosophy. PL-31-007 Kraków, Gołębia 9, Poland; tel. +48 12 663 12 10; e-mail: [email protected].

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Prof. Dr. hab. CEZARY MIK, Professor of International Law and European Law, Head of the Chair of International and European Law at the Faculty of Law and Administration (since 1998), Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University (Warsaw, state university); Member of the Council of the Prokuratoria Generalna Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (state office responsible for representing the interests of the state and state companies before international and national courts and arbitral tribunals); legal expert in international and EU law at the Chancellery of Sejm (parliament) and at the State Environmental Protection Institute; member of the Advisory Committee of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and of the Maritime Law Commission at the Polish Academy of Sciences (Gdańsk); author of many books, articles as well as opinions for different state institutions and law firms in the field of international law and EU law. Areas of interests: theory of international law (esp. theory of obligations, pacta sunt servanda), substantive international law (law of the sea, international economic law, organizations of regional economic integration, human rights), EU law (legal order, internal market, media law, maritime law). Contact: 01-938 Warsaw, Poland, 1/3 Wóycickiego str.; E- mail: [email protected].

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Portugal Portugal

Dr. JOSÉ MIGUEL JÚDICE, Former President of the Portuguese Bar Association (2002-5) and of its Human Rights Institute (2003-4); Lawyer (Founding Partner of PLMJ since 1980) and International Arbitrator; Member of ICSID Roster of Arbitrators and Conciliators (since 2011) and of ICC International Court of Arbitration (since 2009); Professor of Constitutional Law and Political Science (1972-4), International Public Law (1979-81) , Business Law (since 2004), Energy and Politics, Dispute Resolution. Avenida da Liberdade, 224, 1250-148 Lisbon, Portugal; e-mail: [email protected]; website: www.josemigueljudice-arbitration.com.

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Dr. MIGUEL DE SERPA SOARES, Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel; former Director of the Legal Department of the Foreign Affairs Ministry; former Legal Counsellor of the Permanent Representation of Portugal with the EU in Brussels; Member of the Portuguese Bar. Palácio das Necessidades, Largo do Rilvas, 1399-030 Lisbon, Portugal, tel.: +351 21 3946130, e-mail: [email protected].

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Prof. JOSÉ MANUEL SÉRVULO CORREIA, Doctor of Law (University of Lisbon); Emeritus Professor of the Law School of the University of Lisbon (Public Law); former Member of the Parliament and of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe; former Secretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Co-agent and Counsel of the Portuguese Republic in the case of East-Timor in the International Court of Justice; Member of the Portuguese Bar. Rua Garret, 64, 1200-204 Lisbon, Portugal; tel.: +351 21 093 30 00; fax: +351 21 093 30 01.

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Prof. PATRÍCIA GALVÃO TELES, Member of the United Nations International Law Commission. Professor of International Law at the Autonomous University of Lisbon and Senior Legal Consultant for International Law at the Legal Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Portugal. Former Legal Counsellor of the Permanent Representation of Portugal to the European Union in Brussels. PhD and Master in International Law from the Graduate Institute of International Studies (Geneva, Switzerland) and a Law Degree from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon. Palácio das Necessidades, Largo do Rilvas, 1399-030 Lisbon, Portugal; e-mail: [email protected]

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Romania Roumanie

Mr. BOGDAN AURESCU, Minister of Foreign Affairs (November 2014 – present). Between 2009 and 2014 he held the position of State Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, for Strategic Affairs, European Affairs and Global Affairs respectively. He was the Romanian Agent before the International Court of Justice, coordinating the activity of the team which represented Romania in the case against Ukraine before the International Court of Justice on Maritime Delimitation in the Black Sea, finalized on 3 February 2009. Between 2010 and 2011, he was head of the Romanian delegation for the negotiations on the Romanian-American Ballistic Missile Defense Agreement, and of the Joint Declaration on the Strategic Partnership for the 21st Century between Romania and USA. Bogdan Aurescu is a University Professor within the Public Law Department of the Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest. He has a PhD in legal sciences and finalized a post-doctoral advanced research programme in the fields of International Law of Human

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Rights, Humanitarian International Law, Refugees Law and Criminal Law. He is author, co-author or editor of 15 volumes in the field of International Law, 20 chapters in volumes, 16 studies in volumes of international conferences and of more than 120 articles, studies, comments and book reviews published in Romanian or foreign journals. As a substitute member (independent expert) of the Venice Commission, he was rapporteur or co-rapporteur for 23 reports, opinions or studies of this body. Tel.: +40 21 3192199; fax: +40 21 3192354; e-mail: [email protected].

Prof. Dr. RALUCA MIGA BEŞTELIU, Doctor of Law; Head of the Public Law Chair, Nicolae Titulescu University; Professor of International Law, Faculty of Law, Bucharest University; member of the Romanian Branch of the International Law Association (ILA); member of the scientific board of the Year Book of the University of Bucharest; member (conciliator) of the Court of Conciliation and Arbitration of the OSCE; member of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI, Council of Europe); former Judge ad-hoc at the European Court of Human Rights; former member of the expert group for drafting the Convention on Conciliation and Arbitration of OSCE; former UN expert in the expert group appointed by the Human Rights Committee. 6D Ana Davila st., Bucharest 76244, Romania; tel.: +40 21 4109 511; e-mail: [email protected]; [email protected].

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Ms. ALINA OROSAN is the Director of the International Law and Treaties Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since November 2010. She completed a Master Program on European Institutions and Regulations from the University Babeș-Bolyai and an International and European Law Scholarschip Program at the University of Utrecht. She authored various publications. Aleea Alexandru no.31, sector 1, Bucharest, Romania ; E-mail: [email protected]

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Ms. ANCA MARIA STOICA, Director of the Department for European Affairs of the Romanian Ministry of Justice. She previously held positions at the National Institute for Magistracy, Linklaters London and the First Instance Court (II District) in Bucharest. She completed her LL.M in EC Law in 2005. Bd. 13 Septembrie, Nr.225, BL.V 52, Sc.2, Ap.45, Sector 5, Bucharest, Romania; tel.: +40 723 557787; e-mail: [email protected], [email protected].

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Russian Federation Fédération de Russie

Mr. KIRILL G. GEVORGIAN Ambassador; Member of the Collegium; Director of the Legal Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation; Vice-President of the Russian Association of International Law; former Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (2003-2009). Tel.: +7 499 241 7718; fax: +7 499 241 1166; e-mail: [email protected].

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Mr. ROMAN A. KOLODKIN, Ambassador. Head of the Legal Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation; Associate Member, Institute of International Law; Member, International Law Commission; Member, Scientific Board of the Eurasian Institute of International Law; Vice-President and Member of the Executive Board, Russian Association of International Law. Previously held the positions of Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands; Deputy Director, Legal Department, Assistant to and Head of Staff of the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs; Legal Officer, Committee on Inter-Republic Relations, Supreme Soviet Parliament; Legal Officer, Ministry of Merchant Marine. Author of several publications. Degree in international law. 32-34 Smolenskaya/Sennaya pl., 119200, Moscow; Tel.: +7 499 244 1864; Fax: +7 499 244 2166; E-mail: [email protected].

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Mr. KAMIL ABDULOVICH BEKIASHEV, Doctor of Law; Professor; Head of International Law Department, Kutafin Moscow State Law Academy; Honored Lawyer of the Russian Federation. Specializations: public international law, law of the sea, international organizations, private international law. 9 Sadovo-Kudrinskaya St., Moscow 123286, Russian Federation; tel.: +7 495 433 98 98; fax: +7 495 313 34 21.

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Mr. STANISLAV VALENTINOVICH TCHERNICHENKO, Doctor of Law; Professor; Adviser, International Law and International Security Center, Institute of Contemporary International Studies, Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation; Honored Scholar of the Russian Federation. 53/2 Ostozhenka St.,

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Moscow 119929, Russian Federation; tel.: +7 495 209 09 19, fax: +7 495 244 18 78.

Singapore Singapour

Mr. TOMMY KOH is currently Ambassador-At-Large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Special Advisor to the Institute of Policy Studies; and Chairman of the Governing Board of the Centre for International Law at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He is the Chairman of the International Advisory Committee of the Master’s degree on Environmental Management (NUS). He is also the Co-Chairman of the Asian Development Bank’s Advisory Committee on Water and Sanitation. He is Rector of the Tembusu College, at NUS, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the SymAsia Foundation of Credit Suisse. He had served as Dean of the Faculty of Law of NUS, Singapore’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York, Ambassador to the United States of America, High Commissioner to Canada and Ambassador to Mexico. He was President of the Third UN Conference on the Law of the Sea and the Chairman of the Preparatory Committee for and the Main Committee of the UN Conference on Environment and Development. He was the Founding Chairman of the National Arts Council, founding Executive Director of the Asia-Europe Foundation and former Chairman of the National Heritage Board. He was also Singapore’s Chief Negotiator for the US-Singapore Free Trade Agreement. He acted as Singapore’s Agent in two legal disputes with Malaysia. He has chaired two dispute panels for the WTO. He is the Co-Chairman of the China-Singapore Forum, the Japan-Singapore Symposium and the India-Singapore Strategic Dialogue. In 2006, Prof. Koh received the Champion of the Earth Award from UNEP and the inaugural President’s Award for the Environment from Singapore. He was conferred with honorary doctoral degrees in law by Yale and Monash Universities. Harvard University conferred on him the Great Negotiator Award in 2014. Professor Tommy Koh c/o Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tanglin, Singapore 248163.

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Mr. SUNDARESH MENON, SC, is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Singapore. He was formerly the Attorney-General of Singapore before he was appointed Judge of Appeal of the Supreme Court on 1 August 2012 and, thereafter, elevated to his current appointment on 6 November 2012. Formerly the Managing Partner of one of the largest Singapore law firms, Rajah & Tann LLP, he practiced in the field of commercial arbitration and litigation for more than 20 years. Menon has been recognized by a number of legal journals, including the 2009 Best Lawyers ® Annual Guide to Litigation and ADR, PLC Cross-Border Dispute Resolution Handbook 2009, the Chambers Global Guide, Chambers Asia, the Best Lawyers Guide, Asia Pacific Legal 500, Who’s Who Legal, International Who’s Who of Commercial Arbitrators, the Guide to the World’s Leading Experts in Commercial Arbitration, the Guide to the World’s Leading Insolvency and Restructuring Lawyers, Euromoney’s Guide to the World’s Leading Real Estate Lawyers and Euromoney’s Guide to the World’s Leading Litigation Lawyers as being one of Singapore’s and Asia’s leading lawyers in the fields of commercial litigation and arbitration, insolvency and construction law. Menon was named among the leading international arbitration practitioners in the world by the Chambers Global Guide 2006. Menon previously served as Deputy Chairman of the SIAC. He is also a member of the Main Panel of Arbitrators of the SIAC, the Panel of Arbitrators of the Beijing Arbitration Commission and the Panel of Arbitrators of the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board, and a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators. He represented Singapore as a delegate of the UNCITRAL Working Group on International Arbitration from 2003-2005 and from 2009-2010. During his term as Judicial Commissioner, he presided over several prominent criminal and civil cases in the High Court. After his stint at the Bench, he returned to Rajah & Tann becoming the Managing Partner in August 2009, a position he held until his appointment as the Attorney-General on 1 October 2010. Mr. Sundaresh Menon c/o Supreme Court of Singapore, 1 Supreme Court Lane, Singapore 178879.

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Mr. LIONEL YEE, SC, is a Deputy Attorney-General of Singapore. Prior to his current appointment, he was the Solicitor-General from 1 February 2014 to 13 January 2017. He served as a Judicial Commissioner of the Singapore Supreme Court from February 2013 to January 2014 and was Singapore’s Second Solicitor-General from January 2011 to January 2013. Between July 2008 and May 2012, Yee was Director-General of the International Affairs Division in the Attorney-General’s Chambers of Singapore, which provides advice on public international law to all agencies of the Singapore Government. He has also served as Legal Advisor in the Permanent Mission of Singapore to the United Nations in New York and has represented Singapore in legal disputes before the

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International Court of Justice, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and a Dispute Settlement Panel of the World Trade Organization. Yee was appointed a Senior Counsel in 2013. Mr. Lionel Yee c/o Attorney-General’s Chambers, 1 Upper Pickering Street, Singapore 058288.

Mr. CHAN SEK KEONG is currently a Distinguished Fellow at the National University of Singapore, Faculty of Law and a member of the Panel of Arbitrators of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes. Born in 1937 in Perak, Federated Malay States (now Malaysia), he graduated from the University of Malaya in Singapore with a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) degree in 1961. He was called to the Malayan Bar and the Singapore Bar a year later. He practiced as a lawyer in the Federation of Malaya and Singapore for 24 years before joining public service in Singapore, first as a Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Singapore in July 1986, then as a Judge of the Supreme Court from July 1988 to April 1992, and then as Attorney-General of Singapore from May 1992 to April 2006. He was a Member of the Military Court of Appeal from 1971 to 1986, the Judge Advocate-General of the Singapore Armed Forces from June 1992 to December 2001 and one of the Government’s nominees to the Panels of Arbitrators and Conciliators of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes from 1981 to 1992. He was appointed the Chief Justice of Singapore on 11 April 2006 and retired as Chief Justice and Judge of the Supreme Court on his 75th birthday on 5 November 2012. As Attorney General, he was conferred the Distinguished Service Award (Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang “D.U.B.C.”) on 9 August 1999, and as Chief Justice, he was conferred the Order of Temasek (Darjah Utama Temasek “D.U.T.”) (Second Class) by the Government of Singapore on 9 August 2008 for his outstanding contributions to Singapore. He was also elected as an Honorary Bencher of Lincoln’s Inn in July 2008. On 21 November 2009, he was conferred the International Jurists Award in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the administration of justice. He was conferred the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws by the National University of Singapore on 5 July 2010. He was also conferred the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws by the Singapore Management University on 25 July 2013. He also holds the title of “Dato Seri” of the State of Perak, Malaysia (Darjah Dato’ Seri Paduka Mahkota Perak “S.P.M.P.”), conferred on him by His Royal Highness, Sultan Azlan Shah, Sultan of Perak, on 19 April 1999. Address: Mr. Chan Sek Keong c/o 29 Victoria Park Road, Singapore 266509.

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Slovak Republic République slovaque

Prof. Dr. JÁN KLUČKA, Doctor of Law; Professor of International Law, Director of the Institute of European Law, Faculty of Law, P.J. Šafárik University, Košice; former Judge at the Court of Justice of the European Communities; former Judge at the Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic; Honorary President of the Slovak Society of International Law at the Slovak Academy of Sciences. P.J. Šafárik University, Faculty of Law, Institute of European Law, Ková_ska 26, P.O. Box A-45, 04075 Košice, Slovak Republic; e-mail: [email protected].

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Dr. PETER TOMKA, Jude and former President of the International Court of Justice; Doctor of Law; former Permanent Representative of Slovakia to the United Nations; former Member (Second Vice Chairman, 2000; Chairman of the Drafting Committee, 2001) of the United Nations International Law Commission; former Agent of Slovakia before the International Court of Justice in the Gab_íkovo-Nagymaros Project case (Hungary/Slovakia); Honorary President of the Slovak Society of International Law at the Slovak Academy of Sciences. International Court of Justice, Carnegieplein 2, 2517 KJ, The Hague, The Netherlands; fax: +31 70 302 2409; e-mail: [email protected].

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Dr. METOD ŠPAČEK, Director of the International Law Department of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic; Agent of Slovakia before the International Court of Justice; President of the Slovak Branch of the International Law Association; Vice-President of the Slovak Society of International Law at the Slovak Academy of Sciences; Lecturer of International Law at the Faculty of Law of Comenius University in Bratislava. Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic, Hlboká cesta 2, 83336 Bratislava, Slovak Republic; tel.: +421 2 5978 3711; email: [email protected].

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Dr. VÁCLAV MIKULKA, PhD in International Law; Assistant Professor in International Law, Masaryk University, Brno (1974-1977); Legal Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia (1977-1986); Deputy Permanent Representative of Czechoslovakia to the

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United Nations, New York (1987-1991); Legal Advisor/Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia (1991-1192); Legal Advisor, General Credit Bank, Prague (1993-1994); Counsel/Advisor Law Offices Vyroubal & Krajhanzl, Prague (1994-1998); Co-Agent and Counsel of Slovakia before the International Court of Justice in the case concerning the Gabcikovo-Nagymaros Project (1993-1998); Advisor for International Law, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic (1993-19985); Director, Codification Division, United Nations, New York (1999-2007); Director, Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, United Nations, New York (2007-2009); Director, Codification Division, United Nations, New York (2009-2012). 455 Main Street Apt 5D, New York 10044, United States of America; [email protected]

Slovenia Slovénie

Prof. Dr. MIRJAM ŠKRK, Professor of International Law, Head of the Chair of International Law, Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana; former Judge (1998-2008) and Vice-President (2005-2008) of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Slovenia; part-time legal advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia (1992-1998); member of the expert group for the boundary negotiations between Slovenia and Croatia (1992-1998); member of the Slovenian delegation for the negotiations on the succession of states issues to the former SFRY (1992-2001); member of the Slovenian delegation to the UN Diplomatic Conference on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court (1998); conciliator and former arbitrator of the Court on Conciliation and Arbitration within the OSCE and (alternate) member of the Court's Bureau (1995-2007); Agent for Slovenia before the PCA Arbitration between the Republic of Croatia and the Republic of Slovenia. Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana, Poljanski nasip 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; tel.: +386 1 420 31 18; fax: +386 1 420 31 30; e-mail: [email protected].

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Dr. MIŠA ZGONEC-ROŽEJ is currently a Legal Officer in the Registry’s Legal Office of the International Criminal Court. She was formerly an Associate Fellow in international law at Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London (2012-2016); a Senior Counsellor in London based law firm Lindeborg – Counsellors at Law (2016-2017); a Legal Advisor in the international justice team at Amnesty International’s Secretariat in London (2011-2012); an Associate Legal Officer in the Chambers of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (2005-2007); a Legal Assistant to the former President of the International Court of Justice, Judge Shi, and the former Vice-President of the Court, Judge Al-Khasawneh (2003-2004); a Teaching Fellow at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (2010-2014); a Teaching Associate at the Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana in Slovenia (1999-2005). She holds a PhD (2006) and a Master’s Degree (2002) in international law from the Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana, and an LL.M. (2003) from Columbia University School of Law, New York. She is also an Associate at Doughty Street Chambers, barristers’ chambers in London. She was a member of the International Law Association’s Committee on the International Criminal Court and is currently a member of the Committee on the Use of Force. She is the author of several articles and manuals, including the International Bar Association’s manual on international criminal law. Contact details: Oude Waalsdorperweg 10, 2597 AK, The Hague, The Netherlands; e-mail: [email protected].

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Spain Espagne

Mr. JUAN ANTONIO YANEZ-BARNUEVO, Career diplomat (retired); member of the Board of Trustees, the Executive Committee and the Scientific Council of the “Elcano” Royal Institute for International and Strategic Studies; Master’s Degree in Law from the Complutense University of Madrid and Diploma of International Law from Cambridge University; former Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; former Ambassador Permanent Representative of Spain to the United Nations; former representative of H.M. the King of Spain in the mediation between Uruguay and Argentina concerning the Uruguay river issues; former Chairman of the Sixth (Legal) Committee and former Vice-President of the United Nations General Assembly; former Head of the International Legal Department of the Spanish Foreign Ministry; former Head of the Spanish Delegation at the Rome Conference for an International Criminal Court and at the ICC Assembly of States Parties; former member and vice-president of the International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission under Article 90 of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions; former Head of the International Office of the President of the Government of Spain. Carretera de Humera, 1 (Aravaca), 28023-Madrid, Spain. Tel.: +34 91 3078017;

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e-mail: [email protected].

Prof. ANTONIO REMIRO BROTÓNS, Professor of Public International Law at the University of Autonoma of Madrid (UAM) from 1981; Director of the Program of Ph.D. and Advanced Studies in International Law and international Relations of the University Institute Ortega y Gasset (UIMP, Madrid) from 2001; tel.: +34 610 485053; e-mail: [email protected].

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Ms. ÁUREA ROLDÁN MARTÍN, Legal Adviser to the Council of State since 1994, Sections VI (Public Works, Infrastructures, Concessions of Public Services), I (Foreign Affairs and Public Administration), II (Justice). Former Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Justice (2014-2018); Responsible for the coordination of the legislative reforms on civil and commercial obligations law, anticorruption measures, compliance, credit agreements for consumers relating to residential immovable property, criminal code and international judicial cooperation in civil matters; Member of the Executive Council of Foreign Policy and of the Inter-Ministerial Committees on Refugees and Immigration, Brexit and Negotiations with the World Trade Organization. Former Counsellor of Justice at the Permanent Representation of Spain to the European Union (2012-2014), expertise in judicial cooperation in civil and criminal matters and data protection. Former Director General for Cultural Cooperation and Communication, Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport (2001-2004), expertise in intellectual property and trade in cultural goods and services. Legal expert in International Law (BITs, jurisdiction immunities), EU, Constitutional Law (protection of fundamental rights) and Administrative Law (State liability and expropriation cases). Doctor of International Relations, Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations.

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Mr. JOSÉ MARTÍN Y PÉREZ DE NANCLARES; Professor of Public International Law at the University of Salamanca, Spain (since 2009). Previously, he has also been Full Professor of Public International Law and Jean Monnet Professor in EU Law (2001-2009), Senior Lecturer of Public International Law (1996-2001) and Associate Professor of International Public Law (1994-1996) at the University of La Rioja, Spain. Previous positions: Director of the International Law Department (Legal Adviser) at the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (2012-2018); Spanish Representative in COJUR (Working Group International Public Law, EU) and CAHDI (Working Group International Public Law, Council of Europe) (2012-2018); Member of the Spanish Delegation at several meetings of the EU, Council of Europe, United Nations (6th Committee), States Parties Assembly of the International Criminal Court, etc.; Agent for Spain before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea; PhD in Law; author of several books on European and International Law issues.

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Sri Lanka Sri Lanka

Mr. JAYANTHA JAYASURIYA, President’s Counsel and Attorney General. Having successfully completed legal studies at the Sri Lanka law College with Honours at the Final Examination, he enrolled as an Attorney-at-Law in September 1982; joined the Attorney-General’s Department as State Counsel in November 1983; promoted to Senior State Counsel, Deputy Solicitor-General, Additional Solicitor-General and Senior Additional Solicitor-General. In March 2012, he was sworn in as President’s Counsel. Pursued research studies at the University of Hong Kong as a Commonwealth Scholar and was awarded with the degree of Master of Philosophy, for the thesis on Right to Fair Trial. Served as Trial Attorney in two UN War Crimes Tribunals; UNICTY and UNICTR. Since February 2016, he is the Attorney-General. Attorney General’s Department, Hulftsdorp, Colombo 12, Sri Lanka; Tel.: +94 11-2458293; Email: [email protected].

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Justice Dr. SHIRANI A. BANDARANAYAKE, former Chief of Justice of Sri Lanka. Born in April 1958 in Kurunegala, Sri Lanka, Dr. Shirani A. Bandaranayake obtained her Ph.D in Law in March 1986 from the University of London. Prior to that, Dr. Bandaranayake obtained her Master of Philosophy in Law (1983) and her LL.B (Hons.) (1980) from the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka and subsequently was called to the Bar (1983). Dr. Bandaranayake was awarded the Commonwealth Open Scholarship (1983), the Chevening Scholarship (1989) and Fulbright-Hays Fellowship (1996). Dr. Bandaranayake had functioned as a member of, inter alia, Human Rights Task Force, National Task Force on Forestry Legislation, National Task Force on Environmental Law, Working

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Committee for Law and Computers, Expert Working Committee on Banking and Law as well as, as a Commissioner of the Law Commission of Sri Lanka and as the Founder Co-Ordinator in Law at the then Kotalawela Defense Academy. Following a 16-year career in academia, serving as the Head of the Department, Dean of the Faculty of Law, Associate Professor of Law as well as the Acting Vice Chancellor of the University of Colombo and publishing well over 29 research papers and monographs, Dr. Bandaranayake became the youngest and the first female to be appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Sri Lanka; an unprecedented event in its over 200 year old history in October 1996. Having served in her capacity as a Judge of the Supreme Court for well over 14 years as well as functioning as the Acting Chief Justice on 11 occasions, she was appointed the first female Chief Justice of Sri Lanka in May 2011. Dr. Bandaranayake, in her capacity as a Judge and Chief Justice, had delivered over 320 considered Judgements and Determinations. Dr. Bandaranayake retired as the 43rd Chief Justice of Sri Lanka in January 2015. 170 Lake Drive, Colombo 08, Sri Lanka; Tel.: +94 776 975626; Email: [email protected].

Prof. SHARYA SCHARENGUIVEL is Professor of Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo and has been in the University System for almost forty years. Holding postgraduate degrees from Harvard and Oxford, she has held various senior positions at the University of Colombo, including Dean of the Faculty of Law, Head of the Department of Private and Comparative law and the Director of the Centre for the Study of Human Rights. She is a life member of Clare Hall Cambridge and has been the Benians Fellow of St John’s College Cambridge, Inns of Court Fellow, a visiting fellow of Balliol College Oxford, and Clare Hall Cambridge. She has widely published on Family law and the Rights of the Child. More recently she has written on Labour law and Legal systems. Her expertise in these areas has also been recognized by policy makers, as reflected in her membership in a number of governmental working groups, ministerial law reform committees as well as board membership of various organizations. She has served as a Commissioner at the Law Commission of Sri Lanka and as a member of the National Child Protection Authority. Faculty of Law, University of Colombo, Colombo 7, P.O. Box 1490, Sri Lanka. Tel: +94-1-2585638; Email: [email protected].

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Mr. HARSHA SOZA, President’s Counsel. Professional posts held include Vice-Chairman of the Rent Board of Review; Vice-Chairman of the Ceiling on Housing Property Board of Review; Chairman of the Professional Purposes Committee of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka; Chairman of Disciplinary Committee No. 9 of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka; Editor-in-Chief of the Bar Association Newsletter; Lecturer in Professional Ethics at the Sri Lanka Law College and Arbitrator in Commercial Arbitrations in Sri Lanka. Mr. Soza was admitted as an Attorney-at-Law of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka in 1974; admitted as Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England in June 1989 and appointed President’s Counsel in May 2004. He obtained his LL.B (Honours) from the University of London. 160/8 Polhengoda Road, Kirulapone, Colombo 05, Sri Lanka; Tel. +94 773546699.

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Sudan Soudan

Prof. Dr. (MULT) KAMIL EL TAYEB IDRIS, President World Arbitration and Mediation Court (WAMC); Bachelor of Law (LLB) from University of Khartoum (Sudan), Bachelor of Arts from Cairo University (Egypt), Master in International Affairs from Ohio University (USA), Doctorate in International Law from the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva University (Switzerland); Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and Secretary-General of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV), (Geneva, since November 1997); former Deputy Director General, WIPO (Geneva, 1994-1997); former Director, Development Cooperation and External Relations Bureau for Arab Countries (including the supervision of specific activities in Central and Eastern European countries (1990-1992), WIPO (Geneva, 1985-1994); former Senior Program Officer, Development Cooperation and External Relations Bureau for Africa, WIPO, (Geneva, 1982-1985); Attorney-at-Law, Advocate and Commissioner for Oaths, Sudan; Professor of International Law; Ambassador, Sudanese Foreign Service; former Legal Adviser, Permanent Mission of Sudan to the United Nations Office, Geneva (1979-1982); former Coordinator and Spokesman of the African Group and the Group of 77, Geneva (1981-1982); former Member, United Nations International Law Commission (ILC) (1992-1996) and (2000-2001). Address: 8-10 Chemin Des Limites, 1294 Genthod, Geneva, Switzerland; tel.: +44 744 8955691, +41 779 039059, +249 962 782222; e-mail: [email protected].

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Mr. OSMAN EL SHARF, Advocate, legal consultant and commissioner for Oaths (Notary Public), since September 1980; former member of the Judiciary (1972 -1980); former resident magistrate (Judge) of AL Managel Town, Medani Town and the Red See Hills at Port Sudan (1975-1980); former lecturer on Maritime Law at Red Sea University, Port Sudan (1997-2000). Supportive Experience: member of the Committee for the codification of The Draft of the Sudan Maritime Law 1996 and the successive Drafts and 2009 Draft whish passed as the Sudan Maritime Act 2010; member of the Committee for Review of the Civil Procedure Act, 1983 and Arbitration Chapter therein; Representative of the Bar Association at Port Sudan from 1992 up to 2001; Constituent member of the Pan-African Lawyers Union; Member of the International Lawyers Union; Assistant of the President of the Sudanese Bar Union; Member of the Permanent Office of the Arab Lawyers Union representing Sudanese Bar Union. Address: Kwuaitia Building, 3rd Tower 6th Floor, Eastern Flat, P.O. Box 17, Center of Khartoum, Sudan; tel.: +249 183 776166; fax: +249 183 775459; mob: +249 912306002; fax: +249 311 824937; e-mail: [email protected].

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Mr. SIRAJUDDIN HAMID YOUSIF, Attorney at Law & Commissioner for Oaths, stared his legal career at the early 80's and his general profile is built on knowledge and well gained experience and legal practice since 1980 as an Attorney at Law with renowned International Legal firms. Began his diplomatic career at the early 90's based on good related specialized skills, combined with a solid background in legal practice, International Law and public relations. He represented his country in several international multilateral bodies, delegations, conferences and diplomatic missions all around the world. Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of the Sudan to the Netherlands (2010-2013), Russian Federation (2008-2010) also accredited as Ambassador resident in Moscow to Ukraine, Belarus, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan; Uganda (2001-2005) Burundi (2002-2005), Rwanda (2002-2005). Address: Sirajuddin Hamid Yousif & Partners, Attorneys at Law & Commissioners for Oaths, PO Box 13449, Khartoum 11111, Sudan; tel. (Home): +249 183 285893; mob: +249 912 315888; e-mail: [email protected].

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Dr. Justice ABDEL RAHMAN IBRAHIM EL KHALIFA, D.C.L., LL.M., LL.B.; Advocate, Consultant and Commissioner of Oaths; Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Khartoum; Former Director of Public Prosecution, Ministry of Justice and Attorney General’s Chambers, Sudan; Former Legal Advisor for Civil Aviation and Criminal Administration, Khartoum; Judge of the Arab Investment Court, The Arab League (2004-2007); Participant in negotiations of various Bilateral Air Agreements, Peace Talks and Boundary Disputes involving Sudan. P.O. Box 1366, 11111 Khartoum, Sudan; tel.: +249 183 799 240; fax: +249 183 783 599; e-mail: [email protected].

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Sweden Suède

Ms. MARIE JACOBSSON, Ambassador and Principal Legal Adviser on International Law at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, SE-103 39 Stockholm, Sweden; tel.:+46 8 405 10 00; fax: +46 8 723 11 76; e-mail: [email protected].

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Mr. MATS MELIN, President of the Swedish Supreme Administrative Court; former Justice of the Swedish Supreme Administrative Court; former Presiding judge at the Svea Court of Appeal in Stockholm; former Chief Parliamentary Ombudsman of Sweden; former Chef de cabinet of the Swedish member of the Court at the Court of Justice of the European Communities, SE-103 17 Stockholm, Sweden, tel.: +46 8 561 676 16; fax: +46 8-561 678 20; e-mail: [email protected].

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Ms. ELINOR HAMMARSKJÖLD, Ambassador and Director General for Legal Affairs at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs; agent of the Swedish Government before the European Court of Human Rights, SE-10 339 Stockholm, Sweden; tel. +46 8 405 10 00; fax: +46 8 723 11 76; e-mail: [email protected].

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Switzerland Suisse

M. ROBERTO BALZARETTI, Ambassadeur, Jurisconsulte du Département fédéral des affaires étrangères, Directeur de la Direction du droit international public, Docteur en droit : Taubenstrasse 16, CH-3003 Bern, Suisse ; fax : +41 58 46 49073 ; courriel : [email protected]

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Thailand Thaïlande

His Excellency Mr. ARUN PANUPONG, Docteur en droit, Universite De Paris; former Director-General of the Department of Treaties and Legal Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; former Ambassador of Thailand to Indonesia, to the Soviet Union concurrently to Mongolia, to the United States and to France concurrently to Algeria and to UNESCO; member of the State Council; professor of law at Thammasat University and Chulalongkorn University (Bangkok, Thailand). 739/55 Puttan Village, Petchkasem 81 (Macharoen Road), Nongkham, Bangkok 10160, Thailand; tel.:/fax: + 662 420 7973.

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Dr. PRAJIT ROJANAPHRUK, Doctor at de I'Université Paris; Adviser to Constitutional Court of Thailand; former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Philippines, the Soviet Union and Mongolia; former Director-General of the Department of Treaties & Legal Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; former Senator; Advisor to the Foreign Relations Commission of the National Legislative Assembly; Managing Director, Dr. Prajit Law Office. 92/136 Muang Ake Village, Project III, Lakhok Sub-District, Muang District, Pathum Thani Province 12000, Thailand.

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Mr. THANA DUANGRATANA joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1980 and had several positions at the Department of Treaties and Legal Affairs. From 1994-2001 he was the Deputy Director-General of the Department of Treaties and Legal Affairs, and from 2001-2003 the Director-General. Between 2003-2009, he was Ambassador of Thailand to the Netherlands, France and Malaysia respectively. He retired from the Foreign Service in 2012 and acted as Vice Minister attached to the Prime Minister’s Office from 2012-2014. Mr. Duangratana completed his Doctorat de 3ème cycle (Droit International Public et Privé) from the University of Paris.

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Prof. Em. VITIT MUNTARBHORN, Professor of Law at the Chulalongkom University, Bangkok, Thailand.

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Turkey Turquie

Prof. Dr. YUSUF AKSAR 02 - 11 - 2015

Prof. Dr. ALI YEŞILIMARK, Head of the Department of International Law at Blacksea Technical University; Member, International Law Association; Member, European Society of International Law. Author of various publications.

02 - 11 - 2015

Associate Prof. Dr. MEHMET ALI ZENGIN, Head of Constitutional Law, Faculty of Law, Yildirim Beyazit University; Member, Turkish Parliament, Reconciliation Committee; Member, European Health Law Association, Scotland; Member, Ankara Provencial Committee of Human Rights. Author of various books, papers and articles. Yildirim Beyazit University Faculty of Law, Cinnah Caddessi 16/A, 06690 Çankaya, Ankara, Turkey; Tel.: +90 312 466 7533; E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected].

02 - 11 - 2015

Dr. MEHMET BEDII KAYA, Assistant Professor at the Administrative Law Department, Yildirim Beyazit University; Lecturer, Istanbul Bilgi University Information Technologies Law Institute; Member of the Commission of Law, Turkish Council of Higher Education; Member of Editorial Board, Yildirim Beyazit Law Journal. Published various books and articles. Yildirim Beyazit University Faculty of Law, Cinnah Caddessi 16/A, 06690 Çankaya, Ankara, Turkey; Tel. +90 312 466 7533; E-mail: [email protected]; Website: www.mbkaya.com.

02 - 11 2015

Uganda Ouganda

Justice BART M. KATUREEBE is the Chief Justice of Uganda since March 2015, has been a Justice of the Supreme Court since 2005, served as an elected delegate to the Constituent Assembly that debated and promulgated the 1995 Constitution of Uganda,

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was a Member of Parliament and a Cabinet Minister in the Government of Uganda including serving as the Minister of Justice and Attorney General. Before becoming a Justice of the Supreme Court, he founded and became Managing Partner of Kampala Associated Advocates, still one of the leading Law Firms in Uganda to-day.

Justice BENJAMIN ODOKI is the former Chief Justice of Uganda, Director of the Uganda Law Development Centre, Director of Public Prosecutions, Judge of the High Court of Uganda, Justice of the Supreme Court, Chairperson of the constitutional Commission, and Chairperson of the Judicial Service Commission.

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Mr. FRANCIS ATOKE is the Solicitor General of Uganda, and Chair of the Justice Law and Order Sector (JLOS). He has held the position of Administrator General/Public Trustee of Uganda, Deputy Chair of the AU Committee on the Drafting of the Convention on the Protection and Assistance to Internally Displaced Persons in Africa. He has an LLM in international law (Law of war, Human Rights and Terrorism), Post graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, and Bachelors of Laws Degree; and various courses in Mediation and Arbitration, he has been involved in a number of arbitration cases on behalf of Uganda.

23 – 08 - 2018

Mr. PETER KABATSI has a Bachelor of Laws Degree, Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice. He is an Attorney and Notary (Lesotho), Member of the International Law Commission (Geneva), and former Solicitor General of Uganda.

23 – 08 - 2018

United Kingdom Royaume-Uni

Rt Hon LADY ARDEN OF HESWALL, Justice of the Supreme Court since October 2018; ad hoc judge of the European Court of Human Rights since 2000. C/o The Supreme Court, Parliament Square, London, SW1P 3BD, United Kingdom.

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Sir FRANKLIN DELOW BERMAN, KCMG, QC, barrister and international arbitrator; Legal Adviser to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1991-1999; ad hoc Judge of the International Court of Justice 2003-2005; visiting Professor of International Law, University of Oxford and Cape Town since 2000. C/o Essex Court Chambers, 24 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3EG, United Kingdom.

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Sir CHRISTOPHER GREENWOOD, CMG QC, Judge of the International Court of Justice since 2009; former Professor of International Law School at the London School of Economics. C/0 International Court of Justice, Peace Palace, Carnegieplein 2, 2517, The Hague, The Netherlands; fax: +31 70 302 23 23

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Sir IAIN MACLEOD KCMG, Legal Adviser to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office since 2011. Foreign and Commonwealth Office, King Charles Street, London, SW1A 2AH, United Kingdom. Tel.: +44 020 7008 1500

02 – 10 - 2018

United States of America États-Unis d’Amérique

Ms. JENNIFER G. NEWSTEAD, Legal Adviser to the State Department. Office of the Legal adviser, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC 20520, U.S.A.; tel.: +1 202 647 9598; fax: +1 202 647 7096.

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Mr. BRIAN J. EGAN, Legal Adviser for the U.S. Department of State from 2016-2017; Steptoe & Johnson LLP, 1330 Connecticut Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20036, U.S.A.

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Uruguay Uruguay Dr. CARLOS ALBERTO MATA PRATES is doctor of Law and Sciences (university of the Republic – UDELAR). He is member of the Inter-American Juridical Committee of the Organization of American States (OAS), Director of the Public International Law Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uruguay, President of the Advising Committee of the Executive Power for the establishment of the external limit of the Continental Shelf (COALEP), legal Advisor and Controller of the MERCOSUR Parliament, agent of the Republic of Uruguay before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, member of the Conciliation Committee to act in the dispute between the Republic of Uruguay and a Belgian investor, Delegate of the Republic before the Assembly of the States Parties to the Rome Statute (International Criminal Court). In such capacity, he was delegated to the Review Conference of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court held in Kampala (Uganda) (May 2010). He was coordinator

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of the government working group before the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). He is also professor of Public International Law (School of Law of the Universidad Católica del Uruguay- UCUDAL and Centro Latinoamericano de Economía Humana) and Professor of Public Law (School of Law of the University of the Republic). Tel.: + 598 2 9021010 int. 2368; e-mail: [email protected].

Dr. JOSE KORZENIAK, Doctor of Law and Social Sciences; Senior Professor of Public Law at the University Mayor of the Republic (Montevideo) and University of Mexico; author of a large number of publications of constitutional, administrative and bank law; Senator of the Republic since 1990.

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Viet Nam Viêt Nam Mr. NGUYEN KHANH NGOC, LL.M. in International Trade Law, University of Arizona, USA; Vice Minister of Justice of Viet Nam; Arbitrator of Viet Nam International Arbitration Center (since 2002); Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (since 2012). Tel.: +84 2462739441; E-mail: [email protected].

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Dr. NGUYEN DANG THANG, Ph.D in International Law, University of Cambridge (UK), Director-General, Department of Law and Policy, National Boundary Commission, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Viet Nam; Member of the Governing Council of the Asian Society of International Law; Founding member of the Vietnamese Society of International Law. Tel.: +84 945295677; E-mail: [email protected].

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Dr. NGUYEN THI HOANG ANH, Dr.jr, University of Humboltd (Germany); Judge at the Vietnamese Supreme Court (since 2016); former Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam to Germany; former Director-General of Department of International Law and Treaties, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Head of Vietnamese delegation at the Advisory Proceeding at the International Court of Justice on the Unilateral Declaration of Independence in respect of Kosovo. Tel: +84 903232355; E-mail: [email protected].

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Dr. DANG XUAN HOP, Ph.D, University of Oxford (UK), Arbitrator in the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC), Viet Nam International Arbitration Centre (VIAC); visiting Professor at the Singapore National University (Singapore), University of Melbourne (Australia), University of Kyushu and University of Nagoya (Japan). Tel.: +84967460330; Email: [email protected].

16 – 11 - 2018

Zambia Zambie

Mr. MATHEW M.S.W. NGULUBE, former Chief Justice of Zambia. 16 - 06 - 2014 Mr. ALBERT M. WOOD, Acting Deputy High Judge in Charge, High Court of Zambia; P.O. Box 50067, Lusaka, Zambia; e-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

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