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United Nations CRPD/CSP/2010/CRP.1

Convention on the Rightsof Persons with Disabilities

Distr.: General19 August 2010

Original: English, French, Spanish

Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with DisabilitiesNew York, 1-3 September 2010Item 6 (a) of the provisional agenda*

Election of the members of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities under article 34 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Note by the Secretary-General

1. Article 34 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities provides for the establishment of a Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. It also provides that members of the Committee shall be elected by secret ballot from a list of persons nominated by the States parties from among their nationals at meetings of the Conference of States parties and that the initial election shall be held no later than six months after the date of entry into force of the Convention.

2. In compliance with article 34, paragraph 6, of the Convention, the Secretary-General, in a note verbale dated 3 May 2010, invited the States parties to submit their nominations for the election of 12 members of the Committee not later than 1 July 2010 The Secretary-General has prepared the following list, in alphabetical order, of all persons nominated by 1 July 2010, indicating the States parties that had nominated them. Nominations received after this date will be issued in addenda to the present document.

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Candidate Nominated by

Mr. Mukhtar Bin Mohammed Bin Mussalam Al-Rawahi Oman

Mr. Luis Guillermo Bulit Goni Argentina

Ms. Theresia Degener Germany

Mr. Carlos Rios Espinosa Mexico

Mr. Gabor Gombos Hungary

Ms. Fatiha Hadj Salah Algeria

Mr. Jaime Eulogia Huerta Peralta Peru

Mr. Hyung Shik Kim Republic of Korea

Mr. Stig Langvad Denmark

Mr. Lotfi Ben Lallahom Tunisia

Ms. Edah Wangechi Maina. Kenya

Mr. Ronald Clive Mc Callum Australia

Mr. Mwanalushi Muyunda Zambia

Ms. Berta Luz Pascual Melara El Salvador

Ms. Silvia Judith Quan Chang Guatemala

Mr. Damjan Tatic Serbia

Mr. Germàn Xavier Torres Correa Ecuador

3. The curricula vitae of the above candidates, as furnished by their Governments, are contained in the annex to the present document.

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Annex

Curricula vitae of candidates

Mukhtar Bin Muhammed Bin Mussalam Al-Rawahi (Oman)

Name: Mukhtar bin Mohamed bin Mussalam Al Rawahi

Nationality: Omani

Date of Birth: 15.04.1952

Marital Status: Married

Qualifications: A diploma in Electronics, U.K. (1976)

Previous job: Head of the editing Department, Sultanate of Oman

Televisions (1984-2003)

Present job: Video Editor, Sultanate of Oman Television, until the present time

Other activities:

1. Deputy Vice President Rehabilitation International (RI) for Arab Region

2. Chairman for Oman Association for Disabled April 1995 – April 2008

3. The Disable Representative of the National Committee for the Welfare of the Disabled – Sultanate of Oman.

4. Committee member Gulf disability Society Feb, 1999 until present time

Work in the Field of Disability:

1. A founder member of the Handicapped children Association (1991)

2. Founder member of the Oman Association for the Disabled (1995) and Chairman of the Board of directors (1995-2008)

3. Founder member of the Gulf Disability Society (1999) and member of the Board until the present time.

4. Active in the field of disability since 1985.

What made me active is my disability as I am one of the persons with disability due to a traffic accident in 1972.

I am acquainted and well aware of the issues of disability. I participated in many international conferences, seminars and workshop, locally and internationally.

I was nominated from among 50 nominees in the world to attend Washington conference in September 1999 in the United States of America. This conference was about independent living for the disabled in the new millennium.

I participated in the Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities Second Session, 16-27th June 2003, in the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

I participated in training course Sida’s International Training Program Human Rights and Disability Sweden – Stockholm – August 27 – September 7, 2007.

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I participated in the International Leadership visitor’s Program Disability Issues and Rights USA – May 13-17, 2009.

Award

Science Day awards for Social Services, Presented by the Ruler of Ajman (UAE)

1st April 2008.

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Mr. Luis Guillermo Bulit Goni (Argentina)

Apellidos y nombre: BULIT GOÑI, Luis Guillermo.

Lugar y fecha de nacimiento: Buenos Aires, Argentina, 01/Julio/1955.

Idiomas de trabajo: Español / Inglés.

Cargo o función actual:

Gerente de Asuntos Jurídicos de ANSES. Vicepresidente de FIADOWN Federación Iberoamericana de Síndrome de Down. Presidente Consejo de ASDRA Asoc. S. de Down de Argentina. Miembro de la Junta Directiva de Fundación Iberoamericana Down 21 (España)

Principales actividades profesionales (sólo vinculados al tema Discapacidad):

Profesor de los cursos de posgrado en” Programa de Actualización y Profundización en Discapacidad”, “Derecho de la Salud” y en “Derecho de la Seguridad Social”, Universidad Católica Argentina. (UCA) Mar del Plata, Rosario y Buenos Aires Incluyen temas sobre Discapacidad en sus Programas. (Bs.As., Argentina).

Director del Proyecto de Investigación AR-T1044 “Análisis de las Políticas para la Inclusión de Personas con Discapacidad” Universidad de San Andrés y ASDRA, con financiamiento del Fondo de Inclusión social del BID (Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo).

Profesor visitante “Curso sobre Discapacidad, Derecho y Sociedad” en la Escuela de Derecho de la Universidad de Puerto Rico –Río Piedras- (USA).

Jurado para el tema “Universidad y Discapacidad”, del Superior Tribunal de Justicia de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires/Universidad de Buenos Aires.

Candidato por la República Argentina para integrar el Comité de Expertos de la Convención sobre los Derechos de las Personas con Discapacidad ONU -2008

Profesor de posgrado en “Derecho de la Salud” incluye temas de Discapacidad, UCA. Buenos Aires.

Títulos académicos:

Magister en Administración y Política Públicas (Universidad de San Andres). Abogado (Universidad de Buenos Aires). Procurador (Universidad de Buenos Aires). Cursos de Especialización en Derecho Administrativo (UBA) y en Mercado de Capitales (Escuela de Abogados/Fundación B. de Boston)

Otras actividades principales en el campo relacionado con el órgano correspondiente:

Conferencias (sólo de 2007 al presente)

La inclusión de la discapacidad como disparador en empresas socialmente responsables. / Buenas Prácticas sobre Discapacidad y responsabilidad Social. Fundación Incluir.

Capacidad jurídica y discapacidad: El sistema de apoyos y toma de decisiones .La necesidad de un cambio de normas y cultura jurídica. En Primer Congreso Internacional sobre Discapacidad y Derechos Humanos. Organiza. Fundación Aequitas et.al

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El movimiento asociativo iberoamericano a la luz de la CDPD. ASDRA (Buenos Aires, Argentina).

Desafíos en Políticas Públicas a partir de la Convención sobre los Derechos de las Personas con Discapacidad. Honorable Senado de la Nación (Buenos Aires, Argentina

Construyendo la cultura de la capacidad desde la familia, el estado y la sociedad; Facilitador del taller Acceso a la justicia para personas con discapacidad intelectual. Foro Internacional en Capacidad Jurídica y toma de decisiones con apoyo. Inclusión Internacional Universidad de los Andes- et.-al.; Bogotá, Colombia

Abril 29: Desafíos de las Organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil ante la Convención CDPD, II Congreso Iberoamericano sobre Síndrome de Down. Down España – Real Patronato. Granada, España

Derechos Humanos y discapacidad. Desafíos para la inclusión y la vida de calidad en Universidad del Salvador, Escuela de Servicio Social, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

El modelos social a partir de la Convención sobre Derechos de las Personas con Discapacidad. En CARI, Consejo Argentino para las Relaciones Internacionales, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Derechos Humanos, Ética y Discapacidad, /Familia y Discapacidad. En Antofagasta, Chile.

1) Políticas Sociales y discapacidad en Iberoamérica; 2) La incidencia de las OSC en las políticas públicas gubernamentales. En Primer Congreso Internacional sobre Discapacidad. Monterrey, México.

Políticas de inclusión para la discapacidad. San Juan. Puerto Rico.

Septiembre 8. Políticas Públicas, Responsabilidad Social y Discapacidad, Facultad de Educación de la Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile.

Empleo, discapacidad y Seguridad Social. Fund. Aequitas. Mar del Plata, Argentina

Responsabilidad social, educación y empleo de personas con discapacidad Facultad de Psicología y Educación, Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Publicaciones más recientes en ese campo:

Las Políticas de Inclusión de las Personas con Discapacidad en la Argentina. El desafío de hacer realidad los derechos (Libro). ASDRA / UdeSA/ BID (en prensa).

Capacidad Jurídica, familia y sociedad civil. “El modelo social, una mirada hacia adentro”. Capítulo en obra colectiva (en prensa).

“El proceso judicial de incapacidad y de inhabilitación y los derechos humanos. Deudas pendientes y necesidades urgentes”. Para Revista Jurídica El Derecho ED, (01/10/2008, Nro. 12.102).

“La discriminación, aunque se vista de justicia, discriminación queda” (sobre Coberturas en Prestaciones para personas con discapacidad). Revista Abeledo Perrot-Buenos Aires, N° 2008-10 pág. 1126 y sigs.

“El Derecho a la Salud y la discapacidad. Falta de coherencia en las políticas públicas y su marco jurídico” Revista de Derecho Laboral y Seguridad Social Noviembre de 2007, pág. 1986 Citar Lexis Nº 0003/401661 RDLSS 2007-22-1986.

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“Las campanas de madera: Discapacidad, familia y sociedad” (Libro). Editorial Dunken, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 240 páginas. ISBN: 987-0219209. En conjunto con Victoria I. Massa Sojo.-

La candidatura de Bulit Goñi ha sido avalada por un importante número de ONG, entidades académicas y profesionales de Argentina, Iberoamérica y Europa, así como organismos y organizaciones internacionales.

El Dr. Bulit Goñi fue seleccionado de entre un grupo de postulantes propuestos por la sociedad civil, además de sus calificaciones, por ser un activista vinculado personal y académicamente con la discapacidad intelectual

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Theresia Degener (Germany)

Date and place of birth: 10 April 1961 , Altenberge , Germany

Status: married to Robert Kissel, two sons (1997 & 2002)

Working languages: German, English, French, (Dutch)

Current position/function:

• Professor of Law and Disability Studies, Protestant University of Applied Studies, Bochum Germany

• Extraordinary Professor of Law at the University of the Western Cape, Belleville/ Cape Town, South Africa

• Co – Director of the Centre for Disability Law and Policy, University of the Western Cape Belleville/ Cape Town, South Africa

• Associated Colleague of the Harvard Law School Project on Disability

• Board Member of the German Institute for Human Rights

• Member of the German Network Article 3, Human Rights and Equalization of Opportunities for Disabled

• Member of the German Association of Women with Disabilities

Main professional activities:

• 1987 – 1994 Legal Expert to Disabled Peoples’ International (DPI) and Representative of DPI at the UN Commission on Human Rights 1995 – 1997 Legal Expert to the European Disability Forum

• 2000 – 2001 Legal Expert to the German Parliament as member of the Inquiry Commission on Law and Ethics of Modern Medicine

• 2001 Legal Expert to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (together with Gerard Quinn) as co-author of the background study to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)

• 2002 – 2004 Legal Expert to the European Commission as member of the EU Group of Experts on Combating Discrimination on Grounds of Disability

• 2002 – 2006 Legal Expert to the German Government and member of the Government Delegation to the UN Ad Hoc Committee on the CRPD. 2004 Member of it’s working group which elaborated the first draft.

• Member of the Teaching Faculty of the first European Disability Discrimination Summer School, 2006, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland

• 2007 – 2008 Legal Expert to the GTZ (Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit), one of the leading German development organizations

Educational background:

• 1993 Second State Examination in Law, State of Hesse , Germany

• 1992 Legal Dissertation at Johann –Wolfgang- Goethe University of Frankfurt, Faculty of Law, Germany

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• 1990 Master of Laws, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, USA

• 1986 First State Examination in Law, Johann –Wolfgang- Goethe University of Frankfurt, Germany

Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the treaty body concerned:

• Teaching and training : Extensive experience in teaching and training in and outside universities in Germany, Finland, Ireland, Japan, South Africa, The Netherlands, USA on international human rights, gender issues (i.e. sexual violence), disability issues and bioethics

• Consulting/ advisory service: Considerable experience as legal consultant /expert to the United Nations, European Union, German Government and German Legislator, and to various (international) non-governmental organizations

• Research & Writing: 20 years of experience in research and writing with more than 60 publications

• Management and leadership: Extensive experience in management and leadership as project director (1994/95) chair of research project ( 2003-2006), staff supervisor ( since 1998) and conference organizer (1981 / 1994 / 2000/ 2005)

• Speaker: Comprehensive experience as keynote speaker at more than 90 conferences in over 20 different countries: Austria, Australia, Canada, China, Belgium, France, Finland, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sweden, UK, and USA

• International experience: Over four years experience of living and working abroad in the USA (1986/87 and 1999/2000) in French-speaking Switzerland (1991) in the Netherlands (1994/95) and in South Africa (2004/2005)

• Personal experience with disability: armless since birth

Awards:

• 2005 Federal Cross of Merit with Ribbon of Germany

• 2003 Second Prize of “Courage 2003”, Readers survey of PARTIZIP and KOBINET (two disability magazines) on efforts for equal rights for disabled persons.

List of most recent publications in the field (selection):

• Degener, Th. (2001) Disabled Women and International Human Rights. In: Askin, Kelly D./ Koenig, Dorean M.: Women and International Human Rights Law. Vol.3, Ardsley. N.Y.: Transnational, p. 267 – 293

• Quinn, Gerard /Degener, Th. (2002) Human rights and disability: The current use and future potential of United Nations human rights instruments in the context of disability, OHCHR, United Nations, New York and Geneva (U.N. Sales No: E.02.XIV.6)

• Degener Th. (2005) Disability Discrimination Law: A Global Comparative Approach. In: Lawson, Anna / Gooding, Caroline (eds.) Disability Rights in Europe: from Theory to Practice, Oxford and Portland: Hart, S. 87 – 106

• Degener, Th (2006) The Definition of Disability in (German and) International Discrimination Law. In: Disability Studies Quaterly, Vol 26 No 2 Spring 2006, (online)

• Degener, Th. (2006) Menschenrechtsschutz für behinderte Menschen. Vom Entstehen einer neuen Menschenrechtskonvention der Vereinten Nationen. in: Vereinte Nationen, 3/06 s. 104-110.

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• Degener Theresia (2008) „Zur Erforderlichkeit der Ausdifferenzierung des Diskriminierungsverbots“ in Klein, Eckart, Menke, Christoph (Hrsg.) Universalität – Schutzmechanismen – Diskriminierungsverbote, Menschenrechtszentrums der Universität Potsdam Band 30, Berlin: BWW, S. 373 – 395

• Jahn, Christian / Degener, Theresia (2008) Umsetzung der VN –Konvention über die Rechte von Menschen mit Behinderungen im Rahmen der deutschen Entwicklungszusammenarbeit. Eine Zusammenfassung der Studie. GTZ, Systeme der Sozialen Sicherheit, im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung, Eschborn, Oktober 2008.

• Degener, Th. (2009) Welche legislativen Herausforderungen bestehen in Bezug auf die nationale Implementierung der UN-Behindertenrechtskonvention in Bund und Ländern? In: Behindertenrecht 02/2009 S. 34-52

• Degener, Theresia (2009) Die UN – Behindertenrechtskonvention als Inklusionsmotor, in: Recht der Jugend und des Bildungswesens 2/2009 S. 200 – 219.

• Degener, Theresia (2009) Die neue UN- Behindertenrechtskonvention aus der Perspektive der Disability Studies. In: Behindertenpädagogik 3/2009, S. 263 – 283.

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Carlos Ríos Espinosa (México)

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Apellidos y nombre :Carlos Ríos Espinosa

Lugar y fecha de nacimiento : México, Distrito Federal

Idiomas de trabajo : Español, Inglés

Cargo o función actual: Consejero de la Comisión de Derechos Humanos del Distrito Federal y Coordinador de Derechos Humanos y Justicia Penal.

Principales actividades profesionales: (10 líneas máximo)

Coordinación de los trabajos de redacción de los Códigos Procesales en materia penal en diversos estados de México. Elaboración e instrumentación de programas de capacitación en derechos humanos para organizaciones de la sociedad civil y para funcionarios encargados de hacer cumplir la ley. Participación en el Consejo de Derechos Humanos del Distrito Federal estableciendo lineamientos generales de actuación del ombudsman del Distrito Federal y haciendo revisiones de las recomendaciones no vinculatorias que emite el organismo.

Títulos académicos: (5 líneas máximo)

Licenciado en Derecho (Universidad Iberoamericana)

Licenciado en Filosofía (Universidad La Salle)

Maestro en Sistemas Penales Comparados (Universidad de Barcelona)

Candidato al Doctorado en Filosofía (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)

Otras actividades principales en el campo relacionado con el órgano correspondiente: (10 líneas máximo)

Análisis de programas y legislación sobre discapacidad actualmente en vigor en México. Impartición de talleres y conferencias a organizaciones de la sociedad civil sobre el tema de discapacidad y derechos humanos. Participación en foros de discusión sobre los alcances de la nueva Convención sobre los Derechos de las Personas con Discapacidad.

Propuesta de lineamientos y políticas generales en materia de derechos humanos en el seno del Consejo de la Comisión de Derechos Humanos del Distrito Federal.

Publicaciones más recientes en ese campo: (5 líneas máximo)

Programa Nacional para el Desarrollo de las Personas con Discapacidad: correspondencia entre diagnóstico y acciones. En “DFensor”, Revista de Difusión de la Comisión de Derechos Humanos del Distrito Federal, septiembre de 2009.

Todos somos incapaces. Reflexiones sobre el artículo 12 de la Convención sobre los Derechos de las Personas con Discapacidad. En “DFensor”, Revista de Difusión de la Comisión de Derechos Humanos del Distrito Federal, noviembre de 2007.

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Gábor Gombos (Hungary)

Personal data

Name and first name: Gábor Gombos

Date and place of birth: 08.08.1961., Pécs, Hungary

Address: H-1088 Budapest, Rákóczi út 27/B., Hungary

E-mail: [email protected]

Mobile: (+36 30) 288 1819

Working languages English (fluent), Hungarian (fluent), Russian (good)

Current position/function

2009- Co-Chair, World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry, Odense, Denmark

2009- Editor of “Fogyatékosság és Társadalom” (Disability and Society), the first Hungarian periodical on Disability Studies

2006- Senior Advocacy Officer, Mental Disability Advocacy Center, Budapest

2004-2006 Advocacy Coordinator, Mental Disability Advocacy Center, Budapest

2004- Deputy Chair, European Network of (ex-)Users and Survivors of Psychiatry, Berlin

Main professional activities

2009-2010 Facilitator of the Hungarian Disability Caucus Alternative Country Report on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Budapest

2008 Six months program in India to catalyse disability self-advocacy and promote the implementation of CRPD in India

2007-2009 Civil society expert negotiator at the Ministry of Justice consultations on the new Civil Code of Hungary, Budapest

2006-2009 Co-facilitator of a civil society coalition working on the new legal capacity legislation and implementation of CRPD article 12, Budapest

2004-2005 Temporary advisor, WHO European Regional Office, participation in drafting the WHO European Ministerial Declaration and Action Plan on Mental Health, Copenhagen

2004 Member of the drafting group of the Ministerial Decree on the prohibition of the use of caged beds in psychiatric facilities

2003-2006 Representative of the International Disability Caucus at the UN Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)

2000-2006 Member of the Human Rights Standing Committee of the European Disability Forum, Brussels

2000-2003 Member of a fact finding mission by the Mental Disability Rights International (Washington DC) in Kosovo

Educational background

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1996 Accredited course on dyscalculia at the Eötvös Loránd University, Bárczi Gusztáv College on Special Education, Budapest

1986 MSc in physics, Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Sciences, Budapest

Other main activities

2010 Research on institutionalization/deinstitutionalization of persons with disabilities in Hungary

2009 Co-organization of the World Congress of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry (member of the International Disability Alliance), Kampala, Uganda

2009- Member of the Board of Directors of the Hungarian Soteria Foundation (for persons with psychosocial disability), Budapest

2008- Research on the negotiation history of the CRPD

2005-2007 Research on the human rights of children and adolescents in special children homes in Hungary

2003-2005 Guest lecturer at the Central European University (Course on mental disability law and advocacy)

2001-2003 Research on the human rights in child mental health services in Hungary

2001- Fellow of the Ashoka Innovators for the Public

2000- One of the human rights defenders in the human rights educational and awareness raising project “Speak Truth to Power”

1999-2001 Research on the human rights in long term mental health social care institutions in Hungary

List of recent publications

• - Catalysing Self-Advocacy: an Experiment in India, with Amita Dhanda, Bapu Trust, Pune, India, 2009

• - Human rights in special homes for children with psychiatric disabilities, co-author, Hungarian Mental Health Interest Forum, 2007

• - Human Rights in child mental health, editor and main author, Hungarian Mental Health Interest Forum, 2003 (also published in the periodical Family, Child, Youth 2003/6)

• - Not on the Agenda: Human Rights of People with Mental Disabilities in Kosovo, Mental Disability Rights International, Washington DC, 2003

• - Think Globally, Act Locally: Making and Implementing the Disability Rights Convention, with Amita Dhanda, accepted book proposal, Oxford University Press

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Fatiha Hadj Salah (Algeria)

Civil Status:

Name: Hadj Sakah spouse Merah

First name : Fatiha

Date and place of birth : 27 May 1942 in Oran

Marital Status: Married+ four (4) children

Function: - Professor of medicine

• - Head of department of forensic –Teaching hospital Beni-Messous , Algiers

• - Expert attached to tribunals

Diploma

1970- Doctor of medicine, Faculty of medecine of Algiers.

1970- Certificate of specialized studies in occupational medicine,

Faculty of medicine of Algiers.

1973- Certificate of specialized studies in forensic medicine,

Faculty of medicine of Algiers.

1983- Certificate of medical studies to legal redress of physical damage-Paris.

1983- Certificate of demography studies, economy of health and social security –Paris.

1985- Doctor in medical sciences, Faculty of medicine of Algiers.

University activities

1973- Assistant lecturer in forensic medicine-Faculty of medicine of Algiers.

1985-Doctor in forensic medicine-Faculty of medicine of Algiers.

1993- Professor in forensic medicine-Faculty of medicine of Algiers.

• theoretical and practical teaching related to matters of forensic medicine, medical Law, medical deontology and ethic to students of medicine.

• training of specialists in forensic medicine.

• Chairwoman of many national examining boards of 1st year specialists of forensic medicine and DEMS of forensic medicine.

• Member of recruitment examinations of assistant lecturers of Algiers.

• Member of scientific board of forensic department of Algiers.

• Member of disciplinary committee of forensic department of Algiers.

• 1991-2009- Professor in High School of Magistracy – Teaching forensic medicine to magistrates student.

• 2009- Chairwoman of national committee of pedagogy in forensic medicine (CPNS).

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Hospital Activities

1970-1973- Doctor in the department of occupational medicine Algiers.

1973-1979- Doctor at the central drugstore- Algiers.

1979-1983- Assistant lecturer in forensic medicine at teaching hospital-Algiers.

1983-2009- Head of department of forensic in the teaching hospital-Beni Messous.

• -medical and judicial examinations

• -medical and judicial expertises

• -thanatology activities: medical and judicial post mortem

• -unity of penitentiary medicine : hospitalization of prisoners for specialized care

• -examination of medical law and ethics

• -Unity of psychotherapy for victims of violence

1983-2009- sworn doctor expert attached to the court of Algiers.

Scientific society

• Member of international academy of forensic medicine.

• Member of board of directors of the Mediterranean society of forensic medicine.

• project creation of the Algerian society of medical and judicial sciences and ethics.

• Organization of scientific days on medical law and ethics in teaching hospital- Beni Messous Algiers.

• Participation to organized seminars by doctors of the world dealing with violence towards women and children.

Publications and communications

• Author and co-author of more than 200 communications, lectures dealing with:

• The field of judicial forensic medicine.

• Violence: Child abuse, conjugal violence and sexual violence.

• The taking and the transplant of organs.

• Medical responsibility.

• The teaching of medical ethics.

• Judicial redress of physical damage.

• The rights of the sick.

• Participation to international congresses (conferences) and days of forensic medicine, medical law and ethics in Algeria, France, Spain, Belgium, Tunisia, Morocco, Senegal, Portugal, Italy, etc…

• Participation to seminars of continuous training of doctors dealing with the themes of medical law, ethic of medicine in Algiers, Oran, Constantine, Annaba, Setif, Biskra, Chlef, Mostaganem, Tamanrasset, Ghardaїa, Tiaret etc…

Other activities

• Member of High Magistracy Council

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• Vice-President of ethic Committee in University Hospital Center (CHU)- Beni Messous- Algiers

• Member of National Committee of forensic- Ministry of Health

Personal coordinates

Address : Centre Hospitalo Universitaire de Beni Messous (CHU)- Service de la Médecine Légale- Alger- Algérie

Office telephone number : +213 21 93 14 54

Cellular telephone number : +213 774 962 597

Email : [email protected]

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Jaime Eulogio Huerta Peralta (Peru)

Biographical data form of candidates to human rights treaty bodies

Name and first name: JAIME EULOGIO HUERTA PERALTA *

Date and place of birth: Santiago, September 21st, 1942

Working languages: Spanish (native), English (100%), French (40%)


Trust Officer in the Municipality of San Isidro since 2004. Currently in charge of Registration and Tax Control as a Deputy Manager. Earlier in the positions of Deputy Manager of Integral Cadastre; Authorizations and Urban Control Manager; Systems Manager and Project Coordinator. Also acts as an Advisor and Consultant on Disability and accessibility issues for the Municipality.


Architect and consultant on accessibility. Collaborator with the Special Committee on Disability of the Congress of the Republic of Peru. Collaborator with the Network of OMAPED (Municipal Office for the Attention of People with Disabilities). Professor at the University of Lima (1984-1985) and University of San Martin de Porres (1990-2002.) Author of books and articles on Disability and Accessibility issues.


• PhD Candidate in Political Science and International Relations (University Ricardo Palma), 2006. Second Major in Systems Engineering (Graduated - University of Lima) 1984. MBA

• Master in Business Administration - (University ESAN), 1979. Architect, 1996, Bachelor of Architecture 1977, (University Ricardo Palma). Officer (Captain Pilot retired) of the Peruvian Air Force, 1966.


Speaker at International and National Conferences, Seminars and Events on Disability, Accessibility, Computer Technology and Business Plans for People with Disabilities. Consultant for Public and Private Institutions on disability and accessibility issues. Ad honorem trainer for government institutions, municipalities and NGOs, in workshops on "How to interact with people with disabilities" and related topics. President of the B2D - Business to Disabled NGO. Member of the Board of Administration of FUNDADES (Foundation for the Solidary Development). Adviser (ad honorem) to university professors and students on disability and accessibility issues.

List of most recent publications in the field:

Disability and Accessible Design: Urban and architectonic design for people with disabilities. 164 pages (2007). Disability and Accessibility: The Twilight Zone. 190 pages (2006). Manual for Monitoring the Accessibility of the Urban and Architectural Environment - (With the Peru Ombudsman's Office, 2005). Internet Accessible Cabins - Design Manual. 47 pages (2004). How to interact with People with Disabilities - Education Brochure, 12 pages (2003).

*Due to an automobile accident in 1987 that caused a paraplejia, I am a wheelchair user.

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Hyung Shik Kim (Republic Of Korea)


Name and first name: Kim, Hyung Shik

Date and Place of birth: 1945.09.24, Republic of Korea

Working languages: English(fluent), Korean(native), German(intermediate)


• Professor of International Cooperation, Korea University of International Studies, Seoul, Korea

• Adjunct Professor, Human Right Education Centre, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia

• Vice-president, Asian Culture and Development Institute.

• Board Member, Global Civic Sharing (an INGO)

• Main professional activities:

• Tertiary teaching and conducting research in the areas of Disability Studies, Social Policy and International Development Cooperation since 1975

• Extensive NGO involvement with interest in Disability Inclusive Development

• Specializing in project development/planning and monitoring and evaluation

• Extensive involvement with the First and Second Asia-Pacific Decades of Persons with Disabilities (1993-2003, 2003-2012 respectively)

• Chairperson of the Steering Committee for Planning for the Third Decade of Asia-Pacific Persons with Disabilities (2012-2023) (Title Tentative)

• Director, International Institute of Development NGOs

• Educational background:

• Ph.D. in Social Policy, Monash University, Australia (August 1988)

• M.A.(Econ) in Social Administration, University of Manchester, UK (July 1973)

• Graduate Diploma in Social Administration, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK (July 1971)

• B.A. in Social Work, Chung-ang University, Korea (March 1969)

• Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the treaty body concerned:

• Director, Disability Research Center, Korean Society for the Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities (2010-to date)

• National Human Rights Commission-Extensive engagement for public education on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) (2006-to date)

• RI Korea Representative to the UN to negotiate the drafting of the CRPD (2006-2006)

• UNESCAP Consultant on Disability Inclusive Development (2005-2006)

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• Program Director, Landmine-Disability Project (2000-2005). This project was further developed into the Korea-Vietnam Rehabilitation Center in Hanoi upon the request of the Vietnamese Government with US$ 1.7 million funding from the Korea Community Chest.

• Conducting series of public lectures for disability professionals on the CRPD in a number of major cities in Korea since 2008

• List of most recent publications in the field:

• UN Disability Rights Convention and Implications for Social Work Practice, Australian Social Work. Vol. 63. Issue 1. 103. 2010

• CRPD and the Citizenship Rights of persons with Disabilities, Journal of Rehabilitation Research. Vol.12. No.27.pp.143-170. 2008

• Social Exclusion and Social Rights of Citizens with Disabilities. A paper presented at the 20th RI World Congress in Oslo, Norway. 2004

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Stig Langvad (Denmark)

Date and place of birth: 20 November 1956, Århus, Denmark.

Working languages: Danish and English.

Present position/function:

1. Since 2000 Chairman of the Disabled Peoples Organisations Denmark (DPOD) – the umbrella organisation of the 32 democratic and national disability organisations in Denmark (representing all persons of all ages and both genders with a specific functional impairment such as polio, autism, mental handicap, deafness, cerebral palsy or mental disorder).

2. Since 1991 a member of the Executive Committee of the Danish Association of the Disabled (representing persons with a physical disability).

3. Since 2009 a member of the Executive Committee of the European Disability Forum (EDF) and since 2001 a member of the Board of the EDF.

4. Since 2002 Deputy Chairman of the Danish Disability Council (advises the Government on disability issues).

5. Chairman of the Board of the Impartial Consultative Service for People with Disabilities (safeguards the legal rights of persons with a disability).

6. A member of i.a. the Employment Council, Luftfartens Handicapråd (Danish council regarding carriage of disabled persons), the Equal Opportunities Centre for Disabled Persons, the Reference Group on ICT (information and communication technologies) and VISO (national knowledge and special advice organisation set up to advise the Government on societal developments with disability as a mainstream perspective).

Principal tasks:

As Chairman of the Disabled Peoples Organisations Denmark:

• Represents the Danish disability movement locally, regionally, nationally and at European and international level in the disability policy areas where the various disability organisations have shared interests.

• Holds primary responsibility for the development of the disability organisations’ common political and organisational prioritisation, including understanding and implementation of human rights in the disability area.

• Is in charge of the dialogue with, among others, politicians, public officials, the Danish Institute for Human Rights, the media, educational institutions and other cooperators at all levels.

• Provides advice regarding issues in the disability area in relation to the disability policy base of support.

As a member of the executive bodies of the European Disability Forum (EDF):

• Is in charge of political functions in relation to the EU Commission, the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and disability organisations in the Member States of the EU/Europe based on a rights perspective.

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• Is in charge of functions in relation to accessibility to the physical environment, transport and standardisation.


• MSc (Political Science), Århus University, 1984

• Has completed a great number of supplementary training courses, including a journalistic supplementary programme, educational basic course as well as various courses regarding political and professional planning and communication.

Other relevant main activities:

• 1985-1997: Employed by the Municipality of Århus as a political adviser, analyst and planner in the field of social affairs.

• Political, rights-based and development-oriented advisory services in relation to developments in the disability area through participation in various councils and boards, including the Employment Council and Luftfartens Handicapråd (Danish council regarding carriage of disabled persons).

• Participation in the preparatory negotiations on the UN Convention of 13 December 2006 on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

• Long-term and substantial experience of participation in the organisational development and capacity building of disability organisations in developing countries with special focus on political strategy and influence, education and recruitment, children and women with disabilities and cooperation with international organisations in and outside the UN, the Government and civil society.

• Work on the development of the disability area in Eastern Europe, i.a. in Kosovo.

• Teaching at a number of universities and university colleges, in municipalities, disability organisations and other relevant fora regarding disability in relation to, for example, inclusive education, accessibility, rehabilitation, employment on special conditions, inclusive employment, equal access to health, the right to family life, mobility, self-determination and personal autonomy, communication, education and human rights on the basis of UN Conventions as well as the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons.

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Lotfi Ben Lallahom (Tunisia)

Nom et prénom:BEN..LALLAHOM LOTFI

Date et lieu de naissance :22.JANVIER.1953

Langue(s) de travail .ARABE -FRANCAIS-ANGLAIS

Situation/fonction actuelle :

1-.CHARGE DE MISSION AUPRES DU MINISTRE DES AFFAIRES SOICIALES, DE LA SOLIDARITE ET DES TUNISIENS A L’ETRANGER...

2-MEMBRE DU COMITE DES NATIONS UNIES POUR LA CONVENTION INTERNATIONALE DES DROITS DES PERSONNES HANDICAPEES

3-PROFESSEUR A LA FACULTE DE MEDECINE DE TUNIS

4-ENSEIGNEMENT AU MASTER DU HANDICAP A LA FACULTE DE MEDECINE DE TUNIS

5-MEMBRE D’UNE ASSOCIATION POUR ENFANT AUTISTE

Principales activités professionnelles :

1-MEMBRE DU COMITE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE SUR LE HANDICAP

2-PRESIDENT D’UNE UNITE DE RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE SUR LE DEPISTAGE NEONATAL DE LA SURDITE3-CHEF DE 2 EQUIPES DE RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE NATIONALE SUR LE POLY HANDICAP ET SUR LES TROUBLES DES APPRENTISSAGES

4-MEMBRE DE LA CONCEPTION A LA SANTE PUBLIQUE DE LA STRATEGIE NATIONALE DE DEPISTAGE ET DE LA PREVENTION DES DEFICIENCES ET DU HANDICAP

5-ELABORATION D’UNE NOUVELLE PROCEDURE POUR L’OCTROI DE LA CARTE DE HANDICAPE A L’ECHELLE NATIONALE EN REFERENCE A LA NOUVELLE CLASSIFICATION INTERNATIONALE DE FONCTIONNEMENT DE L’OMS

6- PRODUCTEUR DU PREMIER DICTIONNAIRE TUNISIEN DE LA LANGUE DES SIGNES DESTINE AUX SOURDS

7- PRODUCTION DU PREMIER LOGICIEL DE SYNTHESE VOCALE POUR LES NON-VOYANTS EN TUNISIE

Etudes :

1-PROFESSEUR EN MEDECINE-

2-MASTER EN ACCIDENT DU TRAVAIL ET MALADIES PROFESSIONNELLES

3-LICENCE EN ERGONOMIE-Université Catholique de Louvain – Belgique

4-CERTIFICAT EN HYGIENE ET SECURITE AU TRAVAIL-BELGIQUE

5-DIPLOME EN REPARATION JURIDIQUE DU DOMMAGE CORPOREL

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Autres activités principales dans le domaine intéressant le mandat de l’organe conventionnel auquel postule le candidat:

Au cours de nos réunions à Genève, nous avons élaboré principalement les travaux suivants:

1-Elaboration de son règlement interne-les règles et procédures de travail-Le document guide pour les états partis relatif aux rapports périodiques devant être présentés par les états membres ayant ratifié la convention.

2-Participation à l’organisation d’une journée de débat aux Nations Unies à propos de l’article 12 de la convention

3-Participation à rédaction des déclarations de sympathie et d’appel à la solidarité été faites à propos des séismes de Haïti, de Chili, et de La Chine, ainsi que de la déclaration à l’occasion de l’année internationale des personnes handicapées-2009

4-Rencontres et Discussion avec plusieurs organes et structures des nations unies à Genève ainsi qu’avec les ONG à propos de la nouvelle convention.

5-Représentation de la Tunisie aux travail d’élaboration de la nouvelle convention internationale sur les droits des personnes handicapées-Maroc-2005

6-Participation au séminaire organisé par l’association Handicap International sur l’accompagnement à l’autonomie des personnes handicapées au Maghreb-Casablanca-2007

7-participation au séminaire organisé par le Conseil consultatif des droits de l’homme au Maroc comme expert invité représentant le comité des experts des Nations-unies sur la convention internationale des droits des personnes handicapées-Rabat-Maroc-14 Mai 2009

8-Participation au QATARen tant que membre du comité des droits des personnes handicapées à l'ONU, au séminaire par les parlementaires des Pays Arabes à propos de la nouvelle convention des droits des personnes handicapées-Doha- 14 au 15 Janvier 2009

9-Diffusion du contenu de la convention internationale des droits des personnes handicapées auprés des Personnes Handicapées, des professionnels du handicap, des parents et des ONG en Tunisie sur l’internet.

Liste des publications les plus récentes du candidat dans ce domaine:

1- Atlas Mondial des ressources en déficience intellectuelle.OPS/OMS-2007

2-Les Nouvelles technologies de l’information et de la communication aux services des personnes handicapées- Handicap et Prévention -3 Décembre 2005

3-L’accessibilité pour les personnes handicapées facteur d’intégration socio-professionnelle-Revue Handicap et Prévention – N° 21 -29 Mai 2006

4-Les activités sportives chez les personnes handicapées en Tunisie-Revue Handicap et Prévention – 5-10 N° 22 -3 Décembre 2006

5-Nouvelle procédure pour l’octroi de la carte de handicap-Journal d’ORL,de Chirugie cervico-faciale et d’Audiophonologie-2007-

6-Production de spots de sensiblisation sur le handicap à la télévision tunisienne

7-Conception d’un CD-ROM traitant des technologies de l’information et de la communication adaptées pour les personnes handicapées -distribué à l’occasion du sommet mondial des technologies de l’information et de la communication tenue sous l’égide des Nations-Unies à Tunis en 2005

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Edah Wangechi Maina (Kenya)


Name and first name: MS. MAINA WANGECHI EDAH

Date and place of birth: 18TH OCTOBER 1972, NAIROBI, KENYA

Working languages: ENGLISH, KISWAHILI and KIKUYU


1. Inaugural Vice President to the UNCPRD Committee and Rapporteur for the year 2010.

2. Chair of the Working Group of the UNCRPD Committee charged with formulating a General Comment on Article 12.

3. Consultant in areas of intellectual, mental and psychosocial disabilities recognized internationally.


1. Consultant in the joint comparative study between KSMH and University of Cambridge on participation of persons with intellectual disabilities in the electoral processes.

2. Envisioned and developed highly innovative tools for the implementation of National HIV/AIDS programme for persons with intellectual disabilities based on Augmentative and Alternative Modes of Communication and with Article 12 of the UNCRPD in practice.

3. Achieved successful inclusion of persons with intellectual, mental and psychosocial disabilities in the electoral process for the first time in Kenya

4. Consultant in supported access to the administrative, legal and judicial processes by persons with intellectual, mental and psychosocial disabilities.

5. Actively involved in the implementation and monitoring of the UNCRPD in Africa.


1. Gold Medal Holder, in Accounts, IMIS, UK (Year 1996 – 1997)

2. Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (IMIS) UK

3. Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, JKUAT, Kenya

4. Diploma in Business Management, Kenya School of Professional Studies

5. Diploma in Special Education, Kenya Institute of Special Education


1. Played an active role in the development of the core documents for the UNCRPD Committee among them, rules of procedures, working methods and reporting guidelines.

2. Panelist on Article 12 of the UNCRPD in the address to the 10 th Session of the Human Rights Council at Geneva.

3. Panelist on Article 12 of the UNCRPD in the address to the 2nd Conference of State Parties to the CRPD in New York.

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4. Expert interviewee in the ILO Documentary on Opening Pathways to Training and Employment for People with Intellectual Disabilities in Africa, Lusaka, Zambia.

5. Addressed the Conference of the European Ministers in the Council of Europe on participation of people with disabilities in political processes at Strasbourg, France.


1. Media Articles and publications on Key areas of Disability in Kenya and the world.

2. Know Your Rights in Augmentative & Alternative Modes of Communications (AAC).

3. Participation of People with Intellectual Disabilities in the Electoral Process.

4. Persons with Intellectual Disabilities Experience in the Kenyan Judicial Process.

5. Gaps in laws of Kenya affecting persons with intellectual disabilities in the Disability Act.

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Ronald Clive Mc Callum (Australia)


Name and first name: McCallum, Ronald Clive

Date and place of birth: 8 October 1948, Melbourne, Australia

Working languages: English

Current position/function: Professsor of Labour Law at the University of Sydney


I have worked largely in my chosen occupation of legal academia. In 1993, I was appointed the Blake Dawson Waldron Professor in Industrial Law in the Faculty of Law of the University of Sydney. I was the first totally blind person to be appointed to a full professorship in any faculty at any Australian university. From July 2002 to September 2007, I served as Dean of Law, University of Sydney, a position that afforded strong managerial and financial experience. Again, I was the first blind person to become Dean of any Faculty in Australia. I was the inaugural President of the Australian Labour Law Association and I served from mid-2001 to November 2009. From September 2006 to September 2009, I served as the Asian Regional Vice-President of the International Society for Labour and Social Security Law.


B Juris. 1970 (Monash University); LLB (Hons) 1972 (Monash University); LLM 1974 (Queens Ontario).


As a person with a life-long disability, I have an understanding of what exclusion means and thus know the urgent need for making all human rights accessible for and inclusive of persons with disabilities. In November 2008 I was elected as a member of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities for a period of two years, and I am the 2010 Committee Chairman. In this role I have worked hard to contribute to the global effort to make information, education and employment available to all (see more information at www.ag.gov.au/mccallum). I have been a Director, and since 2006, a Deputy-Chair on the Board of Vision Australia, Australia's largest organisation for the blind where I have been especially involved in promoting computer-based assistive technologies for blind and vision impaired persons. Since 2003, I have been the Chair of the Board of Directors of Radio for the Print Handicapped of New South Wales Cooperative Ltd which operates Radio 2RPH. This radio station which operates a free to air channel, reads out newspapers, magazines and books for blind, vision impaired and other print handicapped persons. In September 2008, I was appointed as an inaugural member of the National Disability and Carer Council which was established by the Australian Government as an advisory body.


I have published extensively, writing books and more than 100 chapters, journals, articles and papers. My most recent publications in the field include: “The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Some Reflections” (March 3, 2010)

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Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 10/30, and “In Search of Origins: Blindness in History and Law”, the 2nd Matt Laffan Lecture in Social Justice, University of Sydney, 27 April 2010, available at < http://sydney.edu.au/law/video/ > and shortly in the Australian Bar Review Vol 33.

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Mwanalushi Muyunda (Zambia)

Name and first name: Mwanalushi, Muyunda (Prof)

Date and place of birth: 5th May, 1944, Mongu, Zambia

Working languages: English

Current position/ function:

I am a Chancellor for the Copperbelt University-Zambia. I run a consultancy firm which provides a wide range of services in General and Human Resource Management, Quality Management, Productivity Improvement, and Organization Development.


Taught at the University of Zambia (UNZA) and the Copperbelt University and also worked for the former Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines (ZCCM) limited. Among the positions held include, Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at UNZA; Chief Industrial Psychologist and Senior Manager-Management Services Research and Industrial Relations in ZCCM; Chairman of a Commission of Inquiry; Chairman of three Boards of Directors; Vice Chairman for the University of Zambia Council; founder Chairman of the Zambia Institute of Public Policy Analysis (ZIPPA); President of the Southern African Universities Social Science Conference. I provide consultancy to both local and international organizations. Furthermore, I have authored four books, chapters in five books, numerous articles for both academic and professional journals, conference papers, technical reports and book reviews.


Ph.D. (Psychology-University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, 1974

B.A (Psychology & Sociology), University of Zambia, 1971

Diploma in Social Work, 1967.


Advisor – Zambia Human Development Report Advisory Committee, (UNDP) Country Mission (January, 2009 to date); Chairman of the National Trust for the Disabled (September, 1999); Vice Chairman- National Economic Advisory Council (March 2000- ); Chairman- National Indaba on the Global Economic Crisis: A Wake-Up Call for the Zambia’s Economic Transformation (April 2009); Core-Chairman- Commonwealth Workshop on Constitution Making Process: SADC Region (July 2005).

I have been a member of the following associations: the Psychological Association of Zambia, the Institute of Human Resources management, the Zambia Chapter of the Professors’ World Peace Academy, the British Psychological Society, the American Psychological Association, and the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology.

Most recent publications in the field:

1. University and Society: The Role of the University in National Development (1995)

2. Motivation for Development: Enhancing Organizational Effectiveness (1992)

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3. Youth and Society in Zambia- Growing Up in a Changing Society (1990)

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Berta Luz Pascual Melara (El Salvador)

Last name and first name: Pascual Melara, Berta Luz

Place and date of birth: San Salvador, El Salvador. March 16, 1985

Languages of work: Spanish, Salvadorian Sign Language (LESSA)

Current work position or duty: Chairman of the Salvadorian Deaf Association (A.S.S.) and teacher of Salvadorian Sign Language (LESSA).

Principal profesional activities:

• Chairman of the Salvadorian Deaf Association (A.S.S.).

• Head Councilor of the Deaf Sector before the National Consul of Integral Attention to the Disability Person (CONAIPD).

• Unified work with other Organizations of and for the Disability Person.

• Member of the Permanent Table of Human Rights of the Disability Person before the Governments Office of Civil Rights.

• Candidate of the Disability Person Sector for the Expert Committee of the UN Convention.

Academic titles: Teacher Degree in Social Science for elementary school and high school.

Other principal activities related to the field in the corresponding government body:

• Central American Training Workshop of Leadership, organization and pacification. (1999)

• Regional Meeting of Deaf of Central America and the Caribbean.(2004)

• First Encounter of Interpreters of Central America and the Caribbean.(2004)

• Mini-Congress “Challenges for the Education and Culture of the Deaf People of Central America and the Caribbean”. (2004)

• VIII Meeting of Deaf Associations of Central America and the Caribbean, Worldwide Federation of Deaf.(2006)

• Project ACCESO National Forum of Community Based Rehabilitation. (2007)

• Assistant of the Organization Committee of the XV Worldwide Congress of the Worldwide Federation of Deaf in Madrid, Spain.(2007)

• Conference of Sexual Education for Disability People San Salvador, Santa Ana, San Miguel.(2007)

• Conference about the Convention of the Rights of the Disability Person and its Enforcing Protocol.(2008-2009)

• VI National Congress of the Current Situation of Deaf in Colombia “Past, Present and Future”. (2009)

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Silvia Judith Quan Chang (Guatemala)

Silvia Judith Quan is a 40-year old visually disabled woman. Born in Guatemala, her academic qualifications include: a pre-graduate degree in Mathematics, a graduate degree in Chemistry, Post-graduate degrees in Social Management and in Gender Studies, and a M.A. in Human Rights.

Her work experiences includes: Academic and research work in Guatemala’s Universidad del Valle, social management in Guatemalan Foundation for Deaf-blind Children. She has also been researcher at the International Disability Rights Monitoring sponsored by Center for International Rehabilitation CIR(USA), and coordinator of the projects for research on disability and sexuality, and on gender and disability, both sponsored by the Guatemalan National Council for the Disabled (CONADI).

Since 2003 she is the Director of the Disability Rights Advocacy Unit at the Guatemalan Ombudsman’s Office (NHRI); she represents the Ombudsman´s Office at CONADI and does advocacy and promotion of human rights of people living with disabilities. She was instrumental for the Guatemalan Ombudsman´s resolutions declaring that human rights of people with disability had been violated, specifically: the rights to health, to accessible transportation, to education, to social security, to freedom of association, as well as labor rights. She has also promoted mediation as a successful conflict resolution methodology in those cases she has been required to intervene. In her advocacy work she has paid particularly attention to and promoted civil society demands

She played an important role in the UN Ad Hoc Committee which drafted the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, serving as advisor to the Guatemalan delegation, and as member of the lobbying team representing the Inter-American Institute on Disability and Inclusive Development (IIDI). After the international treaty’s adoption, she has promoted and followed up on Guatemala’s ratification, and is currently monitoring the different processes that the government institutions have started to comply with the Convention’s provisions.

Her role as advocate with a gender perspective has also been outstanding at regional and international levels. She’s an active collaborator of the Latin-American Network of Non-Governmental Organizations of Persons with Disabilities and their Families (RIADIS). She has also been a speaker in conferences throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, in North America and Europe.

She’s a member of the Boston-based Disability Rights Fund’s (DRF) Global Advisory Panel and Steering Committee. The DRF is a collaborative project aimed at supporting persons with disabilities in the advancement of the UN Convention, by providing grants to organizations in developing countries in the Global South and in Eastern Europe.

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Damjan Tatic (Serbia)

Date and place of birth: July 14th 1968, Belgrade, Serbia.

Working languages: English, Serbian, German


Chairman of Working Group on Legislation of National Union of Organizations of Persons with Disabilities of Serbia NOOIS, UNICEF CO Serbia legal consultant, board member of Center for Independent Living of Serbia, legal advisor to Muscular Dystrophy Association of Serbia and Muscular Dystrophy Association of Belgrade, guest lecturer at Belgrade University and researcher/ author (published by the Official Gazette of Serbia)


Legal expert to Serbia and Montenegro’s and subsequently Serbia’s delegation to Ad Hoc Committee for drafting of CRPD (2003- 2006), facilitator of informal negotiations on article of CRPD on accessibility at 6th session of AHC, member of the working group drafting Law on Prevention of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities of Serbia (2004) of Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Affairs, ILO researcher on employment of persons with disabilities in Serbia (2005), UNDP CO Serbia’s consultant on implementation of CRPD and disability advisor(2006-2008, 2009-2010), EAR researcher on reform of employment of persons with disabilities in Serbia (2006), EDF editor of National Disability Report on Serbia (2006-2007), member of working group of Ministry of Labor and Social Affair for drafting Law on Use of Serbian Sign Language (2008-2010), rapporteur for Council of Europe (2007- 2008)


American high school diploma with highest honors (salutatorian) at International High School of Dusseldorf, Germany 1986, International Bachalloreat diploma with honors at International High School of Dusseldorf, Germany 1986, lawyer’s diploma with honors at Faculty of Law of Belgrade University, 1991, Master’s Degree in International Public Law with honors at Faculty of Law of Belgrade University, 1995, Ph D in Political Sciences at Belgrade University 2008. ………...


Active member of Serbia’s disability movement since 1993, drafted amendments on behalf of Serbia’s DPO to Law on Construction and Planning, Law on Professional Rehabilitation and Employment of Persons with Disabilities, general Law on Prohibition of Discrimination, Law on Public Procurement, Law on Basis of System of Education, National Disability Strategy, presented draft Law on Prevention of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities and Law on Ratification of Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Optional Protocol to committees Parliament of Serbia, consultant to Department for Persons with Disabilities of Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, lecturer on various disability issues in Serbia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR Macedonia, France, Hungary, Latvia, Malta and the US, author of 25 scientific works published national and internationally, author for Official Gazette of Serbia


Guide to Legislative Framework for Employment of Persons with Disabilities in Serbia, in Serbian (in print), ILO, Belgrade, 2010, On Positive Discrimination of Persons with Disabilities, in Serbian, published in »Collective Rights and Positive Discrimination in the

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Constitutional System of Serbia«, Belgrade, 2009, Protection of Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Ph D paper published by »Official Gazette of Serbia«, Belgrade, 2008.

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Germán Xavier Torres Correa (Ecuador)

Datos biográficos de los candidatos a puestos en órganos creados en virtud de tratados

(Se ruega respetar el número de líneas que se indica)

Apellidos y nombre: TORRES CORREA, Germán Xavier

Lugar y fecha de nacimiento: Quito, 25 de abril de 1963

Idiomas de trabajo: Castellano e Inglés

Cargo o función actual:

(Máximo 5 líneas)

• Coordinador de las cinco Federaciones Ecuatorianas de y para la Discapacidad

• Vicepresidente de la Federación Nacional de Ecuatorianos con Discapacidad Física

• Vicepresidente del Consejo Nacional de Discapacidades (CONADIS) en representación de la sociedad civil

• Presidente de la Red Iberoamericana de Entidades de Personas con Discapacidad (Reelegido por segunda vez consecutiva para el período 2010 – 2014)

• Miembro del Comité de Vigilancia de la Convención sobre los Derechos de la Personas con Discapacidad

Títulos académicos: Ninguno

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Otras actividades principales en el campo relacionado con el órgano correspondiente: (Máximo 10 líneas)

• -Coordinación permanente con el señor Vicepresidente de la República, Lenin Moreno Garcés, para la ejecución de las campañas nacionales gubernamentales, “Un Ecuador sin Barreras”, “Manuela Espejo” y “Joaquín Gallegos Lara”, dirigidas al cumplimiento de La Convención y de las disposiciones constitucionales sobre discapacidad; y, a la entrega de ayudas técnicas gratuitas a personas con discapacidad de escasos recursos

• - Gestor y conductor del programa radial semanal “Un Ecuador Incluyente”, con cobertura nacional y creador del programa televisivo “¿Cuál es tu Compromiso?” de próxima aparición a nivel nacional

• - Sensibilización a empresarios y empleadores para exigir el cumplimiento del derecho al trabajo de la población con discapacidad

Publicaciones más recientes en ese campo:

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• - “Desarrollo Incluyente para Personas con Discapacidad en Ecuador”. Recopilación del marco jurídico vigente sobre discapacidad y sobre procedimientos parlamentarios

• - “Guía sobre desarrollo incluyente”. Marco conceptual y ejercicios didácticos para la formación de jóvenes líderes con discapacidad

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• - “Lenguaje Positivo y Comunicación Incluyente”, dirigida a comunicadores sociales

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