Notes on Contributors
Barbara Bernath
formerly Secretary-General of the Association for the Prevention of Torture, is a member of the
Marc Bossuyt
is Professor Emeritus of the University of Antwerp; President Emeritus of the Constitutional Court of Belgium; former Vice-Chairperson of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination; former Chairperson of the
Christina Cerna
was Senior Human Rights Officer in the Secretariat of the Organization of American States. She has chaired the human rights committee of the International Law Association.
Inès French
an International Human Rights Lawyer, has practiced as an Attorney-at-law, has been legal advisor to various human rights ngo s and has worked for Swiss foreign affairs.
Felice Gaer
has been Director of the Jacob Blaustein Institute on Human Rights and five-term member of the Committee Against Torture.
David Harris
is Emeritus Professor of International Law at Nottingham University. He is the author of a leading textbook on the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human a Rights.
Marc Limon
is Executive Director of the Universal Rights Group. He has authored or co-authored several policy studies on international human rights.
Catherine Namakula
Professor of International Law, is Chairperson of the
Orest Nowosad
has headed the Treaty section of the
Daniel O’Donnell
is an international human rights lawyer who has had wide experience in various human rights organizations, including the International Commission of Jurists.
Evance Kalula
is Chairperson of the ilo Committee on Freedom of Association. He is Professor Emeritus of Law at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Marcia Kran
is member of the
Janet E. Lord
is Executive Director of the Center for International and Comparative Law at the University of Baltimore School of Law. She is also Senior Fellow at the Harvard Law School Project on Disability and a graduate of the George Washington University Law School (ll.m.), the University of Edinburgh (ll.b. & ll.m.) and Kenyon College (B.A.).
Ireneo Namboka
Ambassador, has been a diplomat in the Foreign Service of Uganda and Human Rights Expert in the United Nations.
Vui Clarence Nelson
is Senior Justice of the Supreme Court of Samoa, Member, and former Chairperson of the Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Angelika Nussberger
Professor of International Law, was a Judge on the European Court of Human Rights. She is the author of a leading book on the European Court of Human Rights.
Michael O’Flaherty
is Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights.
Rosario Manalo
is a former Philippine diplomat who served as National Representative to the ASEAN Inter-Governmental Commission on Human Rights.
Jennifer Philpot-Nissen
has worked as a human rights lawyer for the
Bertrand Ramcharan
is former Acting
Robin Ramcharan
is Lecturer on international relations and law at Mahidol University International College, Thailand.
Jeremy Julian Sarkin
is Distinguished Research Professor of Law, Nova School of Law, Nova University of Lisbon. He is a former Member and Chairperson of the
Patricia Schulz
is a former Chairperson of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women and Co-Editor of the leading book on the cedaw.
Maria Soledad Cisternas Reyes
is chairperson of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Michael Ashley Stein
is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Harvard Law School Project on Disability and a Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School since 2005. He is a graduate of the University of Cambridge (Ph.D.), Harvard Law School (J.D.), and New York University (B.A.).
Ekkehard Strauss
is Professor at the Berlin School of Economics and Law. He previously worked with the
Patrick Taran
has had a distinguished career with the ilo on international migration law. He is President of Global Migration Policy Associates.
Can Unver
is member and former chairperson of the Committee on the Rights of Migrant Workers.
Renate Winter
is member, and former Chairperson of the Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Rebecca Yemo
is an academic and researcher specializing in women’s human rights in Africa.