Mois : janvier 2006

Chibli Mallat – Lebanon

Chibli Mallat was born in Beirut in 1960. After studies in Lebanon, France, the US and the UK, he taught law at the University of London for a decade, where he also served as Director of the Centre of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law.

Chibli Mallat – Lebanon

He left London in 1995 to return to legal practise in Beirut as principal of Mallat Law Offices, a long-established law firm with a renewed focus on international law. He also pursued his academic career at Université Saint-Joseph, where he holds the first Jean Monnet Chair of European Law to be conferred by the European Union in the Middle East.

Also linked to our presentation of Iraq Initiative – European Colleague on January 3, 2006.

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Jemma Hasratyan – Armenia

She is one of the 1000 women proposed fort the Nobel Peace Price 2005.

She says: « Look at the world through the eyes of a woman that holds a child in her hands! » – And: « We urge Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia to join the Mine Ban Treaty and help rid the world of antipersonnel landmines ».

Jemma Hasratyan – Armenia

Dr Hasratian works as President for the Armenian Association of Women with University Education / AAWUE Center for Gender Studies and holds a Ph.D. in Education.

She works also for the Armenian National Committee of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) and is representing it.

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Eric Stover – USA

Linked with Beyond the Law, and with the Human Rights Center.

Eric Stover is Director of the Human Rights Center and Adjunct Professor of Public Health. He was the Executive Director of Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) until December 1995. Since 1993, he has severed on several medicolegal investigations as an « Expert on Mission » to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague.

Eric Stover, HR activist and writer – USA

In March and April 1995, he conducted a survey of mass graves throughout Rwanda for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. In June 1984, Mr. Stover testified for the prosecution at the trial of leaders of the military junta which ruled Argentina from 1976 to 1983.

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