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

United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities CRPD/CSP/2012/CRP/1 Distr.: General July 2012 Original: English/French Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities New York, 12-14 September 2012 Item 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 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 In compliance with article 34, paragraph 6, of the Convention, the SecretaryGeneral, in a note verbale dated May 2012, invited the States parties to submit their nominations for the election of members of the Committee not later than July 2012 The Secretary-General has prepared the following list, in alphabetical order, of all persons nominated by July 2012, indicating the States parties that had nominated them Nominations received after this date will be issued in addenda to the present document * GE.12 * CRPD/CSP/2012/CRP/1 CRPD/CSP/2012/CRP/1 Candidate Nominated by Ms Fatiha HADJ SALAH Algeria Mr Shaikh Duaij Khalifa Bin Duaij AL KHALIFA Bahrain Ms Maria Soledad CISTERNAS REYES Chile Mr Alexander KELLMAN El Salvador Ms Silvia Judith QUAN CHANG Guatemala Mr Michel Archange PÉAN Haiti Mr László Gábor LOVÁSZY Hungary Ms Sudha KAUL India Mr Mohammed AL-TARAWNEH Jordan Ms Hatouma GAKOU DJIKINE Mali Mr Coomara PYANEANDEE Mauritius Mr Isaú Joaquim MENESES Mozambique Mr Ahmad SALIH ALSAIF Saudi Arabia Ms Sebenzile Joy Patricia MATSEBULA South Africa Ms Ana PELAEZ NARVAEZ Spain Mr Monthian BUNTAN Thailand Ms Safak PAVEY Turkey Mr Martin Mwesigwa BABU Uganda Ms Diane MULLIGAN United Kingdom The curricula vitae of the above candidates, as furnished by their Governments, are contained in the annex to the present document CRPD/CSP/2012/CRP/1 Annex Curricula vitae of candidates Fatiha HADJ SALAH (Algeria) Name and first name: Fatiha Hadj-Salah Date and place of birth: 27-05-1942 in Oran / Algeria Working languages: French, Arabic Current position/function: Professor Head of Legal Medicine Department CHU Algiers - Associate Professor at the School for the Judiciary - Chair of the Scientific Council of the Faculty – Chair of the National Educational Committee of Legal Medicine – President of Algerian Society in Medical Science - Member of the Council of Administration of the Mediterranean Society of Forensic science Main professional activities: Educational activities - Supervision of Medical Students Interns and Doctorates Educational background: • Curriculum to study medicine • Diplomas specialty forensic • Diploma in Occupational Medicine specialty • Certificate repair injury • Certificate of Social Security Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the treaty body concerned: Member Consultant to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Solidarity Member with the CRPD 2010-2012 List of most recent publications in the field: Scientific Meeting on Medical Law and Ethics Participation in national and international conferences as part of continuing education CRPD/CSP/2012/CRP/1 Shaikh Duaij Khalifa Bin Duaij AL KHALIFA (Bahraim) Date of Birth: 1946 Marital Status: Married (2 Sons and Daughters) Lieutenant General (Retired) Academic Achievements Diploma in Police (1967) Police Duties Course, UK (1969) Criminal Investigation Course, UK (1975) Traffic Management Course, USA (1981) Traffic Management Course, Japan (1985) Leadership Management Course, Egypt (1986) Official positions in the Government: • Advisor to the Ministry of Interior (Since 2007) • Former Under-Secretary of Ministry of Interior (2004 – 2007) • Former Director General of Traffic & Licensing (1988-2003) • Started with Ministry of Interior from 1965 and held various high level positions in the ministry directorates such as General Directorate of CID, Special Security Force Directorate, Muharraq Public Security Directorate, General Directorate of Traffic & Licensing, General Directorate of Training & Guards etc • Also chaired and represented various Ministry’s Committees including a member of Centre for Transport & Studies in the University of Bahrain • Headed and represented the Kingdom of Bahrain in several security conferences and meetings around the world • Official positions in the Social Association Official positions in the Social Association • (Since 2012) Advisor to MENA Regional Leadership Council – Special Olympics International • President of Special Olympics Bahrain (Since 1990) • President of the National Institute for the Disabled, Bahrain (Since 1987) • Chairman of Al Manar Parent Care - Isa Town (since 1999) • (2008- 2012) President of MENA Regional Leadership Council – Special Olympics International • Former Advisory Board Member of Special Olympics International (2004-2007) • Former President of Gulf Disability Society (1999-2010) • (1998-2009) Former Member of GCC Organising Committee for the Sports of the Disabled CRPD/CSP/2012/CRP/1 • Former president of Bahrain Disabled Sports Federation (1986-2010) CRPD/CSP/2012/CRP/1 Maria Soledad CISTERNAS REYES (Chile) Name and first name: Cisternas Reyes, María Soledad Date and place of birth: Santiago, Chile Working languages: Spanish and English Current position/function: Vice - president of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, United Nations – Committee / CRPD Rapporteur for news Communication of the Optional Protocol to the CRPD Professor of Law and researcher Director of different juridical and interdisciplinary projects Author of different publications and conferences at the national level and internationally Currently, participating in the creation of the Foundation "Dignitem" on the rights of persons with disabilities Main professional activities: • Leader of legal and interdisciplinary research teams, for to influence legislation and public policy, including opinions specialized to the Parliament; • Planner and organizer of academic extension activities for rights promotion, with active participation of civil society (Seminars, Expert round-table, workshops, etc.); • Teaching for courses designed by her: “Vulnerable groups: an emerging human rights issue” and “Bio Law and human rights”; • She teaches about, the CRPD, Education Inclusive, system international for promoting and protection of human rights, among others (Faculties: Law, Psychology, Education, Schools of special education, and public administration) • Centres abroad; Undergraduate and Postgraduate level in Chilean universities and also in Training • Management of audiovisual projects, in its substantive aspects, for the translation of Rights in accessible formats Educational background: • Law degree (graduated with highest honours) from the Catholic University of Chile Thesis: Multinational enterprises: international treatment and regulation Awarded the title of Supreme Court attorney; • Master in political science, Catholic University of Chile Specialized field: Political institutions and processes Thesis: Democracy and persons with disabilities She graduated with distinctions Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the treaty body concerned: *Responsibilities and tasks as member of the CRPD Committee (period 2009 - 2012); CRPD/CSP/2012/CRP/1 • Protocol; Currently, Vice - President of the CRPD Committee and Rapporteur for the Optional • Coordinator of the Working Group that developed the Committee’s “working methods” Also, coordinated the Working Group on "Natural disasters and emergency situations" (CRPD, Article 11 - which functioned in the year 2010); • Member of the Working Group on Legal Capacity of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD Article 12); Also, has contributed to the production of various documents of the Committee: Reporting Guidelines, Rules of procedure, First Declaration of the Committee and others on natural disasters and persons with disabilities, Information Note on the Optional Protocol; • She attended the Conferences of States Parties to the CRPD, UN, NY, presenting the following issues: “Access to Justice and Legal Capacity of Persons with Disabilities” (2009) and "Right to Inclusive Education in the CRPD" (2010); • Has represented the CRPD Committee, in the Inter-Committee Meeting of the human rights (July 2009, January and October 2011), UN, Geneva; • Participation in the Human Rights Treaty Division Consultation, about the strengthening of these bodies, OHCHR, UN, April 2011, Bossey Other activities related: Was a member of the Delegation of Chile, as independent expert, being its spokesperson in the work of the Ad-hoc Committee UN, which prepared the draft of the CDP; Has provided training to judges, police, Prison Staff, Notaries, Diplomatic in Training, public officials and civil society on the different aspects of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in light of the CRPD; Organized the so called "Movement D" (Observatory), with the participation of civil society organizations of persons with disabilities, of national rank, having as axis the CRPD In this framework coordinated the work of civil society to push for ratification of the Convention and its Optional Protocol Currently the Movement D, collaborates with the implementation aspects of the Convention in accordance to each type of disability; Developed the work of co-writer and co-producer of the film trailer project - documentary "Six Women in America" that records the process of implementation of the CRPD, from the perspective of women and girls with disabilities; • Justice; Incorporation of the CRPD in the argumentation of cases before the Courts of • The coordinated the Human Rights Secretariat of ULAC Has also collaborated in activities of RIADIS List of most recent publications in the field: • “Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities/CRPD: Labor Approach”, Science and Technology Foundation FUCYT; • “Contribution of the academic world to the implementation of the CRPD: statistics, data collection, strategies and key actors”, book on Disability and Human Rights published by the Universidad de los Andes, Colombia; • “International legal obligations provided for in Article 12 of the CRPD to the States parties and their impact on domestic law”, National University of Mar del Plata, Argentina; • "CRPD / CEDAW and the gender perspective", paper presented at MINREL, Chile; CRPD/CSP/2012/CRP/1 • “Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: its impact on human rights”, Aequitas Foundation, Spanish Notaries, Spain: • “International developments and paradigm shift about persons with disabilities: Challenges in the human rights approach for the XXI century”, Center for International Studies, Catholic University, Chile; • “The Right to Education: Legal Framework and Justiciability, contributions of the CRPD”, Latin American Journal of Inclusive Education Iberoamerican Network of Research on Change and Effective School, Coordination Central University, Chile; • “Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities UN and its reach into the CEDDIS / OAS” University of Buenos Aires, Argentina; • magazine; “Political and public participation / CRPD”, under publication, in a specialist • Currently, she is preparing material for a book on "Persons with Disabilities and Polyarchy (contemporary democracy)" CRPD/CSP/2012/CRP/1 Alexander KELLMAN (El Salvador) Name: Mar Alexander Kellman Profession: Lawyer and career diplomat Date of Birth: June 13, 1966 (45 years old) Birthplace: San Salvador, Republic of El Salvador Marital status: Married Working languages: Spanish, English, proficient in Braille Cortical Visual Impairment due to brain injury (stroke) suffered in 1999 Academic Background • Diploma in "Economics, Finance and International Business" by the Matías Romero Institute of Diplomatic Studies (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mexico, 1994-1995); • Inter-American Course on International Migration, Organization of American States (OAS), International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Government of Argentina (Mar del Plata, Argentina, November, 1995); • Bachelors Degree in Law, “Jose Simeon Canas”, Central American University (San Salvador, El Salvador, 1992); • Studies at the University of Panama School of Communication (Panama, 1987) Professional Experience • Head of the Disability and Human Rights Department, Office of the Human Rights Ombudsman (May 2011 to date); • External Consultant on Human Rights issues, attached to the Legal Affairs and Human Rights Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador (August 2005 to May 2009); • Deputy Ombudsman for Children and Youth rights, Office of the Human Rights Ombudsman (July 2001 to June 2002); • General Counselor, Social and Cultural Affairs Unit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador (October 1999 to June 2001); • Head of the Legal Affairs Department, pro bono, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador (February 2000); • Assistant Director General for foreign policy, Foreign Policy Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador, (January 26, 1999 to February 2000); • Minister Counselor in charge of the Sixth Committee (Legal Matters) and First Committee (Disarmament and International Security), Permanent Mission of El Salvador to the United Nations, New York (October 1997 to January 1999) Observing Representative to the International Law Commission and the Law Commission of the Sea, responsible also for monitoring the Ad-Hoc Group for Security Council reform and the preparatory committee for the establishment of the International Criminal Court; • Desk Officer at the Department of Social Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador (March 1996 to October 1997), in charge of the portfolios of Immigration, Refugees, Culture of CRPD/CSP/2012/CRP/1 Peace Education, Indigenous groups, Vulnerable Groups, Human Rights (Economic, Social and Cultural Rights), UNESCO-related affairs, Natural Disaster Reduction and International Humanitarian Law; • Head of the Social and Culture of Peace Section, Economic and Social Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador (January 1993 to February 1996); • Legal counsellor and Delegate to the Human Rights Commission of El Salvador (March to September 1990); • Other past mandates and assignments include also: Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Bureau and Standing Committee on Migrants, Member of International Humanitarian Law Board of El Salvador, Member of the Commission on the Child, Delegate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Advisor to the UNESCO National Commission, Deputy Representative to the Culture of Peace Programme National Coordinating Council (liaison officer to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Member of the drafting committee for the Refugee protection Act (El Salvador), member to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs drafting committee for the country reports to the Human Rights treaty body system Academic Experience • Salvador (1996); Professor of Public International Law at the University of Sonsonate, Sonsonate, El • Assistant Professor of Corporate and Labour Law, “Jose Simeon Canas” Central American University, San Salvador (1990) Publications • “The current problems of development”, San Salvador, January 1995; • “Institutional factors influencing development”, San Salvador, February 1995; • “Culture of Peace: Culture of Civility or New Social Contract?”, San Salvador, El Salvador, October 2000; • 1998; “International Criminal Court: referee or punisher?”, New York, USA, November • “Migrating: Right or decision?”, San Jose, Costa Rica, June 1996; • “Self-determination of peoples”, San Salvador, El Salvador, September 1995; • “Culture of Peace”, San Salvador, El Salvador, August 1994 Other Activities and Memberships • Honorary member of the civil society group for the establishment of the International Criminal Court (San Salvador, El Salvador, July 2001); • Member of the Latin American Council of Peace Research (1995-1996); • Member (1991 to 1996) of the North San Salvador ROTARAC Club (Rotary International), serving as President (period 1995-1996), Treasurer, Secretary, as well as Director of Professional Development, Community Service and International Relations 10 CRPD/CSP/2012/CRP/1 26 CRPD/CSP/2012/CRP/1 Ahmad S ALSAIF (Saudi Arabia) Name: Ahmad S Alsaif Date and place of birth: 5/8/1961, Buraiydah, Saudi Arabia I am a disabled person, (a wheelchair user) Email: ahmright@hotmail.com Mobile no 00966 503802882 Working languages: Arabic and English Current position and professional activities: • Member of Saudi Human Rights Commission Council; • Director of the Rights of Persons with Disability Unit in Saudi Arabia; • Member of the legal committee at Saudi Human Rights Commission; • Member of propagation of the human rights culture committee Educational background: • Doctor of Law (PhD), Newcastle Law School, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK (2008) The thesis was entitled : (The Rights of persons with disability and discrimination, a comparative study); • Master in Law (LLM US Legal Studies), (Honors), School of Law, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA (2003); • High Diploma in Laws (leading to master’s degree), Institute of General Administration, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (1988); • (BA) in Sharia (Islamic Law), Al-Imam University, Saudi Arabia (1986) Intellectual interests: Human rights theory, comparative disability rights and discrimination studies Main activities in the field of the rights of persons with disability: • Specialized writer in the field of rights of persons with disability in some newspapers and magazines; • Professional trainer for the convention on the rights of persons with disability; • Participant Member of Islamic World Disability Council; • Member of Saudi Disability Association (Mobility); • Member of American Persons with Disabilities Association (APDA); • Member of British Association of legal and Social Philosophy (ALSP) List of most recent publication in the field of disability rights issues: • The Rights of Persons with Disability and Discrimination (a comparative study); 27 CRPD/CSP/2012/CRP/1 • Disability and International Law; • Philosophy of Disabled as a Human; • The Rights of Disability and Disabling of Right; • The Rights of patients; • How Saudi Arabia and some Arab countries disability regulations comply with international convention on rights of persons with disability, (a critical study) Prizes and Awards: • (Ideal Student), Al-Imam University, Saudi Arabia (1985); • Hauberk and Certificate of Scholarly Accomplishment, Case Western University, Cleveland, OH, USA (2003); • USA (2001) 28 Certificate of Achievement (Academic Performance), FSF School, Washington DC, CRPD/CSP/2012/CRP/1 Sebenzile Joy Patricia MATSEBULA (SOUTH AFRICA) Date and place of birth: 23rd September 1957, South Africa Working languages: English Current position/function: Director Main professional activities: • Provided leadership and contributed to the development and negotiations for the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities • Member of the UN Ad Hoc Committee for the development and negotiation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities • Provide leadership, advisory and consultancy role to various United Nations organs on mainstreaming disability and the promotion of rights of persons with disabilities • Evaluated the 1st African Decade of Persons with Disabilities (1999 – 2009) for the African Union and presented the findings at the 2nd AU Conference of Ministers for Social Development (CAMSD2), Khartoum, Sudan in 2010 • Developed a Strategy to Influence the Protocol for Persons with Disabilities of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights for the African Union • Contributed to the conceptualization and development of the program of the African Decade of Disabled Persons with Disabilities • Board member of the African Decade of Persons with Disabilities • Vice President for Africa of Rehabilitation International which has observed status at the United Nations • Develop advocacy programs for human rights for persons with disabilities • Develop policies, programs and strategies to mainstream disability • disabilities Developed programs to promote the respect of human rights of persons with • Conducted research to inform development of policies to mainstream disability and uphold human rights of persons with disabilities • Trained and provided capacity building in the education and understanding of disability as a human rights construct and the paradigm shift from the medical to the social model Educational background: PhD (Incomplete) University of Saskatoon, Canada - 1994 MSc Pennsylvania State University, USA - 1984 BSc University of Botswana and Swaziland - 1981 Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the treaty body concerned: • Promoted integration of disability and people with disabilities as Director in the Presidency of South Africa; as head of the Office on the status of Disabled Persons • Participated in development consulting on human rights and social justice issues 29 CRPD/CSP/2012/CRP/1 • 1986 to date - Active member of the disability movement • Chairs the Disability Workshop Development Enterprise and the Disability Empowerment Concerns Holding Company • Board member of Action on Disability and Development, Centre for Alternative and Augmentative Communication, Cheshire Homes South Africa, South African Development Trust for Disabled People List of most recent publications in the field: • Government of South Africa: Investigation into Braille production needs and Braille policy matters in SA, 2012 • Government of South Africa: Audit of Residential Facilities for Disabled People in South Africa, 2012 • Local Government of South Africa: Development of a Plan of Action for the Disability Advocacy Campaign for the 2011 Local Government Elections • Mining Qualifications Authority of South Africa: Development of a Disability Toolkit for Mining Sector in South Africa, 2011 • East Africa Regional AIDS Training Network Technical Reviews for Research reports on Disabled People and HIV/AIDS in East Africa, 2011 • UN - WHO World Report on Disability and Rehabilitation, 2011 • United States Agency for International Development: Extension of physical and social rehabilitation services for civilian war disabled and other people with disabilities in East Africa, 2010 • 2010 African Union: Evaluation of the st African Decade of Persons with disabilities, • United Nations Populations Fund -UNFPA-WHO: Guidelines on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Persons with Disabilities for the United Nations Populations Fund -UNFPAWHO, 2008 • Global Partnership for Disability & Development and the World Bank: Women with disabilities in Development, 2008 • British Overseas Development Fund: Policy audit of disability inclusive policies in Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia and Swaziland, 2008 • Danish Organizations of Overseas Development: A comparative study of political approaches to strengthen the rights of persons with disabilities and foster their participation in all aspects of society, 2008 • Secretariat of the African Decade of Disabled Persons: Disabled Women’s Development Program & Development of the Africa Network of Disabled Women, 2006 30 CRPD/CSP/2012/CRP/1 Ana PELÁEZ NARVÁEZ (Spain) Name and first name: Peláez Narváez, Ana Date and place of birth: 12th October 1966, Zafra, Extremadura, Spain Working languages: Spanish, English and French Current position/function: • Spanish National Organization of the Blind (ONCE) International Relations Director • Executive Vice-President of the ONCE Foundation for Latin America (FOAL) • Member of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) from its creation (from 3rd November 2008 to 31st December 2012) Main professional activities: • Chairwoman of the Committee of Representatives of Persons with Disabilities (CERMI) and CERMI Commissioner for Gender Affairs • Member of the Executive Committee and Board of the European Disability Forum (EDF) and chair of its Women's Committee • Representative of the EDF to the European Women's Lobby (EWL), forming part of Directors From this position, she represents the EWL in the European Commission´s High Level Group on Disability • In 2011 she was named expert for the European Co-ordination Forum for the Council of Europe Disability Action Plan (CAHPAH) 2006-2015 Educational background: • Science of Education and Psychology Degrees at Seville University • Master´s Degree in Special Needs for People with Disabilities and PhD courses at the University of Salamanca Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the treaty body concerned: • Public hearings, meetings and conferences: • Speaker at a parallel event on Disability, international development and cooperation policies and the Millennium Development Goals during the 4th Conference of States Parties to the CRPD (New York 2011) • Speaker at the United Nations International Human Rights Day (Geneva 2010) • Speech on Inclusion and the Right to Education at the 3rd Conference of States Parties to the CRPD (New York 2010) • Speech to the European Parliament Disability Intergroup on Gender Violence against Women with Disabilities (Brussels 2010) • Special Commission of the Spanish Senate on the study of National Adoption and other related matters (Madrid 2010) 31 CRPD/CSP/2012/CRP/1 List of most recent publications in the field: • Gender Equality Plan for Disability Third Sector Organisations (CERMI, 2011) • Motherhood and Disability (CERMI, 2009) • Recognizing the Rights of Women and Girls with Disabilities: An Added Value for Tomorrow´s Society (CERMI/EDF, 2008) • Comprehensive Action Plan for Women with Disabilities 2005-2008 (CERMI, 2005) • For Equality, United in Diversity (CERMI, 2005) 32 CRPD/CSP/2012/CRP/1 Monthian BUNTAN (Thailand) Name and first name: Monthian BUNTAN Date and place of birth: May 1965, Phrae Province, Thailand Working languages: Thai / English Current position/function: 2008-present: Member of the Senate, Royal Thai Government 2002-present: Executive Committee Member, Foundation of Asia Pacific Development Center on Disability (APCD Foundation) under Royal Patronage, and Asia Pacific Development Center on Disability 1999-present: Founder/Coordinator, Daisy Thailand 1999-present: Founder/Secretary General, Thai Blind Peoples’ Foundation & Vice Chair, Thai National Institute for the Blind 1993-present: Freelance Academic Advisor/former Deputy Director, Ratchasuda College, Mahidol University, Thailand Main activities: 2011-present: Chairman, Local Organizing Committee, World Blind Union/ICEVI General Assembly 2012 in Bangkok – November 2012 2004-2012: President, Thailand Association of the Blind 2003-2006: Thai Government Representative to Ad Hoc Committee: CRPD 2001-2005: Member, Disability Advisory Committee to Thai Prime Minister 2000-2002: Member, Thai National Broadcasting Commission Search Committee Educational background: 1993: Master of Arts in Music Theory/Composition (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN USA) 1990: Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Music (St Olaf College, Northfield, MN USA) 1988: Bachelor of Arts in English and Philosophy (Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand) Other main activities: Human Rights Activist Political and Social Activist Disability Policy Advocate ICT Accessibility Policy Advocate My life focus has been and continues to be working alongside disability rights groups and movements in Thailand and around the world, from grassroots to global level In Thailand, I actively participated in drafting Thai disability laws, including the Persons with Disabilities Empowerment Act B.E 2550 (2007) and the Education Act for Persons 33 CRPD/CSP/2012/CRP/1 with Disabilities B.E 2551 (2008), ensuring consistency with CRPD principles Since becoming a member of the Thai Senate my work has included participating actively in drafting amendments to existing laws, to ensure they are disability friendly Of the 40 amendments to legislation proposed, to date close to 20 have been adopted Recent Publications: Most recent writing has been centered on keynote speeches, presentations and short articles, a selection as listed below: 16.05.12: “ICT Accessibility: one of the Core Components to ensure ICT for Sustainable and Inclusive Development”, presented at the ITU (International Telecommunication Union) Asia Pacific Regional Forum on ICT for Sustainable and Inclusive Development held UNESCAP Bangkok Thailand 14.03.12: Opening Address to the UNESCAP Regional Preparatory Meeting for the High Level Intergovernmental Meeting on Final Review of the Implementation of the Asia and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons, 2003-2012, Bangkok Thailand 3.02.12: Address on behalf of the Thailand Delegation to the 50 th Session of UN Commission for Social Development, New York USA 21.06.11: “Basic Principles to Ensure ICT Accessibility for All and Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)”, delivered at ITU Asia Pacific Regional Forum on Digital Inclusion for All, Singapore 12.04.11: “Accessible Tourism: A Strategic Example of CRPD Implementation”, delivered at International Conference on Accessible Tourism Taipei, Taiwan 4.03.11: “International Cooperation in Developing Countries: Let’s Make It More Disability-Inclusive”, delivered at Opening Ceremony UNESCAP Social Development Committee Meeting 34 CRPD/CSP/2012/CRP/1 Safak PAVEY (Turkey) Name and first name: Pavey, Safak Date and place of birth: 10 July 1976, Ankara, Turkey Working languages: Turkish, English, French, Italian, basic level German, Farsi and international sign Current position/function: Member of Turkish Parliament, Deputy of Istanbul Main professional activities: Member of Turkey-EU Accession Committee and Joint Parliamentary Committee Member of Euro-Med Parliamentary Assembly for the Mediterranean Union, and SubCommittee on Energy, Water and Environment Member and Vice-Chair of Turkish Parliamentary Friendship Groups with South Korea and Norway Educational background: Bsc in International Relations and the EU Studies, Msc & post grad studies in "Minority Rights, Nationalism & Ethnicity", London School of Economics, UK Art, media and film studies, Art & Film School, Switzerland Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the treaty body concerned: Safak is the former Secretary to the CRPD Committee at the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (2010 - 2011), Former member of the UN Interagency Support Group for CRPD (2007 - 2011), Former member of the UN High-level Task Force on "Accessibility" (2010- 2011), Former member of the UNHCR human resources and refugee /IDP protection task forces on disability (2007 - 2010) During her work as a UN staff between 2003 and 2011, Safak provided trainings for State parties to the CRPD as well as promoting further accession and ratification by States, campaigned across the UN and civil society platforms to promote the CRPD principles, led ‘accessibility / inclusive design’ projects and worked particularly on developing UN disability-related policies on displacement, humanitarian aid and human resources She left her position at the United Nations and was elected as Deputy of Istanbul at 2011 elections in Turkey She has become the first disabled female member of the Turkish Parliament Recently, she has been honoured with the “2011-The Outstanding Young Person of the World Award” by JCI (Junior Chamber International) and the 2012 ‘International Woman of Courage Award’ by the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and First Lady Michelle Obama List of most recent publications in the field: • Disability rights related legislative work & Parliamentary speeches at the Turkish Grand National Assembly • "Inclusive Design Briefing", Monocle Magazine 35 CRPD/CSP/2012/CRP/1 • "Article 33 of the CRPD and the Paris Principles", Ankara Bar Association • "Emergencies and Disabilities" papers and speeches, "European Business Conference on Inclusive Design" and "Include" Seminars, Norwegian Design Council & UK Royal College of Arts • "In-house (dis)ability", Forced Migration Review • "The protection of older persons and persons with disabilities", UNHCR Excom Standing Committee 36 CRPD/CSP/2012/CRP/1 Martin MWESIGWA BABU (Uganda) Name: Mwesigwa Babu First Name: Martin Date of Birth: 12 March 1973 Marital Status: Widower Occupation: Social Worker Current Job: Programme Manager National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda (NUDIPU) Level of Education: • Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences (BA SS Hons) • Makerere University Kampala – Uganda Other Training: • Inclusive Communication for Disability, September, 2006 – Swaziland; • Training in Communication for Advocacy, organized by Healthlink Worldwide, Nazareth, Ethiopia 20 – 26 August 2005; • Training in Leadership for Development, The Coady Institute Canada Antigonish; • Training of IT Trainers’ Course – Happy Computers, United kingdom; • Microsoft Certificate in Trainer of MS Applications – Happy Computers UK; • Training as Functional Adult Literacy Trainer – Ministry of Gender Labour and Social Development – Government of Uganda Other engagements: • Consultant – Integrating Disability in World Vision Area Development Programme, Sierra Leone, May 2008; • Co-Trainer for Uganda Protestant Medical Bureau staff in skills on Communication for Advocacy undertaken by Healthlink Worldwide – UK, August 2007; • Conference Consultant, Sudan National Women’s Convention, Grand Imperial Hotel – – 11 March 2002; • 2002; Design Consultant, Domestic Relations Bill Fact Cards – Uganda Women’s Network • –2002; Consultant Trainer, Skills for Southern Sudan, New Sudan – Rumbek, Nairobi 2001 • Coordinator, Global Youth Health Teleconference, Youths & HIV/AIDS, Global Distance Learning Centre – Uganda Management Institute (UMI), 2001 Papers/Articles Authored • Inclusion of PWDs in the Millennium Development Goals is a Prerequisite – Paper presented to an EU organised Conference in Slovakia, May 2007; 37 CRPD/CSP/2012/CRP/1 • Child Protection Concerns for Children with Disabilities – Paper presented to parliamentary Social Affairs Committee, , Dec 2007- Hotel Equatorial; • The Case for mainstreaming PWDs in the National HIV/AIDS Agenda –Paper presented to the Partnership Committee of Uganda AIDS Commission, 8th Sept 2006 – At UAC Boardroom; • Understanding Disability and Integration PWDs in Traditional Health Care Systems in Uganda, Workshop organized by THETA – 22nd March 2006, Kampala; • Role of Health Professional in mainstreaming Disability into HIV/AIDS Support and Care Initiatives In Uganda, Workshop organized by HOSPICE Uganda, March 2006, Mukono; • Kampala; ‘The Forgotten Tribe – PWDs and HIV/AIDS’, 21 –22 March 2005, Munyonyo • ‘The Uganda we want based on the Common Good of all – PWD Perspective’ – – October 2005, Hotel Africana Responsibilities (Official & Social): • -2018; Steering Committee Member – Africa Decade Campaign on Disability & HIV 2008 • Representative of Civil Society Inter-Constituency Coordination Committee (CICC) to the National HIV/AIDS Partnership Committee, Uganda AIDS Commission; • Executive Committee member representing East African Region on the Pan African Youth Action Against HIV/AIDS Organization; • Executive Committee member, Uganda Child Rights NGO Network (UCRNN); • Kirombe Village; Secretary for Disability Affairs, Local Government Council I Committee, Nsambya • Parent of four children Life Goal: Making Disability Dignified and Visible to All Personal Contacts: Address: National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda (NUDIPU) P O Box 8567, Kampala Uganda Email: babukatesti@yahoo.com Official Tel: +256 414 540179 Cell: +256 772 602002 or +256 706 302002 38 CRPD/CSP/2012/CRP/1 Diane MULLIGAN (United Kingdom) Name and first name: MULLIGAN, Diane (OBE) Date and place of birth: 04-10-1966, Barnstaple, UK Working languages: English, Indonesian Current position/function: Coordinator of International Advocacy and Alliances for Inclusive Development with CBM Member of the UK’s Equality and Human Rights Commission statutory Disability Committee Member of Equality 2025, independent advice to the UK government on disability issues Co-chair of UN Task Group with the International Disability and Development Consortium Member of the Task Force on Accessibility for the Human Rights Council Main professional activities: Coordinating international advocacy work on inclusive development to realise the rights of persons with disabilities worldwide Building the capacity and training staff on the depth and breadth of the Convention and its potential impact on policy, legislation and practical application Empowering organisations on processes of implementation and monitoring and reporting of The Convention e.g disabled people’s organisations, NGOs, national human rights institutions and government officials in developing countries Working with the UK’s NHRI providing comparative analysis and expert input (including NHRI CRPD parallel report), and working through the European working group of NHRIs Providing support and information on what the CRPD means for disabled people Educational background: B.A (Hons.) Women’s Studies – First Class - Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland MSc Science and Technology Policy, Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex Currently a guest lecturer on disability and international development at both University College London and at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the treaty body concerned: Diane was selected through an open and transparent process and is experienced in advocacy, familiar with the CRPD and advised more than 20 States on disability and human rights She is co-chair of the UN Task Group with the International Disability and Development Consortium, specializing in CRPD implementation in developing countries She works with Missions to draft and propose Resolutions to include people with disabilities in emerging agreements that reinforce existing architecture such as the Convention, 39 CRPD/CSP/2012/CRP/1 She has been an advisor to the Royal Association for Disability and Rights Leadership Project building the capacity of future disabled leaders She chaired the British Overseas NGOs in Development Disability and Development Group, lobbying and supporting the inclusion of people with disabilities in the UK’s aid programmes List of most recent publications in the field: Miles, S Fefoame, G Mulligan, D Haque, Z (forthcoming) Education for diversity: the role of networking in resisting disabled people’s marginalisation in Bangladesh Wickenden, M Mulligan, D Fefoame, G Katende, P (in press) An INGO’s participatory practice informing the CBR guidelines: Ghanaian and Ugandan experiences African Journal of Disability Mulligan, D Enfield, S & Stubbs, S (2011) Simple Steps to Social Inclusion, Sightsavers Guidance Manual Mulligan, D & Martin, V (2010) Sightsavers, Disabilityand Social Inclusion: Questions and Answers, Sightsavers Briefing Mulligan, D & Barclay, H (2009) Tackling violence against women – lessons for efforts to tackle other forms of targeted violence, Safer Communities, Pier Professional, Hove Mulligan, D & Gooding, K (2009) The Millennium Development Goals and People with Disabilities, Sightsavers Policy Briefing 40 ... negotiations for the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities • Member of the UN Ad Hoc Committee for the development and negotiation of the United Nations Convention on the. .. of the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at the United Nations in New York.2007: Focal Point in West Africa for the dissemination and popularization of the Convention. .. information, work, health etc Extension and dissemination of the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Development of projects of income generation for women with disabilities