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Kofi Kumado (Ghana), Chair LL.M University of Leiden

Constitutional Lawyer and Professor, University of Ghana
Honorary Member, International Commission of Jurists, Geneva. Commissioner, 1988 –2001; Executive Committee, 1992 -2001; Chair, 1998 –2001
Member, International Court of Arbitration; Consultant for the U.N. AU, ECOWAS and other IGOs
Director, Legon Centre for International Affairs and General editor, Legon Journal of International Affairs
Resource person for Gamey and Gamey Academy of Mediation and Trustee of the Catholic University of Ghana
Former Chair, National Media Commission, Ghana
Author of articles on social security, democracy, human rights, information access, economic/cultural/social rights, and other topics
HURIDOCS Founding member; Council member, 1982-1986; International Advisory Council member, 1986 – 1989; HURIDOCS Continuation Committee (Board) member since 1989 and Chair since 1992

Judith Dueck (Canada), Vice Chair

Educator, Librarian, Researcher, Writer
Co-author of several books on documenting ongoing human rights violations
Author of award winning research and subsequent book on censorship as well as articles on education, information management, human rights and other topics
International speaker and presenter on human rights, information handling and other topics
Past board member of Mennonite Central Committee Canada
Creator of human rights education curricula in the public school sector
Former administrative director, Al-Haq, branch of the International Commission of Jurists
Consultant for OSCE/ODIHR, Tolerance and Non-Discrimination Programme, 2004 –2005
HURIDOCS Task force leader for the Events Formats and Micro-thesauri, WinEvsys Design team member, International Advisory Council member 1988 –1992, Continuation Committe (Board) Member since 1992

Agnethe Olesen (Denmark), Treasurer

Librarian and Documentalist
Danish Centre for Human Rights. Head of the Library, 1988 - 2003
Danish Centre for International Studies and Human Rights. Deputy head of the Library, 2003 –2005
Author of articles on information management and human rights
Trainer in UNESCO’s WinIsis, information management, and HURIDOCS tools
Member, HURIDOCS International Advisory Council 1992—1996, Continuation Committee since 1996 and Treasurer since 1999

Jonathan Kuttab (Palestine) JUr. Dr. University of Virginia

Member of Israeli, Palestinian and New York Bar Associations
Co-founder of Al Haq (International Commission of Jurists Branch); Mandela Institute for Prisoners; and Palestinian Center for the Study of Nonviolence.
Active in human rights, peace and justice issues
Head of Legal Committee of the Palestinian Delegation negotiating the Cairo Agreement, 1994
Distinguished Alumnus Award for Messiah College, Pennsylvania
Chair, Board of the Bethlehem Bible College and Chair, Board of Holy Land Trust.
Rothko Chapel Award for Commitment to Truth & Freedom.
HURIDOCS Founding member; Council member, 1982-1986; International Advisory Council member 1986 –1998; Continuation Committee member since 1998

Aurora Javate de Dios (Philippines) Ph. D.

President, Coalition Against Trafficking in Women Asia –Pacific.
President of the Board of Trustees, Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (International)
Chair, National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women, 2001 –2003
Expert member for four years on the United Nations CEDAW Committee, 1994 - 1998
Board of Directors, Philippine Center for Policy Studies and Advisory Council member, Development Action for Women
Professor in International Studies, College Dean and Project Director, International Women's Human Rights Summer Institute, offering women's human rights summer
Board Member, Women's Crisis Center and Philippine Migration Research Network
Member. Philippine delegation to the Beijing Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing and related conference in New York, 1995
Member, Human Rights Committee, Asia Pacific Women , Law and Development
Articles and papers on women, development, human rights, International issues and other topics
Trainer on women's rights CATW-HURIDOCS-EVSYS-VAW; Member of the HURIDOCS Continuation Committee since 1998

James Lawson (France)

Professional at Council of Europe for over 20 years. Currently Head of Information and Publishing, Directorate General of Human Rights
Technology Award for Innovative Practices in Technology.
Created the first HuriSearch prototype in 1999 which has grown to the current version which crawls over 2200 human rights websites
Currently carries special responsibility for overseeing the HURIDOCS Tools and Techniques Development Programme. Is exploring IT ideas related to XML and Semantic Web
Past chair, European Co-ordination Committee for Human Rights Documentation (ECCHRD)
Trainer, HURIDOCS tools; WinEvys Design team member; Member HURIDOCS Continuation Committee since 1992; Treasurer, 1992–1999

Aída María Noval (Mexico)

Librarian, Documentalist, Trainer
Author/Co-author of 2 books on human rights information and documentation
Trainer, Researcher and Advisor on information handling: Instituto de Derechos Humanos de la Universidad Centroamericana "Jose Simeon Cañas” (IDHUCA) El(SUA) Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM; America's, ADF, U.S.A; Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, (CBC); Centro de Estudios y Reflexión Laboral, CEREAL, Mexico; Centro de Derechos Humanos, Chiapas, México; Center for Justice and International Law, CEJIL; Centro de Derechos Humanos Miguel Agustín Pro JuárezMexico City Human Rights Commission and others
Academia Mexicana de Derechos Humanos. Head of Documentation, 1985-1989
Investigación Social y Cultural Civil, in charge of the historical archival collection, 1993-1995
Red de Organismos Civiles de Derechos Humanos "Todos los Derechos para todos”, Technical Secretariat. Head of Documentation Centre, 2000-2002
HURIDOCS Task Force leader for the current Bibliographic formats; Trainer in HURIDOCS tools and techniques; Currently carries special responsibility for overseeing the HURIDOCS training programme; HURIDOCS International Advisory Council Member (1986 - 1989); Member HURIDOCS Continuation Committee since 1989

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