Leila Zerrougui
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Leila Zerrougui is an Algeria
n legal expert on human rights and administration of justice. She was appointed as United Nations Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Democratic Republic of Congo in August, 2008.
Previously, she served as Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
under the United Nations Human Rights Council
from 2003 to May 2008. She has been a member of the Working Group since 2001. She has also served as expert member of a number of Working Groups and Committees to include under the United Nations Commission on Human Rights
.
Before joining the UN Human Rights Council, she served on a variety of positions within the Algerian government. She was appointed to serve Algeria's Supreme Court in 2000 and held the position of “Chargé de mission” in the Presidency of the Republic of Algeria since 2000. From 1998 to 2000, she was legal advisor at the Cabinet of the Ministry of Justice. She served as judge on the Court of Appeals from 1986 to 1997 and on the first instance Tribunal from 1980 to 1986.
Zerrougui was one of the five authors of a United Nations report on human rights abuses of detainees held in the United States
naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
.
She is President of the Jury of the UNESCO/Bilbao Prize for the Promotion of a Culture of Human Rights (former UNESCO Prize for Human Rights Education).
Since 1993, Zerrougui has held various academic positions at law schools in Algeria, and is now Associate Professor of the Ecole Supérieure de la Magistraturein Algiers. She has published extensively on the administration of justice and human rights.
She graduated from the Ecole Nationale d’Administrationin Algiers in 1980.
Video: http://webcast.un.org/ramgen/conferences/hrc2006/two/hrc060921pm-eng.rm?start=00:59:48&end=01:13:01
Report: http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G06/112/76/PDF/G0611276.pdf?OpenElement
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
n legal expert on human rights and administration of justice. She was appointed as United Nations Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Democratic Republic of Congo in August, 2008.
Previously, she served as Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention is a UN-mandated body of independent human rights experts that investigates cases of arbitrary arrest and detention that may be in violation of international human rights law....
under the United Nations Human Rights Council
United Nations Human Rights Council
The United Nations Human Rights Council is an inter-governmental body within the United Nations System. The UNHRC is the successor to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights , and is a subsidiary body of the United Nations General Assembly...
from 2003 to May 2008. She has been a member of the Working Group since 2001. She has also served as expert member of a number of Working Groups and Committees to include under the United Nations Commission on Human Rights
United Nations Commission on Human Rights
The United Nations Commission on Human Rights was a functional commission within the overall framework of the United Nations from 1946 until it was replaced by the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2006...
.
Before joining the UN Human Rights Council, she served on a variety of positions within the Algerian government. She was appointed to serve Algeria's Supreme Court in 2000 and held the position of “Chargé de mission” in the Presidency of the Republic of Algeria since 2000. From 1998 to 2000, she was legal advisor at the Cabinet of the Ministry of Justice. She served as judge on the Court of Appeals from 1986 to 1997 and on the first instance Tribunal from 1980 to 1986.
Zerrougui was one of the five authors of a United Nations report on human rights abuses of detainees held in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
.
She is President of the Jury of the UNESCO/Bilbao Prize for the Promotion of a Culture of Human Rights (former UNESCO Prize for Human Rights Education).
Since 1993, Zerrougui has held various academic positions at law schools in Algeria, and is now Associate Professor of the Ecole Supérieure de la Magistraturein Algiers. She has published extensively on the administration of justice and human rights.
She graduated from the Ecole Nationale d’Administrationin Algiers in 1980.
External links
Intervention at UN Human Rights Council 4th session on 21 September 2006 in Geneva:Video: http://webcast.un.org/ramgen/conferences/hrc2006/two/hrc060921pm-eng.rm?start=00:59:48&end=01:13:01
Report: http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G06/112/76/PDF/G0611276.pdf?OpenElement