Mr. Mario ACKERMAN (Argentina), Director of the Labour Law and Social Security Department and Professor in Labour Law, University of Buenos Aires; former adviser to the Parliament of the Republic of Argentina; former Director of the Labour Police of the National Ministry of Labour and Social Security of the Republic of Argentina..
Mr. Anwar Ahmad Rashed AL-FUZAIE (Kuwait), Docteur en droit; Professor of Law; Professor of Private Law of the University of Kuwait; attorney; former member of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC); member of the Administrative Board of the Centre of Arbitration of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Kuwait; Member of the Governing Body of the International Islamic Centre for Mediation and Commercial Arbitration (Abu Dhabi); former Director of Legal Affairs of the Municipality of Kuwait; former Adviser to the Embassy of Kuwait (Paris), former Director of Legal Department (Kuwait Finance House).
Mr. Denys BARROW S.C. (Belize), Judge of Appeal for the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court; former High Court Judge for Belize, Saint Lucia, Grenada and the British Virgin Islands; former Chairperson of the Social Security Appeals Tribunal in Belize; former member of the Committee of Experts for the Prevention of Torture in the Americas.
Ms. Janice R. BELLACE (United States), Samuel Blank Professor and Professor of Legal Studies and Management of the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania; Trustee and Founding President, Singapore Management University; Senior Editor, Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal; President-elect of the International Industrial Relations Association; member of the Executive Board of the US branch of the International Society of Labour Law and Social Security; member of the Public Review Board of the United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implements Workers’ Union; former Secretary of the Section on Labour Law, American Bar Association.
Mr. Lélio BENTES CORRÊA (Brazil), Judge at the Labour Federal High Court (Tribunal Superior do Trabalho) of Brazil; LLM of the University of Essex, United Kingdom; former Labour Public Prosecutor of Brazil; Professor (Labour Team and Human Rights Team) at the Centro de Ensino Unificado de Brasilia.
Mr. Michael Halton CHEADLE (South Africa), Professor of Labour Law at the University of Cape Town; former Chief Legal Counsel of the Congress of South African Trade Unions; former Special Adviser to the Labour Minister; former Convener of the Task Team to draft the South African Labour Relations Act.
Ms. Laura COX, QC (United Kingdom), Justice of the High Court, Queen’s Bench Division and Judge of the Employment Appeal Tribunal; LL B, LL M of the University of London; previously a barrister specializing in employment law, discrimination and human rights; Head of Cloisters Chambers, Temple (1995–2002); Chairperson of the Bar Council Sex Discrimination Committee (1995–99) and Equal Opportunities Committee (1999–2002); Bencher of the Inner Temple; member of the Independent Human Rights Organization Justice (former Council member) and one of the founding Lawyers of Liberty (the National Council for Civil Liberties); previously a Vice-President of the Institute of Employment Rights and member of the Panel of Experts advising the Cambridge University Independent Review of Discrimination Legislation; Chairperson of the Board of INTERIGHTS, the International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights (2001–04) and Chairperson of the Equality and Diversity Advisory Committee of the Judicial Studies Board (2003–); appointed Honorary Fellow of Queen Mary College, London University (2005); member of Council of the University of London (2003–06); President of the Association of Women Barristers and Committee member of the United Kingdom Association of Women Judges.
Ms. Blanca Ruth ESPONDA ESPINOSA (Mexico), Doctor of Law; Professor of International Public Law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico; member of the National Federation of Lawyers and of the Lawyers’ Forum of Mexico; recipient of the award for Juridical Merit “the Lawyer of the Year (1993)”; Social Counselor and member of the Governing Body of the National Institute for Women; President of the Planned Parenthood Federation/Western Hemisphere (IPPF/WHR). She has been: President of the Senate of Mexico and of the Foreign Relations Committee; Secretary of the House of Representatives; President of the Population and Development Committee and member of the Labour and Social Security Committee; President of the Congress of the State of Chiapas; President of the Inter-American Parliamentary Group on Population and Development (IPG); Vice-President of the Global Forum of Spiritual and Parliamentary Leaders; Director-General of the National Institute for Labour Studies; Commissioner of the National Immigration Institute and editor of the Mexican Labour Review.
Mr. Abdul G. KOROMA (Sierra Leone), Judge at the International Court of Justice since 1994; President of the Henri Dunant Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue in Geneva; former member of the International Law Commission; former Ambassador and Ambassador Plenipotentiary to many countries as well as to the United Nations.
Ms. Robyn A. LAYTON, QC (Australia), Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia; LL B, LL M; Chairperson of the Advisory Panel for the Australian Centre for Child Protection; member of the Gender Committee and member of the Child Witness Handbook Committee of the Judicial College of Australia; previously a Barrister-at-Law; Judge and Deputy President of the South Australian Industrial Court and Commission; Deputy President of the Federal Administrative Appeals Tribunal; Reporter on a Child Protection framework for South Australia; Chairperson of the Human Rights Committee of the Law Society of South Australia; Director, National Rail Corporation; Commissioner on the Health Insurance Commission; Chairperson of the Australian Health Ethics Committee of the National Health and Medical Research Council; Honorary Solicitor for the South Australian Council for Civil Liberties; Solicitor for the Central Aboriginal Land Council; Chairman of the South Australian Sex Discrimination Board.
Mr. Pierre LYON-CAEN (France), Honorary Advocate-General, Court of Cassation (Social Division); President, Journalists Arbitration Commission; Former Deputy Director, Office of the Minister of Justice; Public Prosecutor at the Nanterre Tribunal de Grande Instance (Hauts de Seine); former President of the Pontoise Tribunal de Grande Instance (Val d'Oise); graduate of the Ecole Nationale de la Magistrature.
Ms. Angelika NUSSBERGER M.A. (Germany), Doctor of Law; Professor of Law at the University of Cologne; Director of the Institute for Eastern European Law of the University of Cologne; substitute member of the European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission) of the Council of Europe; former legal adviser in the Directorate General of Social Cohesion of the Council of Europe (2001–02).
Ms. Ruma PAL (India), Judge of the Supreme Court of India from 2000 to June 2006; former judge in the Calcutta High Court; former member of the General Council of National Law School of India University; former member of the Executive Committee of the National Judicial Academy; former member of the General Council and Executive Council of the West Bengal National University on Juridical Sciences (NUJS); founding member of the Asia-Pacific Advisory Forum on Judicial Education on equality law; Executive Council member of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative and member of various other national and regional bodies; Professor, Ford Foundation Chair on Human Rights, NUJS; Ombudsman (Eastern Region) of the Confederation of Indian Industries.
Mr. Miguel RODRIGUEZ PIÑERO Y BRAVO FERRER (Spain), Doctor of Law; President of the Second Section of the Council of State (Legal, Labour and Social Matters); Professor of Labour Law; Doctor honoris causa of the University of Ferrara (Italy) and the University of Huelva (Spain); President Emeritus of the Constitutional Court; member of the European Academy of Labour Law, the Ibero-American Academy of Labour Law, the Andalusian Academy of Social Sciences and the Environment, and the European Institute of Social Security; Director of the review Relaciones Laborales; President of the SIGLO XXI Club; recipient of the gold medallion of the University of Huelva, and of the Labour Gold Medallion; former President of the National Advisory Commission on Collective Agreements and President of the Andalusian Industrial Relations Council; former Dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of Seville; former Director of the University College of La Rábida; President ad honorem of the Spanish Association of Labour Law and Social Security.
Mr. Amadou SÔ (Senegal), Honorary President of the Council of State; former member of the Constitutional Council; former President of the Social and Administrative Section of the Supreme Court; former Secretary-General of the Supreme Court; former Councillor of the Supreme Court; former President of the Social Chamber of the Court of Appeal; former Director of Judicial Services; former Councillor of the Court of Appeal; former President of the Dakar Labour Court; former Auditor of the Supreme Court; former Inspector of Railways.
Mr. Yozo YOKOTA (Japan), Professor, Chuo Law School; Special Adviser to the Rector, United Nations University; President, Centre for Human Rights Affairs (Japan); Commissioner, International Commission of Jurists; Board Member, Japan Association of International Human Rights Law and Japan Association of World Law; former Professor, University of Tokyo and International Christian University; former member, UN Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights.