Members 

Representative of Judiciary

Mr. S. Boolell, Parliamentary Counsel

Mr. R. Daureeawo, Barrister-at-Law

Mr. P. Rangasamy, Attorney-at-Law

Mr. R. Constantin, Notary 

Present Position

(1)    Chairman 

Mauritius Educational Development Company

Ltd (2005 up to date)

(2)    Member

Law Reform Commission as from May 2006 up

to date

(3)    President

Ligue Africaine des Droits de L'Homme (Branche

Mauricienne)  

(4)    Chairman

United Nations Association of Mauritius (MUNA)  

PREVIOUS  JOBS,  ACTIVITIES  &  POSITION

Attorney’s Clerk     

Etude Sacheedanand Veerasamy (Attorney)

Claims Superintendent

Rainbow Insurance Co. Ltd

Marketing Supervisor

La Sentinelle Ltd

Usher

Judicial Department

Ex-Member  

Mauritius Sports Council

Ex-Member 

Mauritius Medical Council

Ex-Member   

Environment Tribunal

President

Tamil Heritage Front

5/7 to 5/8/2000

Certificate in Human rights:

Fundamentals of Human rights (A) (Oxford University)

Women’s rights A-  (Oxford University)

1998

One year’s study leave for research for a Ph.D in international law at the

University of Aix-Marseille (Aix-en-Provence). Thesis entitled “restitution of

territory”.

1996

Research for a Ph.D partly in Mauritius and in France (Scholarship granted by the

French Government).

1995

DEA (Diplôme d’Etudes Appliquées) in Droit International Public et

Européen (University of Montpellier, France).

Zertifikat-Deutsch als Fremdsprache (Goethe-Institut).       

1994

Maîtrise de Droit International Public (University of Montpellier).

Student exchange of 2 weeks with University of Western (London, Canada ).

1993

Licence en Droit International Public (University of Montpellier).

1992

DEUG (Diplôme d’Etudes Universitaires Générales) en droit (University

of Montpellier).    First prize in Consitutional law (first year).

1988

Attended 3 weeks’ training course in radio and television broadcasting at the

Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation.

Diploma in type-writing (Intermediate level-Pitman Examinations Institute)

1987

Higher School Certificate of Cambridge (HSC) at the Queen Elizabeth College.

5 May 2007

Lectured on  “International Law framework and issues of human rights” for

Amnesty International members’ training sessions.

April 2007

Part-time lecturer on “Gestion juridique” at L’Institut Francophone de

l’Entreprenariat (IFE) (14 hours) at post-graduate level.

23 February 2007

Member of the Board of Discipline of the Private Secondary School Authority (PSSA).

February 2007

Member of the Committee for the Organisation of Seminars on “Democratisation

of the Economy” at the University of Mauritius.

January 2007

Member of the Task Force on Human Rights Education (Ministry of Education and Human Resources)

18 January 2007

Member of the Governance, Human Rights’ and Human Security Sub Committee of

the Mauritius Council of Social Service (MACOSS).

5 October 2006

Lectured (1 1/2 hrs) on ‘Women rights’: regional and international perspectives”

for the information sessions to NGOs under the aegis of the Mauritius Council of

Social Service (MACOSS) in Mauritius.

28 August-3

September 2006

University of Mauritius Faculty representative for the 15th African Moot Court

Competition on human rights in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

May 2006

Part-time lecturer on “Gestion juridique” at L’Institut Francophone de

l’Entreprenariat (IFE) (13 hours) at post-graduate level.

May 1, 2006

Appointed as a Member of the Law Reform Commission  for 5 years.

April 5-May 10

Part-time lecturer (15 hours) at the Mauritius Institute of Education (MIE)

on  “Legal aspects:the child, the teacher and the teaching world”  for the

Diploma in Educational Supervision and Inspection (DESI) for Primary

school Inspectors.

April 3, 2006

Appointed as Head of Law department of the University of Mauritius for a

period of 2 years.

March 24, 2006

Faculty of Law and Management representative for the Task Force on the

“ Review of legal and regulatory Framework for NGOs” (Mauritius Council

of Social Service MACOSS/UNDP).

November 2005

Member of the Multidisciplinary Centre of Excellence (MCE) on

Environment, Energy and Water of the University of Mauritius.

6 Sept 2005

UOM representative for UNEP Project on Development of National Legal

Databases to enhance access to Environmental law information on Africa.

July 2005

Part-time lecturer for the “Association Mauricienne des Etudiants en

France” (AMDEF) for an introductory course (Cours d’initiation au droit)

for mauritian students furthering their studies in France (6 hours).

June-July 2005

Part-time lecturer on « gestion juridique des entreprises » at “l‘Institut

Francophone de  l’Entreprenariat”  in Mauritius (22 hours) at post-

graduate level.

November 2004

Member of Invasive Alien Species Committee (Ministry of Agriculture,

Food Technology and Natural Resources) to assess gaps in national

legislation with respect to invasive alien species.

July-August 2004

Part-time Lecturer on « gestion juridique des entreprises » at l‘Institut

francophone de        l’entreprenariat, Réduit, Mauritius (at post-graduate

level).

19/8 to 22/9/2003

Part-time Lecturer on « gestion juridique des entreprises » at l‘Institut

francophone de        l’entreprenariat, Réduit, Mauritius (at post-graduate

level).

2001

Organised a Workshop at the University of Mauritius on “Anti-

discrimination and equality”.

December 1996

Lecturer (law department ) of the University of Mauritius.

1988

Ticketing-clerk at Sun Travel and Tours (Mauritius).

March 2006-December 2006

Team Consultant for a Harmonisation study on “Legislation on the

elimination of forms of discrimination in the existing national

Mauritian law in accordance with the International Labour

Organisation (ILO) Convention 111 under the project “Capacity

Building for Gender Equality and empowerment of women” financed

by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

11-15 December 2006

Participation in the conference on “University Professor training

programme on WTO and sustainable development” in Cape Town,

South Africa (UNU-IAS, WTO, ITC, TRALAC).

22-24 November 2006

Participation in the residential seminar at La Plantation Hotel, for the

formulation of a National Strategy for Human Rights in Mauritius,

organised by the Attorney-General’s Office in collaboration with the

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

25-28 September 2006

Participation in the 2nd Symposium for Environmental law lecturers in

Africa (Entebbe, Uganda).

13-15 September 2006

Participation in the Human Rights Workshop organised by the Ministry

 of Justice/Attorney General Office in collaboration with the UNDP.

6 March 2006

Participation in a “forum-débat” on “Les équilibres pétroliers”

organised by “la Direction Stratégie du groupe TOTAL”.

27-28 Juin 2005

Participated in a conference in Mauritius entitled  « Indian Ocean

Ports, Logistics and Shipping  2005 »

April-May 2005

Attended a Training programme on “Capacity Building on WTO Issues”

30 May-1June 2005

(Trade in Services Issues)

24-27 May 2005

(Dispute Settlement Understanding Issues)

2-4 May 2005

(Technical Barriers to Trade issues)

25-29 April 2005

(Agriculture and SPS issues)

9-18 March 2005

Participation in a Research Methodology Workshop organised by the

Department of Accounting and Finance (Lectures given by Dr. K.S.

Sukon).

17-21 May  2004

Attended a seminar on “La Formation à la négociation commerciale

multilatérale” organised for the “Projet de renforcement de l’expertise

francophone en accords commerciaux (REXPACO)” under the aegis of

l’Agence intergouvernementale de la Francophonie at Tananarive,

Madagascar.

11-12 May  2004

Attended a seminar on “La Formation à la négociation commerciale

multilatérale” organised for the 2nd Protocol of the programme

“FRANCODE”  under the aegis of l’Institut de la Francophonie pour

l’Entreprenariat, Mauritius.

10-12 September 2003

Attended a training workshop on Human rights and good governance in

countries of the Indian Ocean” organised by the UNDP (Mauritius)

19-21 November 2002

Attended a capacity building workshop “Integrated coastal zone

management and development of a charter on sustainable tourism”

2-5 Avril 2002

Attended a training programme on “the enforcement of International

Environmental Law in the Indian Ocean”.

01/10/2001

Attended a workshop on International Humanitarian Law by Dr P.

Zahnd (Red Cross) at PMO.

10-23 Oct 99

Attended a training session at the Gaborone School of law on

international criminal jurisdictions in Gaborone, Botswana

27-29Sep 99

Attended the European Patent Office (EPO) -African Regional

Intellectual Property Organisation (ARIPO) Roving Workshop on

«Patents and Marks » through the ARIPO

22-24 Apr 99

Attended a World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Seminar

on copyright and neighbouring rights organised in cooperation with the

Mauritius Society of Authors (MASA) and the Ministry of Arts and

Culture

25-28 September 2006

Presented a paper entitled “legal issues in the management of

marine and aquatic resources in Mauritius”  for the 2nd Symposium

for Environmental law lecturers in Africa (Entebbe, Uganda).

Was elected on the Editorial Board of the African Journal on

Environmental Law created by ASSELAU (Association of

environmental law lecturers in African Universities)

14 September 2006

Presentation of “Human rights as a school subject” in the Human

Rights Workshop organised by the Ministry of Justice/Attorney

General Office in collaboration with the UNDP, in view of the

formulation of a national strategy on human rights.

15-16 February 2006

Presented a paper at the plenary session on February 15, in

collaboration with Dr. K.Elahee entitled: Energy-related institutional

and legislative framework in Mauritius. Seminar on Energy (MCE

Environment, Energy and Water)

2001

Presented a paper on « Discrimination against women : the

international framework » at the University of Mauritius Workshop on

“Anti-discrimination and equality”.

June 2000

Research at the University of Birmingham on discrimination in view of

the organisation of a workshop on anti-discrimination issues

sponsored by the UOM/University of Birmingham link.

English

Spoken and written 

French 

Spoken and written

German

Spoken and written (Zertifiat fur Deutsch als Fremdsprache)

Mandarin Chinese

Spoken Elementary level

CV of Ms. J. François

SECONDARY EDUCATION:

    VCE: 

Completed 1992- Korowa Anglican Girls’ School, (Australia)

TERTIARY EDUCATION:

1996:

Completed BA- Humanities & Social Sciences

Major - Psychology & Sociology

Monash University – Melbourne (AUSTRALIA)

TRAINING:

MAURITIUS:

2003

-    Gestions des Conflits – Etienne Chomé

2002

-    Hepatitis C (Mauritian Context)

AUSTRALIA:

1998

-    Train the Trainer (Australian Drug Foundation - ADF)

1997

-  Dealing with Drugs Training Program (ADF)

1997

-  HIV & Hepatitis C Prevention, Education & Training Program (ADF)

1996

-  Community Corrections Course

PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

June 2004 – Current

Position:

COORDINATOR & PSYCHOLOGIST

Employer:

Association KINOUETE - Mauritius

September 2005 – June 2006

Position:

PSYCHOLOGIST

Employer:

Craft Academy/UNDP - Mauritius

January 2002 – June 2004

Position:

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Employer:

PILS (Prevention Information et Lutte contre le SIDA) - Mauritius

January 2002 – 2004

Position:

RESOURCE PERSON

Employers:

NATReSA (National Agency for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Substance

Abusers.

NPU (National Prevention Unit) - Mauritius

November 1998 – January 2002

Position:

PRACTICE MANAGER/PSYCHOLOGIST

Employer:

The Raymond Hader Clinic – Detoxification & Drug Rehabilitation

Center – Melbourne,

Australia

1997 – November 1998

Position:

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WORKER/ADMINISTRATION

Employer:

Southern Health Care Network

AIDS Prevention & Support Unit (Incl. Needle Exchange Program)

– Melbourne, Australia

1996 – 1997

Position:

COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS OFFICER

Employer:

CORE – Dandenong Correctional Centre – Melbourne, Australia

ACHIEVEMENTS:

MAURITIUS:

(2005)

-  RADIO 1 Presenter – Radio Show on Sexuality

(2002-2004)

-  Group Therapist – Open Richelieu Prison & Correctional Youth

Centre (CYC),

     Beau-Bassin Women’s Prison

(2003)

-  Member - National Workshop on Follow-up to UNGASS

     Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS

(2002-2003)

-  National Youth Taskforce Member – NATReSA

-  Regional Youth Taskforce Leader (Plaine Wilhems) – NATReSA

(2002)

-  Member of the Country Co-ordinating Mechanism – UN Global

Fund

(2002)

-  Executive Committee Member of Elan (reintegration of

offenders)

2002)

-  Force Vivre Beau-Bassin – Committee Member

INTERNATIONAL:

(2003)

-   Part of Mauritian Delegation for the African Women’s Summit on

HIV & AIDS

   (South Africa)

(2003)

-  Mauritian Representative – MAFRIKA (South Africa)

(1998)

-  Drug & Alcohol Seminars in FIJI & TAHITI

AUSTRALIA:

(1994-1996)

-  Youth Leader at Dandenong Seventh-Day Adventist Church

(1992)

-  Honour Certificate-Significant Contribution and Achievement in

Leadership,     Citizenship and Services to the School

(1992)

- Social Service Representative - Korowa Anglican Girls' School