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Law Reform Commission


          

Chairperson Mr. G. Ollivry, QC, GOSK   

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 

 

Ms. O. Lim Tung, Law Academic 

 

Ms. J. François - Civil Society Representative

                   
 

CV Mr. R. Daureeawo, Barrister-at-Law

SECONDARY  SCHOOL  EDUCATION:

 

Cambridge School Certificate  -  7 subjects (1965)

General Certificate of Education (“O” Level)  -  6 subjects (1966)

General Certificate of Education (London) “Advanced Level” (1967)

 

PROFESSIONAL  QUALIFICATION:

 

Barrister-at-Law of Middle Temple (London)  -  (1968-1970)

Called to the Bar (in UK)                     :           1970

Called to the Bar (Mauritius)                :           1971

POST  FINAL  PRACTICAL  TRAINING  COURSE (1970) at Council of Legal Education (Trinity and

Michaelmas Terms).

 

COURSE  IN  FORENSIC  MEDICINE (University of Glasgow – 1970)

COURSES  IN  PARIS  UNIVERSITY on French Civil Law (1971)

PROFESSIONAL  EXPERIENCE  AND  ASSIGNMENTS:

(1)  Ex-Chairman of National Pensions Board of Ministry of Social Security as adviser to the Minister on

        all matters   regarding Labour Laws, Pension Laws and Employment matters.

(2)  Ex-member of the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation Board which deals with all matters       

        regarding Administration Finance Control & Supervision of the running of the mass media – radio 

       and TV.

(3)  Ex-member of the Commission of Muslim Jurist responsible for the Codification of Muslim Personal
       
Law.

(4)   Ex-member of the Prison’s Board.

(5)   Ex-member of the Board of Development Works Corporation.

(6)    Ex-Chairman                   :            Mauritius Bar Council (1996).

(7)    Ex-Member                      :            Law Reform Commission (for 3 years from 1996).

(8)    Ex-Board Member          :            University Council.

(9)    Ex-Director                      :             Mauritius Housing Co. Ltd

 (10)  Ex-Legal Adviser of the following Institutions:-

           (a)    Ministry of Social Security, National Solidarity etc.

           (b)    National Environmental Council

           (c)    Central Water Authority

           (d)    Municipality of Quatre Bornes

           (e)    Municipality of Curepipe

           (f)    Moka/Flacq District Council

 

(11)    Ex-Chairman             :                Mauritius Society of Authors

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)  

 

CV Mr. P. Rangasamy, Attorney-at-Law


SECONDARY  SCHOOL  ATTENDED

Bhujoharry College, Port Louis

COUNCIL  OF  LEGAL  EDUCATION

Attorney’s Examination

-   Came out first at Intermediate Stage  -  1990

-   Came out first at Final Stage  -  1992

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Admitted as Attorney as from  17 March 1993

 

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

 

HOBBIES

Reading, Meditation, Life & Nature Lover

 

CV Mr. Roland Constantin, Notary Public

In 1964, I joined my father's Chambers (Jules Henri CONSTANTIN, O.B.E, Notary Public since 1944)

I followed a two years' legal courses at the University of Mauritius in 1975/1977

Succeeded the Notaries Examinations and appointed as Notary Public in 1984

Served in a committee appointed by the Legal Council of Education, to establish a syllabus for Notaries

studies and examinations

Represented the Notaries at the several activities on the occasion of the bicentenary of the Bar

Appointed, on several occasions, as member/secretary of the Chamber of Notaries

Vice-Chairperson and Chairperson of the Chamber on two occasions

On several occasions, I have been giving courses to students and have been examiner to the Notaries

Exams at the request of the Legal Council of Education

I have served on the committee appointed to revise the last Notaries Bill

CV of Ms. O. Lim Tung

STUDIES

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.

                                                                           

Working and Professional Experience

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).

Consultancy

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).

Attendance of Seminars/conference/workshops

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

                                      Research

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.

 

LANGUAGES

English

Spoken and written 

French 

Spoken and written

German

Spoken and written (Zertifiat fur Deutsch als Fremdsprache)

Mandarin Chinese

Spoken Elementary level

 

PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENTS

Assistant-Patrol Leader in the 9th Port-Louis Girl-Guides Association

Sports Captain – High School

Member of AYLSA (African Young Lawyers & Students Association)

Member of JUSTICE (Mauritian Human rights NGO)

Member of ASSELLAU (Association of Environmental Law lecturers in African Universities)

Member of the Multidisciplinary Centre of Excellence (Environment, Energy and water) of the University of Mauritius

Member of the Multidisciplinary Centre of Excellence (MCE) on International Relations of the University of Mauritius.

Member of the “Association Mauricienne des Etudiants en France” (AMDEF)

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Swimming, Trekking, Basket-ball, Guitar

 

 

 

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

                         

 
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