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elected by the General Assembly on 28 February 2009

Agnethe Olesen (Denmark), Chair

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 from 1999 to 2009

Jean Enriquez (Philippines), Vice-Chair

Coalition Against Trafficking in Women – Asia Pacific (CATW-AP). Executive Director (2006-present)

World March of Women. International Committee Member (October 2008-present) and Violence Against Women Working Group Coordinator (2004-present)

National Anti-Poverty Commission. Women’s Sectoral Council Member (2003-present)

Bagong Kamalayan (Prostitution Survivors’ Collective). Board of Advisers (2003-present)

Hannah Forster (The Gambia), Treasurer

African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies. Executive Director (2001-present). Before that, Programmes Officer and Head of Information

actively engaged in the adoption of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa

first Gambian to receive the US Secretary of State's International Women of Courage Award (2007)

Judith Dueck (Canada)

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

Frej Fenniche (Tunisia)

Regional Representative, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights regional office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. former Coordinator of the Arab Region Team

Edward Halpin (United Kingdom)

Leeds Metropolitan University. Professor of Peace Education
Associate Dean, and Director, The Senator George Mitchell Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution
expert consultant on the use of the Internet for human rights
co-publisher of "Human Rights and the Internet", published by Published by Palgrave Macmillan (2000)

Rosario Narvaez Vargas (Peru)

Asociacion pro Derechos Humanos (APRODEH). Director of Coordination and Information and Head of the Documentation Department

Red de Informatica y Documentación en Derechos Humanos de America Latina y el Caribe (RIDHUALC), Coordinator (1989-present)

elected by the General Assembly on 28 February 2009

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