Philip G Alston

Professor

New York University

Current

University of California, Berkeley School of Law

J.S.D.

1980

University of California, Berkeley School of Law

LL.M.

1977

University of Melbourne

LL.M.

1976

University of Melbourne

B. Comm.

1976

University of Melbourne

LL.B.

1972

Honors: with honors

Independent Expert

Current

Activities: appointed by the UN Secretary-General at the request of the General Assembly, to report on measures to ensure the long-term effectiveness of the UN human rights treaty bodies, reports submitted in 1989, 1993 and 1997.

Director

Current

Activities: European Commission-funded Project on the European Union and Human Rights. Resulted in Leading by Example: A Human Rights Agenda for the European Union for the Year 2000 adopted by a Comité des Sages consisting of Antonio Cassese, Catherine Lalumière, Peter Leuprecht, and Mary Robinson.

Consultant

Current

Activities: ILO, Geneva

Consultant

Current

Activities: OECD, Paris

Consultant

Current

Activities: UNICEF, New York, Florence and Geneva

Consultant

Current

Activities: OSCE, Warsaw

Consultant

Current

Activities: UNESCO, Paris

Consultant

Current

Activities: OHCHR, Geneva

Consultant

Current

Activities: UNDP, New York

Consultant

Current

Activities: UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, New York

Consultant

Current

Activities: UN Staff College, Turin.

Co-Editor

Current

Activities: Australian Yearbook of International Law, from 1991 (Vol. 12) to 1996 (vol. 16).

Chairperson

Current

Activities: Annual Meeting of Special Procedure mandate-holders of the UN Commission on Human Rights

Member

2007 - Current

Activities: International Advisory Council, Interights, London

Member

2003 - Current

Activities: Advisory Board, New Zealand Yearbook of International Law

Member

2002 - Current

Activities: Human Rights Advisory Board for Realizing Rights: the Ethical Globalization Initiative directed by Mary Robinson

President, Board of Directors

2002 - Current

Activities: Center for Economic and Social Rights, New York

Series co-editor

2002 - Current

Activities: Oxford University Press series of Commentaries on International Law Treaties

Member

2001 - Current

Activities: Honorary Advisory Board, Melbourne Journal of International Law

Member

1997 - Current

Activities: Scientific Council, International Institute of Human Rights, Strasbourg

Editor-in-Chief

1996 - Current

Activities: European Journal of International Law

Member

1996 - Current

Activities: Editorial Board of Advisors, Buffalo Human Rights Law Review

Member

1995 - Current

Activities: Board of Directors, Berkeley Journal of International Law

Member

1994 - Current

Activities: International Human Rights Council, The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia, (established to advise former President Carter)

Member

1994 - Current

Activities: Editorial Board, Human Rights Quarterly

Patron

1994 - Current

Activities: Australian Journal of Human Rights

Member

1993 - Current

Activities: Senior Advisory Board, International Journal of Health and Human Rights (Harvard School of Public Health)

Member

1992 - Current

Activities: Editorial Advisory Board, International Journal of Children s Rights

Member

1991 - Current

Activities: Editorial Board, Peace Review (San Francisco)

Chairperson

1990 - Current

Activities: Meeting of Chairpersons of United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies

Rapporteur

1988 - Current

Activities: Meeting of Chairpersons of United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies

member

2006 - 2007

Activities: Coordinating Committee of UN Human Rights Special Procedures

Chairperson

2005 - 2006

Activities: Coordinating Committee of UN Human Rights Special Procedures

Co-Director

1996 - 2003

Activities: Academy of European Law, Florence

Founding Council Member

1996 - 1998

Activities: International Council for Human Rights Policy, Geneva

Senior Fellow

1995 - 1998

Activities: UNICEF International Child Development Centre, Florence

Chairperson

1991 - 1998

Activities: United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Member

1995 - 1997

Activities: Technical Advisory Group chaired by Graça Machel, United Nations Study on the Impact of Armed Conflict on Children

Rapporteur

1987 - 1990

Activities: United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights