Doc. 10201

4 June 2004

Election of a judge to the European Court of Human Rights with respect to Portugal

(in accordance with Article 23, paragraph 1, of the European Convention on Human Rights)

Communication from the Committee of Ministers

Letter from the Secretary General of the Council of Europe to the President of the Parliamentary Assembly, dated 3 June 2004

Dear President,

      Pursuant to the decisions of the Ministers’ Deputies of which I enclose a copy, I have the honour to transmit to you the list of candidates for the post of Judge of the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Portugal.

...

Signed:

Walter SCHWIMMER

Decisions of Ministers' Deputies

886th meeting - 3 June 2004

Item 4.4

European Court of Human Rights -
Nomination of candidates for the election of a judge in respect of Portugal
(CM(2004)107)

Decisions

The Deputies

1.        took note of the list of candidates for the election of a judge of the European Court of Human Rights presented in respect of Portugal;

2.       agreed to transmit the said list of candidates to the President of the Parliamentary Assembly.

TRANSLATION TO BE CHECKED

Permanent Representation of Portugal

to the Council of Europe

For :

M. S. Palmer

Secretariat of the Committee of Ministers

From :

Pedro Pessoa e Costa

Chargé d’Affaires of Portugal

to the Council of Europe

N° 148       DATE : 01.06.2004       PAGES : 1 + 1

RE. : Election of a judge to the European Court of Human Rights

Dear Sir,

I have the honour to communicate hereafter the Curricula Vitae of the candidates for the election of a judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Portugal:

- Mrs Francisca Van Dunem

- Mr Ireneu Cabral Barreto

- Mr Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque

Yours faithfully,

(signed)

Pedro Pessoa e Costa

Chargé d’Affaires a.i.

TRANSLATION TO BE CHECKED

CURRICULUM VITAE1

OF

FRANCISCA VAN DUNEM

I.        Personal details

Name: Da Silva Dias Van Dunem

Forename: Francisca Eugénia

Sex: female

Date and place of birth: 5 November 1955, Luanda, Angola

Family situation: Married, one son

Nationality: Portuguese

Address: ..

Telephone number: …

II.        Education and academic and other qualifications

- Law degree, Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon, 1977

- Competitive examination for the public prosecutor’s office, 1979

III.        Relevant professional activities

a) Judicial activities

- 1979-1980: trainee deputy public prosecutor (Lisbon and Loures courts)

- 1980-1983: deputy public prosecutor (Lisbon labour court)

- 1983-1985: deputy public prosecutor (Lisbon criminal court)

- 1987-1989: deputy public prosecutor (Lisbon public prosecution service)

- 1989-2001: member of the Principal State Prosecutor’s Private Office

- 2001: Deputy Principal State Prosecutor, Director of the Lisbon public prosecution service

b) Non-judicial legal activities

i. in Portugal

- 1977-1979: research assistant in criminal law and criminal procedure, Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon

- 1985-1987: investigator for the department of the High Commissioner against Corruption

- 1999-2004: member of the panel for competitive examinations for entry to the Legal Service Training College

ii. at international level

a. Council of Europe

- Member of the European Committee on Crime Problems PC-OC (1998-2001)

b. None-legal professional activities

None

IV.        Activities and experience in the field of human rights

- Participation in the colloquy on “Direitos Fundamentais e a Convenção Europeia dos Direitos do Homem” (Fundamental rights and the European Convention on Human Rights), 1980.

- Member of the Management Board of the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia, since 2000.

V.        Public activities

..

VI.        Other activities

…

VII.        Publications and other works

…

VIII.        Languages

Languages

Reading

Writing

Speaking

 

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b. Official languages

                  

- English

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- French

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c. Other languages

                  

- Spanish

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- Italian

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IX.        Other relevant information

I confirm that I would take up permanent residence in Strasbourg if elected judge to the European Court of Human Rights.

Lisbon, May 2004

Francisca Van Dunem

CURRICULUM VITAE

OF IRENEU CABRAL BARRETO2

I.       Personal details

Ireneu Cabral Barreto

Sex: male

Date and place of birth: 5 February 1941, Ponta do Sol, Madeira, Portugal

Married, two adult sons

Nationality: Portuguese

II.       Education and academic and other qualifications

- Degree in law from the Coimbra Law University

- Attended the post-graduate course in legal sciences (6th year) at the same university, until admittance to the Public Prosecution Service (March 1964)

- Examination for access to the Public Prosecution Service in 1964

- Examination for access to the Judiciary in 1970

- Examination for appointment to Judge at the Supreme Court of Justice in 1966

III.       Professional activities

a.       Judicial activities

- 1964-70: Assistant to the District Attorney at the counties of Ourique, S. Vicente, Vila Nova de Famalicão, Vila Verde, Portimão and Lisboa

- 1971-72: Judge in the county of S. Jorge

- 1972-75: Assistant to the District Attorney at the districts of Bragança, Évora and Setúbal

- from November 1975 to April 1997 – Deputy Attorney General, having acted as:

      - legal adviser at the Ministry of Trade and Tourism and at the Ministry of Trade -1975-1977)

      - representative of the Attorney General for the Republic at the 2nd chamber, Supreme Court of        Justice (1978)

      - member of the Advisory Council of the Attorney General's Office - 1979-1997)

- Judge at the Supreme Court of Justice from 3 April 1997 to October 1998 (serving on the Advisory Council of the Attorney General’s Office)

- Judge of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) from 1 November 1998

- Vice-President of Section III of the ECHR from 1 November 2001

b.       Non-judicial legal activities

i) in Portugal

- Chairman of the Steering Group in charge of the training stage for Public Prosecutors - 1977-1979:

- Comments to the decisions rendered by the Supreme Court of Justice, published in "Boletim do Ministério da Justiça", from issue No. 273, February 1978 until October 1998

ii) at international level

United Nations Organisation

- Took part in the 37th General Assembly of the United Nations (Sixth Commission) - 1982

- Took part in the proceedings to draw up an International Convention against the recruitment, use, financing and training of mercenaries - 1983

- Member of the Portuguese delegation to the Conference of Plenipotentiaries for the drawing up of a Convention on succession of states in respect of state property, archives and debts, Vienna - 1983

- Member of the Portuguese delegation to the Conference of Plenipotentiaries for the drawing up of a treaty on the Law of Treaties between States and International Organisations or between International Organisations, Vienna - 1986

c.       Non-legal professional activities

None

IV.       Activities and experience in the field of human rights

a.       Council of Europe

- Judge of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) from 1 November 1998

- Vice-President of Section III of the ECHR from 1 November 2001

- Member of the European Commission of Human Rights from 8 May 1993 until 31 October 1999

- Chairman of the Jurists Committee entrusted with the drawing up of a draft resolution on the mechanisms for the protection of human rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina - 1993

- Chairman of the Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH) - 1991-1992

- Deputy Chairman of the CDDH - 1988-1990

- Member of the CDDH - 1984-1992

- Standing member of the Committee for Selection of the granting of scholarships concerning Human Rights in the Council of Europe - 1985-1991

- Member of the ad hoc Committee entrusted with exchanging views on the draft of a Convention against Torture (1980-1984)

- Member of the Committee of Experts for the Improvement of Procedures for the Protection of Human Rights (DH-PR) – 1981-1990, and Deputy Chairman of the committee in 1986-1987

- Took part in the Colloquies held in Funchal (Human Rights as regards foreigners) - 1983; Seville (Freedom of expression and information) - 1985; Thessaloniki (Democracy and Human Rights) - 1987; Nordic (Non-discrimination) – 1990 and Budapest (Cultural Rights — New architecture in Europe), - 1995

- Took part in the preparatory meetings (Strasbourg and Vienna) and in the European Ministerial Conference on Human Rights, Vienna - 1985

- Took part, as representative of the CDDH, in the Ombudsmen Conference held in Vienna - 1986

- Took part in the Colloquies held by the Austrian Institute of Human Rights, Salzburg - 1988 and 1991

- Took part in the round tables with the Ombudsmen, Florence 1992 and Lisbon 1995

- Agent of the Portuguese Government at the European Commission and the European Court of Human Rights - 1984-1992

b.       United Nations Organisation

- Mission to Sao Tome and Principe, as consultant expert of the United Nations, for an assistance programme in respect of human rights - 1992-1993

c.       Others

- Regular collaboration with the Portuguese Judicial Studies Centre in the field of "Human Rights", including the supervision and co-ordination of Seminars on these matters

- Different interventions on "Human Rights", namely at some Portuguese Universities and during the campaign "All different — All equal"

V.       Public activities

- Associate member of the "Associação portuguesa dos direitos dos cidadãos"

- Member of the "Direito e Justiça", the Portuguese section of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)

VI.       Other activities

- Elected member of the High Council of the Public Prosecution Service (1983-1986)

- Member of the Management Board of the Judicial Studies Centre, under appointment of the High Council of the Public Prosecution Service (1979-1986)

- Assistance with the plans for the reform of the Macao penitentiary system - 1990

- Co-operation, as analyst, in the computerised processing of the opinions issued by the Advisory Council of the Attorney General's Office and the case-law of the Constitutional Court

- Observer at the Inter-American Conference which drew up a Convention on Extradition, Caracas - 1981:

VII.       Publications and other works

Rapporteur responsible for almost one hundred legal advices issued by the Advisory Council, most of them published in the "Diário da República" and in the "Boletim do Ministério da Justiça

Main works in the field of human rights:

- "A Convenção Europeia dos Direitos do Homem", 2a Edição, Coimbra, 1999, commentary on the Convention and its Protocols (476 pages)

- “L’article 6 de la Convention et la procedure d’exécution”, contribution to the Studies in memory of Rolv Ryssdal, Köln: Heymanns, 2000

- “Le règlement amiable devant la Cour européenne des Droits de l’Homme”, in “Les solutions alternatives aux litiges entre autorités administratives et les personnes privées : conciliation, médiation et arbitrage » edited by the Council of Europe, March 2000 (Update published in Bulletin des Droits de l’Homme, No. 10, September 2002, Institut luxembourgeois des Droits de l’Homme)

- “Le statut des réfugiés dans les Pays où ils cherchent asile” in Actes du 2e Colloque sur la Convention européenne des Droits de l’Homme et la protection des réfugiés, des demandeurs d’asile et des personnes déplacées, Strasbourg, 19-20 May 2000 published by the Council of Europe

- “ L’impatto della Convenzione Europea dei Diritti dell’Uomo e della Guirisprudenza della Corte Europea sulla Guirisprudenza nazionale” (translated from French), in Revista Internazionale dei Direitti de l’Uomo, Anno XIX, Gennaio-Aprile 2001, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan

- “O Tribunal europeu dos Direitos do Homem”, in Estudos em homenagem a Cunha Rodrigues, Vol I, Coimbra Editora, 2001

- “La jurisprudence de la nouvelle Cour européenne des Droits de l’Homme sur l’article 7 de la Convention européenne des Droits de l’Homme”, in Festschrift für Stefan Trechsel, Schulthess, Basel, 2002.

- “A Investigação Criminal e os Direitos Humanos”, in Policia e Justiça, Janeiro-Junho de 2003, IIIrd series, No. 1.

VIII.       Languages

LANGUAGE

READ

WRITTEN

SPOKEN

 

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Mother Tongue: Portuguese

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Official languages of the Council of Europe

French

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English

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Other languages

Spanish

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Italian

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IX.       Other relevant information

Took part in the drawing up of the Legal Experts’ Report submitted to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on Belarus, regarding its acceptance within this Organisation.

I declare that I will continue to live in Strasbourg if re-elected judge of the ECHR.

Strasbourg, November 2003

(signed)

Ireneu Cabral Barreto

CURRICULUM VITAE

I.         Personal details

Name: Pinto de Albuquerque

First Forename: Paulo

Second Forename: Sérgio

Sex: Male

Date of birth: 5.10.1966

Place of birth: Beira, Mozambique

Nationality: Portuguese

Home Address: …

Home Phone Number: …

Professional Address: …

Professional Phone Number : …

E-mail: Paulo.Albuquerque@tboahora.mj.pt

II.       Education and academic and other qualifications

Conclusion of GENERAL HIGH SCHOOL, Nacional High School of Viseu, with the final note of 18 (in 20).

LICENCIATURA in LAW, Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, with the final note of 16 (in 20).

MESTRADO (Master) in CRIMINAL LAW, Faculty of Law of the Portuguese Catholic University, with the final note of 17 (in 20).

      Dissertation: Introduction to the Actual Discussion on the Problem of Guilt in Criminal Law (written in Portuguese, Introdução à Actual Discussão sobre o Problema da Culpa em Direito Penal).

      Supervisor: Professor Doctor Manuel Cavaleiro de Ferreira, Faculty of Law of the Portuguese Catholic University.

DOUTORAMENTO (PhD) in CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW, Faculty of Law of the Portuguese Catholic University, with the final note of 17 (in 20).

      Dissertation: The Doble Grade of Jurisdiction in the Portuguese Criminal Procedure, The Fondations of the New Judiciary Paradigm (written in Portuguese, O Duplo Grau de Jurisdição no Processo Penal Português, Os Fundamentos do Novo Paradigma Judiciário).

      Supervisor: Professor Doctor Jorge de Figueiredo Dias, Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra

OTHER ACADEMIC DEGREES:

First Certificate in English of the UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, with the final note of A (Very Good).

Diplôme de Langue Française of the ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE, with the final note of Très Honorable (Most Honorable).

Zertifikat Deutsch als Fremdsprache of the GOETHE – INSTITUT, with the final note of Gut (Good).

Sprachprogramm der Mittelstufe des Internationalen Sommersprachkurses of the UNIVERSITÄT OSNABRÜCK, with approval.

Zeugnis Zentrale Mittelstufenprüfung of the GOETHE – INSTITUT, in Düsseldorf, with the final note of Sehr gut (Very Good).

III.      Relevant professional activities

a.  Judicial activities

Judge in the Courts of Sintra, Nelas and Lagos, in the Criminal Instruction Court of Lisbon, in the Correctional Cour of Lisbon and in the Criminal Court of Lisbon, since 1990.

The post held at present is judge at the Criminal Court of Lisbon.

b.  Non-judicial legal activities

Assistant Lecturer of Criminal Law in the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, 1989 - 1990.

Advisor in the Portuguese Ministry of Internal Affairs, 1989 - 1990.

Judge guiding the formation of other Judges, 1996 - 1999.

Professor of Prison Law and Judicial Organization in the Faculty of Law of the Catholic University, Lisbon, since 2003.

The post held at present is Professor at the Faculty of Law of the Catholic University.

c.  Non-legal professional activities: None

IV.      Activities and experience in the field of human rights:

I have participated in several academic and non-academic Workshops about human rights.

I have decided several major judicial cases, such as the case of ministerial responsability for contaminated blood, two cases of ministerial corruption, a case of money laundering with the money of a big football club, several cases of transnational organized drug trafficking, two cases of trafficking of human beings and I am currently judging the case of an alleged terrorist organization.

My lessons of prison law and judicial organization are based on the ECHR, the CPT, the UNCHR and the CAT standards.

My Master and my PhD Dissertations discuss the most delicate dogmatic problems that the actual European doctrine faces, such as the direction of the reform of criminal justice, the balance between security and freedom in the criminal and prison policies, the place of the prosecution and of the victim in the penal procedure, the future of the principles of the impartiality of the judge, the presumption of innocence, the separation between prosecutorial and judging authorities, among others.

V.       Public activities

a.  Public office: Judge

b   Elected posts: None

c   Posts held in a political party or movement: None

VI.      Other activities

a.   Field: None

b.  Duration: None

c.   Functions: None

VII.     Publications and other works

The Concept of Danger in the Crimes of Concret Danger (written in Portuguese, O Conceito de Perigo nos Crimes de Perigo Concreto), in Direito e Justiça, volume VI, 1992, 341 - 364.

Introduction to the Actual Discussion on the Problem of Guilt in Criminal Law (written in Portuguese, Introdução à Actual Discussão sobre o Problema da Culpa em Direito Penal), Coimbra, Almedina, 1994.

The Absence of the Defendent in the Trial in the Common Criminal Procedure, A Proposal of Reform of the Criminal Procedure Code (written in Portuguese, A Ausência do Arguido na Audiência de Julgamento em Processo Comum, Proposta de revisão do Código de Processo Penal), in Direito e Justiça, volume XI, 1997, 203 - 242.

An unextinguishable Mistake, Considerations on the Concept of Guilt of Jakobs (written in German, Ein unausrottbares Miβverständnis, Bemerkungen zum strafrechtlichen Schuldbegriff von Jakobs), in Zeitschrift für die Gesamte Strafrechtswissenschaft, N. 110 (1998), 640 - 657.

Crimes of Common Danger and against the Security of Communications in face of the Penal Reform (written in Portuguese, Crimes de Perigo Comum e contra a Segurança das Comunicações em face da Revisão do Código Penal), in CEJ, Jornadas de Direito Criminal, Revisão do Código Penal, Lisboa, CEJ, 1998, 255 - 315.

Portuguese Report (written in German, Landesbericht Portugal), in Monika Becker und Jörg Kinzig (Hrsg.), Rechtsmittel im Strafrecht, Eine international vergleichende Untersuchung zur Rechtswirklichkeit und Effizienz von Rechtsmittel, Band 1/1, Freiburg im Breisgau, edition iuscrim, 2000, 319 - 377.

The Reform of Criminal Justice in Portugal and Europe (written in Portuguese, A Reforma da Justiça Criminal em Portugal e na Europa), Coimbra, Almedina, 2003.

VIII.   Languages

Languages

Reading

Writing

Speaking

 

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- Portuguese

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b. Official languages

                  

- English

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- French

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c. Other languages

                  

- German

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- Spanish

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- Italian

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IX. Other relevant information

For the preparation of my PhD dissertation I have lived in France, Germany, Switzerland and England and I have studied in the following Universities and Institutes:

Max-Planck Institut für Ausländishes Strafrecht in Freiburg-im-Breisgau.

Juristishes Seminar of the Freiburger Universität.

Juristishes Seminar of the Bonner Universität.

Juristishes Seminar of the Berliner Freie Universität.

Berner Universität.

Faculté des Sciences Juridiques, Politiques et Sociales of the Université of Lille 2.

Boots Library of the Nottingham Trent University.

Hallward Library of the University of Nottingham.

I have made several presentations at national and foreign conferences:

Crimes of Common Danger and against the Security of Communications in face of the Penal Reform (presented in Portuguese, Crimes de Perigo Comum e contra a Segurança das Comunicações em face da Revisão do Código Penal).

Some Problems of Neo-Criminalization on the Field of Crimes of Common Danger and Crimes against the Security of Communications in the Penal Refom of 1995 (presented in Portuguese, Alguns Problemas sobre a Neo-Criminalização no âmbito dos Crimes de Perigo Comum e contra a Segurança das Comunicações na Reforma Penal de 1995).

The Absence of the Defendent in the Trial in the Common Criminal Procedure, A Proposal of Reform of the Criminal Procedure Code (presented in Portuguese, A Ausência do Arguido na Audiência de Julgamento em Processo Comum, Proposta de revisão do Código de Processo Penal).

Portuguese Report on Appeals and Remedies in Criminal Law (presented in German, Landesbericht Portugal über Rechtsmittel im Strafrecht).

The Portuguese Criminal Procedure and the European Standards (presented in German, Das portugiesische Strafverfahren und die europaische Standards).

The future of penitenciary studies (presented in Portuguese, O futuro dos estudos penitenciários).

X. I confirm that I will take up permanent residence in Strasbourg if elected a judge on the Court.

Paulo Sérgio Pinto de Albuquerque

1 Drawn up in accordance with Parliamentary Assembly Resolution 1200 (1999) in respect of candidates for election as judges to the European Court of Human Rights.

2 Issued pursuant to Resolution 1082 (1996) of the Parliamentary Assembly, for the purpose of his candidature seeking election to the European Court of Human Rights.