Doc. 11284
16 May 2007

Election of the Deputy Secretary General

Communication from the Committee of Ministers

I. Letter from the Chairman of the Ministers’ Deputies to the President of the Parliamentary Assembly, dated 10 May 2007

TRANSLATION

Mr President,

I have the honour to transmit herewith Resolution CM/Res(2007)5 on the appointment to the post of Deputy Secretary General, adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 2 May 2007, following the meeting of the Joint Committee on 19 April 2007.

[…]

Signed: Guido Bellatti Ceccoli

Chaiman of the Ministers’ Deputies

II. Resolution CM/Res(2007)5 on the appointment of the Deputy Secretary General

(Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 2 May 2007

at the 994th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies)

The Committee of Ministers, under the terms of Article 36.b of the Statute of the Council of Europe,

Having regard to the Rules of Procedure for appointment to the posts of Secretary General, Deputy Secretary General and Secretary General of the Assembly having the rank of Deputy Secretary General;

Having examined the candidature submitted by the governments of the Netherlands and Italy;

Having interviewed the candidate personally;

Having consulted the representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly through the medium of the Joint Committee,

Decides to submit to the Assembly, for appointment to the post of Deputy Secretary General, with effect from

1 September 2007, the following candidature, with the names of the nominating governments in brackets:

- Ms Maud de Boer-Buquicchio (the Netherlands and Italy).

III. Curriculum vitae of Mrs Maud Maud de Boer-Buquicchio

Born 28/12/1944 in Hoensbroek (the Netherlands)

Married to Gianni Buquicchio, two sons

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

2002 Elected Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe by the Organisation’s Parliamentary Assembly

1998-2002 Deputy Registrar of the European Court of Human Rights

1992 Secretary to the First Chamber of the European Commission of Human Rights - Deputy to the Secretary of the European Commission of Human Rights

1990 Head of Division in the Secretariat of the European Commission of Human Rights

1977 Principal legal officer in the Secretariat of the European Commission of Human Rights - Case-law and Research Division

1972-1977 Member of the Private Office of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe

1969-1971 Member of the legal Secretariat of the European Commission of Human Rights - Applications Division

EDUCATION

1969 Law degree: thesis subject on equality of treatment between men and women (Article 119 of the Treaty of Rome)

1965-1969 Law studies at Leiden University (private, public and criminal law, law of international organisations, social law)

1963-1965 French language and literature studies at Leiden University

Elementary and secondary education (gymnasium) in Deventer

LANGUAGES

Fluent: Dutch, English, French, Italian, German

Good knowledge: Spanish, Portuguese

PRINCIPAL PUBLICATIONS

· Legislative measures of the Council of Europe to address corruption and money-laundering in the international financial system (2003), Global Action against Corruption, The Mérida Papers, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

· Fundamental Rights in a Pluralistic Society (2003), Publication of the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations of the Netherlands

· 6th Kilbrandon lecture "Justice for Europe's children" (2003), Publication of the Glasgow Centre for the Child & Society, University of Glasgow

· Klarstellung zum Status des Europäischen Gerichtshofs für Menschenrechte und seiner Bezeihungen zum Europarat (2003), Europäische Grundrechte Zeitschrift, 30. Jg. Heft 17-20

· I componimenti bonari nel quadro della Convenzione europea dei dritta dell’ uomo (2000), in “Commentario alla Convenzione europea per la protezione dei diritti umani e delle libertà fondamentali”, published by CEDAM (Milano)

· Health and migration (2000), in Health, Migration and Return, TMC Asser press

· Les Droits de l’Enfant dans le cadre de la Convention européenne des Droits de l’Homme vus dans la perspective de la Convention des Nations Unies (1997), Revue Droit en Quart Monde (Belgique), n° 17

· The protection of Children’s Rights in Europe and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (1997), the Protection of Human Rights: the European Perspective, Studies in memory of Rolv Ryssdal (Carl Heymanns)

· The Direct Effect of the European Convention on Human Rights and the Rights of Children in Monitoring Children's Rights, Kluwer Law International (1996)

o The impact of the European Convention on Human Rights on the Rights of Children, Ediciones Universidad, Salamanca (1996)

· Interim Measures by the European Commission on Human Rights (1995), in “the Birth of European Human Rights Law”, Nomos Verlaggesellschaft

· Equality between the sexes and the European Convention on Human Rights, Human rights Files No. 14, Council of Europe (1994)

· Informationsfreiheit und die audio-visuelle Revolution, (co-author Mr H.C. Krüger), Rundfunk und Fernsehen, Hans Bredow-Institut (1989)

· Racial discrimination and the European Convention on Human Rights, Council of Europe (1989)

· Children and the European Convention on Human Rights, Studies in honour of Mr Wiarda, Carl Heymanns Verlag (1988)

· The European Commission on Human Rights, Emory Journal of International dispute Resolution (1987)

· Tax matters and the European Convention on Human Rights, Taxation and Human Rights, A survey of case-law, International Fiscal Association (1987)

· Procedure en Praktijk bij de Europese Commissie voor de Rechten van de Mens, Tijdschrift voor Familie- en Jeugdrecht (1986)

· Sexual discrimination and the European Convention on Human Rights, Human Rights Law Journal (1985)