CURRICULUM VITAE – 2011

SILVIA ROSE CARTWRIGHT, PCNZM, DBE, QSO

Date of Birth 7 November 1943, Dunedin, New Zealand

Marital Status Married to Peter John Cartwright

Education LLB Otago University, 1967

Career Judge, Trial Chamber ECCC, Cambodia, 2006 – present

Governor-General of New Zealand, 2001– 2006

Judge of the High Court of New Zealand, 1993 – 2001

Chief Judge of the District Courts of New Zealand, 1989-1993

Family and District Court Judge, 1981-1989

Private legal practice 1967-1981

Other Positions Member, NZ Commission for the Future, 1977-1981

Chair, Inquiry into Social Science Research Fund Committee, 1986- 1987

Commissioner, Inquiry into the Treatment of Cervical Cancer and other related matters at National Women’s Hospital, Auckland, 1987-1988

Member, United Nations Committee monitoring compliance with Convention to Eliminate Discrimination Against Women (Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women [CEDAW]) 1993- 2001

Resource person assisting the drafting by the State Parties to the United Nations of an Optional Protocol to the Convention, 1997-1999. Adopted by the General Assembly, November 1999

Member, Eminent Persons Support Group, Commonwealth Foundation 1999

President of the Judicial Panel for the Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions 1999 -2000

1 Chair, Waitangi National Trust Board, 2001-2006

Chair UNESCO New Zealand 2006 - 2009

Fellow, Hastings Institute 2010 - present

Awards Principal Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, 2001

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, 1989 (For Services to Women)

Queen’s Service Medal, 2006

Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of Otago, July 1993

Honorary Doctor of the University of Waikato, February 1994

Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of Canterbury 2002

Honorary Doctor of Laws, Ewha University, Seoul 2006

International Honorary Member, Zonta International, 2001

New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal

Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993

Legal and Community Positions

Co-Chair, Judicial Colloquium for Senior Judges of Asia and the Pacific, Hong Kong, May 1996

Co-Chair: Gender Equity Programme for New Zealand Judiciary, 1996-1997

Invited Speaker at a wide range of conferences and symposia, both in New Zealand and internationally, primarily on issues associated with the law and CEDAW.

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