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Report of Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni Exhibit A CURRICULUM VITAE OF M. CHERIF BASSIOUNI TABLE OF CONTENTS ACADEMIC POSITIONS ............................................................................................................ 1! UNITED NATIONS APPOINTMENTS ..................................................................................... 2! GOVERNMENTAL APPOINTMENTS ..................................................................................... 4! UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT CONSULTANCIES ....................................................... 4! TESTIMONY BEFORE THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS .............................................. 5! HONORARY DEGREES ............................................................................................................. 6! MEDALS ........................................................................................................................................ 6! MAJOR AWARDS ........................................................................................................................ 7! ACADEMIC AWARDS ................................................................................................................ 7! PUBLIC AND CIVIC AWARDS ................................................................................................. 9! PUBLICATIONS ......................................................................................................................... 11! BOOKS .................................................................................................................................................. 11! AUTHORED ............................................................................................................................. 11! English!...........................................................................................................................................................!11! Arabic!............................................................................................................................................................!12! Italian!............................................................................................................................................................!13! French!...........................................................................................................................................................!13! Spanish!..........................................................................................................................................................!13! EDITED ................................................................................................................................... 13! English!...........................................................................................................................................................!13! Arabic!............................................................................................................................................................!16! Italian!............................................................................................................................................................!17! MONOGRAPHS ON HISTORY, POLITICS, AND RELIGION ........................................................... 17! MONOGRAPHS ON LAW FOCUSED EDUCATION FOR HIGH SCHOOLS ....................................... 17! MISCELLANEOUS MONOGRAPHS ............................................................................................ 17! BOOK REVIEWS ................................................................................................................................. 18! LAW REVIEW AND BOOK ARTICLES* ........................................................................................ 18! OTHER LAW RELATED PUBLICATIONS .................................................................................... 32! NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES ARTICLES ............................................................................ 33! EDITORSHIPS ..................................................................................................................................... 33! LECTURES AT UNIVERSITIES AND SCHOLARLY INSTITUTIONS ........................... 35! SELECTED PROFESSIONAL SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS ..................................................... 35! MEMBERSHIP IN ORGANIZATIONS ................................................................................... 37! BAR MEMBERSHIPS ......................................................................................................................... 37! PROFESSIONAL AND SCHOLARLY ASSOCIATIONS .............................................................. 37! CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS AND CLUBS ......................................................................................... 38! SELECTED SERVICE TO PROFESSION .............................................................................. 40! LEGAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE ....................................................................................... 41! SUBJECTS TAUGHT .......................................................................................................................... 41! DePAUL UNIVERSITY AWARDS .................................................................................................... 41! DEPAUL UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC COMMITTEES ................................................................. 41! COLLEGE OF LAW COMMITTEES ............................................................................................... 42! SELECT SPECIAL ACADEMIC PROJECTS ........................................................................ 43! DEPAUL UNIVERSITY ...................................................................................................................... 43! INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HIGHER STUDIES IN CRIMINAL SCIENCES ............. 43! OTHER .................................................................................................................................................. 43! PROFESSIONAL LEGAL EXPERIENCE .............................................................................. 44! EDUCATION ............................................................................................................................... 44! UNDERGRADUATE ........................................................................................................................... 44! LEGAL EDUCATION OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES ............................................................ 44! C. LEGAL EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES .................................................................. 44! PERSONAL DATA ..................................................................................................................... 45! CASES CITING PUBLICATIONS ........................................................................................... 46! INTERNATIONAL COURTS ............................................................................................................. 46! INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE ....................................................................................... 46! INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA ................................. 46! INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR RWANDA ............................................................ 48! EXTRAORDINARY CHAMBERS IN THE COURTS OF CAMBODIA ................................................ 49! EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS ................................................................................... 49! NATIONAL COURTS ......................................................................................................................... 49! AUSTRALIA ............................................................................................................................. 49! High!Court:!....................................................................................................................................................!49! Federal!Court:!...............................................................................................................................................!49! Administrative!Appeals!Tribunal:!..................................................................................................................!50! Supreme!Court!of!Victoria,!Appeals:!............................................................................................................!50! CANADA ................................................................................................................................. 50! Supreme!Court!of!Canada:!............................................................................................................................!50! Federal!Court!of!Appeals:!.............................................................................................................................!50! Federal!Court:!...............................................................................................................................................!51! Supreme!Court!of!British!Columbia:!.............................................................................................................!51! Ontario!Court!of!Appeals:!.............................................................................................................................!51! INDIA .....................................................................................................................................
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