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Tbilisi, 18 November 2008 CONFERENCE on the RULE OF Tbilisi, 18 November 2008 CONFERENCE ON THE RULE OF LAW “Justice and Rule of Law in the South Caucasus– achievements and challenges for the judicial professions”. Organised by the Council of Europe within the framework of the Swedish Chairmanship to the Committee of Ministers and in co-operation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Tbilisi, 19 - 20 November 2008 Sheraton Metechi Palace 20, Telavi str. 0103 Tbilisi, Georgia 2 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS ARMENIA Mr Gevorg DANIELYAN Minister of Justice Halabyan 41/a Yerevan Mr Nikolay ARUSTAMYAN Deputy Minister of Justice Halabyan 41/a Yerevan Mr Vahe DEMIRTSHYAN Head of Department for International Legal Reforms Ministry of Justice Halabyan 41/a Yerevan Ms Louise MANUKIAN Acting Head of International- Legal Relations Department Prosecutor General's Office 5, V. Sargsyan 0010 Yerevan Mr Vahram SHAHINYAN Head of the Department on Crimes against Human Being Prosecutor General’s Office 5, V. Sargsyan 0010 Yerevan Mr Artur GAMBARYAN Prosecutor Department on Crimes against Human Being Prosecutor General’s Office 5, V. Sargsyan 0010 Yerevan Mr Ashot KHACHATRYAN Head of the Legislative Analysis Department National Assembly 19 Marshall Baghramyan avenue Yerevean 0095 AM Mr Nikolay BAGHDASARYAN Executive Director Chamber of Advocated of the Republic of Armenia 3, Zaqiyan Yerevan 3 Ms Arpine YEGHIKYAN Board member Armenian Young Lawyers Association 7, Nalbandyan Str. Yerevan, Armenia AZERBAIJAN Mr Vilayat ZAHIROV Deputy Minister of Justice Ministry of Justice Inshaatchilar av.1 Mr Subkhi KAZIMOV Deputy Director of General Department of Organisation and Supervisions Ministry of Justice Inshaatchilar av.1 Baku, Azerbaijan Mr Emil HUSEYNOV Adviser, International Cooperation Department Ministry of Justice Inshaatchilar av.1 Baku, Azerbaijan Mrs Elmira SULEYMANOVA Commissioner for Human Rights 40, Hajibaya Government House AZ 1000 Baku Mr Ravan SAMADOV Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights Senior Advisor 40, Hajibaya Government House AZ 1000 Baku Mr Alasgar ALIYEV Judge of the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan Zahid Khalilov str., 540th quarter Baku Tel: + 994 12 510 35 61 Fax: + 994 12 510 35 60 E-mail:[email protected] Mr Islam ALIYEV Judge of the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan Zahid Khalilov str., 540th quarter Baku 4 Mr Musaddig MAMMADOV Head of Human Rights Department Constitutional Court of Azerbaijan Gencler Meydani Baku, AZ1005 Mr Anar HAJIZADEH Head of International Law Department Constitutional Court of Azerbaijan Gencler Meydani, Baku, AZ1005 Mr Anar BAGIROV Member of the Bar Association of Azerbaijan Mr Fariz MAMMADOV Member of the Bar Association of Azerbaijan GEORGIA Ms Eka TKESHELASHVILI Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr Zurab ADEISHVILI Minister of Justice Mr Kote KUBLASHVILI Chair of the Supreme Court Ms Tinatin BURJALIANI Deputy Minister of Justice Ms Eka ZGULADZE First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Mr Zurab TCHIABERASHVILI Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative of Georgia to the Council of Europe Ms Nino NAKASHIDZE Head of the Council of Europe Division of the Department of European Integration Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mr Shalva KVINIKHIDZE Head of the Public International Law Department Ministry of Justice Ms Tamar TOMASHVILI Deputy Head of the Public International Law Department Ministry of Justice 5 Mr Levan MESKHORADZE Agent of the Government of Georgia to the ECHR Ministry of Justice Mr Givi BAGHDAVADZE Head of International Cooperation Unit at the Office of Chief Prosecutor Ministry of Justice Mr Giorgi EBANOIDZE Head of Chairman’s Bureau Supreme Court Mr Irakli ADEISHVILI Chairman of the Civil Chamber of Tbilisi City Court Mr Besik ALAVIDZE Head of Chairman’s Bureau Tbilisi Court of Appeal Ms Gvantsa TSULUKIDZE High Council of Justice Mr Zaza BZISHVILI Consultant Supreme Court Ms Natia GVAZAVA Head of International Cooperation Unit Ministry of Internal Affairs Mr Davit KORAXASHVILI Head of Legal Unit Ministry of Internal Affairs Mr Giorgi KIKNADZE Head of Human Rights Unit Ministry of Internal Affairs Mr Ilia KVARATSXELIA Specialist Ministry of Internal Affairs Ms Sophia KHORGUANI Deputy Ombudsperson Mr Shota RUKHADZE Deputy Head of the High School of Justice 6 SWEDISH AUTHORITIES Mr Carl-Henrik EHRENKRONA Director-General for Legal Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Hans Gunnar ADÉN Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mr Sven Otto LITTORIN Minister for Employment OSCE Mr Gottfried HANNE Deputy Head of the OSCE Mission to Georgia 0144 Tbilisi, Georgia Ms Inkeri AARNIO-LWOFF Head of Human Dimension OSCE Mission to Georgia Krtsanisi Governmental Residence 0144 Tbilisi, Georgia Ms Tamar MAMUKELASHVILI National Rule of Law Officer OSCE Mission to Georgia Krtsanisi Governmental Residence 0144 Tbilisi, Georgia Ms Silvia POGOLSA Human Rights Officer OSCE Office in Yerevan Mr Carsten WEBER Chief of the Rule of Law Unit OSCE/ODIHR Al. Ujazdowskie 19 00-557 Warsaw, Poland EUROPEAN COMMISSION Ms Ketevan KHUTSISHVILI Project manager Delegation of the European Commission to Georgia 38, Nino Chkheidze str. Tbilisi, Georgia 7 UN OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS Ms Ekaterine KRISTESASHVILI National Programme Officer UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights 9, Eristavi Str. 0179 Tbilisi, Georgia USAID Mr Albert FZAL Chief Party Judicial Administration and Management Reform Project GERMAN TECHNICAL COOPERATION PROGRAMME (GTZ) Mr Zeno REICHENBECHER Head Director in South Caucasus GTZ Program "Legal and Justice Reforms in South Caucasus" 30, Rustaveli ave, 0146 Tbilisi Ms Franziska BOHM Team Leader GTZ Program "Support to the Legal and Justice Reforms in Georgia" 30, Rustaveli ave, 0146 Tbilisi Mr Shalva PAPUASHVILI Team Leader GTZ Program "Legal and Justice Reforms in South Caucasus" 30, Rustaveli ave, 0146 Tbilisi NORWEGIAN MISSION OF RULE OF LAW ADVISERS TO GEORGIA (NORLAG) Mr Vidar STENLSAND Head of Mission 4, Liberty square, Tbilisi Mr Bernt KROHG Judge 4, Liberty square, Tbilisi Ms Tatiana PATARAIA National Legal Adviser 4, Liberty square, Tbilisi 8 AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION (ABA) Mr Garry LETBETTER ABA Country Director N 15 Ilia Chavchacadze Street Tbilisi, Georgia Mr Dean PINELES Rule of Law Legal Specialist N 15 Ilia Chavchacadze Street Tbilisi, Georgia VENICE COMMISSION Mr Harry GSTOHL Member of Venice Commission in respect of Liechtenstein Austrasse 42, FL-9490 Vaduz LISBON NETWORK Mrs Iryna VOYTYUK Chair of the Lisbon Network President of the Academy of Judges of Ukraine 16g, Lypska str. Kyiv 01021, Ukraine SECRETARIAT OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE Ms Maud DE BOER BUQUICCHIO, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe Private office of the Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe Ms Leyla KAYACIK, Adviser Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs Mr Christos GIAKOUMOPOULOS, Director of Monitoring Mr Thomas MARKERT, Deputy Secretary of the Venice Commission Ms Anna CAPELLO-BRILLAT, Head of Justice Division Ms Artemiza-Tatiana CHISCA, Administrator, Secretariat of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities Ms Ana RUSU, Secretary of the Lisbon Network, Justice Division Ms Tamar CHERGOLEISHVIILI, Head of Legal Task Force Georgia (Tbilisi Office) Ms Maia MAMULASHVILI, Personal Assistant to the Head of Justice Division Directorate General of Democracy and Political Affairs Mr Igor GAON, Special Representative of the Secretary General to Georgia Ms Veronika KOTEK, Special Representative of the Secretary General to Azerbaijan 9 INTERPRETERS Ms Marianne de SUSBIELLE, Head Interpreter Ms Mara TSAKADZE Ms Natia PORCHKHIDZE Mr Gocha JAVAKHISHVILI Mr Lali DOUGLAS-HAMILTON .
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