AMBASSADOR ÁLVARO SANDOVAL BERNAL
CURRICULUM VITAE
GENERAL INFORMATION
Name: Álvaro SANDOVAL BERNAL Date and Birth Place: Bogotá D.C., Colombia, May 11, 1963
Marital Status: Married Wife: Mme. Ángela Cordero de Sandoval
ACADEMIC FORMATION YEAR UNIVERSITY
Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies 2002 Université de Genève, Switzerland D.E.A. Study in Law with emphasis on International Law
Master Analysis in Political, Economic 1994 Universidad Externado de Colombia and International Contemporary in agreement with l´Institut Problems. d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, France
Specialization in International Relations 1990 Fondazione di Ricerche e Studi Internazionali di Firenze, Italy
Degree: Lawyer 1987 Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario
Courses and Seminars Year Institution
Seminar on the Law of the Sea 2006 United Nations Institute for Training and Research UNITAR UN, New York
Deposit and Registration Seminar 2005 United Nations Institute for Training Treaties and Agreements and Research UNITAR UN, New York
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Course on Basics of International 1998 Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Committee, Geneva, Switzerland.
Course in Specialization in Economy for 1995 Universidad del Rosario Non Economists
Seminar in History of Colombian 1984 Universidad Externado de Political Thought de Colombia
Languages
English French Italian Spanish
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Job Position Period Entity Ambassador Extraordinary 2013- The Embassy of Republic of Plenipotentiary Colombia to the Arab Republic of Egypt
Ambassador 2010 - 2011 Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Legal Affairs
Coordinator of Legal 2008 - 2010 Ministry of Foreign Affairs Concepts
Vice-President 2007 Sixth Committee of the General Assembly of United Nations (62° session)
Vice-President 2006-2007 Commission of the United Nations International Trade Law UNCITRAL (39th Session)
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Char 2008 (17-23-III) Permanent Mission of Colombia before United Nations – New York
Minister Plenipotentiary 2007 -2008 Permanent Mission of Colombia before United Nations– New York
Minister Counselor 2005-2007 Permanent Mission of Colombia before United Nations– New York
Counselor 2004-2005 Permanent Mission of Colombia before United Nations– New York
2000 (1-6- I) Permanent Mission of Colombia before United Nations– Geneva
Counselor 1998 – 2000 Permanent Mission of Colombia before United Nations– Geneva
First Secretary 1996-1997 Permanent Mission of Colombia before United Nations– Geneva
Consultant 1995-1996 National Narcotics Department (Commission given by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Consul of Colombia 1991-1994 Ministry of Foreign Affairs Berlin, Germany
Second Secretary in the ranks 1990 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Diplomatic and Consular Career
Lawyer Legal Department 1988/89 Banco de Colpatria
General Secretary 1987 FIDEC Foundation for Research and Development of Political Science
Lawyer Legal Department 1985/87 Banco de Bogotá
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NATIONAL CONFERENCES AND EVENTS
Member of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs in the framework of the preparatory committees (1990) of the National Constituent Assembly 1991, Bogota DC, Colombia.
Participant of "Days of university students in the Congress", representing the University College of Our Lady Del Rosario, 1983, Bogota DC, Colombia.
MULTILATERAL CONFERENCES
Delegate of Colombia to the Assembly of the States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, The Hague, Netherlands (2012).
Delegate of Colombia in the negotiation process of the proposed Free Trade Agreement between the Republic of Colombia and the Republic of Costa Rica, San Jose (2012).
Delegate of Colombia in the Working Group IV (Electronic Commerce) Legal Issues Relating to use of electronic transferable records, UNCITRAL, Vienna, October 29- November 2, 2012.
Delegate of Colombia in the Working Group on the Crime of Aggression under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (2004-2008).
Delegate of Colombia in the American Committee against Drug Abuse CICAD, 2002, Washington DC, 2002, Mexico City, and 2003, Panama City.
Delegate of Colombia in the Commission on Narcotic Drugs - United Nations, 2002 and 2003, Vienna.
Delegate of Colombia in the Preparatory Commission for the International Criminal Court, 2001, New York.
Delegate of Colombia in the conferences of the International Committee of the Red Cross, 1998-2000, Geneva, Switzerland.
Delegate of Colombia in the former Commission on Human Rights, 1996-2000, Geneva, Switzerland.
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LECTURES
TOPICS INSTITUTIONS Convention for abolishing Universidad Católica requirement of foreign public de Chile documents legalization
Liberal Thought in Colombia Universidad de la Sabana
Social liberalism - Lopez Foundation for Research and Pumarejo and Jorge Eliecer Gaitán, Development of political Science convergences and contrasts. FIDEC
Centralism and federalism in the Universidad de los Andes, Lecture Colombian Constitutional History Constitutional History
Milestones of the Constitution Ibero-Amerikanisches institute, Berlin Germany
Psychoactive Drugs and Violence Colombian Medicine Academy
Basics and principles of International Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora Humanitarian Law del Rosario University
The International Criminal Court San Carlos Diplomatic Academy United Nations Systems: Challenges Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora And Reforms del Rosario University
Pillars of Colombian foreign policy United Nations, New York
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
LECTURES UNIVERSITY
Public International Law Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario University, Bogotá D.C Faculty of Law
Private International Law Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario University, Bogotá D.C Faculty of Law
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History of Political Ideas Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario University, Bogotá D.C. Faculty of Law
FOUNDATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS
Founding Member and Secretary Foundation for Research and General (1989) Development of Political Science FIDEC
Founding member and former member of Colombian Academy of the Board International Law
PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH
ARTICLES YEAR MEDIA
The International Criminal Court 2007 El Tiempo in the path of global justice
Diplomacy in the age of globalization 2006 El Espectador
United Nations: A comprehensive 2005 El Tiempo Reform
The Globalization of Law and 2004 El Espectador the decline of the nation state
Berlin: city of two tales 1991 San Carlos Foreign Affairs Magazine
The confinement of the humanities 1986 El Rosario University as a sign of our times. Magazine
The prison system inmate 1985 Consigna Magazine rehabilitation or degradation
Sterile Generation 1983 El Tiempo
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MONOGRAPHIES
La juridiction consultative de la Cour Interaméricaine des Droits de l’Homme The Marshall Plan and the reconstruction of Europe
BOOKS
The consultative system in international law (in preparation)
Law Articles Co-author
HOBBIES
Reading (history, art, science and archaeology)
Opera, theatre and art cinema
SPORTS
Tennis, basketball and ice-skate
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