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 1 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) 2 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 3 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. 4 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 5 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 6 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 7 .