Biographical data
Name and first name: KOTRANE Hatem.
Date and place of birth: July 25, 1954 In Tunis
Working languages: Arab, French, English
Current position/function: Professor of Law- University of Carthage- Tunis
Main professional activities: Teaching Law: law civil, social, human rights
Supervision of researchs (Master’s degree and Ph.D)
President of jury for the recruitment of university teachers in private law and social law
Training of trainers: Human rights, Law
Educational background:
1977: Licence en droit (equivalent to the Bachelor)- University of Tunis
1978: Diplôme d’études approfondies ( D.E.A.) in social law (equivalent to the Master’s
degree)- University of Paris 1- Pantheon- Sorbonne
1981: Diplôme d’études approfondies ( D.E.A.) in private international law (equivalent to the
Master’s degree)- University of Paris 1- Pantheon- Sorbonne
1982: Doctorat d’Etat (equivalent to the Ph.D.)- University of Paris 1- Pantheon- Sorbonne
Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the treaty body concerned:
- Independent Expert on the question of an optional protocol to the International Covenant on
the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Commission on Human Rights- UN), 2002- 2003.
- Member of the High Committee on Human Rights in Tunisia (1991-2011).
- General Reporter of the Conference of French-speaking Countries, preparatory of the World
Conference for Human Rights: Libreville (Gabon), 1993.
- Independent Expert on the question of an optional protocol to the International Covenant on
the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Commission on Human Rights- UN), 2002- 2003.
- Member of the Working Group of Experts for the revision of Arab Charter on Human Rights
(OHCHR- League of Arab States), Cairo 2004.
- General Rapporteur for the MENA regional Conference on the UN Study on Violence
Against Children, Cairo, June 2005.
- General Rapporteur of the 18th Congress of the International Association of magistrates for
youth and family held from 21 to 24 April 2010 in Tunis in partnership with the Tunisian
Association of the rights of the child (ATUDE), under the general theme: "United in diversity,
Protection of children in juvenile justice in the principal legal systems".
List of most recent publications in the field:
2000: Globalization and the target of Social cohesion, Tunis, Ed. C.P.U.
2005: Guide to Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Tunis, Ed. Arab Institute for Human Rights.
2012: The Right to Education in the Arab States- Review of National Legal and Policy
Frameworks- UNESCO, Beirut. MENA Office.
2012: Importance of the inclusion of economic, social and cultural rights in the constitutions
of Arab countries, publication of the Arab NGO’s Nertwork for Development- ANND),
November 2012, Beyrouth (Liban).
20014 : The rights of the child in Arabic countries, 25 years after ! (to be published).
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