CURRICULUM VITAE
1. GENERAL INFORMATION.
Name:
Alexander Kellman (Mr.)
Profession:
Lawyer and career diplomat.
Date of Birth:
June 13, 1966 (45 years old)
Birthplace:
San Salvador, Republic of El Salvador.
Marital status:
Married.
Working languages:
Spanish, English, proficient in Braille.
Cortical Visual Impairment due to brain injury (stroke) suffered in 1999.
2. ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
 Diploma in "Economics, Finance and International Business" by the Matías Romero
Institute of Diplomatic Studies (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mexico, 1994-1995)
 Inter-American Course on International Migration, Organization of American States
(OAS), International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Government of Argentina
(Mar del Plata, Argentina, November, 1995)
 Bachelors Degree in Law, “Jose Simeon Canas”, Central American University (San
Salvador, El Salvador, 1992)
 Studies at the University of Panama School of Communication (Panama, 1987).
3. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE.







Head of the Disability and Human Rights Department, Office of the Human Rights
Ombudsman (May 2011 to date)
External Consultant on Human Rights issues, attached to the Legal Affairs and Human
Rights Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador (August 2005 to May 2009)
Deputy Ombudsman for Children and Youth rights, Office of the Human Rights
Ombudsman (July 2001 to June 2002)
General Counselor, Social and Cultural Affairs Unit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
El Salvador (October 1999 to June 2001)
Head of the Legal Affairs Department, pro bono, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
El Salvador (February 2000)
Assistant Director General for foreign policy, Foreign Policy Bureau, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of El Salvador, (January 26, 1999 to February 2000)
Minister Counselor in charge of the Sixth Committee (Legal Matters) and First
Committee (Disarmament and International Security), Permanent Mission of El Salvador
to the United Nations, New York (October 1997 to January 1999). Observing
Representative to the International Law Commission and the Law Commission of the
Sea, responsible also for monitoring the Ad-Hoc Group for Security Council reform and
the preparatory committee for the establishment of the International Criminal Court.
1




Desk Officer at the Department of Social Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
El Salvador (March 1996 to October 1997), in charge of the portfolios of Immigration,
Refugees, Culture of Peace Education, Indigenous groups, Vulnerable Groups, Human
Rights (Economic, Social and Cultural Rights), UNESCO-related affairs, Natural Disaster
Reduction and International Humanitarian Law.
Head of the Social and Culture of Peace Section, Economic and Social Affairs Bureau,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador (January 1993 to February 1996)
Legal counselor and Delegate to the Human Rights Commission of El Salvador (March
to September 1990)
Other past mandates and assignments include also: Representative of the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs in the Bureau and Standing Committee on Migrants, Member of
International Humanitarian Law Board of El Salvador, Member of the Commission on the
Child, Delegate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Advisor to the UNESCO National
Commission, Deputy Representative to the Culture of Peace Programme National
Coordinating Council (liaison officer to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Member of the
drafting committee for the Refugee protection Act (El Salvador), member to the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs drafting committee for the country reports to the Human Rights treaty
body system.
4. ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
 Professor of Public International Law at the University of Sonsonate, Sonsonate, El
Salvador (1996).
 Assistant Professor of Corporate and Labor Law, “Jose Simeon Canas” Central
American University, San Salvador (1990)
5. PUBLICATIONS







“The current problems of development”, San Salvador, January 1995.
“Institutional factors influencing development”, San Salvador, February 1995.
“Culture of Peace: Culture of Civility or New Social Contract?”, San Salvador, El
Salvador, October 2000
“International Criminal Court: referee or punisher?”, New York, USA, November 1998.
“Migrating: Right or decision?”, San Jose, Costa Rica, June 1996.
“Self-determination of peoples”, San Salvador, El Salvador, September 1995.
“Culture of Peace”, San Salvador, El Salvador, August 1994.
6. OTHER ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIPS.



honorary member of the civil society group for the establishment of the International
Criminal Court (San Salvador, El Salvador, July 2001)
Member of the Latin American Council of Peace Research (1995-1996)
Member (1991 to 1996) of the North San Salvador ROTARAC Club (Rotary
International), serving as President (period 1995-1996), Treasurer, Secretary, as well as
Director of Professional Development, Community Service and International Relations.
2