Hassan Bubacar Jallow (The Gambia)

Born: 14th AUGUST 1951,BANSANG, THE GAMBIA

Nationality: GAMBIAN

MARRIED WITH CHILDREN

LANGUAGES: ENGLISH, WITH SOME FRENCH

SCHOOLS ATTENDED:

St. Augustine's High School Banjul, The Gambia, 1963 - 1969

Gambia High School Banjul, The Gambia, 1969 - 1971

University of Oar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, 1973- 1976

Nigerian Law School, Lagos 1976 - 1977

University of London (University College), 1978 - 1979

QUALIFICATIONS:

LLB (Hons) (First Class, Bachelor of Laws, 1976 (Dar-es-Salaam).

BL, Barrister-at-Law, 1977 (Lagos).

LLM, Master of Laws, (Public International Law), 1979 (London).

Called to the Nigerian Bar, 1977.

Called to the Gambia Bar, 1977.

Enrolled as Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Courts of The

Gambia and Federal Republic of Nigeria.

PRESENT STATUS:

Since September 2003 - Prosecutor, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Under Secretary General of the United Nations.

POSITIONS HELD:

I. State Counsel: Attorney General's Chambers, Ministry of Justice, The Gambia, 1977 - 1979 - criminal prosecutions and legal advice.

II. Principal State Counsel: Attorney General's Chambers, Ministry of Justice, The Gambia, 1979 - 1982 - conduct of and supervision of other counsel engaged in criminal prosecutions, civil litigation, legal advice, international legal matters.

III. Actina Reaistrar-General: Attorney General's Chambers, Ministry of Justice, The Gambia, 1977 - 1982 registration of companies and businesses, patents, trademarks, administration of estates, conduct of marriages, criminal and civil litigation.

IV. Solicitor General and Leaal Secretary: Attorney General's Chambers, Ministry of Justice, The Gambia, 1982- 1984 - deputy to the Attorney General and administrative head of the Ministry of Justice.

V. Attornev General and Minister of Justice: The Gambia, 1984 - July1994.

1990 Chairman, Commonwealth Working Group of Governmental Experts on Human Rights.

1989-1994 Chairman, Governing Council of the African Centre for Human Rights and Democracy Studies (ACDHRS) Banjul.

1994-1998 Following the change of government in 1994, a Private Legal Practitioner and Consultant.

1998-2002 Judge of the Supreme Court of The Gambia, the final appellate court.

1998 Member of Expert Group appointed by U.N. Secretary General to carry out a judicial evaluation and recommend measures for the effective functioning of the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).

1999 Appointed by UNCT AD Secretary General as Project Adviser and Member of Board of UNCTAD Project for Resolution of International Investment, Trade and Intellectual Property Disputes.

2001 Elected Judge Ad Litem International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia for four (4) year term.

2001 Appointed member, Commonwealth Secretariat Arbitral Tribunal.

2002 Appointed Judge, Appeals Chamber, UN Special Court for Sierra Leone.

2002 Member, Commonwealth Secretariat Arbitral Tribunal.

Consultant, UNHCR, Regional Human Rights Projects, for Southern Africa.

CONFERENCES ATTENDED:

Various-among them the following:

1977 Delegate to General Conference of the International Civil Aviation Organisation, Montreal, Canada.

1979 Participant in ICRC Workshop on the Geneva Conventions and Protocol thereto, Nairobi, Kenya.

1979 Member of Group of Experts selected by the Organisation of African Unity to prepare a preliminary draft African Charter on Human and People's Rights.

1980 Member of the delegation to African-Asian Legal Consultative Committee, Commemorative Conference, Bandung, Indonesia.

1980 Member of Gambian Delegation to First OAU Ministerial Conference on Human and Peoples' Rights for consideration of the Draft Charter.

1980 Member of Gambian Delegation to summit Conference of OAU Heads of State and Government, Freetown, Sierra Leone.

1981 Member of Gambian Delegation to Second OAU Ministerial Conference on Human and Peoples' Rights to continue consideration and adoption of Draft Charter.

1981 Member of Gambian Delegation to Summit Conference of OAU Heads of State and Government, Nairobi, Kenya.

1982 -1992 Head of Gambian Delegation to the UN Commission on Human Rights, Geneva.

1982 Member of Gambian Delegation to the UN Conference on the Law of the Sea, Montego Bay, Jamaica.

1983/86/89/92 Member and Head of Gambian Delegation the Commonwealth Law Ministers Conference, Colombo, Sri Lanka and subsequent Law Ministers meetings.

1983 Presented the Gambia's initial report under the International Convenant on Civil and Political Rights to the UN Committee on Human Rights, New York.

1985 Chairman of Committee 1 of the Seventh UN Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders - dealing with Criminal Justice processes and perspectives in a changing world and the formulation and application on United Nations Standards and Norms in Criminal Justice.

1985 Head of Gambian Delegation to African Political Parties Conference on Democracy in Africa, Dakar, Senegal.

1986 Head of Gambian Delegation to Asian-African Legal Consultative Committee Conference Arusha, Tanzania.

1987 Vice Chairman - UNESCO Conference on Human Rights Teaching and Research, Malta.

1987 Head of Gambian Delegation to Commonwealth Law Ministers Conference, Zimbabwe.

1987 Vice Chairman - Dakar Colloquium of Experts on the 1987 African Charter on human and People's Rights.

1987 Rapporteur General - International Expert Meeting on the United Nations and Law Enforcement, Baden near Austria, Vienna.

1988 Member of restricted group of experts invited by the UN Secretary General at Preparatory meeting for 8th UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Treatment of Offenders, Topic: New Dimensions of Criminality and International Cooperation to Combat Crime, Vienna.

1984 - 1994 Chairman of the National Management Committee of the Gambia Law Foundation.

1984-1994 Chairman of the Advisory Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy (The Gambia).

1984-1994 Member of the Chancery of the National Order of the Republic of The Gambia.

1991 Member of Commonwealth Election Observer Mission, Bangladesh.

1992 Participant & Peter Presenter at Conference of Commonwealth Attorneys General from small jurisdictions, Nicosia, Cyprus.

1993 Member of Gambian Delegation to World Congress on Human Rights, Vienna.

1993 Head of Delegation, Commonwealth Law Ministers Conference, Mauritius.

1993 Chairman Group of Experts to Examine ways of fostering greater reliance on model treaties for crime prevention and criminal justice, UN Office Vienna, (CPCJB).

1993 Chairman. Group of Experts to advise on establishment of National Human Rights Commission for the Gambia.

1994 Rapporteur General Joint African Law and Interior Ministers meeting, Kampala, Uganda.

HONOURS:

Commander of the National Order of the Republic of The Gambia (CRG).

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS:

Member International Advisory Council of African Society of International and Comparative Law.

Founder MemberPan African Council, London Court of International Commercial Arbitration.

Member Board of Directors Seaton Foundation, Bermuda.

PUBLICATIONS:

The Law of Evidence in The Gambia 1998

(Excaf Publishers, Dakar, Senegal, 1998)

Law, Justice and Governance: Selected Papers

(Excaf Publishers, Dakar, Senegal 1998)