A/HRC/36/17 Dheerujlall Baramlall Seetulsingh (Mauritius) Current Position Chairperson National Human Rights Commission, Mauritius since April 2001 Previous Positions Member and Vice President Human Rights Committee, Geneva International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights June 2014-End 2016 Member Human Rights Council Advisory Committee 2008-2014 Judge Supreme Court, Mauritius (19982001) Solicitor General Ministry of Justice and Attorney’s General’s Office (1994-1998) Chairman Tax Appeal Tribunal (1984-1994) and Termination of Contracts of Service Board Member of Council and Chairman of Staff Committee University of Mauritius (1984-1994) Part Time Chairman Stock Exchange Commission Head of Department of Law University of Mauritius (1992-1994) Visiting Lecturer University of Aix en Provence, France Member Law Reform Commission Member Council of Legal Education From State Counsel to Principal State Counsel Attorney General’s Office and Office of Director of Public Prosecutions (1974-1984) Professional experience Mr. Seetulsingh has produced important reports on the sugar cane industry, relations between millers and planters, the duties of Local Government councillors, the University of Mauritius, Legal studies and functioning of private secondary education. As a Judge of the Supreme Court he has been responsible for several ground breaking judgments, namely on the electoral system and on human rights. At the level of the National Human Rights Commission he has reported regularly on human rights issues in the country, especially the rights of suspects and victims, changing the attitude of the police, improving conditions of detention in prisons, respect for environmental laws, compliance with international norms and treaty obligations. He has contributed widely to imparting human rights education to police officers, prisons officers, trade unionists, teachers, students and members of the public at large. He has assisted in setting up a National Preventive Mechanism to protect the rights of detainees as required by ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture. He is responsible for making recommendations for reviews of criminal convictions by the Supreme Court where there is fresh and compelling evidence. Mr. Seetulsingh has participated actively in International Workshops and Conferences on issues linked to human rights such as HIV/AIDS, International and Regional Cooperation on Human Rights, the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Rights of Older Persons at the level of the African Union, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, 14