A/HRC/36/17 expert and trainer, Organization: Institute for Human Rights and Development, 2009, Sao Paulo. • Report on economic sanctions and international human rights law, study in the context of a seminar on “Burma and human rights” at the initiative of the International Federation of Human Rights, 2009, Bangkok. • Training of Judges and Lawyers on the Fight against terrorism and the respect of human rights in Algiers and Rabat: Team Leader and Program Director for the Training program “Judging terrorism and Human Rights” (100 hours), Audience: 60 Algerian Judges and lawyers, in partnership with ILAC, Swedish Ministry of foreign affairs funding in partnership with the Algerian Ministry of Justice and UNODC, 2008, Algiers; Team Leader and Program Director for the Training program “Judging terrorism and Human Rights” (80 hours), Audience: 35 Moroccan Judges, in partnership with ILAC, Swedish Ministry of foreign affairs funding in partnership with the Moroccan Ministry of Justice and UNODC, 2006, Rabat. • Expert on Corporate social responsibility, Business and Human rights: Report on Self-Regulation and Co-Regulation of Corporate Social Responsibility in Europe, for the European Commission, Directorate-General Enterprise and Industry, 2007, Brussels; Report and recommendations on corporate social responsibility for the Belgian Ministry of Economy, Region Brussels-Capital, 2007, Brussels • Training for Belgian Magistrates, Theory of Legal Argumentation, 2005, Brussels • Expertise on Business and Human Rights: Field and research investigation “Transnational Corporations, Human Rights and Corporate Social Responsibility in Hungary” — Report, Acting as: Legal expert — Co-author, Organization: International Federation of Human Rights, 2005, Budapest Awards/Academic Distinctions • Harvard Law School: appointed as Visiting Fellow for the academic year 20122013 at the Human Rights Program of Harvard Law School • Royal Belgian Academy: appointed member of the Alumni College of the Royal Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts since 2010 • Belgian Research Agency (Fund for Scientific Research): appointed as permanent Research Professor in Law (tenure contract) since 2009 • New York University Law School: appointed as Visiting Global Fellow for the academic year 2007-2008 at the Hauser Global Program of New York University Law School • Hoover Fellowship from the Belgian American Educational Foundation, 30 000 $, New York, 2007 • Brussels University: Academic award: for the monograph “La Convention américaine des droits de l’homme”, Law School, University of Brussels, 2008; Prize Academic International Appeal, 20 000 €, Brussels University, 2007. Languages skills • French: Native language • English: Fluent (4 years spent in English speaking countries — Publications in English) • Spanish: Good (1 year spent in Latin America — occasional working language) Main Publications Books — Monographs Publications: He has published 12 books, as sole author or co-editor, and more than 50 book chapters and articles in peer-reviewed journals, in French, in English and in Spanish, 8