A/HRC/33/3 1994–1998 Conference, Steering Committee sessions and expert meetings on refugees and migrants in CIS and neighbor States 1995 4th World Conference on Women (Beijing Conference) 1995 Working Group of the Commission on Human Rights on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1993–1999, 2003–2012 Sessions of the Executive Committee and Standing Committee of the UNHCR 1997–1998 Working Group on the Elaboration of and Optional Protocol to the CRC on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict 1997–1999, 2003–1012 IOM Council Sessions 2003–2006 5th and 6th International Conferences on New or Restored Democracies 2003–2009 OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meetings (Warsaw meetings) 2004–2009 Sessions of the European Committee on Migration 2004–2012 Sessions of the Global Forum on Migration and Development 2005–2009 Sessions of the Council of Europe Committee on National Minorities 2008–2010 1st–17th Rounds of Geneva Discussions on Stability and Security in Transcucasia 2010 4th World Congress against Death Penalty 2011 European Regional Forum on Genocide Prevention 2009–2012 Sessions of the UN Human Rights Council, ILO Administrative Council, International Labour Conference, International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, WIPO Assembly, Humanitarian forum on Syria etc. Academic background: 1985–1986 Lecturer, Diplomatic Academy and Foreign Trade Academy, USSR from 1993 Full member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (Geopolitics and Security Section) 1997 Awarded a silver medal of the International Institute of Humanitarian Law At present Academic advisor, Human Rights Master Program in the Russian Federation (implemented in cooperation with the OHCHR) Author of more than 100 articles, theoretical and practical courses and other works in the field of international law, human rights and humanitarian cooperation Spoken languages: Russian, English, French, Arabic 18