A/HRC/36/17 Ion Diaconu (Romania) Studies: 1956-1960 Bachelor of Law — Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest, Romania 1965-1968 PhD studies — University of Geneva, Switzerland 1971 PhD in International Law — University of Geneva, Switzerland Professional activities: October 2013 to present University Spiru Haret, Bucharest Professor Associate main topics — “The right of fundamental freedoms” and “Public international law” University of Bucharest, Faculty of Law Professor Associate coordinator for master studies in “International Responsibility of States”; 2010-2013 University Spiru Haret, Bucharest Professor Associate main topics — “Juridical protection of human rights”, “Diplomatic and consular relations”, “European and EuroAtlantic Organizations”; 2008-2010 University Spiru Haret, Bucharest Professor-Lecturer, main topics — „Juridical protection of human rights”, “Diplomatic and Consular Law” and “International Relations in Modern and Contemporary Times”, “European and Euro-Atlantic Organizations”; 2006-2008 Spiru Haret University, Bucharest Professor-Lecturer main topics — “Juridical Protection of Human Rights” and “European and Euro-Atlantic Organizations”; 2005-2008 Commission on Foreign Policy; Chamber of Deputies — Parliament of Romania; Chief Adviser. 1960-2005 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania: Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Ambassador of Romania to Denmark; Ambassador of Romania to the Russian Federation; Director General, Legal Department; Director General Consular Affairs Department; Director General, Department for Security and Cooperation in Europe; Deputy Director, International Organizations and Legal Department; Diplomatic Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Romanian to the United Nations, New York; Diplomatic Counsellor, Embassy of Romanian in Brussels; Academic activities: 1990-1993 26 National School of Political and Administrative Studies