A/HRC/33/3 Mikhail Aleksandrovich Lebedev (Russian Federation) Education: 1972 Graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (International Law Faculty) 1980 Obtained a Doctor degree in international law 1994 – Advanced training course in the Council of Europe Professional activities: Before 1991 Served in the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR/Russia and its missions abroad 1991–1998 Deputy Director, Department for International Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights, MFA of Russia 1998–2003 Minister-Counsellor, Embassy of the Russian Federation in Syria 2003–2009 Deputy Director, Department for Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights, MFA of Russia 2009–2012 Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN Office and Other International Organizations in Geneva (responsible for humanitarian and human rights issues) Human rights activities – national level: 1993 Coordinator, preparatory process for the report of the Russian Federation in accordance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1994 Coordinator, preparatory process for the report of the Russian Federation in accordance with the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1995 Coordinator, preparatory process for the national report of the Russian Federation to the Conference on Refugees and Migrants in the CIS and other countries concerned 1997 Coordinator, preparatory process for the report of the Russian Federation in accordance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child 1992–1999 – member Governmental Interagency Commissions on the Rights of the Child, the Status of Women and Social Issues 1993–1999 – member Board of Trustees, International Non-Governmental Association on the Protection of the Rights of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons Human rights activities – international level: Expert, member or head of national delegations to more than a hundred of sessions, conferences, workshops and other international events within the framework of the UN, Council of Europe, OSCE, CIS and other fora, including: 1977 UN Conference on Territorial Asylum 1979 UN Conference on Succession of States in Respect to Treaties 1993 World Conference on Human Rights (Vienna Conference) 17