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Abashidze, Aslan
The Process of Strengthening the Human Rights Treaty Body System

Prof. Aslan Abashidze is Doctor of legal sciences programme, Professor of International Law; Head of the Department of International Law, Law Faculty, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia; Professor, International Law Department, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia; Member of the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; Author of more than 350 papers in international law, published in Russia, Belgium, Georgia, Greece, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Italy, Serbia, Switzerland, UK, USA, Uzbekistan, Armenia, etc.

e-mail: abashidze.rudn@gmail.com 

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Antonov, Jaroslav Valerievich
Legal Instruments of E-democracy for the Development of Civil Society in International Practice

Jaroslav Valerievich Antonov is a practicing lawyer. He is also a lecturer in the Department of Constitutional Law of the North-west Institute of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration.

e-mail: reoverclock@gmail.com

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Augustínyová, Gabriela
The Indispensable Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in the Creation and Functioning of the International Criminal Court

Gabriela Augustínyová holds an LL.B. in European, International and Comparative Law from University of Sheffield, United Kingdom, and LL.M. cum laude in Public International Law from Leiden University, Netherlands. The author currently works as a lecturer at the Faculty of Law, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia. Previously the author worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Mission to Serbia.

e-mail: augustinyova.g@gmail.com

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Bakeš, Milan
Legal Regulation of and Influence of International Institutions on Financial Markets

Milan Bakeš is a professor of financial law at the Faculty of Law, Charles University, Prague, and Visiting Professor at UCLA, Los Angeles. He has published numerous monographs and more than 150 expert papers in his field. His most important monographs include Theoretical Issues of Financial Law [Teoretické otázky finančního práva] (Charles University, Prague, 1979) and Taxation and Investment (IBFD Amsterdam). In addition to his teaching and academic activities, he also practises as a lawyer specializing in financial law.

e-mail: bakes@prf.cuni.cz

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Barancová, Helena
Current Lawmaking of the International Labour Organization with Regard to EU Law

Prof. JUDr. Helena Barancová, DrSc., Dean of the Law Faculty of Trnava University, Head of the Department of Labour Law and Social Security Law. She has penned 24 academic monographs, and over 360 academic and expert studies and articles. Of these, approximately one third have been published abroad. She is known in the broader academic and professional community for her numerous books and expert articles on international and European labour law. She was awarded the Order of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic in November 2008 for her scholarship on European and international labour law.

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Bělohlávek, Alexander J.
Institutionalized Promotion and Protection of Investments in Energy Sector

Univ. Professor, Dr.iur., Mgr., Dipl. Ing. oec/MB, Dr.h.c. Lawyer admitted and practising in Prague/CZE (Branch N.J./US), Senior Partner of the Law Offices Bělohlávek, Dept. of Law, Faculty of Economics, Ostrava, CZE, Dept. of Int. and European Law, Faculty of Law, Masaryk University, Brno, CZE (visiting), Chairman of the Commission on Arbitration ICC National Committee CZE, Arbitrator in Prague, Vienna, Kiev etc. Member of ASA, DIS, Austrian Arb. Association. The President of the WJA – the World Jurist Association, Washington D.C./USA.

e-mail: office@ablegal.cz

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Dumbryte, Aiste
The Indispensable Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in the Creation and Functioning of the International Criminal Court

Aiste Dumbryte holds a MA in International and European Law from Vilnius University, Lithuania, and Advanced LL.M. cum laude in International Criminal Law from Leiden University, Netherlands. The author currently works at the Secretariat of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Previously the author worked at the Victims’ Participation and Reparations Section of the International Criminal Court, the legal section of the Coalition for the ICC (internship) and the Department of Refugee Affairs of the Lithuanian Red Cross Society.

e-mail: aiste_dumbryte@yahoo.com.

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Grmelová, Nicole
Institutional Framework of Combating Money Laundering in the European Union

Nicole Grmelová graduated from Charles University Law School, Prague and the Law Faculty of Universidad de Sevilla. She defended her Ph.D. thesis at the Faculty of International Relations, University of Economics, Prague, where she teaches courses on EU Institutions and EU Law as a Senior Lecturer. Between 2004 and 2008 she worked as a lawyer-linguist for the European Parliament in Brussels and later cooperated with the Court of Justice of the European Union.

e-mail: nicole.grmelova@vse.cz

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Hamerník, Pavel
The Non-State Adjudication of Disputes by the Court of Arbitration for Sport as an Inspiring Alternative for Effective Dispute Resolution

JUDr. Pavel Hamerník Ph.D. works at the Institute of State and the Law at the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, researching specializing in Sports Law and EU Law. He is the author of the Czech book Sports Law with International Elements and the Czech e-book Sports Law: In search of the balance between specific sports regulation and general law. He cooperates with the T.M.C. Asser Instituut’s International Sports Law Centre projects, has worked as Director of the Legal department of Czech FA, has teaching experience of EU Law and Sports Law and sits on the Czech Ice-hockey Association’s Arbitration Commission.

e-mail: pavel.hamernik@ilaw.cas.cz

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Karfík, Zdeněk
The Role of Foundations at the Beginning of the 21st Century

Zdeněk Karfík is a lawyer, an arbitrator at the Arbitration Court attached to the Economic Chamber of the Czech Republic and Agricultural Chamber of the Czech Republic, and a member of the Appellate Committee of the Minister of Finance of the Czech Republic; he is a long-standing external associate of the Faculty of Law, Charles University, Prague. In his legal practice, he specializes in financial, civil and commercial law. He has published numerous articles in this field.

e-mail: karfik@volny.cz

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Karfíková, Marie
The Role of Foundations at the Beginning of the 21st Century

Marie Karfíková is a professor of financial law at the Faculty of Law, Charles University, Prague. In her academic work, she specializes in tax and insurance law. She regularly publishes articles on this subject in professional journals. She has co-authored numerous textbooks and monographs. Between 1999 and 2006,
she was a member of the Legislative Council of the Czech Republic; she has been a member of the Appellate Committee of the Czech National Bank since 2006 and a member of the Presidium of the Public Audit Oversight Council since 2009. She is also an arbitrator at the Arbitration Court attached to the Economic Chamber of the Czech Republic and the Agricultural Chamber of the Czech Republic.

e-mail: karfikova@prf.cuni.cz

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Klee, Lukáš
FIDIC: Significance in the Construction Industry

Lukáš Klee – An expert on International Construction Law and FIDIC sample forms of contract, Lukáš currently works for a large construction company in central Europe. When away from the office, he lectures on International Construction Law at the Charles University Faculty of Law in Prague. As an extension of his teaching duties, Lukáš also trains lawyers at the Judicial Academy of the Czech Republic. Lukáš regularly publishes articles in the Czech Republic and abroad and is the author of three books related to International Construction Law.

e-mail: klee@email.cz

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Klíma, Karel
The Phenomenon of the European Court of Human Rights’ Influence on the Constitutional Systems of the Council of Europe Member States

Prof. et Doc. JUDr. Karel Klíma, CSc., dr. hab. is a university professor specializing in constitutional law. He is the head of the Legal Specialisations and Public Administration at the Metropolitan University in Prague.

Long time member of the Council of the International Association of Constitutional Law (IACL), member of the Academy of Comparative Law, member of the World Jurist Association and its President of the Section of the Law Professors.

Email: advokatikhklima@gmail.com

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Klimek, Libor
European Police Office (Europol): Past, Present & Future

JUDr. Libor Klimek graduated from the Faculty of Law, Bratislava College of Law in 2010. He then became a PhD studen at the Faculty of Law, Pan European University, Bratislava (formerly known as Bratislava College of Law). He is the author of several publications, domestic as well as foreign. All his research work, papers and publications are focused solely on the international and European aspects of Criminal Law.

e-mail: libor.klimek@yahoo.com

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Kohajda, Michael
Legal Regulation of and Influence of International Institutions on Financial Markets

JUDr. Michael Kohajda, Ph.D., is an assistant professor at Charles University in Prague, School of Law, Department of Financial Law and Financial Science and an attorney at Diligentis Legal, Prague.

e-mail: kohajda@prf.cuni.cz

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Krejčí, Oskar
The European Union and NATO: Cooperation, competition or conjunction?

Prof. Dr. Oskar Krejčí, CSc. (*1948) is the Vice-Chancellor of the University College of International and Public Relations Prague, a scientific worker at the Institute of Political Science of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava and he teaches at the Faculty of Political Sciences and International Relations of the Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrice. He has published appoximately twenty scientific books and more than one thousand varied studies and articles. He was an advisor to two Prime Ministers of the Czechoslovak federal government.

e-mail: oskar.krejci@umb.sk

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Lapaš, Davorin
International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGOs) as Participants in the International Law-Making Process: Examples in Environmental and Space Law

Davorin Lapaš LL.M, Ph.D, Professor of Public International Law, Department of Public International Law, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Law, Croatia.

e-mail: dlapas@pravo.hr

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Lhotský, Jan
The UN Mechanisms for Human Rights Protection: Strengthening Treaty Bodies in Light of a Proposal to Create a World Court of Human Rights

JUDr. Ing. Jan Lhotský is a PhD candidate in international law at the Masaryk University, Faculty of Law. His research and publications primarily cover two areas. Firstly, he writes on international criminal law with focus on the functioning of the International Criminal Court. Secondly, he also focuses on international human rights law in terms of its institutional frameworks and their influence on the enforceability of human rights.

e-mail: jan.m.lhotsky@gmail.com

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Marková, Hana
Institutional Framework of Combating Money Laundering in the European Union

Doc. JUDr. Hana Marková, CSc., assistant professor (docent) of Financial Law and Financial Sciences at the Faculty of Law, Charles University in Prague. Vice-dean of the faculty. She is dealing with teaching and research work. Area of specialization: budgetary law, tax law and fi nancial performance of local governments. To these issues has also published numerous articles in professional journals.

e-mail: markova@prf.cuni.cz

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Mates, Pavel
Can the Welfare State Be Lean?

Doc. JUDr. Pavel Mates CSc., lecturer in administrative law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Western Bohemia in Plzeň and at the University of Finance and Administration in Prague, specializes in administrative penalties and in information systems law, a topic on which he has published several monographs and a sizable number of articles in scholarly publications. He also concerns himself with the protection of privacy in administrative law, with particular consideration to police operations and the work of other public service bodies. He is an active member of government bodies that are in charge of drafting legislation.

e-mail: mate@ksp.zcu.cz

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Mrljić, Robert
International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGOs) as Participants in the International Law-Making Process: Examples in Environmental and Space Law

Robert Mrljić LL.M, Ph.D. Candidate, Assistant at the Department of Public International Law, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Law, Croatia.

e-mail: rob_mr2@yahoo.com

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Nováčková, Daniela
The Legal Instruments of EU Fiscal and Monetary Stability

Daniela Nováčková is an associate professor at the Faculty of Management of Comenius University in Bratislava and a Coordinator of the German Programme. In her academic work she has focused on European Economic Integration and Bilateral Investment Treaties. She has experience in approximation of European Law as a former expert of the Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic (1994-2004). She has published numerous articles in professional journals.

e-mail: daniela.novackova@fm.uniba.sk

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Nový, Zdeněk
The Role of the UNIDROIT in the Unification of International Commercial Law with a specific focus on the Principles of International Commercial Contracts

Zdeněk Nový is a senior lecturer in international law at Faculty of Law, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic. He also acts as a legal counsel in international business and economic law and arbitration in Brno, Czech Republic. He holds master of law and Ph.D. in private international law from Faculty of Law, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic and LL.M. from European University Institute, Florence, Italy; He also obtained the Scholarship for the Summer Session in Private International law by The Hague Academy of International Law, The Hague, Netherlands. He enjoyed a status of Independent Researcher at the UNIDROIT, Rome, Italy. He is Fellow of the European Law Institute, Vienna, Austria.

e-mail: zdenek.novy@law.muni.cz

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Ručka, Ondřej
FIDIC: Significance in the Construction Industry

Ondřej Ručka - In-house legal counsel in a large, Czech industrial group, Ondřej Ručka’s main task is to provide legal support for the international business dealings of the group. In particular, he provides support concerning large investments and engineering projects outside the Czech Republic. Ondřej is a graduate of the Masaryk University Faculty of Law in Brno.

e-mail: ondrej.rucka@gmail.com

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Sękowska-Kozłowska, Katarzyna
The Role of Non-governmental Organisations in Individual Communication Procedures before the UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies

Katarzyna Sękowska-Kozłowska, Ph.D. – senior researcher at the Poznań Human Rights Centre of the Institute of Legal Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Her Ph.D. thesis on the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) was published in Polish (Komitet ONZ ds. Likwidacji Dyskryminacji Kobiet - ustrój, kompetencje, funkcjonowanie, Toruń 2011). Her main fields of research are discrimination issues with special focus on gender discrimination and the UN human rights mechanisms.

e-mail: k.sekowska-kozlowska@inp.pan.pl

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Šmíd, Jan
Can the Welfare State Be Lean?

PhDr. Mgr. Jan Šmíd, Ph.D. teaches theory of law, constitutional law and political science at the University of Finance and Administration in Prague, political philosophy and philosophy of law at Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, and political ideologies at the University of Economics in Prague. He specializes in the above topics, which he has elaborated on in his contributions to several collections of papers and articles published in academic magazines.

e-mail: john_smid@yahoo.com, jan.smid@vsfs.cz

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