Curriculum Vitae of Takhmina Karimova

Curriculum Vitae of Takhmina Karimova
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EDUCATION
2008 to 2012
Doctoral Degree (Ph.D.) in International Law
International Obligations of States under Socio-Economic Rights Treaties
(under the supervision of Prof. Pierre-Marie Dupuy)
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Geneva, Switzerland
2002 to 2003
Masters Degree (LL.M.) in International Human Rights Law
University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom
1997 to 2002
Diploma in Jurisprudence
Faculty of Law, Tajik State National University
Dushanbe, Tajikistan
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Jan.2014 to present
Consultant, International Commission of Jurists
Development of a new legal practitioners’ Guide on the basis of the ICJ publication “Courts and the
Legal Enforcement of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights”, conducting on testimonies of
practitioners, jurisprudence and academic work at national and international levels in order to
elaborate the Guide.
Jul. 2012 to Dec. 2013
Research Fellow, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian
Law and Human Rights, Law Faculty, University of Geneva
Study of the definition and meaning of ‘serious violations of human rights’ in international law and in
the context of transitional justice, including through the analysis of practice of truth commissions;
research for and drafting of reports on the protection of the right to education and access to justice in
armed conflict and post-conflict through the study of the practice of the UN enforcement mechanism;
study on the impact of counter-terrorism legislation on humanitarian activities in partnership with UN
OCHA; the study of the state practice regulating the right to peaceful protests and the use of force;
and the study of the human rights dimension of the disaster response law.
Jan. 2010 to Aug. 2012
Research Collaborator, Small Arms Survey
Research for and drafting of reports related to all aspects of small arms and light weapons; liaising
and building partnerships with the CIS regional organizations such as CIS, CSTO and SCO; research
and coordination of development of indicators for the monitoring implementation of the UN
Programme of Action; analysis of domestic regulation of small arms and light weapons.
June. 2009 to Dec. 2009
Researcher, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law
and Human Rights, Law Faculty, University of Geneva
Research on implementation of international human rights law and humanitarian law in situations of
armed conflict and access to justice, preparation papers on selected human rights law issues,
providing training support, analysis of the legislation on the countries in situations of armed conflict
and violence.
Feb. 2006 to Aug. 2008
National Coordinator
Organization
for
Tajikistan,
International
Labour
Representation of the ILO in Tajikistan, providing legal opinion, preparing agreements and contracts,
promotion and ratification of ILO Conventions, and supporting the ILO tripartite partners in fulfilling
their treaty reporting under ILO Conventions, maintaining relationship and policy dialogue with
tripartite partners, programme development, coordination of all ILO activities in the country,
formulation, implementation and evaluation of technical cooperation in the country, fundraising and
development of programmatic directions in the areas related to the mandate of the organization.
Country Project
Organization
Coordinator,
IPEC,
International
Labour
Coordination of components of ILO Programme on Child Labour in Tajikistan; designing and research
on education, its legal aspects in relation to child labour problems; participation in dialogue with
government and international organization on mainstreaming child labour concerns in development
programming; designing of education materials and gender handbooks for the social workers;
development of tools and models for prevention, protection and integration of working children.
Jun. 2005 to Feb. 2006
Anti-Corruption Project Manager, United Nations Development
Programme
Development of UNDP’s policy advisory on transparency and accountability; providing legal advice to
senior management on all aspects of anti-corruption activities of the UN in the country; fundraising;
conceptualization and drafting of proposals; maintaining liaison with Government, international
community and civil society to coordinate all UN anti-corruption activities; building partnerships;
analysis of best practices in the areas of governance, anti-corruption, capacity building.
May 2004 to Apr.2005
Legal clerk, International Criminal Court
Preparation and drafting of research on different legal issues concerning rights of victims as
envisaged by the Rome Statute, participation and input in drafting of regulations of the Registry,
drafting guidelines on communication with victims (especially children and elderly) preparation of
agenda and draft discussion papers, design of flowcharts on participation and reparation of victims,
participation in development of outreach programs and in all section related activities.
Feb. 2004 to May 2004
Staff Attorney, American Bar Association
Legal advise, design and carrying out of International Human Rights Law Training seminars for
university professors and advocates, in the framework of the assignment conducted needs
assessment and general situation analysis (including way forward strategy) on incorporation of a
course on Human Rights Law into the curriculum of the Tajik Universities.
Feb. 2004 to May 2004
Rule of Law Programme Assistant, Swiss Office for Development
and Cooperation
Projects on Human Rights and Penal Reform in Tajikistan, developed concept for small grants
administration for the Penal Reform Project, monitored projects on Human Rights Treaty Reporting
and participated in the strategic evaluation and planning of both human rights and penal reform
projects.
Jun. 2003 to Oct. 2003
Law Clerk, International Bar Association
Researched Independence of Judiciary and situation of lawyers in Iran, Central Asia, Saudi Arabia,
and participated in the research project on War Crimes Tribunals.
CONSULTANCY ASSIGNMENTS
United Nations Development Programme (Ukraine)
Consultant, 02.2013 -03.2013
Developed an analytical report on the Universal Periodic Review in the Commonwealth of
Independent States.
NORRAG, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Consultant, 05.2012 -06.2012
Developed the Right to Education component for 2013 Policy Dialogue Forum with an objective of
contributing to the post 2015 on MDGs.
Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor, Geneva
Legal expert, 01.2011- 10.2011
Drafted a report on mine action, victim assistance, cluster munition ban policy, with special focus on
Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
Human Right Centre (Tajikistan)
Legal Expert, 09.2009 – 03.2011
Developed a Handbook on International Standards of Access to Justice for the Law Faculty of the
Tajik State National University.
International Labour Organization
Consultant, 09.2009 -12.2009
Developed project concept for Central Asia on Human Trafficking and Forced Labour; drafted a
lessons learnt publication drawing from the CA Project on combating trafficking and conducted
evaluation of ILO projects on trafficking in humans in CA region.
United Nations Development Programme (Tajikistan)
Legal Expert, 04.2009 –Jun.2009
Legal analysis of the legislation regulating legal profession, lawyers and bar association’s institutions
and justice system in the Republic of Tajikistan.
United Nations Development Fund for Women
Expert, Nov. 2008 –Feb.2009
Development of Handbook on Human Rights Based Approaches to Programming for Development
Practitioners.
TRIAL (Track Impunity Always)
Research consultant, Oct. 2008 –Feb. 2009
Researched and analyzed national legislation for the International Criminal Court Legal Tools Project.
McGeorge School of Law, University of Pacific
Legal Expert, Mar. 2006 -Oct. 2006
Research Consultant for the Project “Prevention of Bio-Crimes: study of national legislation” with a
focus on terrorism.
Human Rights Centre (Tajikistan)
Legal Expert, Jan. 2006 -Aug. 2008
Drafted and edited two reports on the “Compliance of Tajik Legislation to the ICCPR and ICESCR”.
PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS

Chapter: 'Principle 5 on Poverty and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights' in Jorge E.
Viñuales (ed), The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development: A Commentary, Oxford
University Press, 2014, forthcoming.

Book review: ‘Amrei Müller, The Relationship between Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
and International Humanitarian Law - An Analysis of Health-related Issues in Noninternational Armed Conflicts (BRILL, 2013)’ International Review of the Red Cross,
Cambridge University Press, No. 889, 2013, forthcoming.

Book chapter: “ESC Rights and Development Cooperation: International Obligations of Donor
and Recipient States”, in E. Riedel et al. (ed.), Contemporary Issues in the Realization of
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Oxford University Press, 2014, forthcoming.

Book chapter: “Education as a ‘Battleground’ in 2012”, in, War Report 2013, Oxford University
Press, 2013.

Book chapter: "The Implications of Economic and Social Rights for Arms Acquisitions", in
Stuart Casey-Maslen (ed.), Weapons under International Human Rights Law, Cambridge
University Press, 2013.

SAGE Encyclopaedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice: “Lawful Killings” in co-authorship
with A. Alvazzi del Frate, G. Mugellini, and I. Pavese, 2013.

Small Arms Survey Occasional Paper: “Blue Skies and Dark Clouds: Kazakhstan and Small
Arms”, in co-authorship with N. Florquin and D. Aben, 2012 (English, Russian and Kazakh).

Small Arms Survey Yearbook Chapter: “Blue Skies and Dark Clouds: Kazakhstan and Small
Arms”, in co-authorship with N. Florquin and D. Aben, Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Derogation from human rights treaties in situations of emergency Derogation – Rule of Law in
Armed Conflict Project, 2010, in Rule of Law in Armed Conflict (RULAC), www.adhgeneva.ch/RULAC.

EU/HRC Reports, Analysis of Compliance of Tajik Legislation with International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights and International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,
HRC, Tajikistan, 2007 (Russian/English).

Three Sections/Articles: 1) “Terrorism, International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights:
Definitions of war and armed conflict – applicable law?”, 2) “Relationship between human
rights law and international law applicable in armed conflicts” and 3) “The UN non-treaty
based human rights machinery” – all published in Russian in “The Language of Human
Rights” Dushanbe, 2005.

International Humanitarian Law and Other Legal Regimes: Interplay in Situations of Violence,
XVIIth Roundtable – Sanremo, 4-6 September 2003, in co-authorship with Alessia Rosetti and
Dagmara Pilaszek, in Humanitäres Völkerrecht – Informationsschriften Vol. 4 2003, pp. 224227.

Article: “Universal Permissive Jurisdiction for the violation of Article 3 common to the Geneva
Conventions for the protection of the Victims of War of 12 August 1949” published in Asian
Yearbook of International Law for 2003, Martinus Nijhoff Publications - Vol. 10.
EXPERTS MEETINGS
Expert participant in the War Report 2013 (review meeting), ADH, April 2013;
Expert participant in the regional conference entitled Building Bridges: Collaborative Networks and
International Mechanisms for Human Rights Protection, UNDP, March 2013;
Expert participant in meeting on Post-2015 Politics and Foresight: What Room for Education?,
organized by NORRAG and UNDP, Geneva, June 2012;
Expert participant in the Weapons under International Human Rights Law (review meeting),
Cambridge UK, April 2012;
Expert participant in the workshop organized by Swiss Chair on Human Rights, on Contemporary
Challenges in the Realization of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, February 2011.
AWARDS

Asian Yearbook of International Law – SATA International Law Prize 2003 for the essay
“Universal Permissive Jurisdiction for the violation of Article 3 common to the Geneva
Conventions for the protection of the Victims of War of 12 August 1949”.

Organization for the Security and Cooperation in Europe – award for the essay dedicated to
the 50th anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Russian,Tajik/Persian
English
French
(native speaker)
(fluent)
(fluent)
REFERENCES
1. Professor Pierre-Marie Dupuy
Professor of public international law Graduate Institute of International and Development
Studies - Geneva. Emérite - Université Panthéon-Assas - Paris. Ass.Member, Institut de droit
international.
Address: Avenue de Bude 37, Email: [email protected], Tel: + 41 79
602 16 97.
2. Stuart Casey Maslen
Head of Research Programmes, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and
Human Rights.
Address: Villa Moynier, Rue de Lausanne 120B CP 67 - 1211 Geneva 21 Switzerland. Email:
[email protected]; Tel: +41 22 908 4476.
3. Lars Johansen
Head of Latin America Programmes, IPEC, International Labour Organization.
Address: 4 route des Morillons, CH-1211 Genève 22, Email: [email protected]; Tel: +41 22
799 7692 or mob: +41 79 534 9928.