International and Intergovernmental Legal Experience: Chief of the International Standards Section, UNESCO Headquarters (2002-2007)
Status and Intergovernmental Responsibilities
Former Chief of the International Standards Section, the legal and treaty section assisting and advising (192) Member States in international standard-setting (hard and soft law) and related matters in the Culture Sector
This position (P5) implied extensive international experience assisting and advising Governments of (192) Member States, essentially all civil and common law jurisdictions:
a) in treaty-making, law and practice of treaties
b) in the implementation of treaty obligations, state responsibility, drafting suitable implementing legislation
c) in the elaboration and negotiation of (hard- and soft-law) international standard-setting instruments: conventions, declarations, recommendations, principles
d) in art and cultural property protection, restitution and return claims, cultural diplomacy