Vladimir Alexeevich Kartashkin – Doctor of Laws, Professor, Chief Researcher of the Human Rights Sector, Institute of State and Law, Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow, Russian Federation). He has authored over 280 articles published in Russia, France, Austria, Germany and the United States.

Prof. Kartashkin for over 10 years worked at the United Nations as an employee of the Human Rights Division, and then became a Special Advisor to the UN Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs. In 1996-2002 he was Chairman of the Commission on Human Rights under the President of the Russian Federation. In 1998 he was appointed member of the UN Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, and after its reorganization he was elected member of the UN Advisory Council on Human Rights. He prepared reports for the United Nations on a range of human rights issues.

Education

1952 – Graduate of the Faculty of Law of the Moscow State University.

1964 – PhD in International Law, Institute of State and Rights of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

1967 – French Diploma in Comparative Law, Strasbourg University.

1978 – Doctor of Laws, Institute of State and Rights of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Employment

Institute of State and Law of the RUSSIAN ACADEMY of SCIENCES, Moscow, Russia, Principal Research Officer, since 1985

People’s Friendship University, Moscow, Russia, Professor of Law, since 1985

Santa Clara University, School of Law, Santa Clara, Visiting Professor of Law, spring 1992

Cornell Law School, Ithaca, NY, Visiting Professor of Law, spring 1991

United Nations Secretariat, Legal Department, New York, Special Assistant to the UN Legal Counsel, 1979–1985

Institute of State and Law, Moscow, Russia, Senior Research Officer, 1973–1979

United Nations Secretariat, Human Rights Division, New York, Human Rights Officer, 1963–1973

Institute of State and Law, Moscow, Russia, Research Officer, 1961–1969

Public Expert Activities

The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee, Expert, since 2008

International Lawyer Journal, Moscow, Russia Editor-in-Chief, Moscow, since 2003

Centre of Education of Human Rights, Democracy and Culture of Peace, Moscow, Russia, President, since 1999

Subcommittee on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, Member since 1998 Russian Parliament, Moscow, Expert, 1993

Constitutional Assembly of the Russian Federation, Moscow, expert, 1993

Federation of Peace and Conciliation, Moscow, Board Member since 1993

Russian Yearbook of International Law, Moscow, Deputy Chief Editor, since 1986

Russian Association of International Law, Moscow, Executive Board Member, since 1986

Publications

International Mechanisms for Protection of Human Rights, Moscow, 2003 (in Russian)

Human Rights in International and National Law (in Russian), Moscow, 1995

Europe: Towards Common Legal Principles (in Russian), Moscow, 1990

Human Rights: What we argue about, Moscow, 1989

International Security and Human Rights, Moscow, 1988

International Protection of Human Rights (in Russian), Moscow, 1976

Territorial Problems of Developing Countries (in Russian), Moscow, 1965

Aggression as an International Crime (in Russian), Moscow, 1970

Contributing author:

International Law Textbook for Universities (2nd edition), Moscow, 2007

Human Rights Textbook for High School, Moscow, 2007

Human Rights: Tendencies and Perspectives, Moscow, 2002

Beyond Confrontation-International Law for the Post-Cold War Era Boulder, San Francisco, Oxford, 1995

Human Rights for the 21st Century, New York, 1993

Law and Force in the New International Order, Washington, 1991

Essays in the Legal Philosophy and Theory, Hague, Netherlands, 1983

International Dimension on Human Rights, UNESCO, Paris, 1982

Fields of Interest

Human rights

Relationships between International and Domestic law

International crimes

Sovereignty

Activities of the United Nations.