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OHCHR/UNDP Expert Consultation
“Governance and human rights: Criteria and measurement
proposals for a post-2015 development agenda”
13-14 November 2012, New York
OHCHR
ILR NYC Conference Center, Cornell University School of Industrial and
Labour Relations (ILR), 16 East 34th Street, New York
List of Participants
Organisers:
1. Mr. Mac Darrow, Chief, Millennium Development Goals Section, OHCHR
2. Ms. Shireen Said, Policy Advisor, Human Rights, UNDP
3. Mr. Joachim Nahem, Manager, Global Programme, UNDP Oslo Governance Centre
4. Mr. Nicolas Fasel, Indicators Team, Right to Development Section, OHCHR
5. Ms. Sarah Lister, Democratic Governance Advisor, UNDP Oslo Governance Centre
UN agencies and international organisations:
6. Mr. Homi Kharas, Lead author of HLP report, Brookings Institute (tbc)
7. Mr. Muhammad Abdullah, Economist, Executive Office of the UN Secretary-General
8. Mr. Varun Gauri, Senior Economist, Development Research Group, The World Bank
9. Mr. Jonathan Hall, Policy Specialist, Human Development Report Office, UNDP
10. Ms. Susana Sottoli, Deputy Director for Rights, Gender and Civic Engagement, UNICEF
11. Mr. Papa Seck, Policy Specialist (Statistics), UN Women
12. Ms. Diana Alarcon, Senior Economic Affairs Officer, UN Department of Economic and Social
Affairs
13. Mr. Patrick Spearing, Senior Governance and Public Administration Officer, UN Department of
Economic and Social Affairs
14. Ms. Seema Hafeez, Senior Economic Affairs Officer, UN Department of Economic and Social
Affairs
15. Ms. Francesca Perucci, Assistant Director, Population Division, UN Department of Economic and
Social Affairs
16. Mr. Enrico Bisogno, Team Leader Crime Statistics, Statistics and Surveys Section, UNODC
National partners/statistical offices:
17. H.E. Mr. Och Od, Permanent Representative of Mongolia to the United Nations, New York (tbc)
18. Ms. Manon Geisler, BMZ, Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations
19. Ms. Susanne Milcher, Policy Advisor, Programme Millennium Goals and Poverty Reduction, GIZ
20. Ms. Laure-Hélène Piron, Senior Governance Advisor, Department for International Development
(DFID), UK
21. Dr. Romulo Virola, Secretary General of the National Statistical Coordination Board and the
Chairman of the Governing Board of the Statistical Research Training Center, Philippines
22. Mr. Jose Antonio Meja, Vice President, National Statistical Office, Mexico
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23. Ms. María Elizabeth Barrios, Planning and Statistical Coordination Director, DGEEC Paraguay
Independent experts:
24. Dr. Mark Orkin, Visiting Professor of Public Management, University of the Witwatersrand,
Johannesburg; former Head of Statistics South Africa
25. Ms. Vanessa Boulanger, Project Manager, Power of Numbers, Harvard School of Public Health
26. Prof. Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Professor of International Affairs, New School of Social Research;
former Director, Human Development Report Office of UNDP
27. Prof. Meg Satterthwaite, Professor of Clinical Law; Faculty Director, Center for Human Rights
and Global Justice, New York University
28. Prof. David Richards, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and Human Rights
Institute, University of Connecticut
29. Prof. Michael Coppedge, Professor, Kellogg Institute, University of Notre Dame; Varieties of
Democracy (Vi-Dem) Project
30. Mr. Ignacio Saiz, Executive Director, Center for Economic and Social Rights
31. Dr. Daniel Kaufmann, President, Revenue Watch Institute; non-resident Senior Fellow,
Brookings Institution; former Director, Governance and Anti-Corruption, World Bank Institute
32. Ms. Marta Foresti, Head of Programme, Politics and Governance, Overseas Development
Institute
33. Mr. Iain Levine, Program Director, Human Rights Watch
34. Ms. Elana Beiser, Senior Editor, Committee to Protect Journalists
35. Mr. Vivek Maru, Chief Executive Officer, Namati: Innovations in Legal Empowerment
36. Mr. Stephan Massing, International Network on Conflict and Fragility, OECD-DAC
37. Mr. Warren Krafchik, Director, International Budget Partnership, Member of OGP Steering
Committee (tbc)
Consultants:
38. Mr. Malcolm Langford, Research Fellow, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights; Director, Socio-
Economic Rights Program (consultancy: post-2015 criteria and measurement frameworks)
39. Prof. Terra Lawson-Remer, Assistant Professor of International Affairs, New School of Social
Research; Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations (consultancy: civil and political rights metrics)
40. Prof. Rajeev Malhotra, Director, Centre for Development and Finance, Jindal School of
Government and Public Policy, New Dehli (consultancy: global governance metrics)
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