Stephen P. Marks, Docteur d’État, Dipl. IHEI
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FIELDS OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Public international lawInternational human rights law and practice
International relations
Public health
Human development
Human rights in developing countries
International civil service
Peacekeeping operations
Election monitoring
University-level teaching
Philanthropy /
FIELDS OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
EDUCATION:
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
Public Health and Human Rights
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Public and International Affairs
Law
Political Science
HONORS AND AWARDS
LANGUAGES:
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
PUBLICATIONS:
Books
Editorial oversight:
Journal Articles
Book Chapters
Theses, Monographs, Papers, and Speeches
Book Reviews, Introductions, and Forwards
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1999-present: Harvard University, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, François-Xavier Bagnoud Professor of Health and Human Rights; Director of François-Xavier Bagnoud Center of Health and Human Rights (1999-2006); Senior Fellow, University Committee of Human Rights Studies (2006-2010); Director, Program on Human Rights in Development (2000-present); faculty affiliate of the Center for International Development, the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Humanitarian Academy, Committee on Ethnicity, Migration, Rights,and the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights.
1995-1999: Columbia University in the City of New York, Director, United Nations Studies Program, Co-director, Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Concentration; Senior Lecturer, created and taught courses on: International Law, Human Rights and Economic Development, Law and Politics of the United Nations, Preventive Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution: Integrating Theory and Practice in the United Nations, UN Peace Operations, Legal Externship at the United Nations.
1998: The Asia Foundation, Phnom Penh Office, Cambodia: Human Rights Advisor, responsible for advising the grantees in the fields of human rights, democracy, rule of law and women’s rights on enhancing their effectiveness and strategic planning; and preparation of detailed proposals for foundation support to these efforts.)
1993-1995: Princeton University, Princeton, NJ: Visiting Fellow, Center of International Studies and Lecturer at the Woodrow Wilson School on “Democratization in Theory and Practice”)
1992-1993: United Nations, Human Rights Component, Human Rights Component, United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC), Phnom Penh, Cambodia: Chief of Section responsible for human rights education, training and information in Phnom Penh and the provinces. Also worked on reform of judiciary, criminal justice system, public security, accession to international human rights treaties, drafting of the new constitution, relations with NGOs, creation and administration of $2 million trust fund; chaired Headquarters Board of Inquiry, etc.
1992: United Nations, United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017: Assistant to the Independent Jurist, United Nations Mission for the Referendum in the Western Sahara (MINURSO); developed for the Independent Jurist legal criteria for rendering opinions in the areas indicated by the Peace Plan.
1992: The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, 140 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60603: Consultant to the General Program, evaluation of special initiative and presentation to the Board.
1989-1992: Cardozo School of Law, 55 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York, 10003:
Visiting Professor of Law and Director, Program in International Law and Human Rights; established a multifaceted program of curriculum development, career promotion, scholarly conferences; taught four new courses; directed a clinical program; expanded outreach to intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations; fundraising; academic advisor to New Europe Law Review.
1991: American Society of International Law/Academic Council on the United Nations System, c/o ACUNS, Dartmouth College, 206 Rockefeller Hall, Hanover, NH 03755: Co-Director, Summer Workshop on International Organization Studies. This workshop brought some twenty-three professors of law and social sciences together to explore theories, methods, and materials for interdisciplinary teaching and research in the field of international organization studies.
19841989: The Ford Foundation, 320 East 43rd Street, New York, New York 10017, U.S.A.: Program Officer, Human Rights and Social Justice Program, responsible for grant-making and managed portfolio of approximately $15 million in international human rights, human rights and development; free flow of ideas and information; implementation of international human rights law.
19731983: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Place de Fontenoy, 75700 Paris, France: Senior Programme Specialist, responsible for design and implementation of projects in Peace Research, Conflict Studies, Disarmament Research and Education, International Law, Human Rights Research and Teaching, International Humanitarian Law, and the Study of International Organizations; secretary to the Committee on Conventions and Recommendations.
19691973: International Institute of Human Rights, 1, Quai LezayMarnésia, 67000 Strasbourg, France: Staff Researcher, Representative in the Middle East (stationed in Lebanon and Syria, 19691971), Deputy Director of International Centre for the Training and Retraining of Human Rights Teachers (1973), assistant to the editor of the Human Rights Journal, coordinator of international colloquium on the rights to leave and to return (Uppsala, Sweden, 1972).
EDUCATION:
Doctor of Laws (Doctorat d’État en droit), with high honors, Institute of the Law of Peace and Development, Faculty of Law and Economics, University of Nice, 1979. Specialization: public international law. Thesis: “Les droits de l'homme et la fonction publique internationale; recherches sur les droits et devoirs des fonctionnaires internationaux du système des Nations Unies.”
Master of Arts (hon.), Harvard University, 1999.
Advanced degree in administrative litigation and human rights (Diplôme d’études appliqués avancées, DEAA), Faculty of Law, Economics and Political Science of the University of Besançon, 1977.
Certificate of European Studies, Institute of Advanced European Studies of the University of Legal, Political and Social Sciences of Strasbourg, 1972.
Diplôme universitaire d'études littéraires (DUEL) University of Humanities of Strasbourg (in Arabic language, literature and civilization), 1972.
Diploma in Arabic with high honors, Faculty of Letters of Damascus University, 1971.
Masters degree (Diplôme), Institute of Advanced International Studies of the University of Law, Economics and Social Sciences of Paris, dissertation: "Les sources du droit international en matière de droits de l'homme,” 1971 (placed first in the class).
University Doctorate (Doctorat d'Université) Faculty of Law, Economics and Social Sciences of the University of Paris, certificate in private international law, 1969.
Bachelor of Arts, Law, Stanford University, 1964.
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
Public Health and Human Rights
François-Xavier Bagnoud Professor of Health and Human Rights, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health (1999-present)
Director, François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health (1999-2006)
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Professor in the Core, Harvard College, SA-80 (2008-2009)
Social Studies, Thematic Course on Human Rights (2009)
Freshman Seminar (2007-2014)
Public and International Affairs
Director, United Nations Studies Program, Co-director, Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Concentration; Senior Lecturer in International Law, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University (1995-1999)
Lecturer of Public and International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University (1995)
Law
Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law and Special Advisor to the Vice-Chancellor, Jindal Global Law School, Sonipat, Haryana State, India (2013, 2014-2015)
Visiting Professor of Law, Department of Law, University of Hong Kong (2007)
Visiting Professor of Law, City University of Hong Kong School of Law (2006)
Lecturer, Law School, Columbia University (1987-1999)
University of Phnom Penh, Faculty of Law (1992)
Visiting Professor of Law and Director, Program in International Law and Human Rights, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (1989-1991)
Adjunct Professor of Law, Rutgers University School of Law (1986)
Political Science
Adjunct Professor of Political Science (1989), Columbia University
HONORS AND AWARDS
Keynote address on “Why Emerging Economies Need World-Class Universities” at the BRICS and Emerging Economies Universities Summit on 2 December 2015, held at Rashtrapathi Bhavan (Presidential Residence) in the presence of the President of India, New Delhi, organized by the Times Higher Education, O. P. Jindal Global University, and the International Institute for Higher Education Research and Capacity Building
Arjun K. Sengupta Memorial Lecturer, Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana State, India, March 13, 2013
Keynote address, Challenges of Transitions from High Schools to Colleges and Universities
(and launch of Jindal International Summer School), Jindal Global University, New Delhi, March 1, 2013
Mentoring Award, Harvard School of Public Health
Keynote Speaker, 3rd Conference on Law, Science, and Technology: Health andScience:Human Rights andLegal Issues, Academia Sinica, Taipei, December 18, 2010
Jeremy Knowles Scholar, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University, 2007, 2008, 2010
First lecture in the O.P. Jindal Global Lecture Series inaugurated by Mr. Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State for Commerce and Power of India. The topic: “Human Rights and Multinational Corporations in the Era of Globalization,” New Delhi, August 11, 2008.
Keynote speaker, International Conference on Terrorism, Human Security and Development: Human Rights Perspectives, City University of Hong Kong, October16, 2007
Plenary speaker, Annual Meeting, American Public Health Association, Boston, November 7, 2006
Goldstein Lecturer on Human Rights, University of Nebraska at Omaha, October 19, 2006
Keynote speaker, Jawaharlal Nehru University, School of International Studies, conference on “Human Rights in the Global Economy,” March 17, 2006
Keynote Speaker, University of Minnesota, Health and Human Rights symposium, December 8, 2000
Keynote Speaker, Tenth Annual International Law Careers Day, Cardozo School of Law (1998)
Visiting Fellow, Center of International Studies, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University (1993-95)
Research and Writing Grant, Program on Peace and International Cooperation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (1994-1995)
Maximilien Bibaud Memorial Lecture, Faculty of Law, University of Montréal (1994)
Lecturer in the Moses Leo Gitelson Seminars, Ralph Bunche Institute on the United Nations (1991)
University Fellow, New School for Social Research (1989-91)
Peaslee Fellow, Columbia University Law School (1985)
Distinguished Visitor, Urban Morgan Institute of Human Rights, University of Cincinnati College of Law (1985)
David Stoffer Lecture on International Conflicts, Law and a Just World Order, Rutgers University School of Law (1980)
Fellowship to Hague Academy of International Law Centre for Studies and Research (French Section, 1973, English Section, 1967)
LANGUAGES:
Bilingual English/French; university degrees in Spanish, German and Arabic.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Member, Standing Committee on Appointments, Reappointments, and Promotions (SCARP)HSPH (2017-present)
Research collaboration in International Tobacco, and Health Research and Capacity Building Program (R01) on tobacco control in Ethiopia (2016-2018)
Member the National Board of Directors (NBOD) of Be the Choice (not-for-profit organization to help individuals diagnosed with breast cancer) (2017-present)
Member, Advisory Committee, Project on “Giving Meaning to the Right to Enjoy the Benefits of Scientific Progress and Its Applications” of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2016-2017).
Co-director, Summer School on Development and Human Rights, Harvard-Jindal Global University, at Weatherhead Institute, Cambridge, 3-23 July 2016, 3-21 July 2017, 2-21 July 2018.
Member, Committee on Educational Policy, HSPH, 2015-present.
Member, HSPH Committee of the University Committee on International Projects and Sites (CIPS), 2015-present
Co-Chair, Human Rights Thematic Group, Human Development and Capability Association (HDCA), 2013-present.
Member, Steering Committee, Humanitarian Studies, Ethics, and Human Rights (HuSEHR), 2013-present.
Member of the Committee on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2011-2017.
Member, Core Knowledge Sub-Committee for MPH and DrPH Degrees, HSPH, 2013-2015
Faculty Member, Humanitarian Academy at Harvard, 2011-present
Member, Standing Committee on Ethnicity, Migration, Rights (EMR), Faculty of Arts and Sciences 2010-present.
Member, Harvard Scholars-at-Risk Committee, 2010-present
Member, Advisory Committee, Measurement and Human Rights Program, Carr Center on Human Rights Policy, Harvard Kennedy School, 2009-2011.
Member, Committee on Educational Policy, Harvard School of Public Health, 2009 and 2016-2017.
External assessor for faculty appointments, School of Law of City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, PRC, 2008.
Faculty Associate, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, 2008-present
Expert Member and Chair, High-Level Task Force on the Implementation of the Right to Development, United Nations Human Rights Council, member since 2004, elected chair in 2005, re-elected chair in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010.
Assessor, Development Marketplace 2007, Corporate Strategy Group, World Bank
Member, WHO Panel on Addressing Ethical Issues in Pandemic Influenza Planning: (May 2006)
Member, University Committee on Rights and Responsibilities, 2006-2008.
Principal Investigator, Indicators and Guidelines for Human Rights Principles in Poverty Reduction for Children, A UNICEF project, 2005-2007.
Faculty member, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (2005-present).
Consultant to the Parliamentarians for Global Action for strategic planning (2005).
Member, IT Advisory Committee, Harvard School of Public Health (2004-2006).
UN Expert for High-Level Seminar on the Right to Development, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, 9-10 February 2004.
Chair, Drafting Committee, Statement on Human Rights, Human Dignity and the Information Society, adopted 4 November 2003 by the International Symposium on the Information Society, Human Dignity and Human Rights.
Member, Disciplinary Committee, Harvard School of Public Health, 2003-2006, Chair, 2005-2006.
Faculty Associate, Center for International Development, Harvard University (2002-present).
Program Committee, Nobel Symposium on “The Right to Development and Human Rights in Development” (2002-2003).
Expert Group on Human Rights and Biotechnology-of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (2002).
Course Director, Intensive Course on Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health, (2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 20012, 2013).
Co-Director, joint FXB Center/American Public Health Association Project for a Health and Human Rights Education Initiative (2002-2003).
Principal Investigator, Right to Development Project (2000-2004), funded project involving collaboration with UN Independent Expert on multi-country study.
University Committee on Human Rights Studies, Harvard University (1999-2010)
Co-director of join FXB Center/Physician for Human Rights Project on a Declaration on Human Rights and Health Practice (2000-2002).
Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility, Harvard University (2000-2002).
Advisory Panel, Human Development Report 2000, UNDP (1999-2000).
Advisory Board, Human Rights Initiative, Carnegie Council on Ethics in International Affairs (1999-2005).
Consultant to the Parliamentarians for Global Action to evaluate major grant on peace and democracy (1999).
Consultant to the United Nations Development Program on integrating human rights into sustainable human development (1998, 2000).
UN Representative in New York and President (1995-2000) and Chair of the Board of US Committee for International Service for Human Rights, 1995-present.
Co-chair, University Seminar on Human Rights, Columbia University, 1998-1999.
Panelist for review of proposals for Grant Program of United States Institute of Peace (1998).
Consultant on peace and human rights education to the National University of El Salvador (1997)
Member, National Advisory Committee on the International Human Rights Project, UNA-USA, 1996
Member, Council of Advisors to the Faculty of Business Administration and Law at the University of Phnom Penh, 1995-1997.
Head of Delegation, election observation mission to Northern Iraq, International Human Rights Law Group, 1992.
Member, mission to investigate plight of Kurdish refugees in Iran, Middle East Watch and U.S. Committee for Refugees, 1991.
Co-Director, Summer Workshop on International Organization Studies, American Society of International Law/Academic Council on the United Nations System, Dartmouth University, 1991
Regional judge, Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court competition, 1990, 1997.
Director, Seminar on International Protection of Human Rights, UN/UNITAR International Law Fellowship Program, 1987, 1988.
Secretary, Committee on Conventions and Recommendations of the Executive Board, Unesco (1978-1980).
Director, international human rights course, InterUniversity Centre of Post Graduate Studies, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, 1977.
Deputy Director, International Centre for the Training and Retraining of Human Rights Teachers, International Institute of Human Rights, Strasbourg, 1973
Expert consultant: International Commission of Jurists for the drafting of the Siracusa Principles, 1984, and the Limburg Principles, 1986, and rapporteur of the drafting committee of the Maastricht Guidelines, 1997),
Carter Presidential Center, Advisor.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Current board/committee member:
Member, International Law Association Committee on Human Rights in Times of Emergency(2017-present)
Member, Board of Directors, Be the Choice (support tool for breast cancer patients), 2017-present
Member, Advisory Board, Harvard Public Health Review, 2014-present
Member Editorial Board, Jindal Global Law Review (JGLR), 2014-present)
Board member, Cultural Survival, 2013-present
Committee on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility,American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2010-2017
Board member, Human Rights and Tobacco Control Network (HRTCN), 2010-2018
Member, International Board of Advisors, International Institute for Higher Education Research & Capacity Building (IIHEd)
Member, Governing Body, O. P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana, India, 2010-present
Member InternationalAdvisory Board (IAB), School of Law of City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, PRC 2006-present
Health and Human Rights (published by the Harvard School of Public Health), Editorial Board
Human Rights Watch/Middle East - Advisory Committee
President, American Friends of the International Service for Human Rights
The Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy - Consultative Council
Former board member:
Albert Einstein Institution, Board member, 1993-2003
3D Trade - Human Rights - Equitable Economy, Advisory Board, 2009-2010
Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights, Board Member
Center for Economic and Social Rights - International Advisory Committee
International Service for Human Rights (Geneva) – Board of Directors
Current member:
International Law Association (ILA)
America Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)