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Honorary President & Member of A4D’ s Academic and Diplomatic Committee
H.E. Dr. ADAMA DIENG – Doctor Honoris Causa in Law, is Under-Secretary-General of the UN Special Adviser of the UN Secretary General on Genocide Prevention (2008-2020). He is the Co-Organizer with Dr. Liviu Olteanu of the First (2016) & Second (2019) Global Summit on ‘Religion, Peace, Security’ held at the United Nations, Palais des Nations in Geneva.
Mr Adama Dieng served as the United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, a position he held from July 2012 to July 2020. He also served as Registrar of the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda from 2001 to 2008. Before joining the United Nations, Mr Dieng was for 10 years the Secretary General of the Geneva-based International Commission of Jurists (1990-2000). While holding the post of Secretary General, Mr Dieng was appointed as the United Nations Independent Expert for Haiti (1995-2000). He also served, in 1993, as Envoy of the UN Secretary-General to Malawi to mediate between the Government and the pressure Groups. He was the driving force behind the establishment of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, and produced also the draft of the African Convention to fight Corruption. In Senegal, Mr Dieng was Registrar at the Supreme Court. He has authored many articles on human rights, democracy and the rule of law. He is a former founding member of the Board of Directors of the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance as well as former President of the Martin Ennals Foundation. In recognition of his contribution to the strengthening of the rule of law and the fight against impunity, he was appointed an Honorary Chairman of the Washington-based World Justice Project. He led many fact-finding missions on human rights and rule of law as well as trial observation missions. He has received many honorific distinctions throughout the world, including the Raça Negra Tropheu for his eminent contribution in the fight against racism and racial discrimination; also he is the first person who received the International Award of Excellence “Ambassador for Liberty and Peace Jean Nussbaum & Eleanor Roosevelt” in 2016, from the hand of Dr. Liviu Olteanu, that was acting since 2011-2021 as Secretary General of the AIDLR. Currently, Adama Dieng is a member of the UN Internal Justice Council and the Special Adviser to the Higher Committee of Human Fraternity. Mr Dieng graduated in Law from Senegal and holds a Certificate from the Research Centre of The Hague Academy of International Law and also a Certificate on Homeland Security, Internal and External Security from the Paris Institute of International High Studies. He was conferred the grade of Doctor honoris causa in Law by the University of Exeter.
First Vice-President honorary & Member of Academic and Diplomatic Committee
H.E. Dr. PETRU DUMITRIU – Ambassador of the Council of Europe at the United Nations in Geneva, and the United Nations Inspector. Today he’s senior fellow and lecturer at DiploFoundation.
Petru Dumitriu is a career diplomat, specialized in United Nations matters. He earned his doctorate with a thesis on the United Nations reform. He was deputy permanent representative of Romania to the United Nations, in New York and Geneva, and Ambassador and Permanent Observer of the Council of Europe to the United Nations in Geneva. He served as representative of his country in various governing bodies of United Nations organizations (UNICEF, UNESCO) and in the Bureaus of several General Assembly subsidiary bodies. Between 2016-2020 he worked with the Joint Inspection Unit of the United Nations system as Inspector, elected by the General Assembly. He authored, among others, the JIU reports on “Knowledge Management in the United Nations system”, “The United Nations – private sector partnership arrangements in the context of the 2030 Agenda”, “Strengthening policy research uptake”, and “Policies and platforms in support of learning. Towards more coherence, coordination and convergence”. He received the Knowledge Management Award in 2017 and the Sustainable Development Award in 2019 for his reports. On 2021, Dr. Liviu Olteanu who acted from 2011-2021 as the Permanent Representative at the United Nations and Secretary General of the AIDLR – organization that has been founded by Jean Nussbaum and Eleanor Roosevelt in 1946 – was honored Dr. Petru Dumitriu with the International Award of Excellence “Ambassador for Liberty and Peace Jean Nussbaum & Eleanor Roosevelt”. Dr. Petru Dumitriu now works as a senior fellow and lecturer at DiploFoundation.
Academic & Diplomatic comitee of International Experts - special collaborators of Liviu Olteanu at Great Events
- H.E. Dr. ADAMA DIENG –Under-Secretary-General of the UN Special Adviser of the UN Secretary General on Genocide Prevention (2008-2020), Doctor Honoris Causa in Law.
- Prof. Dr. Jose Maria COELLO DE PORTUGAL – Vice-Rector University Complutense Madrid, former Vice-Dean International Relations Law School
- H.E. Dr. Petru DUMITRIU – Former Inspector Joint Inspection Unit, Palais des Nations Geneva & Ambassador of the Council of Europe at UNOG, Professor at DiploFoundation
- Dr. Jose Maria PUYOL MONTERO – Director of International Seminar ‘Dignity & Human Life’, held at RCC HARVARD LAW SCHOOL, Cambridges Massachusetts, United States of America, and Professor of Law at Law School UCM
- Prof. Dr. Rik TORFS – Former Rector of KU University of Leuven Belgium and Senator Brussels Belgium
- Prof. Dr. Ricardo ALONSO – Dean of Law School, University Complutense Madrid
- Prof. Dr. Jose Miguel SERRANO RUIZ CALDERON – International Expert on Law Philosophy, Bioethics and Religious Freedom, Madrid Spain
- H.E. Ambassador Adrian VIERITA – Former Ambassador of Romania to the United States of America, and to the United Nations in Geneva
- Prof. Dr. Brian ADAMS – Director Centre for Interfaith and Cultural Dialogue Griffith University, Melbourne Australia
- H.E. Ambassador Ms. Alfaro BELEN – Former Ambassador of Alliance of Civilizations & Ambassador of the Kingdom of Spain to Qatar
- Prof. Dr. Heiner BIELEFELDT – Special Rapporteur of the United Nations on Freedom of Religion or Belief FoRB (2010-2016), Professor of Law and Human Rights, Germany
- H.E. Ambassador Ms. Ammo Aziza BAROUD – Ambassador of Chad at United Nations in New York, Former Ambassador at the EU, UK, Benelux
- Prof. Dr. Ricardo GARCIA-GARCIA – Former Director Ministry of Justice & Rector of Catholic University of Valencia, professor of Universidad Autonoma Madrid
- Professor & Pastor Alberto GUAITA – President of the Association for the Defense of Religious Liberty, Sagunto Valencia Spain
- Dr. Jan FIGEL – European Commissioner (2004-2009), European Commission Special Envoy for the Promotion FoRB outside the EU, Brussels Belgium
- Prof. Dr. Nazila GHANEA – The current Special Rapporteur of Freedom of Religion and Belief of the United Nations, Professor of Law, Oxford University, UK
- Prof. Dr. Juan Antonio MARTINEZ MUNOZ – Former Head of the Department of Philosophy of Law UCM, author of ‘Law in Contemporary Culture’
- Rabbi Michael MELCHIOR – Chairman of the Mosaica Center for Religious Conflict Transformation in the Middle East, Jerusalem Israel
- Prof. Dr. Hisae NAKANISHI – Dean and Professor of the Graduate School of Global Studies, Doshisha University Kyoto Japan
- Rev. Dr. Harri Matias KUHALAMPI – Former Adviser of Member of European Parliament Hannu Takula, Finland
- Prof. Dr. Azza KARAM – Senior Adviser on Culture United Nations Populations Fund, Secretary General of Religion for Peace, United States
- H.E. Sheikh Abdullah bin BAYYAN – President of the Forum or Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- H.E. Faisal Bin Abdulrahman Bin MUAAMMAR – Secretary General KAICIID Dialogue Center Vienna Austria
- H.E. Ambassador Alvaro ALBACETE – Special Adviser to the Secretary-General for Public Diplomacy, Vienna, Austria
- Prof. Dr. Rafael PALOMINO – International Expert on Religious Freedom, and Expert on Conscientious Objections in the US Law, Madrid Spain
- Mr. John RACEALA – Former Director of Religious Liberty, Elmhurst Church Illinois, Businessman, United States of America
- Prof. Dr. Alberto DE LA HERA – Former Director General, Ministry of Justice of the Kingdom of Spain, Madrid
- Prof. Dr. Thomas SCHIRMACHER – Director of International Institute for Religious Freedom, Bonn Germany
- Prof. Dr. Ahmed SHAHEED – Special Rapporteur of the UN on Freedom of Religion and Belief (2016-2022), Professor of Law, London United Kingdom
- Dr. Katrina LANTOS SWETT – President of the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice, Former Chair of the U.S. Commission on IRF
- Dr. Bruno VERTALLIER – Former President of Inter-European Division & President of International Association for Defense of Religious Liberty
- Prof. Kevin OLTEANU – graduated of Yale University, International Expert on Ethics and Business, New York, United States of America
- Prof. Antonio Eduard NISTOR – Director of International Affairs and Communication, Businessman, United States of America
- H.E. Sheikh Dr. Muhammad AL-YAKOUBI – Syrian Islamic Scholar, Expert on Peace and Global Harmony, Religious Leader
Current Patronate Board
- Liviu Olteanu
- Liviu Vacari
- Francisco Urbina
- Pavel Nita
Founders of PRO VIVERE DIGNUM Foundation
- Liviu Olteanu
- Antonieo Eduard Nistor
- Carmen Luiza Joitoiu
- Liviu Vacari
