CURRICULUM VITAE

Alexei Dimitrov

Date of birth: 03/12/1980

Nationality: the Republic of Latvia

Phone number: (+371) 9 517 430

E-mail: [email protected]

Education and studies:

Since 2003 – the University of Latvia, Faculty of Law, LL.M. candidate (international law)

1998 - 2003 – the University of Latvia, Faculty of Law, LL.B. (lawyer)

1987 – 1998 – Lomonosov Riga Russian School-Gymnasium (secondary education)

Occupation:

Since 2003 - Secretariat of the Minister for Social Integration, lawyer

2002 – 2003 - the Parliament of Latvia, faction “For Human Rights in United Latvia”, legal advisor

2001 – 2002 – the Parliament of Latvia, MP assistant

Activities in the field of human rights:

2001 - 2003 – Latvian Human Rights Committee (F.I.D.H.), secretary executive

1999 - 2003 – Latvian Human Rights Committee (F.I.D.H.), legal advisor

Participation in international conferences and seminars:

February 2000 – NGO UNITED seminar on refugee rights (Zittau, Germany)

July 2000 - Minority Course 2000 (Aabenraa, Denmark)

June 2001 – ECMI seminar “Language policy in urban environment” (Liepaja, Latvia)

June 2001 – training course of the Institute of Human Rights (the University of Latvia) “Implementation of language legislation” (Riga, Latvia)

September 2001 – NGO “Minority Rights Group” training course “Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities” (Strasbourg, France)

October – December 2001 – Abo academy (Turku, Finland) internet training course “International protection of human rights”

June 2002 – ECMI seminar “Legal aspects of social integration in Estonia and Latvia” (Jurmala, Latvia) – presentation “Implementation of international minority rights provisions in Latvia”

June 2002 – NGO LICHR conference “Social integration in the Baltic States” (Tallinn, Estonia) – presentation “Implementation of international minority rights provisions in the Baltic States”

August 2002 – Eurouniversity summer school “Soft security in the Baltic states and Russia” (Varska, Estonia)

November 2002 – Council’s of Europe Information Centre’s conference “Social integration and ratification of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities by the Republic of Latvia” (Riga, Latvia) – presentation “Ratification of FCNM as the human rights issue”

November 2002 – NGO “Interights” seminar “Implementation of the EU Race Equality Directive” (Brussels, Belgium)

December 2002 – NGO “ARIS” training course “Submitting alternative reports to the UN institutions (Geneva, Switzerland)

April 2003 - Council’s of Europe Information Centre’s conference “Social integration – promoting tolerance” (Riga, Latvia) – presentation “Elimination of discrimination within the UN framework”

May 2003 – ECMI seminar “Linguistic diversity in the Baltic States” (Vilnius, Lithuania)

Publications:

Newsletter of the Latvian Human Rights Committee (F.I.D.H.) “Minority issues in Latvia” (editor, June 1999 – June 2003) –http://www.minelres.lv/count/latvia.htm#MinIssuesLatvia;
 

“Report on the implementation of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities in the Republic of Latvia” (author, editor). Riga, November 2002;

“Implementation of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities in the Baltic States” – digest “The Baltic Dilemmas”, Tallinn, 2003
 
Winner of the contest “Lawyer 2002”
 
Languages: 
Russian, Latvian, English, German (beginner)