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Appendix A: Speakers' Biographies
Pages 155-158

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... He was vice chancellor of the University from 1988 to 1989 and then chairman of the University Grants Commission of Sri Lanka from 1989 to 1993. He is president-elect of Sri Lanka's National Academy of Sciences.
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... Professor Dame Julia Higgins, United Kingdom Dame Julia Higgins is foreign secretary and vice president of The Royal Society in London. She is a professor of polymer science at the Imperial College London and director of its recently formed Graduate School of Engineering and Physical Sciences.
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... Sir Nigel Rodley, United Kingdom Sir Nigel Rodley is an expert member of the Human Rights Committee of the United Nations and former U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture (1993-2001)
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... Professor Yaari is the recipient of several academic awards including the Israel Prize in Economics and the Rothschild Prize in Social Sciences. He received his Ph.D.


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