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Please feel free to provide a short bio about yourself or the work of your organization (no more than 3 paragraphs): Claude Cahn is Human Rights Adviser to the Office of the United Nations Resident Coordinator in the Republic of Moldova. He was previously Head of Advocacy Unit for the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE), a global housing rights initiative based in Geneva. Between 1996 and 2007, he was Director at the European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC), an international public interest law organisation working to end the systemic human rights abuse of Roma (“Gypsies”) in Europe. Mr. Cahn’s areas of expertise include community empowerment, cause and mission management, human rights law and policy, monitoring methodologies, policy and law analysis, international institutions, public outreach and matters relating to the Romani communities. Major achievements include: making a durable contribution to the recognition of discrimination against Roma as Europe's most pressing human rights issue, as well as contributed to the development of a viable Roma civil rights movement, through two decades of work on Roma rights; undertaking key actions leading to the 2009 recognition of an estimated 90,000 women victims of coercive sterilization on the territory of the former Czechoslovakia, and work toward justice for them; contribution to interfaith dialogue and recognition of the right to freedom of religion, including through work leading to the first formal recognition of a Muslim community in the Republic of Moldova, and the prevention of the expulsion of the Baclaran Muslim community in Manila, Philippines. Claude Cahn has also been a key player in the campaign for an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

Please list the countries and/or regions in which you (or your organization) have direct and significant expertise: Europe, Asia, Africa, Americas

What is your current country of residence (or location of your organization)?: Republic of Moldova

What is your current job (and organization) and/or where and what field are you studying?: Human Rights Adviser, Office of the United Nations Resident Coordinator, Republic of Moldova: http://www.ohchr.org/en/countries/enacaregion/pages/mdindex.aspx

How many years professional experience do you have ?: 15+

What is your personal or organizational website?: http://www.facebook.com/claudecahn

Which are your primary skills areas(or the primary skill areas of your organization)?: Advocacy, Capacity Building, Curriculum Development, Evaluation, Fundraising, Monitoring, Research

What are some of your current areas of research (if any)?: Anti-Discrimination Law, Health and Human Rights, Freedom of Religion

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