| Short curriculum vitae Dr. Y. N. Kly Professor Emeritus Winner of “Most Inspiring Teacher” Award on retiring from the University of Regina, 2000 and Winner of the “Pioneer in Human Rights Law” Award from the National Bar Association (NBA) of the USA, 2007 Educational Orientation Dr. Y. N. Kly was born in the United States. He was hired by the University of Regina on September 1, 1989 as an Associate Professor, was granted a continuing appointment (tenure) on July 1, 1993, and was promoted to the rank of Professor on July 1, 1998. He received a growth increment each year he was eligible for one. He turned 65 on October 26, 2000 and was required to retire on June 30, 2001, due to Canadian laws then in force related to mandatory retirement. On July 1, 2001, he was given an additional six-month appointment to December 31, 2001. He then held an unremunerated appointment as Adjunct Professor until October 31, 2004, and was granted the honor of Professor Emeritus in February 2002. Apart from what may be considered the routine teaching capacity and interest of a person with his education and experience (areas of international law, international relations, areas of political science, etc.), Dr. Kly has four areas of expertise and experience which provides for holistic teaching approaches to some important globalization problematics: 1) Dr. Kly was examined and qualified by the International Bar Association in combination with the College of Law of England and Wales to practice international human rights law (2006) and criminal procedure (2007). He has 10 years of practice experience in this area. 2) Dr. Kly has practical experience in combining the ideology of process theory with that of international human rights law. 3) Dr. Kly explores the importance of timely revisiting of the concept of the state as an instrument and perhaps vehicle for societal and economic development, etc. 4) Dr.Kly explores the relationship between the subjective and objective concepts of democratic systems. 5) Dr. Kly is versed in the political importance of the inductive approach to international law. Expertise and Education Dr. Y. N. Kly, who is listed in Who’s Who in Black Canada, is presently Director of the IHRAAM/ICHR International Legal Clinic as a consultant to such international forums as the Inter-American Commission of the Organization of American States, the UN Human Rights Committee, etc. In 2005-2006, he served as Professor in Global Studies Department at Malaspina University (was given highest score by his students), as well as Consultant/Coordinator of the Global Studies Internship Program, of which he was one of the founders. He was awarded the title of Professor Emeritus by the School of Human Justice, University of Regina, where he taught international law and human justice until December, 2002. In 2002-3, he provided consulting services to the Northern Aboriginal Initiative (ANJI) of the Department of Justice of the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada. A recipient of the University of Regina’s “Most Inspiring Teacher” Award and a two-time winner of the prestigious Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights’ “Outstanding Book” award (co-sponsored by a wide range of major American civil rights organizations), Dr. Kly was given a Lifetime Achievement Award in pioneering the introduction of international law by the National Bar Association, International Law Section, in August 2007. He is the author of numerous articles on human rights and social justice issues, and of five books. He served as chief academic consultant to the RCMP program on democratic policing provided to Haitian trainees under the auspices of the United Nations, and the Canadian and Haitian governments, as well as two years of consultancy in human rights and justice to the regular RCMP cadet training program and Regina Police Department. On the international level, Dr. Kly’s commitment to the realization of human rights as codified in international human rights law has led to an ongoing consultancy with the Special Rapporteurs of the UN High Commission for Human Rights, the Committees of the UN Economic and Social Council, and other intergovernmental agencies such as the Human Dimension division of the Organization on Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), as well as NGOs such as the Kashmiri International Council for Human Rights, and the NGO Coalition for the Establishment of an International Criminal Court, the Netherlands-based International Human Rights Commission, etc.. He has been a prominent actor in the international arena as Chair of the International Human Rights Association of American Minorities (IHRAAM), an international NGO in consultative status with the United Nations which, inter alia, was co-sponsor of two major international conferences on the Right to Self- determination and the United Nations held in Geneva in 2000 and 2004. Dr. Kly consulted with Prof. Andreas O’Shea at the University of Durban-Westville Law School concerning reconciliation law, and in particular, reconciliation after change of government. Among numerous speaking engagements over the years, Dr. Kly served as keynote speaker for the National Bar Association, the NCBL (of which he is a member) Annual meetings, etc. He was the first speaker in Dalhousie University’s Eminent Speakers Series launched in 1997, etc. Dr. Kly holds a Ph.D. in Political Science, with specialty in International Law from Laval University. The supervisors of his thesis were Prof. Ivan Bernier, Head of the Law School, and Prof. Zylberber from the Department of Political Science. He also holds an Int. LPD from the College of Law of England and Wales and the International Bar Association, a Masters degree from the University of Montreal, a D.E.S. from the University of Algiers, B.A. from the University of Iowa, and a JD from the NCBL Community College of Law and International Diplomacy, Chicago. He has conducted two years of post- doctoral research in human rights law at The Hague Academy of International Law in The Netherlands, and was selected as a candidate for the Diploma of the Hague Academy of International Law. He also did doctoral research with the UN Human Rights Secretariat in Geneva and RECONCILIATION RESEARCH for the University of Durban Law School in South Africa, etc. |
| Queetn Quet, Dr. Y. N. Kly, Elder Carlie Towne of the Gullah/Geechee Nation |