Program :: Krister Thelin /Thematic Session IV
Commercial Law Development Program Session

Creating the EU/WTO Compliant Telecom Legislation

United States Department of Commerce, Commercial Law Development Program sponsored session on liberalization and deregulation in telecommunications sector.

Curiculum Vitae

1. Family name: Thelin
2. First name: Krister
3. Date of birth: 08/12/47
4. Nationality: Swedish
5. Civil status: Married
6. Education:
Institution
University of Lund, Sweden
Date: from (month/year):
to (month/year) 08/67- 06/72
Degree(s) or Diploma(s)
obtained: JD ( Juris Kandidat)

Institution
Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass. USA
Date: from (month/year):
to (month/year) 07/75- 06/76
Degree(s) or Diploma(s)
obtained: Master of Laws (LL.M) UN Law, Comparative Constitutional law and International Legal Process

7. Language skills: (Mark 1 to 5 for competence, 5= very good)
Language Reading Speaking Writing
Swedish 5 5 5
English 5 5 5
German 5 4 3
French 5 3 2

8. Membership of professional bodies: Swedish Judges´ Association, Swedish Society for Judicial Research (President 1992-1998), Swedish IT-Commission 1993- 1994, Amnesty International, International Commission of Jurists, Swedish Helsinki Committee, International Bar Association ( Vice Chair Judges´ Forum 2000-2002)

9. Other skills: Professional judicial career and government service, including senior executive positions, from 1972 until present.

10. Present position: 1.Chief Justice of Appeal ( on leave) in Sweden;
- Judge (ad litem) of the ICTY in the Hague ( since June 2001).
- Director of the Policy and Legal Advice Centre in Belgrade (see www.plac-yu.org)
- Key qualifications: Judicial career with experience as CEO and of Institution building in South East Europe since 1997: Dispute Resolution, Broadcasting and telecommunications, Constitutional law, Human rights, and Rule of Law, EU Phare, OB Nova and CARDS.

- Specific Eastern Countries experiences:
Country Date: from (month/year) to (month/year)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 09/97-present
Croatia, FRY, FYROM, Romania, Bulgaria and Albania 01/01-present

- Professional experience record:
Date: from (month/year) to
(month/year) 03/02-present
Location Belgrade
Company The Policy and Legal Advice Centre ( European Agency for Reconstruction)
Position Director
Description CEO

Date: from (month/year) to
(month/year) 01/01-03/02 Chairman of the eSEEurope Initiative (Swedish Foreign Ministry and Stability Pact, see www.eseeurope.org).

Location Stockholm, Brussels and the Balkans
Company Stability Pact and Swedish MOFA
Position Chairman of Initiative under Working Table II
Description Facilitate bridging of the digital divide in SEEurope

Date: from (month/year) to
(month/year) 07/98-02/01 (1)
07/98-present (2)
Location Sarajevo
Company IMC/CRA, The Supreme Broadcasting and Telecommunications Agency in BIH ( see www.cra.ba)
Position Director General (1), Chairman of the Enforcement Panel (2)
Description Institution building, Human Rights issues, Dispute Resolution

- Others: Deputy Minister of Justice of Sweden ( 1991-1994); Chief Legal Advisor (Humanitarian Law) to Commander of Southern Sweden (1986 - 1991.) ;Team Leader Institution Building in BiH (1997-1998) OB Nova/Phare (97-5283.00).
-Hobbies include history, tennis and long distance running ( 10 Marathon events 1990-1999). Wife Barbro Glave -Thelin, lawyer with her own Family Law Practice in Lund, Sweden. Daughter Karolina, b. 1977, BA (Business Administration), Loyola Marymount University in LA, Cal, USA(2001), presently at IP-Soft (MSP Company) in New York, NY.

Publications: Swedish Code of Judicial Procedure ( transl. co -editor) 1976, Sweden and Rule of Law (Swedish), 2001
Articles and reports on IT-law, Humanitarian Law and Constitutional Law in Swedish Legal Periodicals and in other publications.