Basil Fernandoとは 意味・読み方・使い方

W.J. Basil Fernando is a Sri Lankan born jurist, author, poet, human rights activist, editor of Article 2 and Ethics in Action, and a prolific writer. He was educated at St. Anthony’s College, Wattala and St. Benedict’s College, Kotahena. He earned a LLB from the University of Ceylon in 1972 and registered as an as an Attorney-At-Law of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka in 1980 and practiced law in Sri Lanka up to the end of 1989. He became a legal adviser to Vietnamese refugees in a UNHCR-sponsored project in Hong Kong. He joined the United Nations Transitional Authority (UNTAC) in 1992 as a senior human rights officer and later also served as the Chief of Legal Assistance to Cambodia of the UN Centre of Human Rights ( now the UN High Commissioner of Human Rights office). He is associated with Asian Human Rights Commission and Asian Legal Resource centre, based in Hong Kong since 1994.