Curriculum Vitae. Pia Justesen. Work experience current. Dates. Occupation or position held. Founder Justadvice

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1 Curriculum Vitae Work experience Name and address of company 2014 current Founder Justadvice LLC Justadvice is a consultancy firm providing expert legal advice on international and Danish human rights and anti-discrimination / equality issues as well as strategic advice on corporate social responsibility (CSR). Analysis, reports, guidelines, policy development as well as independent legal research within human rights, equality and CSR. Planning, hosting, as well as presenting in seminars and conferences on CSR, human rights, anti-discrimination and equality. Teaching human rights, antidiscrimination and CSR at various courses and workshops. JUSTADVICE LLC, 211 Greenleaf Avenue, Wilmette, IL 60091, USA, or Business Name and address of company 2012 current Danish expert in the European Legal Network on Non-discrimination ( The European Commission has set up an independent network of legal experts in anti-discrimination to support its work by providing independent information and advice on relevant developments in the individual Member States. Provision of information on current discrimination issues as well as yearly country reports on the current state in Denmark with regard to discrimination and equality. European Commission DG Justice / Human European Consultancy / Migration Policy Group Government / Consultancy November Founder Justadvice Page 1/8 - Curriculum vitae of

2 Name and address of company Justadvice was a law firm providing expert legal advice on international and Danish human rights and anti-discrimination / equality issues as well as strategic advice on corporate social responsibility (CSR). JUSTADVICE, Studiestræde 7A, 1455 Copenhagen K, Denmark Business Name and address of company Type of business and sector 2009 current Founder and partner CSR Nordic ApS CSR Nordic provides transparent CSR reporting and analysis in order to obtain higher credibility for all stakeholders. The CSR-System helps customers to set up a complete reporting database in days. The datamodel is founded on UN Global Compact and GRI metadata and certified by Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). Activities and responsibilities include the provision of expert legal CSR advice on international human rights and environment principles, on strategic CSR activities as well as GRI-reporting. CSR Nordic ApS, Attemosevej 4, DK-3400 Hillerød, Business Part-time associate professor Copenhagen Business School Teaching CSR, employment law and anti-discrimination law Copenhagen Business School, Institute of Law, Howitzvej Frederiksberg University/Business School Part-time attorney The Danish Union of Journalists Advising and negotiating employment law issues relating to union members Name and address of company The Danish Union of Journalists, Gammel Strand 46, 1202 Copenhagen K Labor union September 2005 October 2007 Associate Bech-Bruun Law Firm Specializing in employment law. Legal advice to employers on employment matters. Conflict resolution by litigation, legal proceedings and arbitration. Bech-Bruun Law Firm, Langelinie Allé 35, DK-2100 Copenhagen Law Firm May May 2006 Member of the Danish Complaints Committee for Ethnic Equal Treatment - the Danish equality body set up under EU Directive 2000/43/EC. The Danish Complaints Committee for Ethnic Equal Treatment had 3 committee members. Activities included the handling and adjudication of individual discrimination complaints on the basis of race and ethnic origin. It also included the taking up cases of discrimination on account of race and ethnic origin both within and outside the labor market. The Danish Complaints Committee for Ethnic Equal Treatment, Institute for Human Rights, Strandgade 56, DK-1401 Copenhagen K Public and national complaints committee May May 2005 Post.Doc. Aarhus University School of Law Page 2/8 - Curriculum vitae of

3 Independent research project on affirmative action or active/special measures for ethnic minorities as a means to establish factual equality. The project was funded by The Danish Social Science Research Council. Aarhus University School of Law, Bartholins Allé, DK-8000 Aarhus C University August June 2003 Research Fellow The Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights at Yale Law School Independent research and teaching on issues of racial and ethnic discrimination as well as of affirmative action. Yale Law School, Schell Center for International Human Rights, P.O , New Haven, CT , USA University June June 2001 Researcher Danish Center for Human Rights Independent research, teaching and writing of memos/reports on issues of racial and ethnic discrimination. Participation in the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance in Durban, South Africa from 31 August to 8 September 2001 on behalf of the Danish Center for Human Rights. Danish Center for Human Rights, Strandgade 56, DK-1401 Copenhagen National Human Rights Institute October May 2000 PhD Fellow University of Copenhagen Faculty of Law Independent research and teaching on issues of human rights and racial and ethnic discrimination on the labor market. The PhD degree was obtained in 2000 under the title: Equality for Ethnic Minorities on the Labor Market - a Human Rights Perspective. Faculty of Law, Institute B, University of Copenhagen, Skt. Peders Straede 19, DK-1453 Copenhagen K University October October 1996 Expert and secretary for former prime minister Anker Jørgensen in his capacity as the Danish member of the European Union Advisory Committee for the Elimination of Racism and Xenophobia. Expert knowledge on issues of anti-discrimination and racism. Provision of memos and speech writing. Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Asiatisk Plads 2, 1448 Copenhagen K Ministry September September 1995 Researcher Danish Center for Human Rights Independent research, teaching and writing of memos/reports on issues of human rights, freedom of speech and anti-discrimination. Writing of alternative reports to the UN Committee of the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD Committee) as well as participation in the meetings of the CERD Committee in March Danish Center for Human Rights, Strandgade 56, DK-1401 Copenhagen National Institute for Human Rights Page 3/8 - Curriculum vitae of

4 September September 1994 Intern Lawyers Committee for Human Rights Writing of memos/reports on issues of international human rights and refugee law with a focus on temporary protection of refugees from the former Yugoslavia. Assisting Director of the Refugee Project, Arthur Helton, in his general work within the UN system. Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (today: Human Rights First), 333 Seventh Avenue, 13th Floor, New York, NY , USA NGO September and October 1992 Stagiaire UNHCR Regional Office Writing of memos/reports on issues of international asylum and refugee law. Assisting in the general work with the relevant EU inistitutions. UNHCR Regional Office for Belgium, Luxembourg and the European Institutions, Brussels, Belgium UN Education and training Name and type of organisation 2010 Mediation Master (IMI certified mediator) Alternative conflict resolution by mediation mediationcenter a/s, Strandvejen 203, 2900 Hellerup Name and type of organisation Associate Various legal courses on contract law, European Union law, ethics, conflict resolution, negotiation Advokatsamfundet (The Danish Bar and Law Society) Name and type of organisation Fellow at the Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights at Yale Law School Legal course: Jurisprudence Legal course: Groups, Diversity & Law Yale Law School, USA Professor Michael Reisman Professor Peter H. Schuck Name and type of organisation 2000 PhD Title of PhD-thesis: Equality for Ethnic Minorities on the Labor Market - a Human Rights Perspective Faculty of Law, Institute B, University of Copenhagen, Skt. Peders Straede 19, DK-1453 Copenhagen K Page 4/8 - Curriculum vitae of Master of Law (Cand.jur) Dissertation: Temporary protection of asylum seekers and the former Yugoslavia

5 Name and type of organisation Aarhus University School of Law Language skills Mother tongue(s) Danish Other language(s) Self-assessment Understanding Speaking Writing Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production English Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent German Basic Good Basic Basic Basic Page 5/8 - Curriculum vitae of

6 DANISH PUBLICATIONS and Susanne Munck, The right to be parents (Ret til at være forældre), Danish Institute of Human Rights (May 2014). 85 p. and Signe Steensgaard Sørensen, Accessibility to new public buildings (Tilgængelighed til offentligt nybyggeri), Danish Institute of Human Rights (March 2013). 75 p. and Lisbeth Garly Andersen, Self-determination and legal guardianship in Denmark (Selvbestemmelse og værgemål i Danmark), Danish Institute of Human Rights (March 2012). 87 p., Discrimination on account of trade union membership (Diskrimination på grund af fagforeningsmedlemskab). Status and future perspectives No. 7, Danish Institute of Human Rights (August 2009). 190 p., Disability and discrimination on the labor marked (Handicap og discrimination på arbejdsmarkedet), Ugeskrift for Retsvæsen 2008B og Jeppe Jørgensen, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) focus on employees and human resource (Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) fokus på medarbejdere og HR), Revision & Regnskabsvæsen, Nr. 11 (oktober 2007), p , A general requirement of objectivity (Generelt saglighedskrav), Nordisk Tidsskrift for Menneskerettigheter, Vol. 25 (2007), p , Special measures and affirmative action Genuine equality strategies (Aktive foranstaltninger en reel lighedsstrategi), in Susanne Nour og Lars Nellemann Thisted (reds.), Mangfoldighed i arbejdslivet når vi er lige, men ikke ens, Børsens Forlag (2005), p og Sune Skadegaard Thorsen, Non-discrimination, equal opportuities and diversity (Ikkediskrimination, lige muligheder og mangfoldighed), in Margit Helle Thomsen (red.), Med kurs mod mangfoldighed?, Hans Reitzels Forlag (2004), p , Equality an international principle of law (Lighed et international retsprincip), in Jørgen Dalberg-Larsen og Bettina Lemann Kristiansen (reds.), Om retsprincipper, Jurist- og Økonomforfundets Forlag (2004), p , International criticism the national arrogance (International kritik Den nationale arrogance), in Carsten Fænger-Grøn, Kamal Qureshi og Tøger Seidenfaden (reds.), Når du strammer garnet et opgør med mobning af mindretal og ansvarsløs asylpolitik, Århus Universitetsforlag (2003), p , Racism and discrimination Denmark and human rights (Racisme og diskrimination Danmark og menneskerettighederne), Akademisk Forlag (2003), 132 pages., The 3. World Conference against Racism (Den 3. Verdenskonference mod Racisme), EU-ret & Menneskeret, Nr. 2 (Juni 2002) p og Kim U. Kjær, Soft law legal status (Soft law anvendelse og retlig status), in Kirsten Hastrup (red.), Menneskerettens udfordring Ideologi og Videnskab, Akademisk Forlag (2002), p , The CERD Comittee and Danish law (Racediskriminationskomiteens praksis og dansk ret), Retfærd, No. 95, Nr. 4 (2001), p , Equality for ethnic minorities on the Danish labor market (Lighedskravet for etniske minoriteter på det danske arbejdsmarked), Juristen, Nr. 10 (2001), p , Danish law and racist speech (Dansk ret og racistiske ytringer), Mennesker & Rettigheter, Nordic Journal for Human Rights, Nr. 3 (2001), p , Danish law and the CERD Committee (Dansk ret og FN s Racediskrimination), Ugeskrift for Retsvæsen 2001B Page 6/8 - Curriculum vitae of

7 , Equlity for ethnic minorities on the labor market a human rights perspective (Lighedskravet for etniske minoriteter på arbejdsmarkedet et menneskeretligt perspektiv), Jurist- og Økonomforbundets Forlag (2000), 466 p., Can foreigners be taxi drivers? (Kan udlændinge køre taxa?) in Peter Blume og Lisbeth Dick, Retsvidenskabelig Institut B, studier nr. 66, Årsberetning 1997 (1998), p , The status of human rigths in Danish law (Menneskerettighedernes status I dansk ret), in Kjærum, Slavensky og Vedsted-Hansen (reds.), Grundloven og Menneskerettigheder i et dansk og europæisk perspektiv, Jurist- og Økonomforbundets Forlag (1997), p , The Danish interpretation of the international refugee concept (Den danske fortolkning af det internationale flygtningebegreb), Tidsskrift for Rettsvitenskap 1-2 (1996), p , Alternative conflict resolution conflicts of racial discrimination (Alternative løsninger af konflikter med racediskrimination), Nævnet for Etnisk Ligestilling (1995), 71 p., Humanitarian intervention the Kurdish example (Retten til humanitær intervention det kurdiske eksempel), Retfærd No. 61 (1993), p Page 7/8 - Curriculum vitae of

8 ENGLISH PUBLICATIONS, Report on measures to combat discrimination - Directives 2000/43/EC and 2000/78/EC Country Report 2013 Denmark (2014), available at & Mandana Zarrehparvar, Positive duties Effective measures to promote ethnic equal treatment in employment, NOVA Norwegian Social Research Institute (2013)., Report on measures to combat discrimination - Directives 2000/43/EC and 2000/78/EC Country Report 2012 Denmark (2013), available at Report on measures to combat discrimination - Directives 2000/43/EC and 2000/78/EC Country Report 2011 Denmark (2012), available at Special measures and affirmative action Genuine equality strategies, in Susanne Nour & Lars Nellemann Thisted (eds.), Diversity in the workplace When we are equal but not the same, Børsens Forlag (2005) p , Equality for Ethnic Minorities International and Danish Perspectives, International Journal on Minority and Group Rights 10 (2003), p 1-43., World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance Position Paper, The Danish Centre for Human Rights (2000). & Jens Elo Rytter, Race Equality Denmark, European Review of Public Law, Vol. 11, No 2 (1999), p , Who is a refugee? Denmark, In Carlier, Vanheule, Hullmann, Galiano (eds.), Who is a refugee A comparative case law study, Kluwer Law International (1997), p and Niels-Erik Hansen, Comments to the thirteenth periodic report of Denmark on the elimination of racial discrimination according to article 9,1 of ICERD. The Danish Centre for Human Rights and the Danish Documentation- and Advisory Centre on Racial Discrimination (1997), 25 p. and Niels-Erik Hansen, Comments to the tenth, eleventh and twelfth periodic reports submitted by Denmark to the UN Committee on the elimination of racial discrimination. The Danish Centre for Human Rights and the Danish Documentation- and Advisory Centre on Racial Discrimination (1995), 31 p. FRENCH PUBLICATIONS, Liberté d espression et propos racistes au Danemark, Revue Trimestrielle des Droits de l Homme, No. 46 (Avril 2001), p Page 8/8 - Curriculum vitae of