CURRICULUM VITAE 1. SURNAME Jensen 2. NAME Steven L. B. 3. DATE OF BIRTH 2 Oct 1973 4. NATIONALITY Danish 5. CIVIL STATUS Married 6. EDUCATION Institution University of Copenhagen 1993-2001 Degree(s) or diploma(s) MA in History with Anthropology minor (BA obtained 1997) Institution Degree(s) or diploma(s) Centre for Second World War Studies, University of Edinburgh 1999 2000 MSc by Research with Distinction 7. LANGUAGE SKILLS Mark 1 to 5 for competence, where 5 is the highest Language Passive Spoken Written Danish 5 5 5 English 5 5 5 Swedish/Norwegian 5 4 - German 3 3 1 French 3 2 1
8. MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES Steering Committee Member for Aidsnet Network of Danish Development NGOs 9. OTHER SKILLS (E.G. COMPUTER LITERACY, ETC.) Experienced writer and published author (non-fiction contemporary history), good computer skills, learning facilitator 10. PRESENT POSITION Researcher/Project Manager 11. YEARS WITHIN THE COMPANY 3 12. KEY QUALIFICATIONS Main areas of expertise HIV-related human rights and discrimination LGBT-related human rights in national and international contexts Human rights education and course training Extensive experience with national human rights institutions and international human rights system UN Reform Harmonization and alignment Civil society involvement in development Strong research and analytical capacities Steven L. B. Jensen has specialized in HIV/AIDS and human rights, human rights education and contemporary history and politics. He has broad knowledge on national AIDS responses, UN reform, harmonization and alignment. He has been involved in project design, national strategic planning and generating strategic information and has worked extensively with national human rights institutions. Steven L. B. Jensen has worked within the development field initially as Head of Section in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Department of Southern Africa) and for the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). Most recently he has been the HIV/AIDS Programme Manager for the Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR). As a trained historian he has prior to these assignments worked as a research assistant at the Danish Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and has also worked as research assistant on projects on the history and politics of public health in Denmark in the 19 th and 20 th Century. He has undertaken missions to a number of African, Asian and Eastern European countries and has lived in New Zealand, Scotland and Switzerland.
13. SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE (IN NON-EU MEMBER COUNTRIES) Country Date from Date to Thailand 4 missions (2010, 2005, 2004, 2003) Ethiopia 2 missions (2010-2008) Peru 2009 (2 weeks) Senegal 2009 (1 week) Bosnia 2009 (1 week) Kenya 2 missions (2008) Malawi 2008 (2 weeks) Zambia 2006 (1 week) South Africa 2006 (2 weeks) Ukraine 2005 (1 week) Indonesia 2005 (2 weeks) Brazil 2005 (2 weeks) Moldova 2005 (1 week) Russia 3 missions (2005-2006) Tanzania 2 missions (2002) 14. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 05/2010 Denmark Danish Institute for Human Rights PhD Researcher Research Project on Human Rights, Security and Religion Negotiating Universality: The emergence of human rights since the 1960s Date: from to 11/2007 03/2010 Denmark Danish Institute for Human Rights, Rule of Law Department Project Manager Responsible for developing the Institute s work on HIV/AIDS and human rights, including leading an international collaborative project with UNAIDS, OHCHR and UNDP on tackling HIV-related
stigma and discrimination and human rights violations Coordinated DIHR work on LGBT issues internationally with national human rights institutions, UN agencies and civil society, including producing an international good practice document on working with LGBT rights (see list of publications). Development of cooperation with 45 national human rights institutions on HIV/AIDS (including a particular emphasis on LGBT issues through direct participation of these groups in the NHRI work); Organised study tour for the Commissioners of the Uganda Human Rights Commission to meet with Danish and European experts on the human rights implications of the Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Bill Legal and Policy Framework Analysis for the project Safe Environment and Non-discrimination in Schools in Ethiopia (SENSE) dealing with barriers to education for children. Member of the official Danish delegation to UN General Assembly (UNGASS) high level meeting on HIV and AIDS, New York, June 2008; Organiser of 4 regional workshops on Integrating HIV/AIDS into the work of National Human Rights Institutions, (East and Southern African, West and Central Africa, Latin America and Asia-Pacific) based on Handbook developed for NHRIs Assessment of HIV/AIDS and the Human Rights Treaty Bodies 200-2010: A mapping and review of HIV specific treaty body recommendations Co-organizer of Iraqi Reconciliation Conference with high level political and religious leaders, Copenhagen, February 2008; http://www.um.dk/da/servicemenu/nyheder/udenrigspolitik/copen hagenaccord.htm Course Manager on Human Rights Courses, including course on Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law for Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the International Humanitarian Service; Project Manager for network of East African academic institutions working on human rights; Project design on HIV-related human rights e.g. Safe Environment and Non-discrimination in Schools in Ethiopia (SENSE) with Save the Children and the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission. Various consultancy assignments for UNAIDS and OHCHR 06/2004 10/2007
Geneva, Switzerland UNAIDS, Country and Regional Support Department Programme Officer Support to coordination and strategic planning of national HIV/AIDS responses; Technical assistance to UNAIDS country offices, including development of project documents and other types of support to planning of activities; Co-managed external evaluation on the Implementation of the Global Task Team Recommendations on behalf of UNAIDS; Analysis of country strategic information and reporting on global and national responses and UN reform at global and country level; Missions to Russia (3), Ukraine, Moldova, Indonesia, Thailand, Zambia and South Africa. 02/2004 05/2004 Copenhagen, Denmark UNAIDS, Office for Security and Humanitarian Response Consultant Desk Review on the evidence of HIV/AIDS as a international and national security issue 01/2003 07/2003 Geneva, Switzerland UNAIDS, Country and Regional Support Department Technical Officer for South Asia Coordinator for South Asia providing support from headquarters to UNAIDS country offices in the region; Generating strategic information and preparing analytical briefings relating to the South Asia region. 12/2001 12/2002 Copenhagen, Denmark Danish Ministry for Foreign Affairs Head of Section, Department for Southern Africa Management of development programmes and sector reviews in
Tanzania, including health sector and road sector programmes and environmental programmes Project relating to establishment of the Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance; Organisation of international seminar on children and youth in Danish development cooperation. Date: from to 07/2001 11/2002 Copenhagen, Denmark Danish Center for Holocaust- and Genocide Studies Research Assistant Editor of the book: Genocide: Cases, Comparisons and Contemporary Debates (Copenhagen 2003) Editor of the book: Denmark and the Holocaust (Copenhagen 2003); Research, education and communication assignments 15. OTHERS Selected Publications Jensen, Steven (2010), HIV/AIDS and the International Human Rights Treaty Bodies 2005-2010: A mapping and review of the HIV-specific Human Rights Treaty Body recommendations, 2005-2010. The Danish Institute for Human Rights and Aidsnet. Copenhagen. Jensen, Steven (2009) Copenhagen Catalogue on Good Practice. International Conference on LGBT Human Rights, Danish Institute for Human Rights and World Outgames 2009. Jensen, Steven (2008),Evaluation Report: Iraqi Reconciliation Conference, Copenhagen, 18-21 February 2008, Danish Institute for Human Rights, Copenhagen Diocesan Board and Foundation for Reconciliation and Relief in the Middle East Jensen, Steven et al (2008), HIV/AIDS, growth and employment in Africa an integrated workplace approach needed, Discussion Paper, no. 4, September 2008. Input to the Danish Africa Commission on Effective Development Cooperation with Africa (co-author). Joint Reviews of National AIDS Responses. A guidance paper, UNAIDS 2008 Jensen, Steven L. B., Desmond Whyms & Ini Huijts (2007), Setting standards for harmonisation, Lancet, vol. 370, 1 December 2007, p. 1826.
Country Harmonization and Alignment Tool (CHAT): A tool to address harmonization and alignment challenges by assessing strengths and effectiveness of partnerships in the national AIDS response. UNAIDS and World Bank 2007. Coordinating with Communities: Guidelines on the Involvement of the Community Sector in the Coordination of National AIDS Responses. Africaso, International HIV/AIDS Alliance, ICASO and UNAIDS. 2007 Jensen, Steven L. B. & Anne Sørensen (2007), Terror-ismer og historien, Den jyske historiker, nr. 115, s. 5-21 Jensen, Steven L. B. ed. (2007), Genocid Slucajevi Poredenja I Savremene Rasprave, Institute for Research of Crimes against Humanity and International Law, Sarajevo. Jensen, Steven L.B. et al (2006), Scaling up the HIV/AIDS Response: From alignment and harmonization to mutual accountability, Overseas Development Institute, Briefing Paper: http://www.odi.org.uk/publications/briefing/bp_aug06_hivscalingup.pdf Jensen, Steven L. B., Desmond Whyms & Ini Huijts (2006), Coordinating HIV Control Efforts, Lancet, vol. 368, 5 August 2006, s. 446. Jensen, Steven (2004), Fatal Years: HIV/AIDS as a international and national security issue (2004). Report for UNAIDS Office of Security and Humanitarian Response 2004 - (pre-study for report published by Council of Foreign Relations in 2005 written by Laurie Garrett). Co-author of a variety of UNAIDS reports including to the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (2004-2007) Jensen, Steven L. B. (2003), Introduction, Genocide: Cases, Comparisons and Contemporary Debates, ed. by Steven L. B. Jensen, Copenhagen. List of Publications My list of publications: http://menneskeret.dk/forskning/publikationslister/steven+jensen