Alexandre Berenstein, 1909-2000, was born in Paris on 19 January.
He received the degree of Master of Law from the University of
Geneva in 1929, followed by the degrees of licencié en sociologie
in 1930 and docteur en droit in 1936. From 1938 to 1979 he taught
labour law, international labour law, social security law and
private insurance law in the law faculty of the University of
Geneva. Appointed Professor in 1951, he was Dean of the law faculty
from 1960 to 1966 and professor emeritus since 1970. He was Vice
President and then, from 1970 to 1979, President of the
International School for Comparative Labour Law in Trieste. He has
lectured in many countries.
Professor Berenstein was a barrister at the Geneva bar from 1939 to
1970. In 1970 he was elected to the Swiss Federal Court and was a
judge in this court until 1979. From 1979 to 1987 he was President
of the Federal Board of Conciliation for Labour Disputes.
The author of many publications in the field of labour and social
law, Professor Berenstein was Secretary General of the
International Society for Labour Law and Social Security from 1958
to 1974. In 1974 he was elected Honorary President of this Society.
He was President of the International Association for Social
Progress and was President of the Swiss Association for Social
Politics. A former President of the Workers' University of Geneva
he was, from 1983 to 1991, President of the International Peace
Research Institute in Geneva (GIPRI) and became the honorary
President of this Institute. Professor Berenstein was a consultant
expert for the Council of Europe and accomplished various missions
for other international organizations, especially for the
International Labour Office.
Pascal Mahon was born in Delémont on 4 April 1957. He received the
degree of Master of Law from the University of Lausanne in 1980,
followed by the degree of docteur en droit in 1986. From 1980 to
1984, he was assistant in public law at the University of Lausanne.
After a research stay at the University of Bologna (1985-1987), he
taught as an associate professor social organization in the
political science faculty of the university of Lausanne from 1988
to 1990, and, from 1992 to 1996, labour law and social security law
in the law faculty of the University of Neuchâtel, where he was
appointed professor in 1996. Since then, he has taught Swiss
constitutional and comparative constitutional law.
Professor Mahon was formerly to be scientific adviser in the
Federal Office of Justice, to the Federal Department of Justice and
Police from 1988 to 1996. Since 1998, he has been member of the
Cantonal Board of Conciliation for Labour Disputes in
Neuchâtel.
He was successively Vice-Dean (2003-2004) and Dean (2005-2007) of
the law faculty of the University of Neuchâtel and then
Vice-President of the same University (2012-2016). He is now also
co-director of the Centre of Study on Work Relationships (CERT,
www2.unine.ch/cert).
Professor Mahon is author of many publications in the field of
constitutional law and of labour and social law.
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