Jesus Prieto de Pedro

Professor Emeritus of Administrative Law Distance Education). He holds the Andrés Bello Chair of Cultural Rights at the UNED and the Carlos III University of Madrid, under the auspices of the Andrés Bello Agreement. He has served asDirector Generalof Government Spanish and asthe Government's expert to UNESCO for the drafting of the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. He hasSecretary Generalas of the Hispania Nostra, Dean of the Faculty of Law, and Vice-Rector of the UNED. Heconceived the idea for and led the group of experts who drafted the Ibero-American Cultural Charter. He is the author of over one hundred legal articles and monographs, including *Culture, Cultures and the Constitution* (CEPC), on topics of public and constitutional law and cultural law.