José Zalaquett

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José Zalaquett, President of the IACHR, 2004–05
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José "Pepe" Zalaquett Daher (10 March 1942 – 15 February 2020

from 1973 to 1990.

The coup d'état and the Pro Paz Committee

José Zalaquett graduated from the law school of the University of Chile in 1967.

Following the

. Serving as the director of its legal department from late 1973 until the committee was wound up in December 1975, his job was to direct and coordinate the efforts of internal and external lawyers in defending human rights. This entailed work in three broad areas:

On 15 November 1975, agents of the National Intelligence Directorate (DINA) arrested José Zalaquett and took him to the Tres Álamos detention centre. He was released on 30 January 1976, arrested again on 5 April, and sent into exile on 12 April. He did not return to Chile until 1986.

During his years abroad, he served as the head of the international executive committee of Amnesty International from 1979 to 1982.

Restoration of democracy

During

armed forces
and human rights lawyers.

From 2002 to 2005 he served as a member of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, including a stint as its president in 2004-05.

Academic work and awards

José Zalaquett taught law at the University of Chile and lectured there in international human rights law and in ethics and government. He held Honoris Causa doctorates in law from the

International Centre for Transitional Justice
.

Along with Cecilia Medina, a Chilean judge on the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Zalaquett directed the Human Rights Centre at the University of Chile's law school.

In 1994

Prize for Human Rights Education
.

In 2003 he was awarded Chile's

Media Legal Defence Initiative
.

On 12 November 2009, in a ceremony at the

Palacio de la Moneda he was given "The Notre Dame Prize", from the University of Notre Dame, that recognizes "the efforts of visionary leaders in Latin America to promote the welfare of the region by strengthening democracy and improving the quality of life of its citizens ".[5]

From 2014, he conducted free online courses on Human Rights at the MOOC Chile project,

Universidad Diego Portales
.

Publications

References

  1. ^ "▷ A los 77 años muere el abogado y académico José Zalaquett Daher - Chile Noticias Ultima Hora". Archived from the original on 2020-02-16. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
  2. . Retrieved 19 September 2018. The Catholic Church had joined with other religious organizations to create the first human rights organization, the Peace Committee (Comité Pro Paz), and its internal reports carefully documented arrests, disappearances, executions, and prison populations.
  3. ^ Universidad de Chile press release
  4. ^ "Universidad Alberto Hurtado list of San Alberto Hurtado Medal award winners". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
  5. ^ El abogado de derechos humanos recibió en La Moneda The Notre Dame Prize, galardón que reconoce los esfuerzos de líderes visionarios en América Latina Archived 2012-06-29 at archive.today, La Nación, Viernes 13 de noviembre de 2009
  6. ^ MOOC Chile, free Human Rights courses online

Sources

The earliest version of this article was translated, with minor adaptations, from the corresponding article on the Spanish-language Wikipedia.

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