Leandro Despouy
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Leandro Despouy (April 4, 1947 – December 18, 2019), who was born in
Special Rapporteur
on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers from August 2003 until end of July 2009
.[1]. He was also Special Rapporteur of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities [1]
Despouy was one of the five authors of a report on human rights abuses committed against the
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
.
He played a significant role for the recognition of extreme poverty as a human rights issue within the United Nations system.
In 2016 he was awarded the Premio Konex[2]
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From 2002 to 2016, Despouy was the president of the Auditoría General de la Nación of the Argentine Republic.
References
- ISBN 2-8027-0766-3
- ^ "Premio Konex para las 100 personalidades en humanidades - LA NACION" – via La Nacion (Argentina).
- ^ UN Cites Torture Reports At Gitmo, CBS News, June 23, 2005
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