Pablo de Greiff

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Pablo de Greiff (born June 20, 1963) is a Colombian academic and human rights activist, who served as the first

Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence.[1]
In January 2015 he was also asked to be part of UNIIB, a United Nations mission of Independent Experts to address the situation in Burundi. From 2019 to 2020 he was part of a group of experts advising the UN Human Rights Council on its preventive functions. Since 2014 he is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice of the School of Law at New York University, where he directs both the Transitional Justice Program and the Prevention Project.

Early life and education

Born in Bogotá on 20 June 1963, de Greiff graduated from Yale University in 1986, and completed his PhD at Northwestern University in 1993.

Career

De Greiff was assistant professor of philosophy in the

INGO based in New York City
, becoming its director of research.

While at the ICTJ de Greiff provided advice on

Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration, and economic, social and cultural rights in post-conflict situations.[1]
He is widely considered as one of the intellectual shapers of the field of transitional justice.

In 2011 the UN

Human Rights Council established a mandate for a Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantee of non-recurrence.[3] De Greiff was one of 15 applicants for the three-year part-time post,[4] and was one of three shortlisted.[5] De Greiff's selection was announced at the conclusion of the 19th HRC session on 23 March 2012.[6]
As Special Rapporteur he presented thematic reports to the Human Rights Council and to the General Assembly. Additionally, he presented country visit reports on Tunisia, Spain, Uruguay, Burundi and the United Kingdom (specifically on Northern Ireland), and Sri Lanka. Reports are available at http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/TruthJusticeReparation/Pages/Index.aspx. He also benefited from the support of the New York University which received to this end a grant from the Open Society Foundations.[7]

De Greiff has lectured at Yale, Harvard, Columbia, Cornell, NYU, the European University Institute and other universities across Europe and Latin America. He has edited 10 books on justice and human rights and many articles on transitions to democracy, democratic theory, and the relationship between morality, politics, and law. A member of the board of editors of the International Journal of Transitional Justice, he holds dual Colombian and US citizenship.[1][2]

Other activities

References

  1. ^ a b c "Application for appointment as Special Rapporteur".
  2. ^ a b "Biography on ICTJ website". Archived from the original on 2012-05-10.
  3. ^ "Human Rights Council resolution 18/7 of 29 September 2011".
  4. ^ "OHCHR list of candidates for SR appointments, 2012". Archived from the original on 2012-03-26.
  5. ^ "SR shortlisting announcement" (PDF).
  6. ^ "ICTJ Congratulates Pablo de Greiff on Nomination for Special Rapporteur on Transitional Justice - ICTJ". 22 March 2012.
  7. ^ "Awarded Grants, Open Society Foundations".
  8. ^ Advisory Board International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ).
  9. ^ Pablo de Greiff Archived 2018-10-23 at the Wayback Machine Open Society Foundations (OSF).
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