Rafael Nieto Navia

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Rafael Nieto Navia
Álvaro Uribe Vélez
Preceded byFernando Alzate Donoso
5th President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
In office
1987–1989
Preceded byThomas Buergenthal
Succeeded byHéctor Gros Espiell
Personal details
Born (1938-02-05) 5 February 1938 (age 86)
PhD, 1962)
ProfessionLawyer
In this
Spanish name, the first or paternal surname
is Nieto and the second or maternal family name is Navia.

Rafael Nieto Navia (born 5 February 1938) is a Colombian jurist, political scientist and professor.

He was President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights between 1993-1994. Furthermore he has served as Judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and he has served as Ambassador of Colombia to Sweden with dual accreditation to Denmark, Finland and Iceland.

Legal career

Nieto has served as Judge of the

Supreme Court of Colombia
for four years.

Ambassadorship

On 7 January 2009

Queen of Denmark on 15 February 2010.[4][5][6]

Personal life

Nieto was born on 5 February 1938 in Bogotá, D.C. to Eduardo Nieto Umaña (22 November 1904 - 14 January 1946) and Teresa Navia Harker (22 August 1904 - 27 April 1991). He married María Teresa Loaiza Cubides on 28 August 1965. They have four children: Rafael, Juan Carlos, Pablo, and María Teresa.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Rafael Nieto Navia, nuevo embajador de Colombia en Suecia" [Rafael Nieto Navia, new ambassador of Colombia in Sweden] (in Spanish). Press Office of the President of Colombia. 2009-01-07. Archived from the original on 2011-10-01. Retrieved 2011-08-15.
  2. ^ "Canciller posesionó nuevos embajadores en Suecia, Líbano y ante la Unesco" [Chancellor sworn in new ambassadors to Sweden, Lebanon, and UNESCO] (in Spanish). Press Office of the President of Colombia. 2009-02-10. Archived from the original on 2011-10-01. Retrieved 2011-08-15.
  3. ^ "Four new Ambassadors in Stockholm". Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 2009-03-13. Archived from the original (Press Release) on 2012-03-19. Retrieved 2011-08-15.
  4. ^ "Presentación Cartas Credenciales" [Presentation [of] Credentials] (PDF). Colombia Nos Une (in Spanish) (141). Embassy of Colombia in Sweden: 1. March 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-30. Retrieved 2011-08-15.
  5. ^ "Diplomatic and Consular List" (PDF). Reykjavík: Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Department of Protocol. December 2010. pp. 9, 36. Retrieved 2011-08-15.
  6. ^ "Order of Precedence of Heads of Mission". Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of Protocol.[permanent dead link]
  7. OCLC 28546996
    . Retrieved 2011-08-16.
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