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Andrea Pochak
Andrea Pochak is an Argentina, Argentine lawyer. She was elected to serve on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IAHCR) from January 2024 through to the end of 2027 and to be the Organization of American States, OAS's Rapporteur on Human Mobility. Life Pochak qualified as a lawyer and took a strong interest in human rights. She was the General Director of Human Rights in the Public Prosecutor's Office. In 2022, she was working for the Secretary of Human Rights of Argentina as a "Subsecretary of Protection and International Relations on Human Rights". Argentina proposed that she should be a candidate to be elected to be one of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)'s commissioners. As part of the process, an independent panel led by Claudia Martin of the American University Washington College of Law looked at all of the prospective candidates to be one of the four new IACHR members. The panel was concerned that four candidates were withdrawn, however, Poc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourth-largest country in the Americas, and the List of countries and dependencies by area, eighth-largest country in the world. Argentina shares the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, and is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. Argentina is a Federation, federal state subdivided into twenty-three Provinces of Argentina, provinces, and one autonomous city, which is the federal capital and List of cities in Argentina by population, largest city of the nation, Buenos Aires. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a Federalism, federal system. Argentina claims sovereignty ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inter-American Commission On Human Rights
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (the IACHR or, in the three other official languages Spanish, French, and Portuguese language, Portuguese CIDH, ''Comisión Interamericana de los Derechos Humanos'', ''Commission Interaméricaine des Droits de l'Homme'', ''Comissão Interamericana de Direitos Humanos'') is an autonomous organ of the Organization of American States (OAS). The separate Inter-American Court of Human Rights is an autonomous judicial institution based in the city of San José, Costa Rica. Together the Court and the Commission make up the human rights protection system of the OAS. Composition IACHR is a permanent body based in Washington, D.C., United States. It holds regular and special sessions throughout the year to review human rights complaints in the Americas. The Commission’s mandate is based on three key documents: the Charter of the Organization of American States (OAS), the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man, and the Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Organization Of American States
The Organization of American States (OAS or OEA; ; ; ) is an international organization founded on 30 April 1948 to promote cooperation among its member states within the Americas. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, the OAS is a "multilateral regional body focused on human rights, electoral oversight, social and economic development, and security in the Western Hemisphere", according to the Council on Foreign Relations. As of November 2023, Member states of the Organization of American States, 32 states in the Americas are OAS members. Luis Almagro of Uruguay was inaugurated as OAS secretary general in 2015. His term ends in May 2025 and Albert Ramdin of Suriname has been elected as his successor. History 19th century The notion of an international union in the American continent was first put forward during the liberation of America by José de San Martín and Simón Bolívar who, at the 1826 Congress of Panama, still being part of Colombia, proposed cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American University Washington College Of Law
The American University Washington College of Law (AUWCL or WCL) is the law school of American University, a private research university in Washington, D.C. It is located on the western side of Tenley Circle in the Tenleytown section of northwest Washington, D.C. The school is accredited by the American Bar Association and a member of the AALS. Begun in 1896, WCL was the first law school founded by women, the first with a female dean, and the first to graduate an all-female class. Since July 2024, Heather Hughes has served as interim dean. History Early beginnings Ellen Spencer Mussey and Emma Gillett began teaching in Mussey's law offices in 1898 after they were approached by three women who wished to study with them. Not originally intending to create a full-fledged law school, they requested the law school of Columbian College to accept the six women for their final year. When Columbian refused the request on the ground that "women did not have the mentality for law," ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloria Monique De Mees 189 Período De Sesiones, Washington DC (53613354428)
Gloria may refer to: Arts and entertainment Music Christian liturgy and music * Gloria in excelsis Deo, the Greater Doxology, a hymn of praise * Gloria Patri, the Lesser Doxology, a short hymn of praise ** Gloria (Handel) ** Gloria (Jenkins) ** Gloria (Poulenc), a 1959 composition by Francis Poulenc ** Gloria (Vivaldi), a musical setting of the doxology by Antonio Vivaldi Groups and labels * Gloria (Brazilian band), a post-hardcore/metalcore band * Gloria, later named Unit Gloria, a Dutch band with Robert Long as member Albums * ''Gloria'' (Disillusion album) * ''Gloria!'', an album by Gloria Estefan * ''Gloria'' (Gloria Trevi album) * ''Gloria'' (Okean Elzy album) * ''Gloria'' (Sam Smith album) * ''Gloria'' (Shadows of Knight album) (1966) * ''Gloria'' (EP), an EP by Hawk Nelson Songs * "Gloria" (Enchantment song) (1976), a song later covered by Jesse Powell in 1996 * "Gloria" (Kendrick Lamar and SZA song), 2024 * "Gloria" (Leon René song), a song releas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloria De Mees
Gloria Monique de Mees is a Suriname professor who became OAS's Rapporteur on the Rights of Afro-Descendants and against Racial Discrimination. She was elected to serve on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IAHCR) from 2024 through to the end of 2027. Life Mees was born in Suriname's capital Paramaribo, and graduated with a master's degree in law from the Anton de Kom University of Suriname in 2000. She worked at the Anton de Kom University of Suriname lecturing on human rights law. Her country proposed that she should be a candidate to be elected to the IACHR. As part of the process an independent panel led by Claudia Martin of the American University Washington College of Law looked at all of the prospective candidates in a year when there would be four new IACHR members. The panel were concerned that so many of the candidates were withdrawn. Some of those elected met the criteria, but de Mees failed to meet expertise with the IACHR human rights standards and the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margarette May Macaulay
Margarette May Macaulay (born 20th century) is the Jamaican Commissioner and some time President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (OAS). Life Macaulay was born in West Africa and is of Czech-German, Dominican-French-Creole, and Sierra Leone heritage. She passed her law degree at the University of London, Holborn College. She then moved with her husband and young daughter, Berette, from Sierra Leone to Jamaica. Macaulay has worked as a professional and academic in the area of human rights, particularly in the field of the rights of children and women. She is a recognized expert in the fight against gender violence. She has also worked for the abolition of the death penalty in the Caribbean region, environmental rights and for the land rights of indigenous peoples. She was judge of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights between 2007 and 2012 where she contributed to the formulation of the Rules of Procedure of the Court. 5 leaders on human-rights. L to R: Juliss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julissa Mantilla Falcón
Julissa Mantilla Falcón is a Peruvian Rapporteur on the Rights of Older Persons for OAS. She was elected by the Organization of American States (OAS) to serve from 2020 to 2023 as a Commissioner of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). In 2021 she was the first vice-president of the IACHR as part of the first all woman team of President and vice-presidents. Life Her first degree was at Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and she also took a master's degree at the London School of Economics. She returned to Peru where she worked in the Peruvian Ombudperson's office for human rights where she looked at forced sterilisation. Falcon completed a study looking at sexual violence against women during armed conflict. She later worked for the Peruvian Commission for Truth and Reconciliation where she took the lead on gender related issues. Falcon is a professor of Law and Gender at her alma mater. On 28 June 2019 she was one of three candidates elected by the General A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esmeralda Arosemena De Troitiño
Esmeralda may refer to: Places * Esmeralda, Queensland, a locality in the Shire of Croydon, Australia * Esmeralda Municipality, Oruro Department, Bolivia * Esmeralda, Rio Grande do Sul, a municipality in Brazil * Esmeralda, a town in Chile * Esmeralda Island, Chile * Esmeralda, Cuba * Esmeralda County, Nevada, United States Arts and entertainment ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' * Esmeralda (''The Hunchback of Notre-Dame''), a character in Victor Hugo's novel and its adaptations * ''Esmeralda'' (Battista), an 1856 opera by Vincenzo Battista * ''Esmeralda'' (Thomas), an 1883 English opera by Arthur Goring Thomas * ''La Esmeralda'' (opera), a 1836 French opera by Louise Bertin * ''La Esmeralda'' (ballet), an 1844 ballet * ''Esmeralda'' (Dargomyzhsky), an 1847 opera by Alexander Dargomyzhsky * ''Esmeralda'' (1905 film), a French short silent film * ''Esmeralda'' (1922 film), a British silent film Television * ''Esmeralda'' (Mexican TV series), a telenovela on El Canal de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberta Clarke
Roberta Clarke is a Barbadian lawyer who has worked for UN Women. She was elected as a commissioner for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to serve for four years from 2022. Life Clarke was born on Barbados and after training as a lawyer she practised on Trinidad and Tobago. She then went to work for the United Nations where she worked in the Caribbean, Libya, East and Southern Africa and in the Asia Pacific. left, Clarke in Honiara in the Solomon Islands working for UN Women in 2014 In 2014 she was UN Women's Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific and the Representative in Thailand. She was elected as one of the seven commissioners for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in January 2022 at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA). She was elected for a four-year term. There were five candidates for the three vacant positions as commissioners and the other two successful candidates were from Mexico and Colombia. She had the support of Barbados ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Luis Caballero Ochoa
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacular form of Joseph, which is also in current usage as a given name. José is also commonly used as part of masculine name composites, such as José Manuel, José Maria or Antonio José, and also in female name composites like Maria José or Marie-José. The feminine written form is ''Josée'' as in French. In Netherlandic Dutch, however, ''José'' is a feminine given name and is pronounced ; it may occur as part of name composites like Marie-José or as a feminine first name in its own right; it can also be short for the name ''Josina'' and even a Dutch hypocorism of the name ''Johanna''. In England, Jose is originally a Romano-Celtic surname, and people with this family name can usually be found in, or traced to, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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