Claudio Mauricio Grossman Guiloff (born November 26, 1947) is a

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and

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. From 1995 until the summer of 2016, he served as

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of the

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He continues to teach at the Washington College of Law and serve as Dean Emeritus. In November 2016, he was elected to the

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(ILC) for a five-year term. He was reelected to the ILC in 2021. In November 2021, he was also appointed Advisor without Portfolio to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. Grossman has also served as vice chair of the

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(2003-2008) and as Chairperson (2008-2015). He is a former member of the

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(1993-2001). He was twice elected its president, first in 1996 and again in 2001. He was the IACHR's first Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women (1996-2000) and its Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Populations (2000-2001).

Early life and education

Grossman was born in Valparaíso, Chile. He attended the

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at the

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in Santiago. He received his Licenciado en Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales in March 1971, with a ''

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"Nacionalización y Compensación," coauthored with Carlos Portales.

Career

Grossman served as a

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in the University of Chile's Faculty of Law in 1972 and as a

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at the Instituto de Estudios Internacionales (Institute of

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) at the University of Chile in 1973. From 1974 to 1980, Grossman was

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at the Department of International Organizations of the Europa Institute of the Law School of the

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. In August 1980, Grossman earned the ''Doctor in de Rechtsgeleerdheid'' (Doctor of the Science of Law) at the

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. His thesis was ''Het Beginsel van Non-Interventie in de Organizatie van Amerikaanse Staten'' (The Principle of

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in the

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). From 1980 to 1983, Grossman was a professor in

at the Department of Law,

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. He is a member of the

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Advisory Council, a project of the

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in St. Louis to establish the world's first treaty on the prevention and punishment of crimes against humanity. In November 2021, he was appointed counsel without portfolio to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. His appointment received criticism from civil society actors, for his alleged proximity to President

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, at a time when the Prosecutor's Office was investigating communications denouncing the commission of crimes against humanity during the

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References

External links

Curriculum Vitae: Claudio GrossmanFaculty Profile: Claudio Grossman
* 1947 births Living people Chilean emigrants to the United States Chilean people of German descent Anti-torture activists Chilean human rights activists American human rights activists Members of the United Nations Committee against Torture Academics from Santiago Lawyers from Santiago American legal scholars Chilean officials of the United Nations {{US-legal-academic-bio-stub