Dinah Shelton is an American lawyer. She has been a university professor and served as commissioner for the

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 CIDH, ''Comisión Interamericana de los Derechos Humanos'', ''Commission Interaméricaine des Droits de l'Homme'', ...

between 2010 and 2013.

Education

Shelton studied law at the University of California, Berkeley, as well as at the University of Edinburgh, in the United Kingdom.

Career

She has worked as an international law consultant for the World Health Organization, the United Nations Environment Programme, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, and the

European Council The European Council (informally EUCO) is a collegiate body that defines the overall political direction and priorities of the European Union. It is composed of the heads of state or government of the EU member states, the President of the E ...

, among other international organizations. Shelton was also the director the Office of Staff Attorneys at the United States Court of Appeals of the Ninth Circuit and, at the International Institute of Human Rights, Director of Studies. Shelton was elected as commissioner for the

in June 2009 for a four-year term, starting on 1 January 2010. She is a professor emeritus of International Law at the George Washington University Law School, has been a law professor at the University of Notre Dame Law School, and a visiting professor at several universities both in the United States and France. She has written, co-written, or edited at least nineteen books, as well as authored dozens of book chapters and articles, about human rights and international law.

References

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