José Luis Soberanes Fernández (b. January 10, 1950 in

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) is a prominent Mexican lawyer. He was president of the National Human Rights Commission of Mexico from November 16, 1999 to November 15, 2009.Antecedentes: CNDH
Soberanes Fernández graduated with a bachelor's degree in law from the

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and received a doctorate in law from the

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, in

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. He is a full-time researcher at the National Autonomous University, a distinguished professor of the

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), an academician at the Royal Academy of Jurisprudence (Spain) and a visitant professor of the Social Sciences University of

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. He has authored more than twenty books including ''Los tribunales de la Nueva España'' (1980), ''Sobre el origen de la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación'' (1987), ''Historia del sistema jurídico mexicano'' (1990) and ''Los bienes eclesiásticos en la historia constitucional de México'' (1999). Dr. Soberanes received the Great Cross of San Raimundo de Peñafort from the Government of Spain.

External links

esmas.com: José Luis Soberanes

References

1950 births Living people Presidents of the National Human Rights Commission (Mexico) 20th-century Mexican lawyers People from Querétaro National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni 21st-century Mexican lawyers {{Mexico-law-bio-stub