Laura Dupuy Lasserre (born 18 September 1967) is a

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an diplomat, and beginning in 2009, was the Permanent Representative of Uruguay to the

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with the rank of

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. She was elected President of the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2011.

Life

Lasserre was born in

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in 1967. She graduated in 1990 in International Relations at the University of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay.Honorary members
UPR.info, Retrieved 26 February 2016 She was elected President of the United Nations Human Rights Council for the term 2011–2012. Dupuy served as Director of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay, as Director for the Americas, responsible for

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with the 34 countries in the region, and as President-Rapporteur of the

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2010 on

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and

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.The Human Rights Council - President of the 6th Cycle
,

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References

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