Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, Comisionado 2004-2011 (5136492937)

Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro (born 8 January 1944) is a Brazilian legal scholar with relevant work within the

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Career

Pinheiro was born in

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. He has a long career in academia, having held academic positions at the

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, among others. Within the

, he served as the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar from 2000 to 2008. He also served as United Nations Special Rapporteur for

Burundi Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili language, Swahili: ''Jamuhuri ya Burundi''; French language, French: ''République du Burundi'' ), is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the ...

from 1995 to 1999,and was a member of the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights. In 2003,

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appointed Pinheiro as an independent expert, with the rank of

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, to prepare an in-depth study into the global phenomenon of

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, which was presented to the

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in 2006. Pinheiro served as one of the seven commissioners of the Organization of American States's

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for the 2004-2011 period, with special responsibility for the

rights of children Children's rights are a subset of human rights with particular attention to the rights of special protection and care afforded to minors.

Domestically, he served as federal Secretary of State for Human Rights under

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. In 2011, Pinheiro was appointed chair of the International Commission of Inquiry for Syria.Stephanie Nebehay (March 15, 2021)
U.N. says has helped 12 jurisdictions prepare Syrian war crimes cases
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References

1944 births Living people United Nations special rapporteurs Members of the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights Commanders of the National Order of Scientific Merit (Brazil) Brazilian people of Portuguese descent Brazilian officials of the United Nations {{Brazil-law-bio-stub