Juan Manuel Gómez Robledo Verduzco is a Mexican lawyer and judge on the

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Education

Gómez Robledo received his bachelor's degree from the Université de Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne. He also holds two master's degrees from

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and

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. He received his PhD from the

National Autonomous University of Mexico The National Autonomous University of Mexico (, UNAM) is a public university, public research university in Mexico. It has several campuses in Mexico City, and many others in various locations across Mexico, as well as a presence in nine countri ...

, mentored by Joanne, writing his dissertation, "The practice of the Security Council after the Cold-War and the interpretation of the United Nations Charter," which has since been published as a book.{{Cite web , last=Verduzco , first=Ambassador Juan Manuel Gómez-Robledo , title=Ambassador Juan Manuel Gómez-Robledo Verduzco , url=https://www.justsecurity.org/author/gomezrobledoverduzco/ , access-date=2024-04-16 , website=Just Security , language=en-US

Career

Gómez Robledo has served in the Mexican foreign service for decades. He served as a legal advisor from 2000 to 2004 and as Mexico's representative to the

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from 1998 to 2001 and to the

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from 2004 to 2007. He also served as Mexico's agent before the International Court of Justice in the Avena case.

References

Mexican lawyers Living people International Court of Justice judges International law National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni Year of birth missing (living people)