Person

Medina Quiroga, Cecilia

1935

Chilean jurist, one of the most prominent human rights lawyers in Latin America. PhD in law, University of Utrecht, the Netherlands, 1988. President, 2008-2009; Judge, 2004-2009, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee, 1995-2002, Vice-President, 1997-1998 and President, 1999-2000. Professor of International Human Rights Law and Director of the School for Graduates, Institute of International Studies, University of Chile. Professor of International Law, University Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile, 1992-1997. Lecturer and researcher, Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM), Law Faculty, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands,1989-1994. Lecturer and researcher of the Europa Instituut, Law Faculty, University of Utrecht, 1980-1988. Adjunct Professor of Constitutional Law, Law Faculty, University of Chile, 1969-1973. Under-Secretary and Rapporteur of the Constitutional Court of Chile, 1972-1973. Private practice, 1959-1968.