Pedro Antonio Nikken Bellshaw (12 June 1945 – 9 December 2019) was a Venezuelan lawyer and jurist.[1]
Pedro Nikken | |
|---|---|
| 3rd President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights | |
| In office 1983–1985 | |
| Preceded by | Carlos Roberto Reina |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Buergenthal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 June 1945 Caracas, Venezuela |
| Died | 9 December 2019 (aged 74) Caracas, Venezuela |
| Alma mater | Andrés Bello Catholic University University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas University of Carabobo |
Background
editHe studied law at the Andrés Bello Catholic University Law School, graduating in 1968. In 1973 he obtained a diploma from higher studies at the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas and in 1977, a doctorate in law from the University of Carabobo.[2]
Career
editHe was professor and dean of the Faculty of Juridical and Political Sciences of the Central University of Venezuela.[3]
Between October 1979 and 1989 he was judge of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, being also its vice president between 1981 and 1983, and president between 1983 and 1985.[4] In 1988 he was vice president of the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights.[5]
In the 1990s, the United Nations appointed him as legal advisor to the mediation that ended the Salvadoran Civil War.[6][7]
Since 1997 he was a member of the Academy of Political and Social Sciences of Venezuela.[8]
In 2017 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Buenos Aires.[9]
References
edit- ^ Murió Pedro Nikken (in Spanish)
- ^ Juez, Pedro Nikken (in Spanish)
- ^ Pedro Nikken: El jurista de los Derechos Humanos (in Spanish)
- ^ La Corte IDH comunica el sensible fallecimiento del Expresidente de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos Pedro Nikken (in Spanish)
- ^ El ex presidente de la Corte IDH e IIDH, el jurista venezolano Pedro Nikken fue elegido... (in Spanish)
- ^ Pedro Nikken, expresidente de la CIDH: "La fuerza armada es otra vez el gran árbitro" en Venezuela (in Spanish)
- ^ Muere el venezolano Pedro Nikken, un defensor irrepetible (in Spanish)
- ^ Dr. Pedro Nikken (in Spanish)
- ^ La Universidad de Buenos Aires distinguió a Pedro Nikken como doctor honoris causa (in Spanish)