Leandro Despouy

Leandro Despouy (April 4, 1947 – December 18, 2019), who was born in <a href="/facts/San_Luis,_Argentina/I9sqVRlG">San Luis</a>, Argentina, was an <a href="/facts/Argentina/aFSA5bAk">Argentine</a> <a href="/facts/Human_rights/WMW5XCdM">human rights</a> lawyer. He was the <a href="/facts/United_Nations/fgXLnmgT">United Nations</a> Commission on Human Rights <a href="/facts/United_Nations_Special_Rapporteur/Gz5zhe43">Special Rapporteur</a> on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers from August 2003 until end of July 2009
.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leandro_Despouy#endnote_Cbs050623">[1]</a>. He was also Special Rapporteur of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities 
Despouy was one of the five authors of a report on human rights abuses committed against the <a href="/facts/Extrajudicial/zEHqwaF6">extrajudicial</a> captives the <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a> detainees at its naval base at <a href="/facts/Guant%C3%A1namo_Bay,_Cuba/n9xXySfA">Guantanamo Bay</a>, <a href="/facts/Cuba/vHjTXLPW">Cuba</a>.
He played a significant role for the recognition of <a href="/facts/Extreme_poverty/603F4wQd">extreme poverty</a> as a <a href="/facts/Human_rights/WMW5XCdM">human rights</a> issue within the United Nations system.
In 2016 he was awarded the Premio Konex

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The Despouy Report on Human Rights and Extreme Poverty

From 2002 to 2016, Despouy was the president of the Auditoría General de la Nación of the Argentine Republic.

<ol><li>^ <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/un-cites-torture-reports-at-gitmo/">UN Cites Torture Reports At Gitmo</a>, <a href="/facts/CBS_News/E1IB4hb0">CBS News</a>, June 23, 2005</li></ol>

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Leandro Despouy