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Juan E. Méndez (born December 11, 1944, Argentina) is a lawyer and human rights activist known for his work on behalf of political prisoners. == Career == In 1970, he received his law degree from Stella Maris University in Mar del Plata, Argentina.〔("Juan E. Mendez" ), ''Source Watch''〕 Early in his career, he became involved in representing political prisoners. As a result, he was arrested by the Argentinean military dictatorship and subjected to torture and administrative detention for 18 months. During this period, Amnesty International adopted him as a “Prisoner of Conscience,” and in 1977, he was expelled from the country and moved to the United States.〔("Washington College of Law Faculty" ), ''American University''〕 Subsequently, Mendez worked for the Catholic Church in Aurora, Illinois, protecting the rights of migrant workers. In 1978 he joined the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights under the Law in Washington, D.C., and in 1982, he launched Human Rights Watch’s (HRW) Americas Program. He continued to work at HRW for 15 years, becoming their general counsel in 1994.〔("Juan E. Mendez" ), ''Source Watch''〕 He is also a visiting scholar at American University Washington College of Law's Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law. From 1996 to 1999, Mendez served as the Executive Director of the Inter-American Institute of Costa Rica. He then worked as a Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights at the University of Notre Dame from October 1999 to 2004.〔("Faculty Bio" ), ''Washington College of Law''〕 In 2001, Mendez began working for the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ), an international human rights NGO. He served as its president from 2004 to 2009, and currently is its President Emeritus. He is also currently the (UN Special Rapporteur on Torture ). Mendez has taught human rights law at Georgetown Law School, the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and the University of Oxford Masters Program in International Human Rights Law in the UK. Mendez is on the Steering Committee of The Crimes Against Humanity Initiative, a rule of law project launched in 2008 by the Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute to study the need for a comprehensive convention on the prevention and punishment of crimes against humanity, analyze the necessary elements of such a convention, and draft a proposed treaty.〔(The Crimes Against Humanity Initiative ) Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute〕 The proposed treaty is now being debated before the UN International Law Commission.〔Cecilia Marcela Bailliet, ("UN International Law Commission to Elaborate New Global Convention on Crimes Against Humanity" ) IntLawGrrls〕〔William A. Schabas, ("International Law Commission to Work on Draft Articles on Crimes Against Humanity" ) PhD studies in human rights〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Juan E. Méndez」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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