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Pedro Nikken

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Pedro Nikken
3rd President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
In office
1983–1985
Preceded byCarlos Roberto Reina
Succeeded byThomas Buergenthal
Personal details
Born(1945-06-12)12 June 1945
Caracas, Venezuela
Died9 December 2019(2019-12-09) (aged 74)
Caracas, Venezuela
Alma materAndrés Bello Catholic University
University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas
University of Carabobo

Pedro Antonio Nikken Bellshaw (12 June 1945 – 9 December 2019) was a Venezuelan lawyer and jurist.[1]

Background

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He 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

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He 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]

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