Emilio Álvarez Icaza

Emilio Álvarez Icaza Longoria is a Mexican human rights ombudsman who serves, since 19 July 2012, as Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR, in Spanish CIDH);^[1][2] an autonomous organ of the Organization of American States (OAS) that promotes and protects human rights in the Western Hemisphere.

Álvarez Icaza is also a professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), and a member of the Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity, who were organizers of the main protests during the October 15th Movement.^[3]

References

1. "IACHR makes its choice of Emilio Álvarez Icaza for Executive Secretary". Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. 19 July 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
2. Note in Mexican newspaper La Jornada, page 19, section Política, July 20, 2012 (accessed July 20, 2012) (in Spanish)
3. "Emilio Álvarez Icaza es elegido nuevo secretario de la CIDH". Informador (in Spanish). 19 July 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2012.