Reynaldo Galindo Pohl
| Reynaldo Galindo Pohl | |
|---|---|
| Born |
October 21, 1918 SLV Sonsonate, El Salvador |
| Died |
January 4, 2012 (93) SLV San Salvador, El Salvador |
| Nationality | salvadoreña |
| Alma mater | Universidad de El Salvador |
| Occupation | lawyer and diplomat |
| Spouse(s) | Esperanza Galindo Velez |
| Parent(s) | Lilian Garcia and Hector Galindo Galindo Pohl |
Reynaldo Galindo Pohl (Sonsonate, October 21, 1918 - San Salvador, January 4, 2012) was a Salvadoran lawyer and diplomat. He actively participated in the military movement which led to overthrew of Salvador Castaneda Castro in 1948. Galindo Pohl was a member of Revolutionary Government Junta of El Salvador and presided over the Constituent Assembly that drafted the Constitution of 1950. He was the minister of education in the first half of 1950s and after that begun working for United Nations in 1960s.[1]
He was special rapporteur of the Commission of Human Rights on Iran[2] from 1986 to 1995 — after Andres Aguilar (1984-1986) and before Maurice Copithorne (1995-2002).[3]
References
- ↑ De Greiff & Mayer-Rieckh 2007, p. 91.
- ↑ Schabas 2002, p. 16.
- ↑ "A History of United Nations Special Representatives and Rapporteurs in Iran". Iran Human Rights Documentation Center. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
- Schabas, W. (2002). The Abolition of the Death Penalty in International Law. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521893442. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
- De Greiff, P.; Mayer-Rieckh, A. (2007). Justice as Prevention: Vetting Public Employees in Transitional Societies. A Columbia / SSRC Book Series. Social Science Research Council. ISBN 9780979077210. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
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