Álvaro Gil-Robles

Politician

1944 –

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Who is Álvaro Gil-Robles?

Álvaro Gil-Robles y Gil-Delgado is a Spanish jurist and human rights activist.

He was Commissioner for Human Rights of Council of Europe from 15 October 1999 to 31 March 2006. He was the first person to occupy this newly created position, and was succeeded by Thomas Hammarberg.

From 2000 to 2005 he visited public organizations in various countries and showed violations of human rights in his reports to the corresponding governments for their future improvement.

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Born
Sep 9, 1944
Lisbon
Nationality
  • Spain
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Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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