Leandro Despouy

Leandro Despouy

Leandro Despouy is an Argentine human rights lawyer. He is the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers.ref|Cbs050623

Despouy was one of the five authors of a report on human rights abuses committed against the extrajudicial captives the United States detains at its naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

He played a significant role for the recognition of extreme poverty as a human rights issue within the United Nations system.

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# [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/06/23/terror/main703639.shtml UN Cites Torture Reports At Gitmo] , "CBS News", June 23 2005


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