Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro
{{Short description|Brazilian legal scholar}}
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Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro (born 8 January 1944){{Cite web |url=http://www.abc.org.br/sjbic/curriculo.asp?consulta=psdmspin |title=Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro - Membros da ONMC |access-date=2007-11-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030521043528/http://www.abc.org.br/sjbic/curriculo.asp?consulta=psdmspin |archive-date=2003-05-21 |url-status=dead }}
is a Brazilian legal scholar with relevant work within the United Nations System.{{Cite web|url=http://cnv.memoriasreveladas.gov.br/institucional-acesso-informacao/membros/66-paulo-sergio-pinheiro.html|title=Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro - CNV - Comissão Nacional da Verdade|website=cnv.memoriasreveladas.gov.br|access-date=2019-07-30}}
Career
Pinheiro was born in Rio de Janeiro. He has a long career in academia, having held academic positions at the University of São Paulo, among others.
Within the United Nations System, he served as the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar from 2000 to 2008. He also served as United Nations Special Rapporteur for Burundi from 1995 to 1999, and was a member of the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights.{{Cite web|url=http://www.violencestudy.org/|title=Allgemeine Studien zur Gewalt gegen Kinder|website=www.violencestudy.org|access-date=2019-07-30}} In 2003, Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed Pinheiro as an independent expert, with the rank of Assistant Secretary-General, to prepare an in-depth study into the global phenomenon of violence against children, which was presented to the General Assembly in 2006.
Pinheiro served as one of the seven commissioners of the Organization of American States's Inter-American Commission on Human Rights for the 2004–2011 period,{{Cite web|url=http://www.oas.org/en/iachr/mandate/composition.asp|title=OAS - Organization of American States: Democracy for peace, security, and development|last=OAS|date=2009-08-01|website=www.oas.org|language=en|access-date=2019-07-30}} with special responsibility for the rights of children{{Cite web|url=http://www.cidh.org/Comunicados/English/2005/8.05.htm|title=Press Release 8/05|website=www.cidh.org|access-date=2019-07-30}} Domestically, he served as federal Secretary of State for Human Rights under President Fernando Henrique Cardoso.
In 2011, Pinheiro was appointed chair of the International Commission of Inquiry for Syria.Stephanie Nebehay (March 15, 2021), [https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN2B72Q3 U.N. says has helped 12 jurisdictions prepare Syrian war crimes cases] Reuters.
References
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Category:United Nations special rapporteurs
Category:Members of the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights
Category:Commanders of the National Order of Scientific Merit (Brazil)
Category:Brazilian people of Portuguese descent
Category:Brazilian officials of the United Nations
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