Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro

Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro (born Rio de Janeiro, 8 January 1944) [ [http://www.abc.org.br/sjbic/curriculo.asp?consulta=psdmspin Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro - Membros da ONMC ] ] is a Brazilian diplomat and legal scholar.

Within the United Nations system, he serves as the special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Burma. [Citation
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He also served as special rapporteur for Burundi from 1995 to 1999, [ [http://www.abc.org.br/sjbic/curriculo.asp?consulta=psdmspin Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro - Membros da ONMC ] ] and was a member of the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights. [ [http://www.violencestudy.org/a30 The Independent Expert: Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro | The United Nations Secretary General’s Study on Violence Against Children ] ] 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, [ [http://www.violencestudy.org/a30 The Independent Expert: Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro | The United Nations Secretary General’s Study on Violence Against Children ] ] which was presented to the General Assembly in 2006. [ [http://www.violencestudy.org/r1 About the Study | The United Nations Secretary General’s Study on Violence Against Children ] ]

In the inter-American system, he is one of the seven commissioners of the OAS's Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, for the 2004 to 2011 period, [ [http://www.cidh.org/personal.eng.htm Staff of the IACHR ] ] with special responsibility for the rights of children [ [http://www.cidh.org/Comunicados/English/2005/8.05.htm Press Release 8/05 ] ] Domestically, he served as federal Secretary of State for Human Rights under President Fernando Henrique Cardoso. [ [http://www.violencestudy.org/a30 The Independent Expert: Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro | The United Nations Secretary General’s Study on Violence Against Children ] ]

Pinheiro has a long career in academia. He is a visiting professor at Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. [ [http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/7/a/mmyapinheiro.htm Paulo Sergio Pinheiro's Curriculum Vitae] ] Previously, he also held academic positions at the University of São Paulo, the UK's Oxford University, and the École des hautes études en sciences sociales in Paris. [ [http://www.violencestudy.org/a30 The Independent Expert: Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro | The United Nations Secretary General’s Study on Violence Against Children ] ]

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