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Laura Dupuy Lasserre is an Uruguayan diplomat, and since 2009 the Permanent Representative of Uruguay to the United Nations Office at Geneva with the rank of Ambassador. She was elected President of the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2011.

Life

Dupoy was born in Louisiana in 1952 and after moving around America her family took her to Korea where she completed her secondary education at Seoul Foreign School.^[1]

She was elected President of the United Nations Human Rights Council for the term 2011–2012.

Dupuy served as Director of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay, as Director for the Americas, responsible for bilateral relations with the 34 countries in the region, and as President-Rapporteur of the Social Forum 2010 on Climate Change and Human Rights.^[2]

References

^ Laura Dupoy, Kennedy Centre, Brigham Young University, Retrieved 26 February 2016
^ The Human Rights Council - President of the 6th Cycle, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

[kennedy-1] Laura Dupoy, Kennedy Centre, Brigham Young University, Retrieved 26 February 2016

[2] The Human Rights Council - President of the 6th Cycle, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

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 [[file:Laura Dupuy Lasserre crop.jpg|thumb|Laura Dupuy Lasserre in 2012]]
-'''Laura Dupuy Lasserre''' is an [[Uruguay]]an diplomat, and since 2009 the [[Permanent Representative]] of Uruguay to the [[United Nations Office at Geneva]] with the rank of [[Ambassador]]. She was elected President of the [[United Nations Human Rights Council]] for the term 2011–2012. She formerly served as Director of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay, as Director for the Americas, responsible for bilateral relations with the 34 countries in the region, and as President-Rapporteur of the Social Forum 2010 on Climate Change and Human Rights.<ref>[http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/HRCPresident6thcycle.htm The Human Rights Council - President of the 6th Cycle], [[Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights]]</ref>
+'''Laura Dupuy Lasserre''' is an [[Uruguay]]an diplomat, and since 2009 the [[Permanent Representative]] of Uruguay to the [[United Nations Office at Geneva]] with the rank of [[Ambassador]]. She was elected President of the [[United Nations Human Rights Council]] in 2011.
+==Life==
+Dupoy was born in Louisiana in 1952 and after moving around America her family took her to Korea where she completed her secondary education at [[Seoul Foreign School]].<ref name=kennedy>[http://kennedy.byu.edu/laura-dupuy-citizen-diplomat/ Laura Dupoy], Kennedy Centre, Brigham Young University, Retrieved 26 February 2016</ref>
+She was elected President of the [[United Nations Human Rights Council]] for the term 2011–2012.
+Dupuy served as Director of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay, as Director for the Americas, responsible for bilateral relations with the 34 countries in the region, and as President-Rapporteur of the Social Forum 2010 on Climate Change and Human Rights.<ref>[http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/HRCPresident6thcycle.htm The Human Rights Council - President of the 6th Cycle], [[Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights]]</ref>
 ==References==