Erica-Irene Daes

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Erica-Irene A. Daes ( Greek Ειρήνη "Έρικα" Νταή Παπασταματάκη ; born September 18, 1925 in Kissamos , died February 12, 2017 in Athens ) was a Greek lawyer and diplomat. She headed the UN Working Group on Indigenous Peoples from 1984 to 2001 and was the driving force behind the 2007 UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP ).

Origin, education and family

Erica-Irene Daes was born in 1925 as Eiríni Papastamatáki in Kissamos in the western Cretan province of Chania as the second oldest of five children. She completed a Masters degree in Law , Political Science and Economics from the University of Athens and graduated with a Doctor of Law (Ph.D.). She then held postgraduate positions at the University of Cambridge , University College London , Heidelberg University and the Academy of International Law in The Hague .

She was nicknamed "Érika" and was married to Astérios Ntaís (often Asterios Daes).

Professional career

Daes initially worked in the Greek public service, including in the Ministry of Health and as a legal advisor.

From 1954 to 1980 she was admitted to the bar at the Supreme Court of Greece.

She worked as a university lecturer specializing in international law , human rights , globalization , environmental law , peacemaking and peacekeeping, and in particular minority rights with a focus on indigenous peoples. She has taught at the Greek Diplomatic Academy in Thessaloniki , the United Nations University in Tokyo , Harvard University , the Russian Diplomatic Academy, Melbourne University and others. From 1981 to 1985 she was visiting professor at the European University Institute in Florence . From 1999 to 2003 she was visiting professor at the Law School of St. Thomas University in Miami .

She also appeared extensively as an author.

Diplomatic activity in Europe and at the United Nations

From 1963 to 1966 Daes represented Greece on the Council of Europe's Social Committee . As the Greek representative, she worked in an advisory capacity for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe . From 1996 she was legal advisor to the Permanent Mission of her country to international organizations in Geneva. Since 1998 she has been the Greek Envoy Extraordinary in various states a. a. in Micronesia .

Since 1966 Daes has represented Greece in various UN organs, including frequently in the General Assembly , in the Economic and Social Council and at UNESCO . She was also a member of the Commissions for Social Development and the Status of Women .

From 1976 to 2002 she was a member of the UN sub-committee for the promotion and protection of human rights.

In 1984 she became chairman of the UN working group on indigenous peoples. During her term of office, which lasted until 2001, she campaigned for international legal standards for the protection of indigenous peoples. Under her leadership, the working group became a representation for hundreds of indigenous peoples at the United Nations. Daes campaigned intensively for a UN declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples , which was finally adopted in 2007.

In 2000 she (75 years old) was a founding member of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Affairs . She worked actively until 2007 and was a member of the committee until her death in 2017. She was unanimously granted honorary membership for life - an absolutely unusual process for UN organs.

Honors

Publications

  • Principles, guidelines, and guarantees for the protection of persons detained on grounds of mental ill-health or suffering from mental disorder: a contribution to (a) the protection of the fundamental freedoms, human and legal rights of persons who are mentally ill or suffering from mental disorder; (b) the abolition of psychiatric abuses; (c) the promotion of mental health law and medical practice; and (d) the improvement of mental health care and mental institutions , 1986
  • Indigenous peoples: keepers of our past, custodians of our future , 1982
  • Freedom of the individual under law: a study on the individual's duties to the community and the limitations on human rights and freedoms under Article 29 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights , 1983
  • The individual's duties to the community and the limitations on human rights and freedoms under article 29 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: a contribution to the freedom of the individual under law , 1983
  • Status of the individual and contemporary international law: promotion, protection and restoration of human rights at national, regional and international levels , 1984
  • Protection of the heritage of indigenous people , 1997

literature

  • Guðmundur S. Alfreðsson, Maria Stavropoulou: Justice Pending: Indigenous Peoples and Other Good Causes: Essays in Honor of Erica-Irene A. Daes , Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, (2002)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Website of the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs Indigenous Peoples - Keepers of our past - Custodians of our future, accessed on February 10, 2009
  2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20110526181055/http://www.stu.edu/IMGFCK/misc/facultyws1/eidaes.pdf Fernandez Rodrigo (2006) CV Professor Dr. iur. Erica Irene Daes, accessed June 13, 2020
  3. ↑ a b c Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Drs. Hc. Mrs. Erika-Irene Daes. Retrieved June 11, 2020
  4. ↑ https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/122334
  5. ↑ https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/36783
  6. ↑ https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/52410
  7. ↑ https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/52410
  8. ↑ https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/70803
  9. ↑ https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/248430
personal data
SURNAME Daes, Erica-Irene
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Daes, Erica-Irene A .; Νταή Παπασταματάκη, Ειρήνη; Νταή Παπασταματάκη, Έρικα
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek lawyer, diplomat and UN official
DATE OF BIRTH September 18, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Kissamos
DATE OF DEATH February 12, 2017
Place of death Athens