Héctor Gros Espiell
Héctor Gros Espiell (born September 17, 1926 in Montevideo ; † November 30, 2009 ibid) was a Uruguayan politician and legal scholar .
biography
Héctor Gros Espiell was a professor of law at the Universidad de la República in Montevideo, specializing in constitutional law and international law . He served as a judge at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and was also the chairman. He also held the position of Executive Director of the Instituto Interamericano de Derechos Humanos . He also represented Uruguay in the dispute with Argentina over the construction of a cellulose factory on the Río Uruguay before the International Court of Justice in The Hague . He was also a representative of Uruguay at the UN Human Rights Commission .
Gros Espiell, who belonged to the Partido Nacional , was Foreign Minister of Uruguay in the government of Luis Alberto Lacalle from March 1, 1990 to January 4, 1993 . Most recently he was Uruguay's ambassador to France until 2008 .
He died at the age of 83 of an incurable disease that caused him to retire from politics months earlier.
Individual evidence
- ↑ [1] (Spanish) on laley.com.uy, accessed on May 7, 2017
- ↑ Murió el ex canciller uruguayo Héctor Gros Espiell ( Memento of the original from March 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish) at www.lostiempos.com from November 30, 2009, accessed March 6, 2014
- ↑ Ministries, etc. at www.rulers.org, accessed March 6, 2014
- ^ Fallció el especialista en derecho Héctor Gross Espiell ( Memento of the original dated December 28, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish) from www.observa.com.uy dated December 1, 2009, accessed March 6, 2014
- ↑ Murió el ex canciller uruguayo Héctor Gros Espiell ( Memento of the original from March 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish) at www.lostiempos.com from November 30, 2009, accessed March 6, 2014
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gros Espiell, Héctor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gross Espiell, Héctor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Uruguayan politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 17, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montevideo , Uruguay |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 30, 2009 |
| Place of death | Montevideo , Uruguay |