Human rights of persons deprived of liberty in Latin America
During my four years as IACHR Special Rapporteur for Persons Deprived of Liberty, I witnessed that overcrowding, violence and lack of access to justice are the norm, not the exception, in the region's prison systems.
During my four years as IACHR Special Rapporteur for Persons Deprived of Liberty, I witnessed that overcrowding, violence and lack of access to justice are the norm, not the exception, in the region's prison systems.
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Rodrigo Escobar Gil
PhD in Administrative Law (Universidad Complutense de Madrid). Former Justice and President of the Constitutional Court of Colombia (2001–2009). Former Commissioner and Special Rapporteur of the IACHR–OAS (2010–2014). Founder of Rodrigo Escobar Gil Consultores.