Leandro Despouy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Leandro Despouy

Argentine lawyer

Date of Birth: 04-Apr-1947

Place of Birth: San Luis, San Luis Province, Argentina

Profession: lawyer, politician, economist

Nationality: Argentina

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Leandro Despouy (April 4th, 1947.
San Luis, Argentina) is an Argentine human rights lawyer.
He was the United Nations Commission on Human Right's Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers from August 2003 until end of July 2009 .[1]Despouy was one of the five authors of a report on human rights abuses committed against the extrajudicial captives the United States detains at its naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. He played a significant role for the recognition of extreme poverty as a human rights issue within the United Nations system. From 2002 to 2016, Despouy was the president of the Auditoria General de la Nación of the Argentine Republic.