Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon
Professorial Lecturer in Residence
Co-Director, Academy on Human Rights & Humanitarian Law
Office: 4910 Building - Suite 18
Phone: 202-274-4285
E-mail: drodrig@wcl.american.edu
Diego Rodríguez-Pinzón (J.D., LL.M., S.J.D.) is Professorial Lecturer in Residence and Co-Director of the Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at American University, Washington College of Law. He teaches courses in the fields of international law and human rights law. His most recent books are The Prohibition of Torture and Ill-treatment in the Inter-American Human Rights System (with Claudia Martin) (2006), published in three languages –English, Spanish and Portuguese--, and Derecho Internacional de los Derechos Humanos (International Human Rights Law), (co-editor), (2004). He co-authored (with Claudio Grossman, Robert K. Goldman and Claudia Martin) the casebook The International Dimension of Human Rights: A Guide for Application in Domestic Law published by the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB 2001). He is also co-author of the human rights casebook bestseller, La Dimensión Internacional de los Derechos Humanos, Guía para la Aplicación de Normas Internacionales en el Derecho Interno (with Claudia Martin and Tomas Ojea Quintana) (IADB, 1999), as well as the Repertorio de Jurisprudencia del Sistema Interamericano de Derechos Humanos, La Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (Inter-American Human Rights Digest)(with Claudio Grossman, Robert Goldman and Claudia Martin) (Vol. I and Vol. II, 1998). His recent articles include The International Human Rights Status of Elderly Rights (2003), The 'Victim' Requirement, The Fourth Instance Formula and the Notion of 'Person' in the Individual Complaint Procedure of the Inter-American Human Rights System (2001); and Presumption of Veracity, Nonappearance, and Default in the Individual Complaint Procedure of the Inter-American System on Human Rights (1998).
He was recently appointed Ad Hoc Judge to sit in the Inter-American Court on Human Rights of the Organization of American States. As correspondent for the British periodical Butterworths Human Rights Cases, Professor Rodríguez-Pinzón covers the Americas; he also reports on the inter-American system for the Netherlands Human Rights Quarterly. He has served as international legal consultant for the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) and the Organization of American States (OAS), among other institutions. He was also staff attorney at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the OAS and Officer for Latin America at the International Human Rights Law Group, a Washington DC based non-governmental organization. He was legal advisor for the Office of the President of Colombia focused on the economic strategy of the peace negotiations with guerrilla groups from 1989 to 1991.
Currently Teaching
Areas of Specialization
- Human Rights Law
- International Law
- International Litigation
- International Organizations
- Transnational Law
Degrees & Universities
- S.J.D., George Washington University National Law Center 2002
- LL.M., Washington College of Law, American University 1994
- J.D., Universidad de los Andes School of Law 1989
Selected Publications
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon (co-author), 10 Years of the Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition (Brill Publishers, forthcoming 2008).
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon (co-author), The Inter-American Human Rights Digest (Brill Publishers forthcoming, 2008).
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon (co-author), Prohibition of Torture and Ill-Treatment in the Inter-American Human Rights System (World Org. Against Torture 2006).
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, Derecho Internacional de los Derechos Humanos (Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, Claudia Martin & Jose Antonio Guevara, eds., 2004).
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon (co-author), The International Status of the Rights of Elderly Persons, 18 Am. U. Intl. L. Rev. 915 (2003).
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Books
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, Claudio Grossman & Claudia Martin, 10 Years of the Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition (Brill Publishers Spring 2008).
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon (co-author), Repertorio de Jurisprudencia del Sistema Interamericano de Derechos Humanos (Inter-American Inst. on Human Rights forthcoming 2008).
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon & Claudia Martin, La Prohibición de la Tortura y los Malos Tratos en el Sistema Interamericano (World Org. Against Torture 2007).
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, A Probicao de Tortura e Maus-Tratos Pelo Sistema Interamamericano (World Org. Against Torture 2006).
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, Claudio Grossman, Robert K. Goldman & Claudia Martin, The International Dimension of Human Rights: A Guide for Application in Domestic Law (Inter-American Dev. Bank Dec. 2001).
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, Claudia Martin & Tomas Ojea Quintana, La Dimension Internacional de los Derechos Humanos, Guia para la Aplicacion de Normas Internacionales en el Derecho Interno (Inter-American Dev. Bank 1999).
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, Repertorio de Jurisprudencia del Sistema Interamericano de Derechos Humanos, La Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos 1980-1997, Vol. I & Vol. II, (The Inter-American Human Rights Digest - The Inter-American Court on Human Rights1980-1997) ( 1998).
Other Publications
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, Los Obligaciones Internacionales de los Estados de la Organizacion de los Estados Americanos en la Lucha Contra el Terrorismo, Universidad Iberoamericana (Spring 2008).
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, Book Review: Resena Sobre el Informe de la OEA "Acceso a la Justicia: Llave Para la Gobernabilidad Deomocratica, por David Lobaton, Programa de Estudios de la Ciudad de la Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (Spring 2008).
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, La Masacre de Mapiripan Contra Columbia, Sentencio de Fondo del 15 Septiembre del 2005, Universidad Iberoamericana (forthcoming, 2008).
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon (co-author), Simposio una Revision Critica del Sistema Interamericano de Derechos Humanos: Pasado, Presente, y Futuro, Anuario de Derecho Humanos (Spring 2007).
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, Reparations of the Inter-American Human Rights System in Cases of Gross and Sytemic Violations of Human Rights: The Colombian Case, 53 Am. U. L. Rev. 1390 (2007).
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, Diagnostico Sobre la Educacion Legal en Derechos Humanos en Mexico, Educación en Derechos Humanos (2006).
- Amicus Brief Presented to the Supreme Court of Argentina (2004).
- Amicus Brief presented to the Inter-American Court on Human Rights on request for Advisory Opinion from the State of Mexico (Spring 2003).
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, Jurisdiccion y Compentcia en las Peticiones Individuales del Sistema Interamericano de Derechos Humanos (Jurisdiction and Competence in the Individual Petitions in the Inter-American System on Human Rights, __ Revista Argentina de Derechos Humanos (Argentinian Hum. Rights L. Rev.) __ (2001).
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, The "Victim" Requirement, The Fourth Instance Forumula and the Notion of "Person" in the Individual Complaint Procedure of the Inter-American Human Rights System, 7 ILSA J. Intl. & Comp. L. 373 (2001).
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, Inter-American System, Neth. Q. Hum. Rights (2001 to date).
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, El Derecho a la Honra y la Reuptacion (The Right to the Protection of Personal Honor and Reputation), 1 Revista Ruptura 249 (2000).
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon & Claudia Martin Inter-American Human Rights Database, http://www.wcl.american.edu/humright/digest/ (1998).
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, Presumption of Veracity, Nonappearance, and Default in the Individual Complaint Procedure of the Inter-American System on Human Rights, in Revista del Instituto Interamericano de Derechos Humanos (Inter-American Inst. of Hum. Rights 1998).
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, Caballero Delgado y Santana: A Problematic Application of the American Convention on Human Rights, 3 Hum. Rights Br. __ (Summer 1996).
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, , Butterworths Hum. Rights Cases (1996 to date).
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Selected Works in Progress
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, Basic Facts of the Individual Complaint Procedure of the Inter-American Human Rights System, in International Human Rights Monitoring Mechanisms (G. Alfredsson, J. Grimheden, B. Ramcharan & A. de Zayas, eds., Martinus Nijhoff Publishers forthcoming, 2008).
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Selected Presentations
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, Keynote Speaker, Human Rights in the Americas: An International Legal Perspective (Annual Latin American Social and Public Policy Conference at the Center of Latin American Studies, University of Pittsburgh, Pitt., Pa., Feb. 15, 2008).
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, Lecture, Procedure and Case-law of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IV Course on Strategies of International Litigation at Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, Mex., Dec. 5, 2007).
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, Lecture, The Inter-American Human Rights System (Annual Course on Human Rights Training, Institut de Développement et Droits Humains, Florinapolis, Braz., Nov. 7 - 10, 2007).
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, Lecture, The Inter-American Human Rights System (The Specialization Legal Systems for the Protection of Human Rights, Guayaquil, Ecu., Sept. 13-15, 2007).
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, Presentation, Lecture About the Inter-American Human Rights System (Pontificia Univeridad Catolica del Peru and the Instituto de Defensa Legal, Lima, Peru, Sept. 6, 2007).
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, Presentation, The United States Judicial Reform (The Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru and the Instituto de Defensa Legal, Lima, Peru, Sept. 5, 2007).
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, Lecture, Inter-American Human Rights System (Human Rights Center of the University of Utrecht, Neth., Aug. 21-26, 2007).
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, Lecture, Inter-American Human Rights System (Human Rights Center of the University of Utrecht, Utrecht, Neth., Aug. 21-26, 2007).
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, Presentation, Inter-American Human Rights Law (Inter-American Human Rights Law, IESB, Brasilia, Braz., Aug. 14-18, 2007).
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, Lecture, Inter-American Human Rights Law (IESB International Symposium, Brasilia, Braz., Aug. 14-18, 2007).
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, Presentation, The Prohibition of Torture in the Inter-American System (World Organization Against Torture, Geneva, Switz., July 10-15, 2007).
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, Presentation, The Prohibition of Torture in the Inter-American System (World Organization Against Torture to lecture in Geneva, Switz., July 10-15, 2007).
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, Speech, The Fight against Terrorism and International Human Rights Obligations (American University Justice, Law and Society's Anti-Terrorism Conference, Wash., D.C., Apr. 2006).
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, Speech, International Human Rights Law (WHINSEC, Wash., D.C., ).
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, Speech, Contemporary Issuess of the Inter-American Human Rights System (Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota, Colom., Feb. 2006).
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, Panelist, Legal Strategy and Policy to Implement Judgments into the Domestic Jurisdiction (Seminar on International Mechanisms for the Protection of Human Rights: Innovation and Strategies in International Litigation Human Rights Program, Universidad Iberoamericana de Mexico, Mex. City, Mex., Dec. 2005).
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, Panelist, Analysis of the Massacre of Mapiripan v. Colombia Case (Dec. 2005).
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, Panelist, Legal Education on Human Rights: Importance and Alternative Curriculum (International Seminar on Education on Human Rights, Program of Cooperation on Human Rights of the European Commission-Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mex. City, Mex., Dec. 2005).
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, Lecture, Lecture on the “Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (Universidad Católica Andres Bello & the Universidad de Margarita, Porlamar, Venz., Nov. 2005).
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, Panelist, First Meeting of the Latin American and European Network on Human Rights (LAEHR) (Cartagena, Colom., Sept. 2005).
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, Lecture, Justice as a Right (Center for Human Rights of the Universidad Catolica Andres Bello, Caracas, Venz., Sept. 2005).
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, Panelist, The Inter-American Human Rights System: An Open Discussion on the Problems Affecting its Functioning (American University Washington College of Law, Wash., D.C., June 2005).
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, Speech, Colombia 2005: A Historical and Political Overview in a Human Rights Perspective (ASFQ, Montreal, Can., 2005).
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, Speech, The Interamerican Human Rights System (Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turk., Dec. 2004).
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, Speech, Incorporating Human Rights Values in Educational Institutions in Countries of the Middle East (John Hopkins University, Balt., Md., Nov. 2004).
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, Public Lecture, Procedural Aspects of Human Rights Protection in the Inter-American System (Lund University School of Law, Swed., 2004).
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, Speech, Forms of Interaction between International Human Rights Law and the Constitutional Framework (V Latin-American Meeting of Law, Bol., May 2004).
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, Speech, The Individual Complaints in the Inter-American System (Catholic University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Braz., May 2003).
- Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, Speech, Current Issues in the Inter-American Human Rights System (XIII Seminario Eduardo Garcia Maynez, ITAM, Mex., 2003).
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Selected Media Appearances
- CNN Spanish, "Cxtradition of Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori from Chile to Peru" (CNN Sept. 21, 2007) (Television Interview).
- The Washington Times, "Noriega Nears French prison" (Wash. Times Sept. 3, 2007) (Newspaper Interview).
