Ian Martin
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Ian Martin, from the United Kingdom, is a human rights activist who has been involved in a number of human rights organisations and United Nations missions. He is the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya.
He has also been:
- Secretary-General of Amnesty International from 1986 to 1992.
- Deputy Executive Director of The UN/OAS International Civilian Mission in Haiti, 1993 and 1994-5.
- Chief of the UN Human Rights Field Operation in Rwanda, 1995-96.
- Special Adviser on Human Rights Field Operations to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, 1998
- Deputy High Representative for Human Rights in the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1998-99.
- Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for the East Timor Popular Consultation and Head of the UN Mission in East Timor May-November, 1999.
- Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea, 2000-2001.
- Vice President of the International Center for Transitional Justice, 2002-05.
- Representative in Nepal of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, 2005-2006.
- Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Timor-Leste, 2006.
- Personal Representative of the Secretary-General in Nepal for support to the peace process, 2006-2007.
- Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of United Nations Mission in Nepal(UNMIN), 2006-2009.
- Head, UN Headquarters Board of Inquiry into certain incidents in the Gaza Strip, 2009.
- Special Adviser to the Secretary-General to coordinate post-conflict planning for Libya, April - September 2011.
- Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) from September 2011.
His writings include Self-Determination in East Timor: the United Nations, the Ballot, and International Intervention.
[edit] External links
- Ian Martin's page on the Human Rights Centre.
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| Preceded by Thomas Hammarberg |
Secretary-General of Amnesty International 1986–1992 |
Succeeded by Pierre Sané |
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