# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/juan-e-mendez
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:50:57.993Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/juan-e-mendez"
name: "Juan E. Méndez"
slug: "juan-e-mendez"
description: "Juan E. Méndez is an Argentine lawyer, former United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and a human rights activist known for his work on behalf of political prisoners."
tagline: "Argentine lawyer and activist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Juan_M%C3%A9ndez_-_Chatham_House_2012.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Argentina"
  isoCode: "AR"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1944-12-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.33
  momentum:             2.176165803108808
  historical:           8.750253333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Juan Ernesto Méndez"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_E._M%C3%A9ndez"
    title: "Juan E. Méndez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_E._M%C3%A9ndez"
    title: "Juan E. Méndez"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Խուան Էրնեստո Մենդես"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Juan E. Méndez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump