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Rodolfo Stavenhagen

United Nations official (1932-2016) · Mexico · Academics · Died at 84

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Rodolfo Stavenhagen was a German-born Mexican sociologist and anthropologist who specialized in the study of human rights and the political relations between indigenous peoples and states. He was a professor-researcher at El Colegio de México.

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Awards

Silvert Award2016
National Prize for Arts and Sciences1997
Guggenheim Fellowship
Honorary Doctorate from the National Autonomous University of Mexico

About this person

Rodolfo Stavenhagen was a German-born Mexican sociologist and anthropologist who specialized in the study of human rights and the political relations between indigenous peoples and states. He was a professor-researcher at El Colegio de México. In 2001 he was appointed by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights the first United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people through Resolution 2001/57. His mandate expired 30 April 2008. He was succeeded by Prof S. James Anaya of the University of Arizona.

Country
Mexico
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1932 to 2016 · aged 84

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