Rafael Nieto Navia

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Rafael Nieto Navia (born 5 February 1938) is a Colombian jurist, political scientist and professor.

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He was President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights between 1993-1994. Furthermore he has served as Judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and he has served as Ambassador of Colombia to Sweden with dual accreditation to Denmark, Finland and Iceland.

Nieto has served as Judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia for more than five years. Four of them as a member of the Appeals Chamber and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda,[ clarification needed ] and more than one year as a member of the Trial Chambers. He served as Judge of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights for twelve years, and he was President of the same for three and a half years. He also served as Auxiliary Magistrate of the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Colombia for four years.

Ambassadorship

On 7 January 2009 Chancellor Jaime Bermúdez Merizalde announced that Nieto had been appointed Ambassador to Sweden by President Álvaro Uribe Vélez, stating that Nieto was a "super internationalist, very well respected, and with a lot of tradition" . [1] Chancellor Bermúdez sworn him in the next month on 10 February as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Colombia to the Kingdom of Sweden serving concurrently as Non-Resident Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark, the Republic of Finland, and the Republic of Iceland. [2] Nieto moved to Stockholm shortly after to take up his office, officially presenting his Letters of Credence to His Majesty Carl XVI Gustaf King of Sweden on 13 May 2009; [3] as Non-Resident Ambassador, he presented his credentials to the President of Iceland Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson on 9 February 2010, and to Her Majesty Margrethe II Queen of Denmark on 15 February 2010. [4] [5] [6]

Personal life

Nieto was born on 5 February 1938 in Bogotá, D.C. to Eduardo Nieto Umaña (22 November 1904 - 14 January 1946) and Teresa Navia Harker (22 August 1904 - 27 April 1991). He married María Teresa Loaiza Cubides on 28 August 1965. They have four children: Rafael, Juan Carlos, Pablo, and María Teresa. [7]

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References

  1. "Rafael Nieto Navia, nuevo embajador de Colombia en Suecia" [Rafael Nieto Navia, new ambassador of Colombia in Sweden] (in Spanish). Press Office of the President of Colombia. 2009-01-07. Archived from the original on 2011-10-01. Retrieved 2011-08-15.
  2. "Canciller posesionó nuevos embajadores en Suecia, Líbano y ante la Unesco" [Chancellor sworn in new ambassadors to Sweden, Lebanon, and UNESCO] (in Spanish). Press Office of the President of Colombia. 2009-02-10. Archived from the original on 2011-10-01. Retrieved 2011-08-15.
  3. "Four new Ambassadors in Stockholm". Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 2009-03-13. Archived from the original (Press Release) on 2012-03-19. Retrieved 2011-08-15.
  4. "Presentación Cartas Credenciales" [Presentation [of] Credentials](PDF). Colombia Nos Une (in Spanish) (141). Embassy of Colombia in Sweden: 1. March 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-30. Retrieved 2011-08-15.
  5. "Diplomatic and Consular List" (PDF). Reykjavík: Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Department of Protocol. December 2010. pp. 9, 36. Retrieved 2011-08-15.
  6. "Order of Precedence of Heads of Mission". Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of Protocol.[ permanent dead link ]
  7. Restrepo Sáenz, José María; Rivas, Raimundo; Restrepo Posada, José (2000). Genealogías de Santa Fe de Bogotá [Genealogies of Santa Fe de Bogotá] (in Spanish). Vol. 6. Bogotá: Grupo de investigaciones Genealógicas "José María Restrepo Sáenz". p. 85. OCLC   28546996 . Retrieved 2011-08-16.
Rafael Nieto Navia
Colombia Ambassador to Sweden
In office
13 March 2009 26 May 2011