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### Viewing cable 09STATE28833, PROMOTING U.S. CANDIDATE FOR OAS HUMAN RIGHTS

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09STATE28833 | 2009-03-25 20:22 | 2011-04-28 00:00 | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | Secretary of State

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    UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 05 STATE 028833

    SENSITIVE
    SIPDIS

    E.O. 12958: N/A
    TAGS: PHUM PGOV PREL OAS XM CA IAHRC
    SUBJECT: PROMOTING U.S. CANDIDATE FOR OAS HUMAN RIGHTS
    COMMISSION

    ¶1. (SBU) This is an action message (see paras 7-8).

    ¶2. (SBU) Summary: The United States has nominated Dinah L.
    Shelton for a seat on the Inter-American Commission on Human
    Rights (IACHR).  Shelton is a professor of international law
    at The George Washington University Law School and an expert
    on human rights law.  She will stand for election to the
    IACHR by secret ballot at the Organization of American States
    (OAS) General Assembly in San Pedro Sula, Honduras on June
    1-3.  Posts are requested to approach foreign ministries and
    other appropriate contacts to seek host government support
    for Profesor Shelton's candidacy, drawing on points in
    paragraph 9. Posts may also provide copies of Shelton's
    curriculum vitae, as excerpted in paragraph 11.  End summary.

    ¶3. (U) Background:  The IACHR is an autonomous organ of the
    OAS that advances the promotion and protection of human
    rights throughout the Americas.  Given our strong and
    historic support of the IACHR, it is a priority that the
    United States maintain strong representation on the
    Commission. The IACHR is composed of seven Commissioners who
    serve four-year terms, with the possibility of re-election to
    one additional term.  Commissioners are nominated by
    governments and elected by the OAS General Assembly, but
    serve in their personal capacity representing all OAS Member
    States. A U.S. nominee has served on the Commission since its
    inception in 1959, with the exception of one term
    (2003-2006).  The current U.S. member of the IACHR, Paolo
    Carozza of the University of Notre Dame Law School, has opted
    not to seek re-election this year.

    ¶4. (SBU) This is a contested election.  There are three IACHR
    vacancies this year and four eligible candidates. The OAS
    General Assembly will elect Commissioners by secret ballot
    June 1-3 in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Only one incumbent,
    Victor Abramovich of Argentina, is seeking reelection. Mexico
    has nominated former Federal Electoral Tribunal judge Jose de
    Jesus Orozco Henriquez, and Colombia has nominated former
    Constitutional Court judge Rodrigo Escobar Gil. There would
    have been five eligible candidates, but Saint Kitts and Nevis
    announced its candidate, Dr. Henry Browne, after the deadline
    for submissions.

    ¶5. (SBU) The U.S. nominee - Professor Shelton - is
    highly-respected in the area of human rights and
    international law, has written extensively on human rights
    matters, and is the first female the United States has
    nominated to the IACHR.  It is critical that the United
    States Government persuade fellow OAS member states to elect
    a U.S. nominee to the IACHR.  Professor Shelton's service on
    the IACHR will demonstrate U.S. commitment to the Western
    Hemisphere's primary human rights body and the inter-American
    system as a whole.  Having a U.S. nominee on the IACHR also
    ensures that the Western Hemisphere's diversity of legal
    tradition is represented on the IACHR.  Additionally, U.S.
    nominees on the IACHR traditionally offer solid human rights
    experience and a voice of reason and balance to a body
    composed of Commissioners with widely varying levels of
    experience.

    ¶6. (U) Professor Shelton has extensive knowledge of Latin
    America and the Caribbean and expertise in both the
    inter-American human rights system and the operation of
    domestic and international adjudicatory processes.  Dr.
    Shelton's role in effective case management - acquired
    through managerial experience at the Ninth Circuit - will be
    a tremendous asset to the Commission in managing its own
    overburdened docket.  Dr. Shelton has also been instrumental
    in raising the profile of the inter-American human rights
    system within English-speaking OAS Member States, having
    written the first English casebook about the system.  Her
    language skills in the four official OAS languages (English,
    Spanish, French, and Portuguese), including particular
    fluency in French, will also be crucial to her effectiveness
    as a Commissioner.

    ¶7. (U) Action Request: Posts are requested to approach
    foreign ministries, preferably their legal advisers as well
    as officials dealing with multilateral organizations and
    human rights issues to seek host government support for
    Shelton's candidacy. Posts may also leave copies of her
    curriculum vitae, excerpted in paragraph 11. Posts may also
    draw upon points in paragraph 9, and if desired, leave them
    as a nonpaper along with Shelton's CV.  A Spanish translation
    of these points will be e-mailed to political counselors,
    along with the full version of the CV.

    STATE 00028833  002 OF 005

    ¶8. (U) Action Request, continued: For posts in countries that
    have also nominated eligible candidates (Argentina, Colombia,
    and Mexico):  You may inform host governments that the United
    States is carefully studying the qualifications of their
    nominees and would be pleased to discuss our respective
    candidates in more detail through our missions to the OAS in
    Washington.

    ¶9. (U) Points to support Shelton's candidacy:

    -- The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is
    established under the Charter of the Organization of American
    States "to promote the observance and protection of human
    rights and to serve as a consultative organ of the
    Organization on these matters."

    -- The strength of the Commission lies in the expertise and
    diversity of its members, representing the many distinct
    legal, linguistic, and cultural traditions that make up the
    Organization of American States.

    -- In light of the continuing importance the United States
    places on the Commission, we are pleased to support Dinah L.
    Shelton, professor of international law at The George
    Washington University, to stand for election to the IACHR at
    the OAS General Assembly in June. Professor Shelton is well
    known in international legal circles, with over 30 years of
    experience in multiple areas of international law and
    practice, including human rights.  She has numerous
    publications to her credit and is the United States' first
    female nominee to the IACHR. If elected, Professor Shelton
    would also be the only Commissioner with a common law
    background.

    -- Professor Shelton joined the Law School faculty at The
    George Washington University in 2004. Before her appointment,
    she was professor of international law and director of the
    doctoral program in international human rights law at the
    University of Notre Dame Law School from 1996-2004. She
    previously taught at Santa Clara University and was a
    visiting lecturer at the University of California - Davis,
    Stanford University, University of California - Berkeley, the
    University of Paris, and the Universite Robert Schumann,
    Strasbourg, France.
    -- Professor Shelton is the author or editor of three
    prize-winning books: "Protecting Human Rights in the
    Americas" (winner of the 1982 Inter-American Bar Association
    Book Prize and co-authored with Thomas Buergenthal), a book
    that has been updated on 3 occasions since that time;
    "Remedies in International Human Rights Law" (awarded the
    2000 Certificate of Merit, American Society of International
    Law); and the three volume "Encyclopedia of Genocide and
    Crimes against Humanity" (awarded a "Best Research" book
    award by the New York Public Library).

    -- She has authored numerous articles and books on
    international law, human rights law, and international
    environmental law. She is a member of the board of editors of
    the American Journal of International Law and is a counselor
    to the American Society of International Law.

    -- Professor Shelton serves on the boards of many human
    rights and environmental organizations and was designated an
    "honorary European" to join the European Council on
    Environmental Law.  In 2006, she was awarded the prestigious
    Elizabeth Haub Prize in Environmental Law.

    -- From 1987 to 1989, Professor Shelton served as the
    director of the Office of Staff Attorneys at the U.S. Court
    of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. In this context, Dr.
    Shelton's unique experience with case management would be a
    tremendous asset to the Commission in managing its own
    overburdened docket.

    -- In addition, Professor Shelton has served as a legal
    consultant to the OAS, as well as the United Nations
    Environment Programme, United Nations Institute for Training
    and Research, World Health Organization, European Union, and
    Council of Europe.

    -- We believe her experience in common law would help achieve
    a balance among legal traditions represented on the
    Commission, complementing the civil law background of most
    Commissioners.

    -- We hope you will carefully consider supporting this U.S.
    expert in advance of the OAS General Assembly with your vote.
     In addition, we hope that you share our view that the
    Commission should increasingly include equal gender
    representation.  Please let us know if we can answer any
    questions or provide any additional information about our
    candidate.

    STATE 00028833  003 OF 005

    ¶10. (SBU) Shelton's excerpted curriculum vitae follows.  A
    full version of this CV will be e-mailed, in English and
    Spanish, to political counselors.  Please provide this full
    copy to your foreign ministry interlocutors and any other
    relevant contacts.  Please relay responses to this demarche
    by e-mail to WHA/USOAS Andrew Stevenson
    (StevensonAD@state.gov). We greatly appreciate your
    assistance.

    ¶11. (U) Begin text of excerpted curriculum vitae.

    DINAH L. SHELTON

    EMPLOYMENT

    George Washington University Law School
    Manatt/Ahn Professor of International Law (current)
    Research Professor, Aug. 2004 to present;
    Visiting Professor of Law, Jan. 2004

    University of Notre Dame Law School
    Professor of Law (1996-2004)
    Director of JSD Program in International Human Rights Law;
    Recipient of Reinhold Niebuhr Award for Social Justice, 2001

    Universite de Paris IX, Malakoff
    Professor Associe (Spring 2000)

    Santa Clara University School of Law
    Professor of Law (1975-1996)

    Stanford Law School and University of California, Berkeley
    Lecturer (1993-1994)

    University of San Diego School of Law
    Visiting Professor (Fall 1994)

    Universite Robert Schumann, Strasbourg
    Professor Associe (1991-1992)

    United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
    Director, Office of Staff Attorneys (1987-1989)
    Supervising attorney for 37 staff lawyers and 13 assistants.
    Legal advisor, drafting opinions, motions, and bench
    memoranda.

    International Institute of Human Rights
    Professor of International and Comparative Human Rights Law
    (1980-2004); Director of Studies (1982)

    CLEO Institute, Hastings College of Law (1974-1978)
    Professor, California Civil Procedure

    Syracuse University School of Law
    Visiting Professor, Law and Education (1975)

    University of California - Davis, School of Law
    Visiting Lecturer (1975)

    Kent, Bradley, Burns, Kaplan & Williams
    Associate, San Francisco, CA (1973-1975)

    University of California, Boalt School of Law
    Staff Attorney, Childhood and Government Project (1973-1975)

    International Institute of Human Rights
    Associate (1970-1972)

    EDUCATION

    J.D. (1970) Boalt School of Law, University of California -
    Berkeley
    B.A. (1967) University of California - Berkeley
    University of Edinburgh, Scotland, 1965-66
    Institute Bourguiba des Langues Vivants, Tunis, 1964

    BAR MEMBERSHIPS

    California, 1970; U.S. District Court (N.D. CA) 1974; U.S.
    Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1988

    PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND ASSOCIATIONS

    American Bar Association, Committee on Reform of the UN
    Commission on Human Rights (2004)

    American Journal of International Law, Board of Editors,
    elected 2003

    Director, ACUNS Summer Workshop in International Law and

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    International Relations, 2002, 2003

    Participant, Managing Global Issues Project, Carnegie
    Endowment for International Peace, 1998-2000

    International Law Consultant: WHO, UNEP, FAO, UNITAR,
    Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Regional
    Environmental Center (Budapest), Rockefeller Foundation
    (various: 1997-2004)

    Counselor, Alumni Association of the Hague Academy of
    International Law, 1997-2000

    American Society of International Law
    Counselor, 2003-present; Project Director, Compliance with
    Non-Binding Legal Norms 1996- 2000; Human Rights Planning
    Committee, 1998; Butcher Medal Committee, 1996, 1997;

    Co-author, Jessup International Moot Court Competition, 1997;
    Planning Committee, European Joint Meeting, 1995; Executive
    Council, 1980-1983; Author, Jessup International Moot Court
    Competition, 1986; Nominating Committee, 1987.

    Judge, International Court of Environmental Arbitration and
    Conciliation, elected 1997

    Environmental Law Commission, IUCN: World Conservation Union
    Chair, Sub-committee on Human Rights and the Environment;
    Rapporteur, International Covenant on Environment and
    Development; Adviser to the Hungarian Ministry of the
    Environment; IUCN Representative, Antarctic Treaty
    Consultative Meeting (Lima)

    Literature Editor, YBIEL, 1993 - 1998.  Reporter on human
    rights and the environment, 1997-present

    Executive/Advisory Councils (partial listing):
    Auditoria Democratica Andina, (Ecuador);
    Committee of Patrons, Redress International (London);
    Centro de Derechos Humanos et Media Ambiente (Argentina);
    International Institute of Human Rights (Strasbourg);
    Environnement sans frontire (Paris);
    Fondation Marangopoulos pour les droits de l'homme (Athens,
    Greece);
    Procedural Aspects of International Law Institute,  (USA.);
    Center for Civil and Human Rights, Notre Dame University

    Editorial Advisory Board, International Environmental Law
    Reports

    Fellow, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies,
    Kellogg Institute for International Research, Nanovic
    Institute;

    Advisory Board, Notre Dame Press

    Societe franais de droit international (French Society of
    International Law), elected 1997

    International Law Section, American Association of Law Schools
          Nominating Committee, 1984; Council, 1986;
    Vice-President, 1987; President, 1989; Law and the Arts
    Section, American Association of Law Schools:  Program
    Co-Chair, 1988; Human Rights Section, AALS, Steering
    Committee 2003

    Consultant, European Community, and the Council of Europe:
    authored studies on racial discrimination in the EC,
    treatment of the mentally ill in Western Europe
    AMPART, U.S.I.S., 1991 (Africa); 1992 (Tunisia, East Africa);
    1994 (Israel) 2001, 2002-03 (Ecuador)

    Congressional Testimony:
    - United States, United Nations Reform (1993) and Religious
    Liberty (1982);
    - Canadian Senate Human Rights Committee, ratification of
    American Convention on Human Rights (2002).

    SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

    Books:

    ¶D. Shelton, Regional Protection of Human Rights (OUP, 2008).

    ¶D. Shelton and A. Kiss, Guide to International Environmental
    Law (Brill Publishers, 2007).

    ¶R. Lillich, H. Hannum, J. Anaya, D. Shelton, International
    Human Rights: Problems of Law, Policy and Practice (Aspen
    Publishers, 2006).

    ¶D. Shelton and A. Kiss, Judges Manual of International

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    Environmental Law (UNEP, 2005).

    ¶D. Shelton (ed. in chief), Encyclopedia of Genocide and
    Crimes against Humanity (3 vols., Macmillan Reference, 2004).

    ¶D. Shelton, A. Kiss and K. Ishibashi, eds., Economic
    Globalization and Compliance with International Environmental
    Agreements (Kluwer, 2003).

    ¶T. Buergenthal, D. Shelton and D. Stewart, International
    Human Rights in a Nutshell (West Publishers, 3rd ed. 2002).

    ¶D. Shelton, ed., International Crimes, Peace and Human Rights
    (Transnational Press, 2000).

    ¶D. Shelton, ed., Commitment and Compliance: The Role of
    Non-Binding Norms in the International Legal System (Oxford
    University Press, 2000).  Nominated for 2001 book prize of
    the American Society of International Law.

    ¶D. Shelton, Remedies in International Human Rights Law
    (Oxford University Press, 1999, 2nd ed. 2005).  Certificate
    of Merit, American Society of International Law, 2000.

    ¶D. Shelton and A. Kiss, The Future of International
    Environmental Law (United Nations Training and Research
    Institute, 1999, 2nd ed. 2006).

    ¶T. Buergenthal and D. Shelton, Protecting Human Rights in the
    Americas:  Cases and Problems, (Engel Verlag, 4th rev. ed.
    1996.)  Book Prize, Inter-American Bar Association, 1982.

    ¶D. Shelton and A. Kiss, International Environmental Law
    (Transnational Press, 1991, supp. 1994; 2nd edition 2000, 3rd
    edition 2004).

    ¶D. Shelton and S. Frankowski, eds., Preventive Detention:  A
    Comparative And International Law Perspective (Nijhoff,
    Dordrecht, 1992).

    ¶T. Buergenthal, R. Norris and D. Shelton, La Proteccion De
    Los Derechos Humanos en las Americas (Inter-American
    Institute of Human Rights 1984).

    ¶T. Buergenthal and D. Shelton, Protecting Human Rights in the
    Americas:  Cases and Problems, (Engel Verlag, 1982).

    End text of excerpted curriculum vitae.
    CLINTON

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