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Roland Adjovi, investigador residente de Arcadia University, elegido para grupo de trabajo de Naciones Unidas
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GLENSIDE, Pensilvania, 13 de mayo de 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Roland Adjovi, investigador residente de The College of Global Studies de Arcadia University, ha sido elegido para el Grupo de Trabajo sobre la Detención Arbitraria de Naciones Unidas. El mandato de tres años (2014-16) comienza de inmediato.

Adjovi, jurista con amplia experiencia en la enseñanza, se desempeñó como director académico del Arcadia Center en Tanzania entre 2009 y 2013, a través de The College of Global Studies de Arcadia University. En Arcadia, tiene a su cargo un curso sobre derechos humanos internacionales y es miembro del Centro de Estudios Panafricanos (Pan African Studies Collective) de la Universidad, que patrocina conferencias y presentaciones en Arcadia a lo largo de todo el año en África y su Diáspora.

"Con impresionantes antecedentes en educación y derecho internacional, Roland Adjovi aporta sus cualidades y fortalezas que lo convertirán en un miembro valioso del Grupo de Trabajo", dijo la Dra. Nicolette DeVille Christensen, presidenta de Arcadia University. "Estoy segura de que esta experiencia profundizará y enriquecerá su formación, enseñanza y servicio a la comunidad internacional. Lo felicitamos por esta designación".

El Grupo de Trabajo de Naciones Unidas fue creado en 1991 como subsidiaria del Consejo de Derechos Humanos, y se focaliza en la detención arbitraria. El Grupo de Trabajo investiga las quejas y realiza misiones de campo con relación a detenciones arbitrarias en todo el mundo, y trabaja con particulares, gobiernos y organizaciones civiles para abordar las violaciones. El Grupo de Trabajo recientemente ha abordado quejas de la Bahía de Guantánamo, Egipto, Argelia, Israel, Irán, China, Tailandia, Irak y Uzbekistán.

Adjovi es experto en derechos humanos y derecho internacional; publica y expone sobre ambos temas. En 2010, fue orador principal de una sesión informativa en la Oficina de Naciones Unidas en Nairobi, disertando sobre derecho administrativo en ONU, y el año pasado publicó un paper en el Anuario Africano de Derecho Internacional (African Yearbook of International Law) que criticó la supuestamente injusta exoneración y la sentencia indulgente en la causa Gumisiriza y otros (2008, 2009), en la que el General Wilson Gumisiriza y subordinados militares asociados con la rebelión armada de Paul Kagame, presidente de Ruanda, fueron acusados de delitos cometidos en 1994. 

La designación del señor Adjovi será muy bienvenida por aquellos cuyas vidas y bienestar se ven afectados por la detención arbitraria", dijo Lorna Stern, vicepresidenta y directora ejecutiva de The College of Global Studies de Arcadia University. "El señor Adjovi combina una agudeza intelectual y legal rigurosa con una profunda comprensión del contexto global de la detención. Su reputación admirable en cuanto a integridad y conocimiento de los derechos del estado y de los particulares serán muy útiles para él en este importante cargo.

Adjovi se ha desempeñado como funcionario jurídico del Registro del Tribunal Penal Internacional para Ruanda, como asistente jurídico de la Organización para la Unidad Africana, y asesor legal a cargo de una exitosa causa contra Tanzania ante la Corte Africana de Derechos Humanos y de los Pueblos en la causa del Rev. Christopher R. Mtikila c/República Unida de Tanzania.

Adjovi tiene una licenciatura en derecho y administración pública, una maestría en ciencias políticas, una Maestría en Derechos Humanos de la University of Paris. Es el cuarto africano en ocupar un lugar en el grupo de trabajo desde su creación.

Acerca de Arcadia University 
Arcadia University es una de las principales universidades privadas del área metropolitana de Filadelfia y líder nacional en estudios en el exterior y educación internacional. El informe Open Doors (Puertas Abiertas) de 2013 señala a Arcadia University como la principal universidad del país en alumnos de grado que estudian en el exterior, mientras que el U.S. News & World Report ubica a Arcadia entre las principales universidades regionales del norte y halaga sus programas de estudio en el exterior. Arcadia University promete una experiencia de aprendizaje global, integradora y personal diferente que prepara a los estudiantes para contribuir y liderar en un mundo diverso y dinámico. Visite www.arcadia.edu.

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