Santiago Canton
E-mail: academic@wcl.american.edu
Santiago Cantón is the Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States (OAS). He was previously the OAS Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression. In 1998, he was the Director of Public Information for the OAS. From 1994 to 1998, before beginning work with the OAS, Dr. Cantón was Director for Latin America and the Caribbean of the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) in Washington, DC. Mr. Canton was also a political assistant to Mr. Carter in the election processes in El Salvador and Dominican Republic. He holds a law degree from the University of Buenos Aires and a Masters degree in International Law from the Washington College of Law of the American University.
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