Ian Martin (UN official)

Ian Martin is a British human rights activist who was active in various organizations.

Functions

From 1986 to 1992, Martin was Secretary General of Amnesty International. 1993 and from 1994 to 1995, he took over the post of Deputy Executive Director of the international UN / OAS Civilian Mission in Haiti. 1995 and 1996, Martin was head of the UN human rights field operation in Rwanda. In 1998 it became the Special Advisor on Human Rights Field Operations in the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights office. 1998-1999 Martin took over the post of Deputy High Representative for Human Rights of the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina office.

From May to November 1999, Martin was Special Envoy of the UN Secretary General for the independence referendum in East Timor and head of the United Nations Mission in East Timor ( UNAMET ). During his tenure, the crisis in East Timor, which cost the lives of about 3,000 people falls. From 2000 to 2001 Martin took over the office of the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary -General on the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea ( UNMEE). 2002 Martin Vice President of the International Center for Transitional Justice in New York and in 2005 a representative of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Nepal. 2006 was Ian Martin again in East Timor. Than Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for East Timor due to the unrest in East Timor Back in Nepal was Martin dortiger personal envoy of the UN Secretary-General to support the ongoing peace process (2006-2007) and until 2009 Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General and in February 2007 Head of the United Nations Mission in Nepal. In 2009, Ian Martin head of the UN Headquarters Board of Inquiry for events in the Gaza Strip. Since 5 May 2011, Ian Martin UN Special Adviser to the UN Secretary General on post-conflict planning in Libya as well as the first head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya ( UNSMIL ).