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Claudio D.R Santorum (born April 4, 1960) is a Hispano/Argentine diplomat and attorney. He served with the United Nations in peace keeping and stabilization missions in the Americas, Caribbean, Europe, Africa and Asia and Pacific regions.

Santorum also leaded operations of institutional support on behalf of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the European Union (EU) aiming at strengthening governance in areas of Justice, Human Rights and Parliamentary Affairs.

Mr. Santorum graduated with a Master in International Law (LL.M) from The American University in Washington DC-USA, a Diplome from the University of Paris III-Sorbonne-France with specialization in Latin American Studies (IHEAL) and a law degree at the Catholic University-LP in Argentina.

As academic achievements is worth to mention his work as Research Assistant at the Washington College of Law and his appointment as Scholar in Residence at the Library of Congress of the United States of America and among his publications can be listed: "Transnational Organized Crime in Central America/Caribbean. Threat Assessment", UNODC, Vienna, 2012; “Commentary on penal sanctions…for breaches of Int. Law of armed conflicts” Bulletin on IHL and Refugee Law. ICHLR, New Delhi, 1998; “Amnesty and its application in selected cases”, WCL, Washington DC, 1995; "Idéologie et Pouvoirs des militaires Argentins pendant la période de 1976/83", IHEAL, Paris, 1988; "Relations Eglise-Etat sous la dictature Chilienne du General Pinochet", IHEAL, Paris, 1988.

Fluent in Spanish (native), English, French, Portuguese, and with working knowledge of Haitian Creole and Italian.