Manuel López-Rey

Background

López-Rey, Manuel was born on September 30, 1912 in Madrid.

Education

Doctor of Laws summa cum laude, University Madrid, 1933. Postgraduate in Criminology & Criminal Law, Penology University, Germany. Postgraduate in Criminology & Criminal Law, Penology University, Austria.

Postgraduate in Criminology & Criminal Law, Penology University, France, 1935. Degree (honorary).

Career

United Nations senior advisor, criminal justice matters to various governments. Representative, United Nations secretary general to United Nations congresses in field of crime prevention, criminal justice & penology. County judge, 1928—1930.

Professor, criminal law University Madrid, Spain, University La Laguna, Spain, University Salamanca, Spain, 1935—1937, University La Paz, Bolivia, 1939—1944. Member National Codification Commission, director, general prisons Spain, since 1937. Minister Plenipotentiary of Spain, Bucharest, 1937—1939.

Chief, research & treaties section narcotics division United Nations, 1946—1952, with, 1947—1965, chief, section social defense, 1952—1960. Vice president 4th & 5th United Nations Congresses in Field, 1970, 1975, Latin America & Caribbean Conference, 1978. Member United Nations Committee on Crime Prevention & Control, since 1978.

Delaware & advisor, various international conferences in field. Member, international advisory committee Comparative Criminal Law Project. University New York.

Honorary member, faculties various universities. Visiting professor & lecturer, various universities, bar association & research institutes, Canada, Mexico, 1939—1978. Legal advisor in charge, drafting new penal code & criminal procedure code Bolivian Government, 1941—1944.

Chief research & treaties section United Nations Narcotics Division, 1947—1952. Chief, section social defense Bureau Social Affairs, 1952—1960. Advisor, social defense Latin America, Asia, Middle & Far East, 1952—1964.

Director Latin America Seminar, Rio de Janeiro, 1953, Far East Seminar, Rangoon, 1954, European Seminar, Vienna, 1954, Program Criminolgy & Social Science Research Center University Puerto Rico, 1968—1972. Chairman, section IV 3rd United Nations Congress, Stockholm, 1965, lecturer, congresses, 70, 75. Visiting professor Institute Criminology, Cambridge, England, 1966—1984, United Nations Institute for Prevention of Crime, Fuchu, Japan, 1967, Japan, 77.

Advisor & lecturer United Nations Seminars Crime Prevention & Human Rights, San Jose, 1974—1975. Member United Nations Committee Crime Prevention, since 1978.

Achievements

• Manuel López-Rey has been listed as a noteworthy criminologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Crime: An Analytical Appraisal (International Library of Society)

    (First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylo...)

Membership

Member of Deutsche Kriminologische Gesellschaft, International Commission Jurists, British Society Criminology, Amnesty International & British Branch, International Society Criminal Prophylaxy (president), American Society Criminology, Institute Study of Crime & Delinquency, International Committee Against Genocide, Mexico Academy Penal Sciences, American International Law Association, Association n Francisco de Vitoria (Madrid), l'Association International du Droit Penal (Paris), Bureau International pour l'Unification du Droit Penal (Geneva).

Connections

Son of Leocadio Lo pez and Filomena Rey. Married Grace Bocquet, May 21, 1953.

Father:

Leocadio Lo López-Rey

Spouse:

Grace Bocquet