United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
In office 2010–2016
Preceded by
Philip Alston
Succeeded by
Agnès Callamard
Member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee
In office 2017–2021
Personal details
Born
Christoffel Hendrik Heyns
(1959-01-10)10 January 1959
Died
28 March 2021(2021-03-28) (aged 62) Stellenbosch, South Africa
Nationality
South African
Parent
Johan Heyns
Residence(s)
Pretoria, South Africa
Alma mater
University of Pretoria
Yale University
University of Witwatersrand
Christoffel Hendrik Heyns (10 January 1959 – 28 March 2021)[1][2][3] was a Professor of Human Rights Law, Director of the Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa at the University of Pretoria and a South African member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee. He served as United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions from 2010 to 2016.[4] Heyns was a visiting professor at American University Washington College of Law's Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (2006–2012).
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