Fernando Volio Jiménez

Fernando Volio Jiménez (29 October 1924[1] – 21 May 1996)[2] was a Costa Rican politician. He was a member of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and served as foreign minister for a time.[3] He was President of the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica twice - 1968–1969 and 1987–1988.[4]

His work on human rights was not entirely without controversy. His anti-communism made him a "tolerable" investigator of abuses under Augusto Pinochet and his report on the matter was criticized as too mild.[5]

References
  2. "Fernando Volio: el tico que ayudó a acabar con el 'apartheid'".
  3. Inter-American Commission On Human Rights/La Comision Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (1 September 1998). Inter-American Yearbook on Human Rights. BRILL. p. 15191521. ISBN 978-90-411-1079-4.
  4. Legislative Assembly Official website
  5. Mark Ensalaco (1 January 2011). Chile Under Pinochet: Recovering the Truth. University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 171–174. ISBN 978-0-8122-0186-4.
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