Mónica Pinto (born 1952) [1] is an Argentinian lawyer. She studied law at the University of Buenos Aires, graduating with a first degree in 1975, and a PhD in 1983. [1]
On August 1, 2015, Pinto became a UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers. [2] [3] She held this position until being replaced by Diego García Sayán in 2016. [4]
Pinto is a Professor of international law and of international human rights law at University of Buenos Aires Law School, and a judge in the World Bank Administrative Tribunal as well as at the Inter-American Development Bank Administrative Tribunal. [5] [6] [2]
Pinto is currently serving as a Judge ad hoc in the Land and Maritime Delimitation and Sovereignty over Islands (Gabon/Equatorial Guinea) case before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). [7] She was appointed by Gabon.