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{{Short description|Mexican jurist (1924–2021)}}
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[[Image:Hector Fix-Zamudio.jpg|thumb|Héctor Fix-Zamudio receiving the [[Belisario Domínguez Medal]] in 2002]]
'''Héctor Fix-Zamudio''' (24 September 1924 – 27 January 2021) was a Mexican jurist.<ref name="life">{{cite news |last1=Sánchez Jiménez |first1=Arturo |title=Fallece a los 96 años el jurista Héctor Fix Zamudio |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/notas/2021/01/27/sociedad/fallece-a-los-96-anos-el-jurista-hector-fix-zamudio/ |access-date=January 27, 2021 |work=jornada.com.mx |publisher=La Jornada |date=January 27, 2021 |language=es}}</ref>
==Education==
Born in the [[Historic center of Mexico City|downtown quarter of Mexico City]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gaceta.unam.mx/muere-hector-fix-zamudio/ | title=Muere Héctor Fix-Zamudio | date=27 January 2021 }}</ref> Fix-Zamudio studied law at the [[National Autonomous University of Mexico]] (UNAM), where he earned his bachelor's degree in 1956 and his doctorate (magna cum laude) in 1972.  He also received honorary doctoral degrees from the [[University of Seville]] (Spain), the [[University of Colima]] (Mexico), the ''[[Universidad Externado de Colombia]]'', the [[Pontifical Catholic University of Peru]], the [[Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla|University of Puebla]] (Mexico), the [[Complutense University of Madrid]] (Spain), [[Los Andes Peruvian University]] (Peru), and the ''Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo del Estado de Michoacán'' (Mexico).<ref name="life"/>
==Professional career==
From 1945 to 1964 Fix-Zamudio held various positions in the [[Law of Mexico|Mexican judiciary]], culminating with a position as clerk to the [[Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation]]. In 1964 he accepted a full-time research position at the UNAM's Legal Research Institute ''(Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas)'', then known as the Institute of Comparative Law ''(Instituto de Derecho Comparado)''. He also served as the institute's director from 1966 to 1978. In 1981 he was elected to the UNAM's Governing Board ''(Junta de Gobierno)'', where he served until 1988.
In 1974 he was chosen as the first president of the [[Ibero-American Constitutional Law Institute]], a position he held until 2002 when he was named honorary president. He was elected to serve as a judge on the [[Inter-American Court of Human Rights]] from 1987 to 1997, including two terms as its president. He served on the [[United Nations]] [[Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights|Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities]] from 1998 to 2001. He was a member of the Consultative Council of the [[National Human Rights Commission (Mexico)|National Human Rights Commission]] since 1998.
==Awards and recognitions==
On 23 October 1974 he was elected to the [[Colegio Nacional (Mexico)|Colegio Nacional]]. The awards he won included the [[National Science and Arts Prize|National Prize for History, Social Science and Philosophy]], the [[National Jurisprudence Prize]], awarded in 1994 by the Mexican Bar Association (1994), and the [[Senate of Mexico|Senate]]'s [[Belisario Domínguez Medal|Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honour]] in 2002.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Zárate Vite |first1=Arturo |title=Dará Senado presea a Héctor Fix Zamudio |url=https://archivo.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/89535.html |website=El Universal |accessdate=28 August 2020 |language=es |date=7 October 2002}}</ref> In 1986 he was awarded the [[UNESCO Prize for Human Rights Education]], and he later served on the jury for that prize for four years from 1988 to 1991.
In recognition of his work in the field, the UNAM's Legal Research Institute currently awards the annual Héctor Fix-Zamudio International Prize for Legal Research.
==Death==
Héctor Fix-Zamudio died at the age of 96 of heart failure on 27 January 2021.<ref name="life"/>
==Publications==
Fix-Zamudio published 20 books and 250 articles on legal topics, including [[amparo (law)|amparo]], [[constitutional law]] and human rights.<ref name="life"/>
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110606070819/http://www.colegionacional.org.mx/SACSCMS/XStatic/colegionacional/template/content.aspx?se=curriculum&te=detallemiembro&mi=118 Héctor Fix-Zamudio] ([[Colegio Nacional (Mexico)|El Colegio Nacional]])
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100215125820/http://www.colegionacional.org.mx/SACSCMS/XStatic/colegionacional/docs/espanol/fix-zamudio.pdf Héctor Fix-Zamudio: Curriculum Vitae]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110517235349/http://www.juridicas.unam.mx/inst/evacad/premiohfz/ingles.htm Héctor Fix-Zamudio International Prize for Legal Research]
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| before = [[José Ezequiel Iturriaga Sauco]]
| after  = [[Luis González y González]]
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