In November 2016, he was elected to the United Nations International Law Commission (ILC) for a five-year term. He was reelected to the ILC in 2021. In November 2021, he was also appointed Advisor without Portfolio to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.[1]
Grossman has also served as vice chair of the United Nations Committee Against Torture (2003–2008) and as Chairperson (2008–2015). He is a former member of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (1993–2001). He was twice elected its president, first in 1996 and again in 2001. He was the IACHR's first Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women (1996–2000) and its Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Populations (2000–2001).
Early life and education
Grossman was born in Valparaíso, Chile. He attended the law school at the University of Chile in Santiago. He received his Licenciado en Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales in March 1971, with a summa cum laudethesis "Nacionalización y Compensación," coauthored with Carlos Portales.
Career
Grossman served as a lecturer in the University of Chile's Faculty of Law in 1972 and as a research fellow at the Instituto de Estudios Internacionales (Institute of International Studies) at the University of Chile in 1973.
In November 2021, he was appointed counsel without portfolio to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. His appointment received criticism from civil society actors, for his alleged proximity to President Sebastián Piñera, at a time when the Prosecutor's Office was investigating communications denouncing the commission of crimes against humanity during the 2019 Chilean protests.[2]