[3] Prior to his appointment to the ICC Blattmann served as Bolivia's minister for justice and human rights.
[4] Blattmann was born to a father of Swiss descent and studied law at the University of Basel between 1967 and 1971.
[5] In 1993 Blattmann entered politics with the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement (MNR), serving as the Minister of Justice.
[5] He campaigned for introducing the mechanism of the referendum inspired by the Swiss democracy in Bolivian politics,[5] but was not elected.
[5] 1995 Emblema de Oro from the Bolivian police[7] 1998 Honorary doctorate from the University of Basel[7][8] 2001 Carl Bertelsmann Prize[7] for the transformation towards democracy during his term as a Minister of Justice.