Women
Distinguished women with diverse experiences provide a critical gender perspective essential to the advancement of Human Rights.
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Concepcion Escobar Hernandez
Professor of International Law at UNED, Former Member of the UN International Law Commission
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Catalina Botero
Director of the UNESCO Chair on Freedom of Expression at Universidad de Los Andes, co-chair of the Oversight Board of Facebook and Instagram
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Duygu Çiçek
Counsel at The World Bank, Enviroment & International Law Practice Group
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Hellen Duffy
Founder, Human Rights in Practice and Professor of International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at the University of Leiden
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María Clara Galvis
Vice-chair, Committee on Enforced Disappearances, United Nations
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Daniela Kravetz
Special Rapporteur on the State of Affairs of Human Rights in Eritrea, UN
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Tania Reneaum Panszi
Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
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Amaya Ubeda de torres
Senior Legal Officer, Council of Europe Associated Lecturer at the IE University
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Katya Salazar
Executive Director, Due Process of Law Foundation (DPLF)
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Claudia Martin
Co-director and Professional Lecturer in residence, Academy of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, American University Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C.
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Tara Melish
Director and Professor of Law, Buffalo Human Rights Center, SUNY Buffalo Law School, State University of New York, NY
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Flavia Piovesan
Commissioner, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Organization of American States, Washington, D.C.
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Margaret Ellen Roggensack
Interim Executive Director, International Corporate Accountability Roundtable (ICAR), Washington, D.C.
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Macarena Sáez
Director, Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, American University Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C.
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Viviana Kristicevic
Executive Director, Center for Justice and International Law, Washington, D.C.
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Viviana Waisman
Founder, President and CEO of Women's Link Worldwide, Spain
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Christie J. Edwards
Head of Policy, Programmes, and Legal, Geneva Call
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Johanna Gusman
Regional Adviser, Human Rights and Social Development Division of Human Rights and Social Development Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)/Fiji