I believe in change for justice, social development and everybody's rights and want to be instrumental in achieving it. Therefore, I worked always in countries where I thought I can make a difference with the little a person can do within the great teams I was priviliged to enjoy in all duty stations of the UN. Multilateralism for me is not only the big global political environment, but its expression in the individual experience of UN work. I was mostly directly involved in the promotion and defence of human rights over the last 25 years, but come from an academic background as a philosopher with great respect for what history tells us and not ready to lose hope and optimism for the future.
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Resident Coordinator For Belize And El SalvadorUnited Nations Sep 2019 - Jun 2023San SalvadorServe the UN reform and the progess of the 2030 Agenda leading the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Frameworks together with the UN Country Teams in Belize and El Salvador.
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Regional Representative In South AmericaUn High Commissioner For Human Rights May 2018 - Sep 2019Santiago De Chile
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Senior Human Rights AdvisorUn Resident Coordinator Office Jun 2014 - May 2018Kingston, JamaicaSupport the UN Country Team in Jamaica to integrate a human rights perspective in their programs and activities. Support the UNCT in its efforts to build national capacity on human rights promotion and protection. Strengthen the engagement with international and regional human rights mechanisms. Serve as a resource person for the UNCT and national stakeholders, facilitate access to human rights expertise and information.
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Representative Of The High CommissionerOhchr Uganda Jan 2010 - Jun 2014KampalaRelations of the office with national partners in Government, civil society, international community, UN. Coordination of Program, management, fund raising. Support to the Uganda Human Rights Commission, coordinating a joint work plan. Thematic work on Transitional Justice, HRBA to development cooperation, advice to Army and Police on HR. Advice to UN Resident Coordinator.
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Coordinator For Technical CooperationOhchr Colombia May 2006 - Dec 2009BogotáCoordinate several human rights projects, provide human rights expertise to partners in prison system, police, HR Ombudsman, local authorities, NGOs, indigenous peoples organizations, and the UN System. -
Project Coordinator And Later Deputy RepresentativeOffice Of The High Commissioner For Human Rights In Guatemala 2002 - 2006Guatemala City
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Field CoordinatorUnmis Jan 2005 - Apr 2005Al Geneina/DarfurHuman Rights Monitoring in West Darfur, IDP camps conflict related. in particular SGBV.
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Hr Adviser, Project Coordinator At The National Police AcademyMinugua In Guatemala 1997 - 2002Minugua, GuatemalaHuman Rights Education, integration of HR in police curricula, community policing/GBV, I was building a human rights office in the PNC. Lot of training of trainers.
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Human Rights Educator/Human Rights ObserverUn Observer Mission In El Salvador, Onusal Aug 1991 - Jul 1994San Salvador/Santa AnaHuman Rights Observation in a Peacekeeping Mission. Dissemination of Peace Agreements to Salvadorian Army and FSLN, human rights education to Army, in police reform, for NGOs, judicial personnel, HR Ombudsmen. Observation of the HR Situation in sub-regional office Santa Ana and San Salvador.
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Researcher History Of Latin American PhilosopyUniversity Of Rostock, Latin America Institute 1982 - 1991Rostock, GermanyPhD on Cuban Enlightenment Philosophy, studies on history of Latin American Philosophy in Mexico, Peru and other countries. Studies of Philosophy of Liberation. Supported the curriculum of philosophy in Latin America in seven Universities in Nicaragua (1989-1991) Publication of a book on Latin American history of Philosophy in Managua, Chapter on Pre-Columbian philosophical thought in book on Origins of Philosophy in Different Parts of the World (Berlin) and other articles and publications.
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Birgit Gerstenberg Education Details
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Bartolome De Las Casas Institute, University Carlos Iii, MadridLaw/Fundamental Rights -
University Of RostockMagna Cum Laude
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Friedrich Schiller University JenaDiplom Philosoph
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Birgit Gerstenberg attended Bartolome De Las Casas Institute, University Carlos Iii, Madrid, University Of Rostock, Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
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