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Mexico

Washington, United States

• Counseled clients on strategic regional and international human rights litigation and advocacy strategies with a concentration on the lack of independence of the judiciary, due process guarantees, arbitrary detention, indigenous rights, and freedom of expression.• Counseled businesses, drafted policies, and conducted training on business and human rights standards, especially on sexual discrimination in the workplace. • Conducted legal research and drafted documents, including individual communications before international human rights bodies, memoranda, motions, briefs, and interview outlines, in preparation for hearings and oral arguments.• Represented victims in matters before the Inter-American System of Human Rights and United Nations bodies, such as the Human Rights Committee, Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers

Capacity Building Unit• Organized and lead an innovative cross-functional project to create capacities for different stakeholders on the protection of women’s reproductive rights in Asia and Africa.

Mexico

Seminar “Women's rights in the Universal and Inter-American Human Rights System”

Costa Rica

• Monitored State’s compliance with the Inter-American Court on Human Rights judgments in more than fifty cases. • Conducted legal research and drafted documents for judges including memoranda on international law issues and the impact of law reforms and public policies vis-à-vis the fulfillment of international human rights obligations.• Engaged with multiple stakeholders to improve the compliance of domestic laws with human rights law.

Bogotá, Colombia

• Advised and supported local organizations in the Americas on litigation and advocacy strategies to combat threats to women’s human rights and on accountability of reproductive rights’ violations. • Engaged and supported stakeholders in Latin America and the Caribbean to advocate for policy change in reproductive rights. • Conducted successful written and oral advocacy before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on a case of sexual abuse in a school and on two cases on force sterilization of indigenous women.

Human rights law and litigation before the Inter-American System of Human Rights

Nairobi, Kenya

• Researched on the practice of coercive pregnancy testing of schoolgirls in Tanzania• Researched on abortion legislation in Rwanda and parental consent laws in East Africa

Caracas, Venezuela

• Counseled clients on strategic regional and international human rights litigation with a concentration on the lack of independence of the judiciary, due process guarantees, arbitrary detention, freedom of expression, threats and reprisals to journalists, and human rights defenders, and closure of media outlets.• Conducted legal research and drafted documents, for court and clients, including individual communications before international human rights bodies, memoranda, motions, briefs, and interview outlines, in preparation for hearings and oral arguments.• Conducted successful written and oral advocacy before the Inter-American Court on Human Rights on two cases regarding arbitrary dismissal of a judge for political reasons. • Conducted a human rights impact assessment on a local operation of a global household and consumer company.

Geneva Area, Switzerland

Conducted research regarding the independence of the judiciary and military jurisdiction in Central America

Notre Dame

• Conducted research on responsibilities of multinational corporations for respecting human rights• Assisted in a human rights impact assessment on a mine in Guatemala

Caracas, Venezuela

Litigation and advocacy before the Inter-American System in cases relating to forced disappearances, extrajudicial executions, and violations of due process of law

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Reviewed petitions filed against member States of the OAS alleging human rights violations and requests for precautionary measures.

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Master In Non Profit Administration

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