Latma, The Master’s Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation in Latin America and the Caribbean
Director General
Jorge Taiana
Jorge E. Taiana holds a degree in Sociology (UBA). Professor at the University of San Martin (UNSAM).
Between 1996 and 2001 he was the Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington DC. After that, he served as Secretary of Human Rights of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Between 2005 and 2010 he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Commerce and Worship of Argentina. In 2015 he was elected to the Parliament of MERCOSUR and he chaired that body during 2016.
He has shared his expertise in international affairs in numerous conferences and publications around the world. He has also been distinguished and decorated by several countries and institutions.
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Director of Research, Education and Communication
Verónica Gómez
Verónica Gómez received her law degree from the University of Buenos Aires and her LLM from the University of Nottingham.
She has been a Principal Specialist at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States in Washington, D.C. and has contributed to State policies on human rights vis-a-vis the United Nations as an advisor at the Human Rights Directorate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Commerce and Worship of Argentina.
She is a Professor at the University of San Martin (UNSAM) in Argentina and she is a guest lecturer in academic institutions worldwide. She is a recognised expert in the area of the international protection of human rights and the Inter-American System.
Since 2011 she has been engaged in shaping all academic and networking dimensions of Global Campus Latin America and CIEP-UNSAM. She is President of the Global Campus of Human Rights.
She was elected as one of the Judges of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (2022-2027)
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Director of Management and Planning
Marina Pecar
Marina Pecar holds a M.Sc. in Mathematics, a Master's in Economics and postgraduate studies with a specialization in finance.
She is a Government Economist experienced in international, bilateral and multilateral cooperation and management of international grants.
Until 2011 she was responsible for EU and Ibero-America cooperation and was the Director of the EU Political Dialogues Support Programme and the Spanish-Argentine Program on Governance and Administration at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Argentina.
Since 2011 she has been engaged in creating and shaping all managerial, financial and administrative dimensions of Global Campus Latin America and CIEP-UNSAM.
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Academic Coordinator
Diego López
Diego Lopez holds a degree in Political Sciences (UBA). He has been a researcher at the Instituto Latinoamericano sobre Seguridad y Democracia (ILSED), the National Research Council of Argentina (CONICET), the Gino Germani Institute (IIGG - UBA). He is a lecturer at the University of San Martin (UNSAM).
His research focus is on political theory and philosophy and he also has wide experience on applied research and the use of qualitative and quantitative methodology for the collection, systematization and analysis of data. He has experience in advising and evaluating projects relating to good practices in the area of public and civil society assistance to vulnerable communities, with an interdisciplinary approach.
Since 2011 he has held a number of responsibilities at CIEP-UNSAM including Academic Coordination, support in the area of research methodology, coordination of LATMA’s participation and hosting of the Global Classroom, and representation of Global Campus Latin America at the Academic Affairs Committee of the Global Campus of Human Rights.
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Administration and Finance Coordinator
Jorge Migliore
Jorge Migliore holds a degree in Economics (UBA).
He has extensive professional experience in the private and public sectors, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Argentina. He also has experience in evaluating and auditing the electronic electoral system with emphasis on performance, failures and delays and their possible solutions.
His main expertise is in the application of standards and procedures for the execution of international cooperation projects granted by the UNDP, IDB, World Bank and the European Commission.
Since 2011 he has been engaged in creating and auditing all financial and administrative procedures for CIEP-UNSAM
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Publications and Networking Coordinator
Claudia Couso
Claudia Couso holds a degree in Political Sciences (UBA), a Master´s in Scientific Research Methodology (National University of Entre Rios), and a PhD in Social Sciences (UBA).
Her research focus is epistemology, research methodology and social movements. She is a Lecturer at the University of Buenos Aires´ Social Sciences School and at UNSAM´s School of Politics and Government.
Since 2012 she has been CIEP-UNSAM’s coordinator for publications. She is part of the academic team that provides support in the area research methodology.
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Master's Tutor
Ángel Zapata Martínez
Ángel Zapata holds a degree in Political Science from the Universidad Central de Venezuela and he is an Alumni of the Master´s in Human Rights and Democratization in Latin America and the Caribbean (LATMA).
He has been a researcher at the Legislative Assembly of Venezuela, and research assistant at Human Rights Watch, Americas Division.
His research interests are civil and political rights and public policies and human rights.
Since 2020 he has been Master’s Tutor at LATMA.
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Researcher
Andrea Flores Ruilova
Andrea Flores Ruilova holds a degree in Law from the Pontificia Universidad Católica in Ecuador. She is a Restorative Juvenile Justice Specialist (University of Geneva) and holds a Diploma in Access to Justice from the Universidad Javeriana in Colombia.
She is an Alumni of the Master’s in Human Rights and Democratization in Latin America and the Caribbean (LATMA). She is currently pursuing a Master’s of Children's Rights from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
Between 2015 and 2018 she was National Department Chief for Access to Justice and Legal Pluralism at the Council of the Judicial Branch in Ecuador. She is an experienced international consultant and researcher in the area of access to justice, human rights, children and adolescents.
Since 2019 she is a researcher for special projects at CIEP-UNSAM.
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Administrative Technician
Melina García Bartolini
Melina García Bartolini holds a degree in Public Accountancy and another one in Psychology
She has extensive experience in the public and private sectors. She had been an auditor and inspector in the provincial public sphere.
Her main expertise is the development and design of procedures for the acquisition of goods and services, their analysis, control in accordance with the applicable regulatory framework, and accounting.
Since 2011 she has been working as a technical, administrative and logistics consultant for CIEP-UNSAM.
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Academic and Capacity Building Administrator
Laila Massaldi
Laila Massaldi has a degree in communication from University of Buenos Aires, Argentina (UBA). She specialises in education and has worked in various human rights organisations including Doctors Without Borders, Amnesty International and UNHCR.
Since 2021, she has been working at CIEP-UNSAM as Academic and Capacity Building Administrator, where she is responsible for LATMA's virtual campus and contributes to course development and social media strategy, among other responsibilities.
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Web designer and content writer for social media
Melina Barreto
Melina Barreto is a visual and sound designer who graduated from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. She has worked in the production of numerous audiovisual works, with a special interest in scriptwriting, directing, production and editing.
She has directed several short films, both feature and documentary, which have participated in several national and international film festivals. The main focus of her film work is gender, childhood and family.
She is currently teaching at the University of Buenos Aires and doing a diploma in Cultural Management.
Since 2022, she has been a web designer and content writer for the social media of the Global Campus Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Logistics assistant
Mariana Puerta
Mariana Puerta is currently pursuing a degree in Sociology at the Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires.
As part of the permanent staff of the UNSAM, Mariana has extensive experience in UNSAM's administrative issues.
Since 2019 she has been administrative and logistics assistant at CIEP-UNSAM.
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Receptionist
Carolina Scarfo
Carolina Scarfo is a technician in administration. She has an extensive experience working in public sector as HR assistant.
Since 2019 she has been receptionist and administrative and logistics assistant at CIEP-UNSAM.
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Maintenance and Security Assistant
Augusto Trelles
Augusto Trelles has been working in all tasks related to maintenance and security of CIEP-UNSAM since 2011.
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Lecturers
Name and Surname |
Affiliation |
Víctor Abramovich |
Universidad Nacional de Lanús, former IACHR Member, GC Latin America Academic Commitee Member |
Juan Pablo Albán Alencastro |
Universidad San Francisco de Quito (Ecuador), GC Latin America Scientific Commitee, UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances |
Karina Ansolabehere |
Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, FLACSO (Mexico) – Universidad Autónoma de México |
Roberta Baggio |
Universidad Federal de Río Grande do Sul (Brazil) – GC Latin America Scientific Committee Member - Global Campus Assembly Member |
Mary Beloff |
Criminal Policy Prosecutor, Office of the Attorney General Universidad de Buenos Aires |
Luisina Bolla |
Universidad Nacional de La Plata – CONICET |
Marco Borraccetti |
Universitá di Bologna – GC South East Europe Director - Global Campus Council Member |
Geraldina Brid |
Universidad Nacional de San Martín |
Fernando Calderón |
Universidad Nacional de San Martín |
Nancy Cardinaux |
Universidad de Buenos Aires - CONICET GC Latin America Academic Commitee Member |
Marcelo Cavarozzi |
Universidad Nacional de San Martín |
Pablo Ceriani Cernadas |
Universidad Nacional de Lanús – Former member UN Committee on Migrants Workers |
Rocío Comas |
Universidad Nacional de San Martín – Children’s Rights Officer GC Latin America |
Claudia Couso |
Universidad Nacional de San Martín – Coordinator for Publications Global Campus Latin America |
Leonardo Cruder |
Centro de Tecnologías para la Salud y la Discapacidad INTI |
Cayetano De Lella |
Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento |
Verónica Dominguez |
Universidad de Buenos Aires |
Bernard Duhaime |
Université du Québec à Montréal - Member UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances |
Ezequiel Fernández Bravo |
Universidad Nacional de San Martín – CONICET |
Andrea Flores Ruilova |
Universidad Nacional de San Martín – Researcher GC Latin America |
Mariano Godachevich |
Ministry of Justice (Argentina), Member of the OAS Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Persons with Dissabilities. |
Verónica Gómez |
Universidad Nacional de San Martín – GC Latin America Director for Education - Global Campus President - Judge of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights |
Felipe Gómez Isa |
Universidad de Deusto – Global Campus Vice President |
Ana Gonzalez |
Former Member of Comisión de Esclarecimiento de Guatemala, Former staff member UN Mission in Guatemala. |
Valeria Guerra |
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Regional Representative for South America for Human Rights |
Sabelo Gumedze |
Member UN Working Group on Peoples of African Descent – GC Africa Alumni |
Mike Hayes |
Mahidol University (Thailand) – GC Asia Pacific Director - Global Campus Council Member |
Verónica Jaramillo Fonnegra |
Universidad Nacional de Lanús - Ministry of Women, Gender and Diversity (Argentina) - CONICET |
Alejandro Kaufman |
Universidad de Quilmes |
Alejandra Kern |
Universidad Nacional de San Martín |
Gabriela Kletzel |
Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (Argentina) |
Diego Ariel López |
Universidad Nacional de San Martín – Academic Coordinator Global Campus Latin America – Global Campus Academic Affairs Committee Member |
Natalia Luterstein |
Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (Argentina) |
Natalia Luterstein |
Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (Argentina) |
Julio Mallea |
Universidad Mayor de San Andrés de La Paz (Bolivia) |
Agustín Martin |
Abogado Corte Interamericana |
Héctor Mazzei |
Universidad Nacional de San Martín - Global Campus Assembly Member - GC Latin America Academic Commitee Member |
Susana Méndez |
Comisión Provincial por la Memoria – GC Latin America Academic Committee Member |
Diego Morales |
Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales CELS |
Claudio Nash |
Universidad de Chile – GC Latin America Scientific Committee |
Gerd Oberleitner |
Universität Graz – Member Global Campus Assembly |
Javier Palummo |
MERCOSUR Institute for Public Policy on Human Rights IPPDH |
Israel Leonardo Patzi Condori |
Universidad Mayor de San Andrés |
Laura Pautassi |
Universidad de Buenos Aires – CONICET - Former Chairperson Mecanismo Monitoreo Protocolo San Salvador OAS |
Jorge Plano |
Universidad Tecnológica Nacional |
Santiago Plata Garces |
Organization of Ibero-American States for Education, Science and Culture (OEI) |
Sandra Raggio |
Comisión Provincial por la Memoria |
Marco Antonio Ramírez Shupingahua |
Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations (Peru) |
Isaac Rocha Arion |
Universidad Mayor de San Andrés |
Esteban Rodríguez Alzueta |
Universidad Nacional de Quilmes – Universidad Nacional de La Plata |
Julio José Rojas Báez |
Universidad Iberoamericana (Rep.Dominicana) – GC Latin America Scientific Committee |
Julieta Rossi |
Universidad Nacional de Lanús - UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights |
Jimena Sáenz |
Universidad Nacional de La Plata |
Daniela Salazar |
Universidad San Francisco de Quito – Vice President Constitutional Court of Ecuador |
Sandra Serrano |
Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, FLACSO (Mexico) |
Martín Sigal |
Universidad de Buenos Aires |
María Sonderéguer |
Universidad Nacional de Quilmes – Comisión Provincial por la Memoria – GC Latin America Academic Committee - Global Campus Assembly Member |
Jorge Taiana |
Universidad Nacional de San Martín – GC Latin America General Director |
Tamara Taraciuk Broner |
Human Rights Watch/Americas, Deputy Director (acting) |
Martiniano Terragni |
Universidad de Buenos Aires |
Liliana Tojo |
International Consultant |
Federico Traversa |
Universidad de La República (Uruguay) |
George Ulrich |
Global Campus Academic Director |
Francisco Urízar |
Universidad Rafael Landívar (Guatemala) – GC Latin America Scientific Committee Member |
Frans Viljoen |
University of Pretoria - GC Africa Director – Vice President Global Campus |
Carolina Von Opiela |
Programme for the Universalisation of Civil Identity in the Americas (OAS) - Ministry of Women, Gender and Diversity (Argentina) |
Juan Wahren |
Universidad de Buenos Aires - CONICET |
Angel David Zapata |
Universidad Nacional de San Martín - GC Latin America Master’s Tutor |
Carlos Zelada |
Universidad del Pacífico (Peru) – GC Latin America Scientific Committe Member - Global Campus Council Member |