Akkreditierungsdatum

08.11.2016

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Date of Birth: 27th September 1961

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2005-2011 | Study of law and social sciences before graduation, Universidad Mariano Galvez de Guatemala, Chimaltenango

since 2013 | Comparative and Indigenous Peoples Law, University of Oklahoma, USA

Berufliche Laufbahn

1986-1995 | Center for Community Development, a link between the Guatemalan small farmers' movement and the international community, support for projects for small farmers in Guatemala

1995-2002 | Founder and co-ordinator of the Indigenous Rights Unit of the Center for Legal Measures in the area of Human Rights

2001-2004 | President-in-Office of the President on issues of discrimination and racism against indigenous peoples in Guatemala, responsible for international relations

2003-2004 | President of the National Program for the Compensation of the Victims of the Civil War

2005-2006 | Adviser on Indigenous Issues in the Office of the Vice-President of Guatemala

2008-2013 | Director of the Netherlands and Norway-funded program for the establishment of a human rights department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2014-2016 | Chairman of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)