{"id":8991,"date":"2016-01-12T12:37:50","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T12:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/protectivalab.org\/about-me\/"},"modified":"2024-12-16T16:24:31","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T16:24:31","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/protectivalab.org\/en\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” height=”auto” us_shape_show_top=”1″ us_shape_top=”zigzag” us_shape_height_top=”5vh” us_shape_color_top=”_header_top_bg”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]Physician<\/strong> (specialist in Family and Community Medicine), NOHA Master\u2019s in Humanitarian Action<\/strong>, and PhD in International and Intercultural Studies<\/strong> from the University of Deusto (Bilbao, Spain).<\/p>\n

Visiting professor at the Human Rights Institute of the University of Deusto<\/strong> (and member of its Advisory Board). Coordinator of modules on humanitarian protection and the protection of human rights defenders in several master\u2019s programs.<\/p>\n

Co-Director of the NOHA Advanced Courses on Humanitarian Protection<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Independent consultant, researcher, and trainer on protection-related topics<\/strong> (including humanitarian protection, protection of human rights defenders, and protection in peacebuilding processes) for numerous NGOs, various United Nations agencies (UNHCHR, WFP, UNDP), and DG ECHO<\/strong> (European Commission).<\/p>\n

Director of the academic journal Iter: Journal of Protection Studies<\/strong> (in development).<\/p>\n

Peer Reviewer for the Journal of Humanitarian Action.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Former Senior Advisor<\/strong> for Protection International (Brussels) with experience in health, humanitarian action, and protection projects in several countries (El Salvador, Sri Lanka, Guatemala, and Colombia), as well as in numerous short-term missions across the Americas, Africa, Asia, Middle East, and Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Union regions.<\/p>\n

Expert witness for the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on public policies for the protection of human rights defenders and author of several books, book chapters, and articles on protection-related issues.<\/p>\n

Examples of previous consultancies and collaborations<\/span><\/b>:\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

About humanitarian protection<\/span><\/b>:\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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  • Co-author of DG ECHO\/European Commission Humanitarian Protection Policy (2016, with the IECAH\/Inspire Consortium) <\/span> \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    • Trainer on humanitarian protection for the Danish Refugee Council, the UN <\/span> World Food Programme and others in various countries (between 2005 and 2008).<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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      • Trainer on humanitarian protection for DG ECHO staff and humanitarian <\/span> organisations in more than twenty countries (between 2013 and 2021, with the\u00a0 IECAH\/Inspire Consortium). <\/span> \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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        • Systematisation of DG ECHO’s piloting of<\/span> protection indicators, and development of <\/span> the guides and self-completion online courses (2021-2024). <\/span> \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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          • Development of institutional protection policy for several international <\/span> humanitarian organisations. <\/span> \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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            • Consultancies for DG ECHO (with IECAH\/Inspire Consortium) on: <\/span> \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
            • The use of cash transfers for protection (2023-24) <\/span> \u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
            • Cost-efficiency analysis of protection projects (2024) <\/span> \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
            • An inclusive <\/span> and intersectional approach to protection (2024). <\/span> \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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              • Postgraduate courses: Coordinator and lecturer of the Protection Programmes Module of the NOHA Master’s Degree in Humanitarian Action (University of Deusto) <\/span> (since 2015). <\/span> \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                \u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>About the protection of human rights defenders<\/span><\/b>:\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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                • Co-author of the first existing manual on the protection of human rights defenders, and of successive manuals and guides on the subject. <\/span> \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                  • Trainer on protection in numerous projects in different countries<\/span>. <\/span> \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                    • Co-author of the Principles on risk analysis and protection plans (2021).<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                      • Trainer, advisor and policy development for the HRD protection mechanisms of <\/span> the governments of Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Peru, and others (as well as for civil society organisations in these countries), with the OHCHR, UNDP, and others. <\/span> \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                        • Assessment\/evaluation of the Intersectorial Protection Mechanism of the Government of Peru (2024) (for the UNHCHR Office in Peru).<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                          • Expert opinions for the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on national <\/span> policies for the protection of HRDs. <\/span> \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                            • Postgraduate courses: Coordinator and lecturer of the Module on the Protection of Human Rights Defenders in the Erasmus Mundus Human Rights: Policy and <\/span> Practice Master’s Degree (University of Deusto) (since 2022). <\/span> \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                              \u00a0<\/span>Others<\/span><\/b>:\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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                              • Training and advice on humanitarian protection for the UN Mission for South <\/span> Sudan (UNMISS) (2017). <\/span> \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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