{"id":1052,"date":"2025-01-23T19:35:41","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T19:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esperanzaprotocol.net\/apoyan-y-firman\/"},"modified":"2025-04-15T16:15:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T16:15:28","slug":"support-and-sign","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/esperanzaprotocol.net\/en\/support-and-sign\/","title":{"rendered":"Support and Sign"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The Esperanza Protocol<\/h5>

Individual supporters and signatories<\/span><\/h3><\/div>\n <\/section>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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lizabeth Abi-Mershed<\/span><\/b>,\u00a0<\/b>Human rights expert; Former Assistant Executive Secretary, Inter-American Commission of Human Rights.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Philip Alston<\/span><\/b>,\u00a0<\/b>Professor of international law, human rights law, and international criminal law at Ney York University; Faculty Director of Center for Human Rights & Global Justice NTY; Former UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and extrajudicial executions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Carlos Ayala Corao<\/span><\/b>, Human rights expert; current president of the International Commission of Jurists; former president of the Inter-American commission on human rights.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Angelita Baeyens<\/span><\/b>, Vice President international Advocacy and Litigation, Robert F. K Human Rights.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Catalina Botero<\/span><\/b>, former Special Rapporteur for freedom of expression, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights; founding partner of DeJusticia Colombia; co-chair of the Facebook Oversight Board; former dean of the Law School at Universidad de los Andes in Bogot\u00e1, Colombia.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Marina Brilman<\/span><\/b>, International Human Rights expert, Law Society of England and Wales.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

\u00c1ngela Buitrago<\/span><\/b>, Expert of the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI) on Precautionary Measures of the IACHR in Mexico, consultant to the UN Honduras, former Deputy Prosecutor before the Supreme Court of Colombia, Doctor in Law and Legal Sociology.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Gina Cabarcas Maci\u00e1<\/span><\/b>, Cofounder and senior investigator at Laboratorio de Justicia y Pol\u00edtica Criminal (Colombia); Member of Colombia\u2019s Historical Memory Group and led multiple investigation teams in Colombia\u2019s Prosecution Office and the Unit for the Search of Disappeared Persons.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Sandra Coliver<\/span><\/b>, Board Member, Guernica Centre for International Justice; former Senior Managing Legal Officer, Open Society Justice Initiative; and former Executive Director, Center for Justice & Accountability.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Bernard Duhaime<\/span><\/b>, Ad. E. Full professor of law at the Faculty Political Science and Law of the University of Quebec in Montreal; former Member and Chair of the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances.\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>

Laurel E. Fletcher<\/span><\/b>, Chancellor\u2019s Clinical Professor of Law University of California Berkeley School of Law.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Michel Forst<\/span><\/b>, former UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, former UN Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Haiti, former Chair of the Coordination Committee of the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council, founding member of Front Line Defenders.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Gustavo Gall\u00f3n<\/span><\/b>, Director and founder of Colombian Commission of Jurists (CCJ), Former Independent Expert of the Human Rights Council on the situation of human rights in Haiti, former Special Representative of the United Nations\u2019 Commission on Human Rights for Equatorial Guinea.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Diego Garc\u00eda Say\u00e1n,\u00a0<\/span><\/b>UN\u00a0<\/b>Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers; former President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights; former Secretary of State, and Minister of Justice of Peru.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Robert Goldman<\/span><\/b>,\u00a0<\/b>President, International Commission of Jurists; former UN Independent Expert on the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism; former President, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Ver\u00f3nica G\u00f3mez<\/span><\/b>, Professor of international law and human rights law at the San Martin University (UNSAM) and at the European Inter-University Centre (EIUC); President of Global Campus of Human Rights.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Tea Gorjanc Prelevi\u0107<\/span><\/b>, Executive Director, Human Rights Action, Montenegro.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Claudio Grossman<\/span><\/b>, Member UN International Law Commission; former President, United Nations Committee against Torture; former President, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Ver\u00f3nica Hinestroza Arenas<\/span><\/b>, Senior Legal Advisor at Fair Trials; founding member of Omega Research Foundation Network of Experts; Steering Committee member of the Principles on Effective Interviewing for Investigations and Information Gathering.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Daniela Kravetz<\/span><\/b>, International criminal justice and gender expert.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Krsticevic Viviana<\/span><\/b>, Human rights expert; Executive Director of the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Mariela Labozzeta<\/span><\/b>, Federal Prosecutor, head of the Specialized Prosecutor\u2019s Unit on Violence against Women (UFEM) and of the Federal Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor\u2019s Office No. 2 of Mor\u00f3n, both of the National Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office in Argentina.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Edison Lanza<\/span><\/b>,\u00a0<\/b>Human rights, freedom of expression and digital rights expert; Former Special Rapporteur for freedom of expression, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Rashida Manjoo<\/strong>, Professor Emeritus, Law faculty, University of Cape Town, South Africa; former UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences.<\/span><\/p>

Juan E. M\u00e9ndez<\/span><\/b>, Professor of Human Rights Law in Residence, Washington College of Law; former Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; Co-Chair of the Principles on Effective Interviewing for Investigations and Information Gathering.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Claudia Paz y Paz Bailey<\/span><\/b>, Program Director for Central America and Mexico, Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL); former Attorney General of Guatemala; member of the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI) in Case Ayotzinapa in Mexico and in Nicaragua.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Fabi\u00e1n Salvioli<\/span><\/b>, UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Clara Sandoval<\/span><\/b>, Human Rights Professor, University of Essex and Human Rights Center and Program Director of the Global Survivors Fund.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Silvia Serrano<\/span><\/b>, Associate Director at the O\u2019Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University; former Coordinator of the Cases Section of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Jan-Michael Simon<\/span><\/b>, Senior Researcher, International Scientific Outreach, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Gaye Sowe<\/span><\/b>,\u00a0<\/b>Executive Director of the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Morris Tidball-Binz<\/span><\/b>, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary, or arbitrary executions.\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>

Alejandra Vicente<\/span><\/b>, Head of Law, Redress; former legal director of the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Soledad Villagra de Biedermann<\/span><\/b>, Professor at the Catholic University in Paraguay; former president of the National Mechanism against Torture; former member, UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Article 19, Regional Office \u2013 Mexico and Central America\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Asociaci\u00f3n Pro-Derechos Humanos (APRODEH) \u2013 Per\u00fa\u00a0<\/p>

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Child Rights Connect \u2013 International\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Colectivo de Abogados Jos\u00e9 Alvear Restrepo (CAJAR) \u2013 Colombia\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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Committee of Relatives of the Victims of the Caracazo (COFAVIC)\u00a0\u2013 Venezuela\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP)\u00a0\u2013 Colombia\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

IFEX \u2013 International\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa -International\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

International Federation for Human Rights -FIDH (in the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders) \u2013 Internationa<\/span>l<\/span><\/p>

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OXFAM International \u2013 International\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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Protection International\u00a0\u2013 International\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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Reflection, Research and Communication Team (ERIC-SJ)- Honduras\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights \u2013 International\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Unit for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders of Guatemala (UDEFEGUA) \u2013 Guatemala\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

World Organisation Against Torture \u2013 OMCT (in the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders) \u2013 International<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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\u00a0<\/span>CEJIL\u2019S PROTOCOL COORDINATING COMMITTEE\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Viviana Krsticevic, Executive Director\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Jessica Ram\u00edrez Moreno, Staff attorney\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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SURVEY COMMITTEE\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Lina Erazo (Chair)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Lara Blanco & Alma Perez\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Enrique Eguren\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Eleanor Openshaw\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Almut Rochowanski\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Gaye Sowe\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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INTERNATIONAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK COMMITTEE\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Alejandra Vicente (Chair)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Angelita Baeyens\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Golda Benjamin\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Emerlynne Gil\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Juan E. Mendez\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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PUBLIC POLICY COMMITTEE\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Renata Oliveira (Chair)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Sandy Coliver\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Enrique Eguren\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Sejin Kim\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Gilbert Sebihogo\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Ana Zbona\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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PURPOSES AND PRINCIPLES OF INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Veronica Hinestroza\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Marina Brilman\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Maria Luisa Bascur\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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CRIMINAL POLICY AND CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Veronica G\u00f3mez\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Roxanna Altholz\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Rafael Barrios\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Golda Benjamin\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Gina Cabarcas\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Leonardo Filippini\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Poengky Indarti\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Maria Mart\u00edn\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Stephan Parmentier\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Claudia Paz y Paz\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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Elizabeth Abi-Mershed\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Ana Mar\u00eda Reyes\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Ana Lucrecia Molina Thiessen\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Gilda Pacheco\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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