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Esmeralda Arosemena de Troitiño

Esmeralda Arosemena of Troitiño, is currently the integrative commissioner of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR).

She participated in the Special Committee for the proposal of constitutional amendments in Panama of 2011, and in the Committee for the elaboration of the Constitutional Procedural Code of 2016.

Ernesto Samper Pizano

The Colombian politician, Ernesto Samper Pizano, was president of the Republic of Colombia in the period of 1994-1998. He studied economy and law in the Pontifical Xavierian University.

Samper served as General Secretary of the Liberal Party. Belisario Betancur, president of the Republic (1982-1986), named him extraordinary ambassador before the Assembly of the United Nations, in New York.

He was elected representative in 1984 and senator in 1986. He also founded and directed the Institute of Liberal Studies.

Rafaa Ben Achour

Rafaa Ben Achour, was elected Judge of the African Court of Human Rights and of the Peoples (Tunez) in June of 2014, for a period of six years.

He was a member of the African Union Commission on International Law (AUCIL), and member of the International Institution of Human Rights in Strasbourg (2003).

Ben Achour, also participated as a founding member of the International Academy of Constitutional Law, and occupied the position of secretary general of this organization. Likewise, he has duties as substitute of the European Commission for Democracy through Law.

Rodrigo Paris Rojas

Journalist, political scientist, master's degree in International Relations at Complutense University, and studies in Innovation and Economic Development at Harvard University. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

He was selected as one of the 100 most prominent Colombians by the government of Colombia in 2015.

Former diplomat to the UK, in charge of Human Rights.

Liliana Valiña

Argentine lawyer graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Buenos Aires. Postgraduate studies at the University of Geneva, Switzerland: Masters in Development Studies and Masters in International Human Rights Law.

She was Deputy Representative and Representative Of the Office in Mexico of the Human Rights before her arrival in Paraguay.

She was Deputy Representative of the Office in Colombia of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and previously, Coordinator of the Juridical and Public Policy Monitoring Area of ​​the OHCHR in Colombia.

Daniel Rafecas

PhD in Administrative Law at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Specialist in Constitutional Law Center for Constitutional Studies Madrid.

Professor of Administrative Law at the University Escuela Libre de Derecho. Professor of the Doctorate Program in Ibero-American Administrative Law coordinated by the University of La Coruña with 10 universities in Ibero-America and Professor of the PhD program in Law at the Universidad Estatal a Distancia (UNED).

Francisco Rozas Escalante

Peruvian magistrate, currently Superior Judge and presides over a Superior Criminal Court in Lima. He has held the position of Supreme Judge and President of the Superior Court of Justice of Lima North. He is a Magister in Law and University Teaching, Professor in the Universities of San Antonio de Abad of Cusco, and Garcilaso de la Vega de Lima.. 

Antônio Cerqueira

He is an Attorney for Military Justice in the State of Ceará, Brazil.
Master's Degree in Law from the Federal University of Ceará.
Specialization in Criminal Procedure by the University of Fortaleza.

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Luis Antonio Ortiz Hernández

Lawyer specializing in Criminal Law from the Universidad Santa María de Venezuela. Postgraduate in Criminal Law and Penitentiary System at the University of Salamanca, Spain.

Expert in International Humanitarian Law at the International Red Cross. Magister in Criminal Law and Doctor in Constitutional Law of the Universidad Santa María. Doctor in Human Rights and Criminal Law of the Center for Higher University Studies. Master's and Doctorate in Law and International Relations at Preston University.