Latin American Network for Gender-based Strategic Litigation (ReLeG)
Who We Are
The Latin American Network for Gender-based Strategic Litigation (ReLeG) brings together litigators, academics, legal practitioners, and activists committed to ending gender-based violence and promoting gender equality in Latin America*.
ReLeG monitors, documents and promotes strategic litigation initiatives in gender-related issues. It also contributes to legal education with gender and intersectional perspectives and collaborates in the design of public policies and legal reforms to guarantee gender equality and access to justice. Through the dissemination of good practices at the local, regional and international levels, academic research, and the exchange of expertise, ReLeG strives for equal, just, and inclusive societies free from gender-based violence.
ReLeG appreciates the support of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). We are particularly grateful for the technical advice provided by Georgina Mendoza and Helena Rodriguez from the Women’s Rights and Gender Section for the establishment of ReLeG**.
Coordinators
Claudia Martin
(Argentina / USA)
Co-Director of the Academy of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law, American University
Susana SáCouto
(Portugal / USA)
Director of the War Crimes Research Office, American University
Daniela Kravetz
(Chile)
Lawyer specialized in international criminal justice and gender
Dalila Seoane
(Argentina / Switzerland)
Lawyer specialized in gender, international criminal law and environment.
Members
Adriana Benjumea
(Colombia)
Director of the Corporación Humanas
Alejandra Nuño
(Mexico)
Director of the Francisco Suárez SJ University Center for Dignity and Justice (Mexico). ITESO- Jesuit University of Guadalajara
Alejandra Vicente
(Spain)
Legal Director, Redress
Ana Yeli Pérez
(Mexico)
Director, Justicia Pro Persona, A.C. Legal advisor of the National Citizen Observatory on Femicide
Ángela Cerón
(Colombia)
Director, Mujeres por la Paz
Camila Maturana
(Chile)
Lawyer, Corporación Humanas
Carlos Rivera Paz
(Peru)
Coordinator of the Legal Department, Instituto de Defensa Legal
Emilia Salazar
(Peru)
Litigation coordinator, Demus
Esteban Celada
(Guatemala)
Lawyer, Mujeres Transformando el Mundo
Françoise Roth
(France)
Consultant in human rights and gender
Gina Cabarcas Macía
(Colombia)
Founder and researcher of the Laboratory of Justice and Criminal Policy
Gloria Cano
(Peru)
Executive Director of the Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos (APRODEH)
Karinna Fernández
(Chile)
Lawyer specialized in human rights
Leonor Arteaga Rubio
(El Salvador)
Program Director, Impunity and Grave Human Rights Violations Due Process of Law Foundation
Liliana Ortega
(Venezuela)
Executive director, COFAVIC
Linda Cabrera
(Colombia)
Director, Sisma Mujer
Lucía Xiloj
(Guatemala)
Legal advisor of the Asociación Bufete Jurídico Popular
María Corina Muskus
(Venezuela)
Feminist lawyer, consultant on gender and human rights
María José Castillo
(Chile)
Lawyer, Metropolitan Region Office, Institute of Human Rights
María Ysabel Cedano
(Peru)
Lawyer, Demus. Coordinator of the strategic litigation team of EEFF
Mariana Ardila
(Colombia)
Lawyer of the Legal Department, Women’s Link Worldwide
Mariela Labozzetta
(Argentina)
Head Prosecutor, Specialized Prosecutor’s Unit on Violence Against Women (UFEM)
Marta Valiñas
(Portugal)
Consultant on international criminal justice and sexual and gender-based violence
Paula Barrios
(Guatemala)
Director, Mujeres Transformando el Mundo
Teresa Fernández Paredes
(Spain)
Legal advisor, Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, World Organisation against Torture (OMCT)
Viviana Krsticevic
(Argentina / USA)
Director, Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)
*ReLeG members participate in an individual capacity. The website’s content and opinions do not represent and should not be attributed to any organization or institution.
**The opinions expressed in this website are exclusive responsibility of ReLeG and should not be attributed to OHCHR, its personnel or any of the committees or organs it participates in.