Mariela Belski (born 1971) is an Argentine feminist lawyer and human rights activist.[1] As an activist, she promotes the defense and exercise of the rights of women and young people.[2][3] She is an ambassador for #EllaDecide (#SheDecides),[4] the global women's rights movement.[5][6] Since 2011, she has served as executive director of Amnesty International Argentina.[7]
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| Born | 1971 (age 52–53) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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| Employer(s) | Executive Director, Amnesty International Argentina |
Early life and education
editMariela Belski was born in Buenos Aires, 1971.[8] She studied law at the University of Buenos Aires, obtaining her degree with an orientation in administrative law and later specialized in human rights. She completed a master's degree in International Human Rights Law at the University of Essex,[9] and later took a postgraduate course in Human Rights and Democratization Processes at the University of Chile.
Career
editBelski is a member of the Women Leaders of the Americas Committee, an initiative of the Documentation Foundation.[10] She is also a delegate of "Women 20", a transnational network that brings together women leaders to influence the agenda of the G20 decision-making groups.[11][12] She has represented Argentina on international panels on human rights issues in the world and the region, such as the human rights crisis in Venezuela.[13][14]
Regarding issues on the national agenda, she has taken part in parliamentary debates on the modification of the law regulating the country's immigration policy,[15] and the project for the Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy (IVE).[16] She has been invited as a specialist to participate in public debates in the country. Among other topics she addressed the humanitarian situation in Venezuela,[17] sexual and reproductive rights,[18] the refugee crisis,[19] and climate change.[20]
Selected works
edit- Background paper on strategic litigation on women's sexual and reproductive rights in Latin America for the “Progress of the World’s Women Access to Justice : (2011), UNIFEM New York, USA.[21]
- “La judicialización de la política: el litigio estructural en materia educativa, posibilidades y obstáculos”, (2009) Revista Propuesta Educativa, No33, FLACSO, Buenos Aires Argentina.[22]
- “The implication of the Global Financial Crisis for NGOs working towards the achievement of Education for All: Country Case Study Argentina”, (2009) UNESCO.
- “Desigualdad Educativa en la Provincia de Buenos Aires” (2009). Asociación por los Derechos Civiles.[23]
- La Corte y los Derechos: Un informe sobre el contexto y el impacto de sus decisiones durante el período 2005–2007, ADC,(2008) Siglo XXI editores.[24]
- “Access to Information: An Instrumental Right for Empowerment”. Article 19 y Asociación por los Derechos Civiles (2007).[25]
- “Una Censura Sutil: Abuso de publicidad oficial y otras restricciones a la libertad de expresión en Argentina”. Co-Autora (2005), Asociación por los Derechos Civiles. Open Society Justice Initiative.[26]
References
edit- ^ "Mariela Belski (Amnistía Internacional) - Pecha Kucha Night Vol.#36". YouTube. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ "La pandemia no debe restringir los derechos de las mujeres" (in Spanish). Argentina: Página 12. 22 May 2020.
- ^ "#SiNoHubieraMujeres" (in Spanish). El Mundo de las Ideas. 2016.
- ^ "She Decides". shedecides.com (in Spanish).
- ^ "Mariela Belski. Executive Director, Amnesty International Argentina". shedecides.com.
- ^ "EllaDecide da la bienvenida a la nueva Embajadora Mariela Belski, directora ejecutiva de Amnistía Internacional Argentina". amnistia.org.ar (in Spanish).
- ^ "Mariela Belski". amnistia.org.ar (in Spanish).
- ^ Belski, Mariela (1971-...) La judicialización de la política - el litigio estructural en materia educativa, posibilidades y obstáculos (in Spanish). National University of the Northeast. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ "Thesis (LL. M.), International Human Rights Law, Dept. of Law -- University of Essex, 2003". viaf.org. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ «Mariela Belski. Fundación Documentación».
- ^ "W20". w20argentina.com.
- ^ Delegadas argentina en W20
- ^ "Con un panel de expertos se debatirá sobre la crisis institucional en Venezuela". laprensa.com.ar. 22 May 2017.
- ^ "Charla en el Senado sobre la crisis en Venezuela". parlamentario.com. 22 May 2017.
- ^ "Reunión de la Comisión Bicameral Permanente del Congreso Nacional sobre política migratoria argentina" (PDF). senado.gov.ar.
- ^ Exposición a favor del proyecto para la Interrupción Voluntaria del embarazo. Mariela Belski. Senado Nacional. YouTube.
- ^ "Crímenes de lesa humanidad en Venezuela". infobae.com/.
- ^ Belski, Mariela (10 August 2018). "Argentina's Abortion Vote Was a Stepping Stone Not a Setback". Time.
- ^ "La hora de dejar de lado la indiferencia y asumir compromisos". lanacion.com.ar/. 19 June 2020.
- ^ "=El cambio climático un problema de derechos humanos". infobae.com.
- ^ "Background paper on strategic litigation on women's sexual and reproductive rights in Latin America" (PDF). Progress of the world's women.
- ^ "La judicialización de la política: el litigio estructural en materia educativa, posibilidades y obstáculo" (PDF). Inclusión y exclusión como gestos dobles en política y ciencias de la educación.
- ^ "The implication of the Global Financial Crisis for NGOs working towards the achievement of Education for All: Country Case Study Argentina". The implication of the Global Financial Crisis for NGOs working towards the achievement of Education for All: Country Case Study Argentina. December 2009.
- ^ "La corte y los derechos, un informe sobre el contexto y el impacto de sus decisiones durante el período 2003-2004". sigloxxieditores.com.ar.
- ^ "Access to information: An Instrumental Right for Empowerment" (PDF). Access to information: An Instrumental Right for Empowerment.
- ^ "Una Censura Sutil: Abuso de publicidad oficial y otras restricciones a la libertad de expresión en Argentina" (PDF). Colección reformas legales. 4 November 2005.