Staff

Justice & Security

Paula Litvachky

(she/her/hers) Executive Director

Paula has been CELS’ Executive Director since February 2020 and has been part of the organization since 2004 when she joined the Democratic Justice program. From 2011 to 2019, Paula served as Director of the Justice and Security area at CELS. Before joining CELS, Paula worked at the Public Prosecutor’s office, specializing in criminal justice policy and human rights from 2001 to 2004. She has vast experience in advocacy in the fields of justice, criminal policy, security, intelligence, and human rights, on the national and international levels, and has coordinated and participated in many research projects on these topics in Argentina and abroad. In addition, she has written various articles and papers on criminal justice and human rights. She is part of many groups and networks that promote and defend human rights. Paula holds a law degree from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) Law School and is a Ph.D. candidate at the National University of Lanús. She has been a law professor at UBA and the University of Palermo. Since 2016, she serves on the board of Penal Reform International (PRI).

Litigation & Legal Defense

Diego Morales

(he/him/his) Director, Litigation & Legal Defense

Diego has served as director of CELS’ Litigation and Legal Defense area since April 2013. He joined CELS as an attorney in 1998. After working for the Ombudsman’s Office in the City of Buenos Aires from 2000 to 2003, he returned to CELS as director of Litigation, coordinating legal strategies in all the cases in which CELS intervened. Diego has vast experience in strategic litigation, migration legislation, and the development of legal clinics. He was director of the ESCR and Social Inclusion area from December 2010 to March 2013. He teaches Human Rights and Guarantees at the University of Buenos Aires Law School, the National University of Avellaneda and the National University of Lanús. He has also taught Master’s degree courses on migration legislation and human rights. In addition, he has contributed to publications on labor outsourcing, migration and corporate responsibility for gross human rights violations, and authored several papers published in books and legal journals in Argentina and abroad on human rights and democracy. He received his law degree from the University of Buenos Aires.

Management team

Catalina Seinhart

(she/her/hers) Executive assistant

Justicia y seguridad

Manuel Tufró

(he/him/his) Director

Seguridad democrática y violencia institucional

Victoria Darraidou

(she/her/hers) Coordinator, Citizen Security and Police Violence team

Política criminal y violencia en el encierro

Macarena Fernández Hofmann

(she/ her /hers) Coordinator, Criminal Justice Policy and Violence in Confinement team

Seguridad democrática y violencia institucional

María Hereñu

(she / her /hers) Researcher, Justice and Security area

Litigio y defensa legal

Bárbara Juárez

(she /her/hers) Lawyer, Citizen Security and Police Violence team

Seguridad democrática y violencia institucional

Florencia Ini

(she /her/hers) Lawyer, Citizen Security and Police Violence team

Política criminal y violencia en el encierro

Fabio Vallarelli

(he/him/his) Lawyer, Criminal Justice Policy and Violence in Confinement team

Política criminal y violencia en el encierro

Teresita Arrouzet

(she/her/hers) Lawyer, Criminal Justice Policy and Violence in Confinement team

Seguridad democrática y violencia institucional

Natalia Narvaez Tojter

(she/her/hers) Researcher, Citizen Security and Police Violence team

Litigio y defensa legal

Diego Morales

(he/him/his) Director

Memoria, verdad y justicia

Sol Hourcade

(she/her/hers) Coordinator, Memory, Truth & Justice team

Seguridad democrática y violencia institucional

Agustina Lloret

(she/her/hers) Coordinator, Litigation & Legal Defense area and co-coordinator Legal Clinic

Litigio y defensa legal

Tomás Griffa

(he/him/his) Lawyer, Litigation & Legal Defense area and Legal Clinic teacher

Memoria, verdad y justicia

Lucía Molina

(she/her/hers) Lawyer, Litigation & Legal Defense area

Litigio y defensa legal

Delfina Lladó

(she/her/hers) Lawyer, Memory, Truth & Justice team

Derechos económicos, sociales y culturales

Luna Miguens

(she/her/hers) Director, Land, Housing and Economic Justice area

Derechos económicos, sociales y culturales

Leandro Vera Belli

(he/him/his) Coordinator, Land, Housing and Economic Justice area

Derechos económicos, sociales y culturales

Federico Orchani

(he/him/his) Researcher, Land, Housing and Economic Justice area

Derechos económicos, sociales y culturales

María José Venancio

(she/her/hers) Lawyer, Land, Housing and Economic Justice area

Salud mental

Macarena Sabin Paz

(she/her/hers) Coordinator, Mental Health team

Salud mental

Mariana Biaggio

(she/her/hers) Social worker, Mental Health team

Salud mental

Ana Sofía Soberón Rebaza

(she/her/hers) Social worker, Mental Health team and Legal Clinic teacher

Salud mental

Fabián Murua

(he/him/his) Lawyer, Mental Health team

Salud mental

Joaquín castro Valdez

(he/him/his) Psychologist, Mental Health team

Salud mental

Víctor Manuel Rodríguez

Psychologist, Mental Health team. He died of covid-19 on April 27, 2021

Agenda feminista

Vanina Escales

Director

Agenda feminista

Lucía de la Vega

(she/her/hers) Coordinator Transfeminist Agenda and co-coordinator Legal Clinic

Agenda feminista

Gabriela Mitidieri

(she/her/hers) Member, Activism area

Agenda feminista

Quimey Ramos

(she/her/hers) Member, Transfeminist Agenda

Agenda feminista

Daiana Aizenberg

(she/her/hers) Member, Transfeminist Agenda

Trabajo internacional

Juliana Miranda

(she/her/hers) Coordinator, International Team

Trabajo internacional

Erika Schmidhuber Peña

(she/her/hers) Lawyer, International Team

Trabajo internacional

Cynthia Palacios Reckziegel

(she/her/hers) Lawyer, International Team

Trabajo internacional

Sofía Rojo

(she/her/hers) Member, International Team

Desarrollo institucional

Robert Grosse

(he/him/his) Cooperator, International Team

Trabajo internacional

Agostina Bergia

(they/them/theirs) Lawyer, International Team

Trabajo internacional

Lucía Galoppo

(she/her/hers) Lawyer, International Team

Investigación

Marcela Perelman

(she/her/hers) Director

Investigación

Federico Ghelfi

(he/him/his) Coordinator, Research area

Investigación

Anabella Schoenle

(she/her/hers) Member, Research area

Investigación

Julián Toribio

(he/him/his) Member, Research area

Investigación

Patricia Panich

(she/her/hers) Member, Research area

Investigación

María Teresa Texidó

(she/ her/hers) Librarian

Comunicación

Sebastián Abrevaya

(he/him/his) Director

Comunicación

Ximena Tordini

Adviser, Communications area

Comunicación

Mariana Migueles

Designer

Comunicación

Julián Reynoso

(he/him/his) Member, Communications area

Comunicación

Mercedes Escusol Sáez

(she/her/hers)Member, Communications area

Comunicación

Martina Noailles

(she/her/hers) Member, Communications area

Comunicación

Alejandro Marinelli

(he/him/his) Member, Communications area

Comunicación

Juan Carrá

(he/him/his) Member, Communications area

Comunicación

Clara Uranga

(she/her/hers) Member, Communications area

Desarrollo institucional

Cecilia Ales

(she/her/hers) Director

Desarrollo institucional

Mariana Paterlini

(she/her/hers) Institutional fundraising coordinator

Desarrollo institucional

Federico Mindlis

(he/him/his) Member, Institutional Development area

Desarrollo institucional

Verónica Verone

(she/her/hers) Member, Institutional Development area

Administración

Jimena Pérez Alzueta

(she/her/hers) Director

Administración

Natalia Amor

(she/her/hers) Coordinator

Administración

María Villarruel

(she/her/hers) Treasurer

Administración

Ernesto Sigaud

(he/him/his) In charge of accounting

Administración

Nahuel Mouzet

(he/him/his) Accounting assistant

Administración

Carla López

(she/her/hers) Administration & Finances assistant

Administración

Alan Larrosa

(he/him/his) Technical and systems support

Administración

Samanta Sosa

(she/her/hers) Reception

Administración

Celina Domínguez

(she/her/hers) Maintenance

Administración

Elizabeth Mato

(she/her/hers) Maintenance