Staff

Justice & Security

Paula Litvachky

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

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

Florencia Mogni

Executive assistant

Justicia y seguridad

Manuel Tufró

Director

Seguridad democrática y violencia institucional

Victoria Darraidou

Coordinator, Citizen Security and Police Violence team

Política criminal y violencia en el encierro

Macarena Fernández Hofmann

Coordinator, Criminal Justice Policy and Violence in Confinement team

Seguridad democrática y violencia institucional

Agustina Lloret

Lawyer, Citizen Security and Police Violence team

Seguridad democrática y violencia institucional

Luciano Coco Pastrana

Lawyer, Citizen Security and Police Violence team

Seguridad democrática y violencia institucional

María Hereñu

Researcher, Justice and Security area

Litigio y defensa legal

Bárbara Juárez

Lawyer, Justice and Security area

Seguridad democrática y violencia institucional

Juliana Miranda

Researcher, Citizen Security and Police Violence team

Política criminal y violencia en el encierro

Fabio Vallarelli

Lawyer, Criminal Justice Policy and Violence in Confinement team

Política criminal y violencia en el encierro

Teresita Arrouzet

Lawyer, Criminal Justice Policy and Violence in Confinement team

Política criminal y violencia en el encierro

Santiago Kozicki

Lawyer, Criminal Justice Policy and Violence in Confinement team

Litigio y defensa legal

Diego Morales

Director

Memoria, verdad y justicia

Sol Hourcade

Coordinator, Memory, Truth & Justice team

Litigio y defensa legal

Lucía de la Vega

Coordinator, Legal Clinic

Litigio y defensa legal

Tomás Griffa

Lawyer, Litigation & Legal Defense area

Litigio y defensa legal

Betiana Cáceres

Lawyer, Litigation & Legal Defense area

Memoria, verdad y justicia

Lucía Molina

Lawyer, Litigation & Legal Defense area

Memoria, verdad y justicia

Pablo Lachener

Lawyer, Litigation & Legal Defense area

Litigio y defensa legal

Delfina Lladó

Lawyer, Memory, Truth & Justice team

Derechos económicos, sociales y culturales

Luna Miguens

Director, Economic, Social & Cultural Rights area

Derechos económicos, sociales y culturales

Leandro Vera Belli

Coordinator, Economic, Social & Cultural Rights area

Salud mental

Macarena Sabin Paz

Coordinator, Mental Health team

Derechos económicos, sociales y culturales

Michelle Cañas Comas

Researcher, Economic, Social & Cultural Rights area

Derechos económicos, sociales y culturales

Federico Orchani

Researcher, Economic, Social & Cultural Rights area

Derechos económicos, sociales y culturales

María José Venancio

Lawyer, Economic, Social & Cultural Rights area

Derechos económicos, sociales y culturales

Lautaro Nahuel

Lawyer, Economic, Social & Cultural Rights area, Bertha Justice Fellow

Derechos económicos, sociales y culturales

Julieta Levin

Lawyer, Economic, Social & Cultural Rights area, Bertha Justice Fellow

Salud mental

Mariana Biaggio

Social worker, Mental Health team

Salud mental

Ana Sofía Soberón Rebaza

Social worker, Mental Health team

Salud mental

Fabián Murua

Social worker, Mental Health team

Salud mental

Joaquín castro Valdez

Psychologist, Mental Health team

Salud mental

Víctor Manuel Rodríguez

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

Comunicación

Vanina Escales

Coordinator of the transfeminist agenda

Agenda feminista

Quimey Ramos

Member, transfeminist agenda

Agenda feminista

Daiana Aizenberg

Member, transfeminist agenda

Trabajo internacional

Camila Barretto Maia

Coordinator, International Team

Trabajo internacional

Erika Schmidhuber Peña

Lawyer, International Team

Trabajo internacional

Cynthia Palacios Reckziegel

Member, International Team

Trabajo internacional

Sofía Rojo

Member, International Team

Desarrollo institucional

Robert Grosse

Cooperator, International Team

Investigación

Marcela Perelman

Director

Investigación

Federico Ghelfi

Coordinator, Research area

Investigación

Anabella Schoenle

Member, Research area

Investigación

Julián Toribio

Member, Research area

Investigación

Patricia Panich

Member, Research area

Investigación

María Teresa Texidó

Librarian

Comunicación

Alejandro Marinelli

Director

Comunicación

Ximena Tordini

Adviser, Communications area

Comunicación

Mariana Migueles

Designer

Comunicación

Julián Reynoso

Member, Communications area

Comunicación

Mercedes Escusol Sáez

Member, Communications area

Comunicación

Martina Noailles

Member, Communications area

Comunicación

Juan Carrá

Member, Communications area

Comunicación

Clara Uranga

Member, Communications area

Desarrollo institucional

Cecilia Ales

Director

Desarrollo institucional

Mariana Paterlini

Institutional fundraising coordinator

Desarrollo institucional

Federico Mindlis

Member, Institutional Development area

Desarrollo institucional

Romina Rocca

Member, Institutional Development area

Administración

Jimena Pérez Alzueta

Director

Administración

Natalia Amor

Coordinator

Administración

María Villarruel

Treasurer

Administración

Ernesto Sigaud

In charge of accounting

Administración

Nahuel Mouzet

Accounting assistant

Administración

Alan Larrosa

Technical and systems support

Administración

Samanta Sosa

Reception

Administración

Celina Domínguez

Maintenance

Administración

Elizabeth Mato

Maintenance