Ligia Bolívar
Ligia Bolívar, a Sociologist (UCAB) specialized in Human Rights (UCV), is the Founder of the Venezuelan Program of Action-Education in Human Rights (PROVEA). She is a member of the Consulting Council of the Canada Venezuela Democracy form, a member of the Commission for Human Rights and Citizenship, CODEHCIU (Bolivar State) and Team Coordinator for the South Jesuit Network of Migrants. Ligia coordinates the commission for human rights for the Venezuela Coalition. She is a founder and general coordinator to the Coalition Alert Venezuela and an investigator associated of the CDH UCAB in charge of the area of migrant and refugee rights.
Previously, Ligia serves as the President of the Center for Justice and International rights (CEJIL, Washington D.C.). She was involved with the Latin American Official for Amnesty International and was part of the executive committee of Amnesty international, a member of the International Council for the study of Human Rights (London – Geneva). She was also part of the Union Board for the Volunteer Contribution Fund for the United Nations for the Technical cooperation for the Office of the High Commissioner of the United Nations for Human Rights (Geneva). She was a member of the directory for the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) in Washington D.C.
Ligia is the former Director for the Human Rights Center for the Catholic University Andres Bello and first Regional Coordinator for the Interuniversity program of Human Rights (agreement AUSJAL-IIDH), a project in which she was a Cofounder and General Coordinator until 2009. She has been a professor for undergraduate and graduate studies in Venezuela and universities in Latin America and Europe and has vast experience regarding on the formation of Human Rights in countries from the North, Center, and South of America, the Caribbean, Europe, Asia, and the North of Africa. Ligia was a visiting professor for the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, New York University and a fellow of the South Global of Justice, Bogotá.
Ligia Bolívar, a Sociologist (UCAB) specialized in Human Rights (UCV), is the Founder of the Venezuelan Program of Action-Education in Human Rights (PROVEA). She is a member of the Consulting Council of the Canada Venezuela Democracy form, a member of the Commission for Human Rights and Citizenship, CODEHCIU (Bolivar State) and Team Coordinator for the South Jesuit Network of Migrants. Ligia coordinates the commission for human rights for the Venezuela Coalition. She is a founder and general coordinator to the Coalition Alert Venezuela and an investigator associated of the CDH UCAB in charge of the area of migrant and refugee rights.
Previously, Ligia serves as the President of the Center for Justice and International rights (CEJIL, Washington D.C.). She was involved with the Latin American Official for Amnesty International and was part of the executive committee of Amnesty international, a member of the International Council for the study of Human Rights (London – Geneva). She was also part of the Union Board for the Volunteer Contribution Fund for the United Nations for the Technical cooperation for the Office of the High Commissioner of the United Nations for Human Rights (Geneva). She was a member of the directory for the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) in Washington D.C.
Ligia is the former Director for the Human Rights Center for the Catholic University Andres Bello and first Regional Coordinator for the Interuniversity program of Human Rights (agreement AUSJAL-IIDH), a project in which she was a Cofounder and General Coordinator until 2009. She has been a professor for undergraduate and graduate studies in Venezuela and universities in Latin America and Europe and has vast experience regarding on the formation of Human Rights in countries from the North, Center, and South of America, the Caribbean, Europe, Asia, and the North of Africa. Ligia was a visiting professor for the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, New York University and a fellow of the South Global of Justice, Bogotá.