Mariela Belski Explained
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]
Early life and education
Mariela 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
Belski 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] 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.[12] [13]
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,[14] and the project for the Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy (IVE).[15] 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,[16] sexual and reproductive rights,[17] the refugee crisis,[18] and climate change.[19]
Selected works
- 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.[20]
- “La judicialización de la política: el litigio estructural en materia educativa, posibilidades y obstáculos”, (2009) Revista Propuesta Educativa, No33, FLACSO, Buenos Aires Argentina.[21]
- “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.[22]
- 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.[23]
- “Access to Information: An Instrumental Right for Empowerment”. Article 19 y Asociación por los Derechos Civiles (2007).[24]
- “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.[25]
Notes and References
- Web site: Mariela Belski (Amnistía Internacional) - Pecha Kucha Night Vol.#36 . . 4 February 2023 . en.
- News: La pandemia no debe restringir los derechos de las mujeres. 22 May 2020. Página 12. Argentina. es.
- Web site:
- SiNoHubieraMujeres
. El Mundo de las Ideas . 2016. es.
- Web site: She Decides. shedecides.com. es.
- Web site: Mariela Belski. Executive Director, Amnesty International Argentina. shedecides.com.
- Web site: EllaDecide da la bienvenida a la nueva Embajadora Mariela Belski, directora ejecutiva de Amnistía Internacional Argentina. amnistia.org.ar. es.
- Web site: Mariela Belski. amnistia.org.ar. es.
- Belski, Mariela (1971-...) La judicialización de la política - el litigio estructural en materia educativa, posibilidades y obstáculos . . 4 February 2023 . es.
- Web site: Thesis (LL. M.), International Human Rights Law, Dept. of Law -- University of Essex, 2003 . viaf.org . 4 February 2023.
- «Mariela Belski. Fundación Documentación».
- Web site: W20. w20argentina.com.
- News: Con un panel de expertos se debatirá sobre la crisis institucional en Venezuela. laprensa.com.ar. 22 May 2017.
- News: Charla en el Senado sobre la crisis en Venezuela. parlamentario.com. 22 May 2017.
- Web site: Reunión de la Comisión Bicameral Permanente del Congreso Nacional sobre política migratoria argentina.. senado.gov.ar.
- Exposición a favor del proyecto para la Interrupción Voluntaria del embarazo. Mariela Belski. Senado Nacional.. YouTube.
- News: Crímenes de lesa humanidad en Venezuela. infobae.com/.
- Mariela . Belski . 10 August 2018. Argentina’s Abortion Vote Was a Stepping Stone Not a Setback. Time.
- News: La hora de dejar de lado la indiferencia y asumir compromisos. 19 June 2020. lanacion.com.ar/.
- News: =El cambio climático un problema de derechos humanos. infobae.com.
- Web site: Background paper on strategic litigation on women’s sexual and reproductive rights in Latin America. Progress of the world's women.
- Web site: La judicialización de la política: el litigio estructural en materia educativa, posibilidades y obstáculo. Inclusión y exclusión como gestos dobles en política y ciencias de la educación..
- Web site: The implication of the Global Financial Crisis for NGOs working towards the achievement of Education for All: Country Case Study Argentina. December 2009. The implication of the Global Financial Crisis for NGOs working towards the achievement of Education for All: Country Case Study Argentina.
- Web site: La corte y los derechos, un informe sobre el contexto y el impacto de sus decisiones durante el período 2003-2004 . sigloxxieditores.com.ar.
- Web site: Access to information: An Instrumental Right for Empowerment. Access to information: An Instrumental Right for Empowerment.
- Web site: Una Censura Sutil: Abuso de publicidad oficial y otras restricciones a la libertad de expresión en Argentina. 4 November 2005. Colección reformas legales.