Mariela Belski

Mariela Belsk
Born	1971 (age 53–54) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Alma mater	University of Buenos Aires University of Essex University of Chile
Occupations	lawyer activist
Employer(s)	Executive Director, Amnesty International Argentina

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] [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

• 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

1. "Mariela Belski (Amnistía Internacional) - Pecha Kucha Night Vol.#36". YouTube. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
2. "La pandemia no debe restringir los derechos de las mujeres" (in Spanish). Argentina: Página 12. 22 May 2020.
3. "#SiNoHubieraMujeres" (in Spanish). El Mundo de las Ideas. 2016.
4. "She Decides". shedecides.com (in Spanish).
5. "Mariela Belski. Executive Director, Amnesty International Argentina". shedecides.com. 29 January 2020.
6. "EllaDecide da la bienvenida a la nueva Embajadora Mariela Belski, directora ejecutiva de Amnistía Internacional Argentina". amnistia.org.ar (in Spanish). 5 February 2020.
7. "Mariela Belski". amnistia.org.ar (in Spanish). 9 July 2015.
8. 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.
9. "Thesis (LL. M.), International Human Rights Law, Dept. of Law -- University of Essex, 2003". viaf.org. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
10. «Mariela Belski. Fundación Documentación».
11. "W20". w20argentina.com.
12. Delegadas argentina en W20
13. "Con un panel de expertos se debatirá sobre la crisis institucional en Venezuela". laprensa.com.ar. 22 May 2017.
14. "Charla en el Senado sobre la crisis en Venezuela". parlamentario.com. 22 May 2017.
15. "Reunión de la Comisión Bicameral Permanente del Congreso Nacional sobre política migratoria argentina" (PDF). senado.gov.ar.
16. Exposición a favor del proyecto para la Interrupción Voluntaria del embarazo. Mariela Belski. Senado Nacional. YouTube.
17. "Crímenes de lesa humanidad en Venezuela". infobae.com/.
18. Belski, Mariela (10 August 2018). "Argentina's Abortion Vote Was a Stepping Stone Not a Setback". Time .
19. "La hora de dejar de lado la indiferencia y asumir compromisos". lanacion.com.ar/. 19 June 2020.
20. "El cambio climático un problema de derechos humanos". infobae.com.
21. "Background paper on strategic litigation on women's sexual and reproductive rights in Latin America" (PDF). Progress of the world's women.
22. "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.
23. "The implication of the Global Financial Crisis for NGOs working towards the achievement of Education for All: Country Case Study Argentina". December 2009.
24. "La corte y los derechos, un informe sobre el contexto y el impacto de sus decisiones durante el período 2003-2004". sigloxxieditores.com.ar.
25. "Access to information: An Instrumental Right for Empowerment" (PDF).
26. "Una Censura Sutil: Abuso de publicidad oficial y otras restricciones a la libertad de expresión en Argentina" (PDF). Colección reformas legales. 4 November 2005.