Maria-Isabel Cubides
Federacion Internacional de Derechos Humanos (FIDH)
Program Officer Globalization and Human Rights Desk
Colombian lawyer and French jurist specialized on Business and Human Rights, with master degrees in legal anthropology and public international law. Multi-disciplinarity has been a fundamental part of career, giving an important added value to her work, which is marked by a participatory and bottom-up approach. Her knowledge in several branches of law and anthropology, give an innovative perspective to the work in the topics of human rights, transitional justice, social and environmental conflicts, business and human rights. She has led community-based human rights impact asessments in Latin America and Africa documenting the impacts of business on human rights and the environment, coordinated legal actions and advocating for stronger regulations on business.